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Issue 143 Thursday 21st July 2022
Principal’s Welcome
Dear Parents and Carers,
As we come to the end of another year, it is my pleasure to reflect on the students' successes over
the last few terms. Not just academic success but some of the small achievements they have made.
These range from tying shoelaces, asking for help, encouraging friends to play, to learning new skills,
getting better at losing in games and so many more. It has been delightful to see so many
friendships blossoming throughout the year and seeing so many students grow in confidence and
self-esteem. All of this is only made possible by the support of parents and the expertise of our team.
Thank you for all you do to support St Catherine’s.
It is also the time of year where we have to say goodbye to both students and staff that are moving
on to exciting new challenges. Ryan, Cameron, Jamie, Dilion, Zak and Ralph, we wish you every success with
your chosen courses for next year and look forward to hearing all about your achievements. Becky,
Jenny, Kayleigh B and Jackie, we wish you well in your chosen next steps and hope that your next
challenge is as rewarding as your time at St Catherine’s has been. Thank you for everything you have
done for both present and past students and I do hope you will join us at next year's Summer Fair to
let us know how you are getting on.
As we look forward to an exciting year ahead, I would like to let you know about some changes in the
Senior Leadership Team, Kayleigh Sparkes has been appointed to the role of Head of Speech and Language
Therapy and Jo Elliott has taken on the role of Head of Sixth Form. We will also welcome three new teachers
and a couple of teaching assistants next academic year. We wish them all the best of luck in their new roles.
I wish everyone a restful summer break and look forward to seeing students back at school on
Monday 5th September.
With best wishes,
Sarah Thompson
Principal
“Our aim is to support and enable our children and young people to achieve more than they ever thought possible.”
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Student Awards
Congratulations to all students who have received awards
English School -Teddy
English Sixth Form - Jonathan
Maths School (Jean Crosby Award) - Oran
Maths Sixth Form - Daniel W
Art (Greg Yates Award) -Toby R and Shannon
Music (Ralph Knox-Johnston Award) - Theo
Music Sixth Form - (Ralph Knox -Johnston Award) - Evie
ICT - Ryan Cra
Occupational Therapy - Sonnie
Communication (Sine Watt Award) - Zak
Community Involvement and Independence in Memory of Anne Kerr - Jamie
Listening and Attention (Melanie Burnett Award) - Alex R
Expanding Your World in Memory of Jane Pollington - Alfie
Independent Travel (Dan McDonagh Award) - Ryan Cra
Young Enterpreneur - William B
Consideration (Gwil Evans Award) - Kaelan
Outstanding Effort School - Lydia
Outstanding Effort Sixth Form - Dillon
Super Behaviour For Learning Award School - Marty-Dee and Sophie
Super Behaviour For Learning Award Sixth Form - Ryan Cro
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End of Term Awards
House Awards John Hilsum Award
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Each term we give out House Awards to the In memory of John Hilsum, a former trustee, Ventnor
student in each house who has contributed the most Rotary has sponsored an award that is presented
to House life. This term, the winners are: termly to a student who has made particular
St Christopher’s -Alex R progress in a specfic area.
St Margaret’s - William B
St Anne’s - Jonathan This term, the winner is:
Chapel Landing - James Jayden
Attendance Awards
Congratulations to these students with outstanding attendence this half term.
100%
Eddie
Magnus
Raphael
Fletcher
Nicholas
Evie D
Charles
James D
Connor
Mykee
Jerome
Cosmo
William L
Holden
Oran
Seth
Tobias
Alexander
Sophie
Shannon
Marty -Dee
Elliot
Amazing Attendance
Jamie
Darcy
Alfie
Tutor Group Attendance
6BQ 100%
6JE 78%
6MH 76%
Brook 82%
Colwell 96%
Freshwater 100%
Newtown 77%
Orchard 96%
Osbourne 77%
Seagrove 100%
Totland 93%
Whitecliff 53%
Congratulations to 6BQ, Freshwater and Seagrove on 100% attendance this week.
News From The Board
As another academic year draws to a close, I can reflect on a challenging yet very
successful year for St. Catherine’s and our students. Trustees thanks go to all our staff for
their continuing dedication to the development and well-being of the young people in our
care.
