Principal’s Message

I would like to begin my message this week by express-

ing what a great delight and joy it was to have the oppor-

tunity this morning to take our Year 7 students for our

Founder’s Day Worship. Due to the weather forecast for

today and the comfort of our Lower College students, we

reached the decision to only hold Founder’s Day Wor-

ship for our Year 7 students, but what a wonderful deci-

sion it was, with 270 students entering our Hall in pin-

drop silence as the Worship Band played. What followed

was a mix of appropriate formality for the occasion, cele-

brating our Foundation in 2008 through a liturgy centred

on The Feast of Christ the King and a homily that I was

able to deliver focused on our Foundations. During the

talk. I could not fail to mention the devastating attacks

that occurred in Paris only one week ago today. The

students responded, answering questions, exploring the

images that were shown (one of which I am sure you

have noted at the top of this bulletin where we have re-

placed our usual College Via Veritas Logo with the col-

ours of the French Flag, the Tricolore). Their answers

focused on compassion, care, thoughtfulness, solidarity

and love that we should show one another and, at such

a time as this, to all those who have been impacted by

the horror of last Friday. And then, without missing a

beat, their answers became about following Jesus

Christ, our King, the peacemaker and one we should all

follow. A wonderful moment in the life of the College. As

we closed in prayer and Father Mike continued the litur-

gy the students began to prepare themselves for singing

You Are My Vision (a version of Be Thou My Vision). As

Mr Williams stepped to the front to go through a little bit

of Maths (!), encouraging our 270 students to sing as if

the 980 students from Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 were all pre-

sent, the students began to sing - and what a joy and

wonderful way to close the thoughtful time we had, re-

membering those in Paris and focusing finally and com-

pletely on Christ the King, as our ultimate vision for all

that we do, all that we are and all that we aspire to be at

our College. Thank you Year 7 students.

Year 8 Parents’ Consultation Evenings – Wednesday, 25th November - Appointments can be made using the online Booking Sys-tem. This allows you to choose your own appoint-ment times.

Appointments can be made for students in Form Groups ASB, JDO, LCL, LMI and STH.

Please visit:

https://christtheking.parentseveningsystem.co.uk to book your appointments or via the College web-site in the Parent Information Section. Please log-in with your child’s first name, surname and Tutor Group. There is no need to include the year group just the staff initials i.e. AMA. Please do not hesi-tate to contact Student Services if you have any problems.

Blood Brothers - Students and staff have been working very hard in prepara-tion for this latest pro-

duction at Christ the King College. Ticket sales are going well. If you have not yet purchased your tickets, please contact the main College re-ception. Please see the poster in this bulletin for further details.

Individual Student Photographs - The photo-

graphs have been handed out to students this week. If you arranged for your order to be posted, this will be sent directly to you from ’What a Pho-to’.

Issue 11 20th November 2015

“We pray for the people of Paris at this time of mourning, distress and fear. We pray for all who have died that you,

our Loving God will welcome them into your arms. We pray that you will comfort all who grieve, as well as the in-

jured and the fearful. We pray at this time that terrorism may be overcome and violent hearts turned to paths of

peace. In the face of hatred we pray that we may show forth love, and in this time of despair we remember our call-

ing to be lights in a darkened world. Amen.”

Prayer taken from a message from the Suffragan Bishop of Europe, the Rt Revd David Hamid to the two Church of

England churches in Central Paris – St George's in Rue Auguste-Vacquerie and St Michael's in Rue D'Aguesseau.

Diary Dates

November

Wednesday 25th Year 8 Parents’ Consultation

Form Groups ASB, JDO, LCL, LMI and STH

Thursday, 26th Blood Brothers Performances

Friday 27th Sixth Form Hall

Saturday 28th 7.00 pm

Thank you for your support so far with regards to our fortnightly Literacy Focus.

For the next fortnight, our focus is on:

its and it’s

its is a possessive pronoun meaning of it or belonging to it

E.g. The creature opened its mouth.

it’s is a contraction (a shortened version) for it is or it has.

E.g. It’s started raining again!

It’s nearly time for bed.

Tip: If you aren't sure which one to use, try replacing it with it is or it has. If that makes

sense, use it's. If not, try replacing it with her or his. If that makes sense, then use its.

Try this website for a short quiz: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/its-or-it-s

Please support us in our bid to develop literacy skills and accuracy by helping your child to check

through his/her work and look out for the correct use of its and it’s.

If you have any ideas or feedback on our fortnightly Literacy Focus, please do not hesitate to get

in touch: lisa.brinton@christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk.

