Today we officially say farewell to Year 13 as they start their study leave. Exams are very much underway for them and we wish them every success in the completion of these. A letter has been sent home this week about results day arrangements. Year 13 students who are completing BTECs will still be required to come in and, if students wish to access staff for subjects they still have exams to complete, they are more than welcome to do so.
This week we were lucky to have Chichester University in to talk to Year 12 about making the right choices around course selection for degrees. We also had HTP in to talk to Year 12 about apprenticeship opportunities.
Last Friday, we made a new appointment. Mr Phil Stott has been appointed Head of Year for our current Year 12 (moving into 13). He will take up this role from 1 June and will, along with Student Services, support the year group in their next 12 month journey. For our new Year 12 students joining us in September, we are pleased to announce that Mr Chris Williams will be taking up the post of their Head of Year from 1 September.
Finally, next week we have the Samaritans in to provide our final enrichment talk of the half term for Year 12. We break for half term at 3.15 pm on Friday 23 May and we are back in college on Monday 2 June. Looking ahead, the college will be closed to students on Friday 20 June due to the Isle of Wight Festival.
Have a lovely weekend!
Phil Pearce-Jones
Head of School
It has been a very busy few weeks for Year 12 geographers. They have been undertaking coastal and urban fieldwork in Ventnor and Portsmouth. This is invaluable for them to gain experience of 'real life' geography linked to coastal management and regeneration of urban areas. Students had the opportunity to develop their fieldwork skills by carrying out surveys and other data collection techniques. 
As part of the BTEC Sport course, students are required to lead a sporting activity. One of our students, Jaz, volunteers at iSurf - Mobile Surf School, after completing the Wave programme a few years ago, so she decided to teach some of her class how to surf for her assessment. Isurf were very accommodating and allowed her to use their equipment in order to complete her coursework. The students fully immersed themselves into the activity and had a great time. Well done, Jaz, for a very good session, and thank you to iSurf for their support.