To the staff and students leaving us, we wish you well for the future.
Trustees and Senior Leaders are now actively planning for the next year and with a
forecast increase in numbers to over 100 including our Post-19 provision, this will be our largest number
ever.
We have a number of new staff joining us in September and I would like to congratulate Kayleigh Sparkes
and Jo Elliott on their appointments as Head of Speech and Language Therapy and Head of Sixth Form.
We have a major IT upgrade in progress for the start of next term and a significant amount
of refurbishment and redecoration of our buildings planned for the summer break. We
continue to invest for the best possible future for our young people.
Enjoy your summer holidays.
Graham Pengelly
Chair of Trustees
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St Catherine’s Round-Up
Please may we ask that all
Dates for the diary
students' clothing is labelled with
Return to School all students:
their name.
Monday 5th September 2022.
Thank You
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Fundraising page
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From September, families and taxi drivers who pick up residential students from
the ferry/hover port will be asked to sign to say that they have collected their child.
This term in ICT
By Tim Harris, ICT Teacher
Brook & Colwell
This term we have been learning all about Multimedia Sound & Motion. We have looked at ways we
can develop multimedia by adding sound and motion to our designs. We have also started to learn
about touch typing where we are learning all about which finger to use to select which key on the
keyboard. Finger placement is really important here and we are working hard on the basics so that
we can progress to the next task in the new term. Throughout the term we have also been
continuing to learn how to Sequence Code using Block Editor Code on a website called Code.org.
We can access our own accounts from home if we want to practise, all we need is our school email
and this will allow us to log in from anywhere we have access to the internet.
Freshwater & Totland
This term we have been learning all about Multimedia Sound & Motion. We have looked at ways we
use multimedia and how it can be enhanced with the use of sound and motion. This has allowed us
to focus on creating animations and presentations that are more appropriate for our intended
audiences. Throughout the term we have also been continuing to learn how to Sequence Code using
Block Editor Code on a website called Code.org. We can access our own accounts from home if we
want to practise, all we need is our school email and this will allow us to log in from anywhere we
have access to the internet.
Orchard & Seagrove
We started this term learning about sound and motion when we apply it to multimedia. In lesson
we have been looking at how sound clips can be added into our animations and presentations to add
a little more depth and life to our product. We have looked at ways we can edit sound to play when
we want it to play and the volume it will play. We have also looked at a lot more motion options this
term with transitions and animation using the features we have available in PowerPoint. We also
went back over the term Copyright and to reinforce what it means and how it works. We then
continued to expand our knowledge of code using Code.org, where we have been learning about
nested loops and functions in the code we use. We have also been catching up with some very
important touch typing using typing.com.
Whitecliff
We started this term learning about sound and motion in multimedia. We began by learning about
the sound clips themselves and how we could use them. The sound we have used this term has
been freely available in Microsoft PowerPoint. We have been adding these clips from the sound
library and then adjusting how they run, at what speed and with appropriate volume control. We also
continued to expand our knowledge of code using Code.org where we have been learning about
loops and functions in the code we use. We have also been working on our touch typing using
typing.com where we are earning how to touch type.
Osborne and Newtown
This term we continued to work on our WJEC assignments, and in particular tying up any loose ends
with the work we had finished ready for moderation. We also started to look at some AQA unit
awards which run alongside our WJEC project work and here we have been looking at topics such as
Internet Safety, using Email and using ICT. Throughout this term we have been learning how to use
the software we are studying and to then fulfill the requirements of the assignment by completing
set tasks. We have also continued to expand our knowledge of code using Code.org and Code
Academy, both websites where we can continue to learn the benefits of code and how we could use
it in the future.
6BQ
This term we have been learning a variety of new key skills. We have looked at touch tying using
typing.com where we are learning all about finger placement on the keyboard and why accuracy is
more important than speed. We have also been continuing to create code using code.org and
making real progress with our hour of code sessions. We have also been working through some task
based work looking at spreadsheets. Here we looked at data that predicted whether or not we were
eating a good breakfast. We used information we obtained online about nutritional values of food
we eat and then entered this into our spreadsheet to allow us to create some questions about the
food we choose to use. We then used some formulae we had learnt to manipulate the data in the
spreadsheet that would then create our answers.