Literacy Focus

Theme: Initiative

Romans 5 Verses 1 to 8

Therefore, since we have been justi-fied through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungod-ly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demon-strates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

SHOW MY HOMEWORK – UPCOMING NEW VERSION

Please see below a Message from Show My Homework

Please be aware that on Wednesday, 25th November Show My Homework is launching a new version and we wanted all our users, staff, students and parents aware of and ready for the switch, and that all users are aware of the changes made. This new version has been designed to make sure that the SMH site is faster and a lot more resilient, there is also a whole new user interface which will make using SMH visually easier and more intuitive. Upcoming New Version

There is a need to inform teachers, parents and students of the upcoming redesign. For this reason, please see below a Tutorial Video that demonstrate the basic changes. Please do view these to allow yourself and your child to become more familiar with the system. New User Tutorials

Parent tutorials: https://showmyhomework.wistia.com/medias/rhfil56mxh

Student tutorials: https://showmyhomework.wistia.com/medias/nmjfg7vsnt

Supported Browsers To ensure all goes smoothly for the switch over, please ensure that you have access to one of the rec-ommended browsers listed below. Google Chrome Firefox Safari Internet Explorer 10 and above.

You can check your browser and that it is up to date by us-ing this link: https://www.whatismybrowser.com/

Any further questions regarding Show My Homework please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Glynis Hutching at College on glynis.hutching@christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk or email Show My Homework directly. Thank you for your on-going support.

Governors’ Building Fund - We are very proud of the education that we provide at Christ the

King College. However, you may or may not be aware that, as a faith based school, we receive no addi-

tional funding and rely on the goodwill of our parents. Unlike other countries, the privileges of receiving a

faith based education in our country is free to parents and I hope that some of our parental community

will be in a position to aid us financially at this time. For the benefit of new parents to Christ the King Col-

lege, the responsibility for work to voluntary aided school premises is shared between the school govern-

ing body and the local authority. The contribution will be part of the 10% governing body’s liability which

can be claimed in grant of 90% for any immediate building works. All parents are asked to contribute to

the fund £2 per child per week. Please send your contribution together with the gift aid declaration form

to the Finance Office, Mrs Howard, on the Upper College. You may also pay on the ParentPay scheme

or set up a standing order. Please will you use the details below if you wish to pay by standing order.

We would also like to remind parents who have not yet arranged to make a payment that this monthly

option is still available.

Lloyds TSB, Newport, Isle of Wight

Sort Code: 30:95:99

Account Number: 32687660

Fundraising for Christ the King College - Your support financially is very much appreciated.

easyfundraising is the easiest way to raise money for Christ the King College.

Shop with any of over 3000 well known retailers listed on easyfundraising.org.uk and

a percentage of what you spend is passed to Christ the King College at no additional

cost to you. Retailers include Amazon, M&S, Vodafone, eBay, Tesco, Viking and

many more. Please register to support us today

- http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ctkc

Recycle with Michael’, large containers are available at

Upper and Lower College to place unwanted clothing and

shoes. This is collected by The Salvation Army and raises funds for the College.

Communication - We would encourage all parents to download the Schoolcomms app.

The smartphone app is available from SchoolComms for download,

called ‘School Gateway’ for Apple (iPhone 3GS or later, iPad, iPod

Touch) and Android (2.3 / Gingerbread or later) devices.

The set-up process is simple and will take no more than a couple of

minutes:

1. Search for “School Gateway” in the Apple App Store/Google Play or on your phone go

to www.schoolgateway.com/apple (Apple) or www.schoolgateway.com/android

(Android)

2. Install the app and if you are asked then say yes to “Allow Push Notifications”

3. When you launch School Gateway for the first time, please select ‘New User’ and enter the email ad-

dress and mobile telephone number you have registered with the College

4. The system will send a PIN code to your phone; please enter this PIN code and the app will be activat-

ed for you. As soon as you’ve got the system set-up, all of the text messages we send you will appear in

the app; you’ll receive notifications/alerts as normal.

Every time we send you a text it does incur a cost for the College, so we would ask you to download the

app to also help us save costs.

Prickly Guests Staying at College

The Christ the King College St. Francis Club is a nature appreciation society for Year 7 and

8 students. We meet fortnightly to discuss our love of nature, talk about the environment

and undertake practical projects, including keeping the bird feeders topped up. It is a time

for students to socialise and have great fun and also experience moments of stillness, ap-

preciating the beauty of Creation. We have just installed our first Hedgehog Hotel in an un-

disclosed (for the privacy of our prospective guests!) location on Lower College. Here are

members of St. Francis club proudly pictured with the completed hotel.

Ms Evans

Christ the King College Weekly News

Friday 20th November 2015

Erasmus+ Totalitarianism vs Tolerance project

A selection of students from Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 have been working on the Totalitarianism vs Tolerance project every Tuesday lunchtime. This Erasmus+ project has been funded by the British Council, and involves Hanse-Berufs-Kolleg, Lemgo, in Germany, Liceul tehnologic "Iorgu Vârnav Liteanu", Liteni in Romania and Lycée Alain Fournier in Bourges, France. This group of students visit-ed France in September and it is planned that the French group will make a return visit next month. With the tragedy that occurred in Paris on Friday, we are awaiting confirma-tion that this visit will continue. We will of course keep stu-dents and parents informed whilst holding the students

and families we have worked with in our prayers.

In commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall (9th Novem-

ber 1989), a German lunch was offered by the canteen.

Mrs Stirling

Christ the King College Weekly News

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Year 7 Foot-

ball

Our Year 7 foot-

ball team played a fixture

against Sandown at Christ

the King College. Despite

playing under very difficult

circumstances our boys

played well and unfortunately

lost 3-1. Special mention to

all the boys and Ryan Don-

ald (6th form) for keeping on

trying until the final minute.

Well done to all boys in-

volved.

Mr Mwamuka

This year Mr Mwamuka is

picking the match day teams

from a number of players so

as to give all keen footballers

a chance to impress. The full

Year 7 Football squad is;

Oliver Edwards

Thomas Kirby

Jamie White

Liam Mwamuka

Jack Sanderson

Lucca Toms

Luca Cretella

Bradley Gamble

Tom Rigby

Joshua Neale

Caleb Neale

George Humphreys

Adam Voller

Jacob Hendy

Jonah Pope

Sean Joyce

Solomon Wells

Joshua Knowles

Archie Chambers

Henry Sutton

Tennis Champion on the Way Up!

Rusty Howell 7 HMU, trains more than 10 hours a week with his coach Karen Fisher at West Bay in Yarmouth. Rusty has been playing since he was 7 or 8 years old. He won his first grade 5 tournament in Southampton about a year ago and then went on to win the Isle of Wight Cham-pionship Under 12's this sum-

mer.

He now has his sights set on a national level and is currently ranked 542nd but with mainland competing, he is quickly moving up the ranks. Rusty hopes to break into the top 100 sometime next year. With his determination and dedication he will surely achieve this goal! We will keep you informed of Rusty’s progress in

his ambitions.

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Christ the King College 5

Carisbrooke College 12

The combined Year 10/11 rugby team played their first game of the season on Vectis

Field, and suffered a narrow defeat in an exciting and hard fought contest. Both teams did

their best in difficult conditions, after earlier downpours and in increasing second-half

darkness.

Christ the King College were first on the scoreboard inside ten minutes, after good driving

play by the forwards was finished by a strong run from Sebastian Crouch. Carisbrooke

College fought back and had a good spell of pressure, almost scoring on two occasions

but being denied by last ditch defending and the whistle of referee Mr Harry Dye. Christ

the King College retained their 5-0 advantage at halftime.

Carisbrooke College started the second half in top form and levelled the scores almost

immediately, before the conversion gave them a 7-5 lead. Now behind for the first time,

Christ the King College upped their game and dominated most of the rest of the match,

seeking another score to regain the lead. Sol Wood had a fine game at scrum-half and

Luke Blackman was impressive in the forwards, as was Ben Sanders on his debut. How-

ever, a combination of determined Carisbrooke College defence and some poor option-

taking by Christ the King College kept the score-line in the visitors' favour. In fact, Caris-

brooke College looked dangerous from turnover ball, but some great tackles from Rio

Penn-Grice and Alfie Caporaso-Foster saved the day. In the gloom of the final minutes,

Carisbrooke College lifted the siege and forced their way over for a second try.

Christ the King College showed great heart in this defeat, but know they need to be smart-

er with ball in hand in their next two matches away to Ryde School and Medina College.

They were missing a couple of Year 11 players and can be optimistic for the future.

Team: Harvey Stanton, Rio Penn-Grice, Sam Woods, Sebastian Crouch, Jake Toulson,

Louis Malkin, Sol Wood, Ben Burnett, Morgan Collingwood, Ben Sanders, Josh Collins,

Stephen Williams, Michael Joyce (C), Alfie Caporaso-Foster, Luke Blackman, Joe Patey.

Mr Leahy

Christ the King College Weekly News

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We continue to encourage parents and family members to let us know of any achievements of our

students so that we can share them with our whole College community. Please email ad-

min@christ-the-king.iow.sch.uk with stories or events that your child has been involved. We look

forward to hearing from you.

CHRISTMAS SHOE BOX APPEAL SAMARITANS PURSE – Thank you to all students, parents and staff who have participated in the College’s Christmas Charity Shoe Box Ap-peal through Samaritans Purse. The Shoe Boxes that we have received at College have today (Friday) been collected by the local representatives and will be shortly shipped to the children in different countries who will experience this Christmas gift thanks to the generosity of students and home. On behalf of the organisation, may we again thank you for your support in this wonderful opportunity to share what we have with those less fortu-

nate and to allow children to experience the joy and pleasure that Christmas brings.