6JE
This term we have been working on a variety of different AQA unit awards. Thus far we have looked
at uses of ICT, Using Email & Internet Security. With all three of these units we have worked
through the scenarios provided by the exam board and learnt how to manipulate the software
needed for the task before producing the evidence to submit for moderation. We have also
continued to build up our knowledge of code using Code.org. Here we looked at a variety strategies
and functions to move an avatar around a screen under our command.
6MH
This term we have again been working on our Being Organised project. In this project we have been
putting into practice all that we have learnt about time management, using planners and alarms to
complete a selection of set tasks created by the exam board. This will provide the evidence we need
to show we are being organised and allow us to get our award.
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School menu for first week back
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Sausages Chicken Kiev Roast Turkey Battered Cod/Fish Lasagne
Veggie Sausages Chicken Pie or Fingers or
Potato Wedges Veggie Burger Roast Chicken or Macaroni Cheese
Beans New Potatoes or Beef/Vegetable with Jacket Potato
Peas Spinach & Ricotta Burger (no bun)
Sweetcorn Ravoi
Fruit Platter Jelly Fresh Fruit Salad Pudding of the Pudding of the
or Day Day
Fruit and Yogurt or
Fruit and Yoghurt
Brook Class
During our final week we have continued with some daily phonics and Maths along with lots of fun activities
mixed in too! We have been learning the 'ur' sound this week and have continued with our problem solving
division activities. On Monday, we went to Newtown Class to see their stick insects! Elliot and Marty were
very informative and everyone was brave enough to hold them (except for Mrs Flower!). On Tuesday, we
made popcorn and enjoyed eating it whilst watching the emoji movie. In the afternoon, we did some fun
water games to try and cool off! On Wednesday we stayed class based for RE day and learnt about Buddhism.
We learnt about the different symbols and made some paper lanterns. All the boys have had an amazing
term and Mrs Flower and Mrs Kidd are so proud of how far they have all come in the past 7 months. Mrs
Flower and Mrs Kidd hope Brook have a wonderful summer holiday and we look forward to seeing them all
in September.
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Colwell Class
We each wrote a postcard this week to Mr and Mrs Grinlin, pretending to be their cat, Haymesh. He goes
exploring and meets a kitten, gets thrown out of a house for sitting on the kitchen surface and is picked on
by a gang of mean street cats. In the end Mrs Grinlin tempts him out of the tree he was hiding in with a fishy,
stargazy pie. We have had a really hot week so we have had a water fight on Elm Grove. It was super fun and
cooled us all down. We also watched a lovely film.
Totland Class
Totland Class have worked very hard this half term. Here are some of our favourite memories:
I liked going to the Botanic Gardens because I saw a pond. In the pond were big fish and turtles - Keagan.
Reading 'The Witches' has been so much fun with Mrs Williams because of all of her voice impressions -
Charlotte
I enjoyed playing on the Go-Karts and bouncy pillow at Tapnell Farm - Darcy
I have enjoyed art because it has been fun making the lighthouses - Raph
I enjoyed the aquapark with my friends because it was lots of fun - Sean
I enjoyed Tapnell Farm because there were bouncy pillows- Kayan
I enjoyed Tapnell Farm because I liked the aquapark - Finley
Have a fantastic holiday!
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Freshwater Class
A truly super last term for Freshwater. We really enjoyed our trip to Blackgang Chine on Tuesday,
in particular:
I enjoyed conquering my fears - Eddie
I liked the maze and the water slides - Nicholas
I liked going on the rollercoaster - Toby
My favourite thing was the rollercoaster and going on the water slides - William
(Miss Cook was convinced he would choose spraying everyone - including her - at the Pirate Ships though!)
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Seagrove Class
Seagrove have had time this week to reflect back over the year.
Flynn - I enjoyed painting the football mural in the playground and feel I’ve improved with my reading. I think
I’ve made some improvements to accept when I need to do some strategies to be ready to learn.
Summer - I think I’ve most improved with my handwriting and my favourite memory of the year was going to
Tapnell Farm.
Alicia - My favourite memory of the year was the Art Day to Create and I’ve improved my handwriting.
Tino - I feel like my biggest improvement has been in English lessons and even asking to read aloud in class.
My favourite memory is spending time with my class.
Jayden - My favourite memory of the year was helping with the gardening on the Art Day to Create and
having my weekly photography sessions with Chloe. I have most improved with my spellings and have put a
lot of work into my attitude and maturity.
Aaron - I enjoyed having fun with my friends at Tapnell Farm and I’ve improved asking staff for help when I
need it
Carlton - I enjoyed the aqua park at Tapnell Farm and have most improved in my music lessons.
Staff are exceptionally proud of all of us and we shall all miss being a group together next year although we
are excited about the opportunity to work with other people next year. Enjoy our poem!
(P.S. The names have been changed to protect the innocent!!!) although we are excited about the
opportunity to work with other people next year. Enjoy our poem!
Poet’s Corner.
A class poem by Seagrove.
(Modelled on the structure of Wes Magee’s poem, ‘Morning Break’)
Alfred hops on one foot,
Rick has a vomit,
Betty rides her red bike,
Steve sees a comet.
Jack kicks the ball,
Alfie shoots his nerf gun,
Tony has a fall,
Marley likes to have fun.
Ella likes reading books,
Max likes to fly,
Jacob likes to bite kids,
Daisy says goodbye.
Tony drives a white truck,
Josh plays online games,
Jade hits a tree,
Jodies calling names.
Freddie picks his nose,
Frank sleeps on the ball,
Bob falls over,
And Benny has a fall.
Billy reads his blue book,
Pat-pick paints a stick,
Harry Potter plays Quidditch,
Ron plays marbles quick.
The teacher’s in the staff room,
Scoffing all the cake,
What a lot is going on,
During
Morning
Break!
Orchard Class
We had a fun challenge this week and had to add clothes and things we like to a picture with a portrait of our
face on. We did this on the computer and learnt new skills at the same time.
We had our trip to Blackgang with Whitecliff and Freshwater. James: “the water slide was brilliant”. Charles:
“I liked the rollercoaster; it was fast”. Evie: “I loved the rollercoaster, it was scary”. Ashton: “I liked the plug
hole water slide -it felt like I would hit my head”. Sharlene: “The maze was amazing and I got to be with my
friends”. Magnus: “I climbed the climbing frame to hide from Miss French.
We went to our local ice cream parlour to spend our Behaviour For Learning points, they have wonderful
flavours including KitKat, chocolate toffee popcorn, salted caramel and churros. They were all delicious!
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Whitecliff Class
We have had a fantastic last week of term. On Monday we started to sort out our classroom and taking down
all of our work. Tuesday we had a brilliant day at Blackgang chine. Even though it was extremely hot we
found ways to keep cool. The water cannons at the pirate ship definitely helped us. (All of them loved spray-
ing Emma and Julie with the water.) Some of the things we enjoyed were:
I really enjoyed sitting at the front of the rollercoaster - Megan
I enjoyed the rollercoaster because I haven't been on it in years - Eva
I enjoyed the first ride that takes you up and drops you down - Kaelan
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Osborne Class
During our final week, we completed our DT project of wiggly wire games. We soldered hooks onto our
wires, soldered the switch wire onto the copper and tested to see if the bulb lit up when we touched the
wire. All of them were successful after fixing some problems! We all really enjoyed this project and working
on it with Mrs B as a final project with her. On Tuesday, we went on our trip to Shanklin seafront, where we
played golf in the Caddyshack, used the arcade and bought our own lunches using our Behaviour For
Learning points reward. On Wednesday, we took part in an RE Day about Buddhism, where we learnt about
the four noble truths, the Dharma wheel, made Buddha bracelets and took part in a Dharma Day song.Newtown Class
We can't believe it's our final week at school!! It's been very hot so we have done our best to keep cool. We
enjoyed a final outing together on Tuesday visiting Level Land Farm in Brading. We had an awesome time, we
filled up the pigs mud wallow and watched as they enjoyed sloshing around in it and then we fed and
petted the goats. All of us had a favourite thing, Shannon said she enjoyed sitting quietly in the shade while
the lambs came up for a stroke. Elliot loved being chased by the friendly goats. Ryan thought feeding the pigs
and goats was amazing. Jerome enjoyed hanging out with the pigs. He found it really funny when they sniffed
his legs with their muddy noses! Connor enjoyed making friends with the pigs and Marty's favourite thing
was feeding cabbage to the goats. We finished the day with an ice cream at Crave! Delicious!
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Student Council In Brief
The Student Council has had a busy year playing an important role during staff interviews, discussing good
ideas and thinking of ways to improve the school - not to mention doing a brilliant job fundraising!
They have worked extremely hard to raise a huge £104.80 for their chosen charity, Ability Dogs 4 Young
People. They raised £39.30 from their cake sale for Comic Relief and have also raised £64.50 for
St Catherines'. They decided to spend this on a Snake and Ladders and Drafts picnic table top game!
A huge well done to you all!News from the College
Eco College Update
All year the college students have been working hard to make our college site more eco-friendly. They have
had the focus of improving our understanding and practices towards marine, energy and recycling.
Throughout the year they have documented their progress via meetings and their Eco College Board and
even had to produce an Eco-College action plan. We have finally submitted all of this work to the Eco-Schools
program and are waiting to hear if we have qualified for a ‘Green Flag’ award. We will update you all in
September.
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Newly Equipped Science Lab
Sixth Form science students have enjoyed working in the newly equipped science room this year. We have
practical equipment for a range of chemistry, physics and biology investigations. Students have particularly
enjoyed the investigations into chemical rates of reactions and investigating the properties of useful
compounds. Students have also enjoyed working with the electrical circuit equipment, predicting and
measuring current and voltage in electrical circuits. Using the practical equipment, students have been
working towards Science Entry level and Science BTEC level 1/2 qualifications.
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Class 6MH
Last Thursday was the Sixth Form Prom and we all enjoyed the event, especially the ice creams! Friday was
the school walk and we had a good time at Ventnor Park. This week we have been working with Mrs
Blanthorn on a new greenhouse made out of recycled plastic bottles. We also met with the Ventnor
allotment manager to secure a second plot for next year. On Wednesday we joined 6JE for a trip to Blackgang
Chine and we enjoyed our extra music sessions with Mr Thompson and Pat. We are now looking forward to
the summer holidays!
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Class 6JE
During our final week of the school year we have been very hot! Last Friday was the school walk, we had a
good time at Ventnor Park eating our packed lunch and looking at the trees deciding if they were ancient
woodland. Monday was spent playing board games - Bird Bingo with videos of the birds on the screen in the
common room and Headbandz was good fun. Some of us did some Chinese drawings. On Tuesday we went
on a visit to Borthwood Copse with Mrs Hooper while, on Wednesday we went to Blackgang Chine, on a joint
trip with 6MH.Class 6BQ
On Tuesday, 6BQ went to Amazon World. We saw lots of animals. William really enjoyed seeing the sloth
and he was curled up so it looked like he had lost his head. Ella had great fun meeting the cheeky ring-tailed
lemur. Toby loved seeing the meerkats shouting for their food. Mykee thought the flamingo was really funny.
We found out he was hand reared and was dancing around, banging the window because he was acting like a
human. Spike liked seeing the snakes and feeding the wallabies. Ben loved having the ring-tailed lemur sit on
his shoulder. Seb liked seeing the ringed-tail lemur trying to eat all our feet. We learnt they did this because
they like salt and some of us had been on the beach and the sea.
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Sixth Form Prom Photos
Our Sixth Form students enjoyed their prom last week. Thank You to Ace Waste who kindly made a
donation for our Prom towards the music, decorations, food and casino. Here are a few photos.Work Experience
This year students have again attended a wide range of work experience placements across the Island,
including Better Days Café, Wight Shipyard, E.M Cars, Bert’s Garage, East Cowes Co-op, The Garlic Farm, The
Military Museum, Westridge Golf Centre, The Donkey Sanctuary, Open Mind, our Maintenance team and
St Catherine’s charity shop. Feedback from employers has been excellent.
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Cooking with Occupational Therapy
Breakfast - Boiled Egg:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13JjRP3ZNKm5BvsdIYtoF_DxrlsA2EooT/view?usp=sharing
Lunch - Cheese and Ham Pasty:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e18pJIHVtk5APVZOBkl1h9AYJuZkXZUr/view?usp=sharing
Dinner- Mash, Baked Beans and Chicken Nuggets:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Mh-pr1FAcuCIlxEPXqnYqdP6TOXnyV_/view?usp=sharing
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Therapy at St Catherine's
Communication Friendly Setting Award
This year St Catherine’s has been working towards achieving their communication friendly setting
award. This award is run by ELKLAN, a speech and language trainer which offers courses and
accreditation across the country. A team of three teachers have been delivering communication
friendly training to all staff at the school including admin, maintenance and kitchen! Once the
training was complete, an independent auditor came to look around the school site and observe
some lessons. This audit will go towards the final award.
A quote from our auditor:
"This is a truly Communication Friendly setting!
Thank you for my visit - so many examples of guaranteeing that language and life is
accessible to all the pupils and that there are appropriate supports for ensuring all the pupils
can communicate and are very happy to do so!"
The final pieces of evidence are being collected and we hope to apply for our award shortly.Royal College of Speech and Language
Therapy Research Champion Day
The Speech Therapy team presented a piece of research at a recent online research champion event.
This involved sharing an academic poster via Zoom to other speech therapy research champions around the
country. The work focused on the use of the allotment at the Sixth Form and the impact this has had on
language and social communication development in Sixth Form students. The response was overwhelming
and the team have now had offers from professionals within the research sector to help support further
publication of this work. We hope to continue this work in next year and look to share our work with others.
Supporting Functional Communication Development Outside of the Classroom
Method
7 students aged 16-17 years with
significant SLCN visited the allotment
twice a week for an hour for the Spring
and Summer term. The students were Next steps
encouraged to work as a team to • To continue with the use of
research, plan and execute the growing outdoor space for therapy
of produce at the allotment site. intervention.
Students had individual functional • To put in more stringent pre and
communication targets to work post measures of vocabulary,
towards. They also completed mental wellbeing and social skills
questionnaires throughout the development.
experience to document the impact of • - To explore how outdoor space
using this site. can help support the
Staff working with the students were development of other language
also asked to complete questionnaires skills with adolescents who have
to capture overall social, emotional and SLCN.
mental wellbeing for the class.
Thanks to the Students and Staff
of St Catherine’s College, Isle of
Wight and Ventnor Allotment
Association
Kayleigh Sparkes
Head of Speech
and Language
Therapy
St Catherine’s College AllotmentSt Catherine’s Round-Up
The Grove After School Club
The Grove will be back in September, Clubs information to follow.
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Thank You From Well done to
Angelina Angela
A standing ovation to all my music students, an Congratulations to Angela Tapster, our volunteer
incredible year of commitment, focus, application, teaching assistant for receiving a 'High Levels of
braveness and creativity. I have been rewarded with Participation' award at the Isle of Wight College's
so many golden highlights and moments in your recent student awards presentation event.
lessons and for some the opportunity to perform at
the Summer Fair on June 24th - Fantastic! Also great
to meet some of the parents.
Thank you to all the staff and parents for valuing my
importance every week, it is so appreciated.
Wishing you all a fantastic summer holiday, see you
in the new academic year.
With best wishes
Angelina
(Vocal/Piano/Guitar tutor)Duke of Edinburgh Award
Two former students, Jack and Edward, received their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Buckingham Palace
on Friday 20th May 2022. This is a fantastic achievement and was only possible through their hard work,
commitment and resilience. You should be very proud of yourselves...we are here at St Catherine's!
From Jack
I had my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award Presentation/celebration at Buckingham Palace Gardens. It was very,
very wet. I met up with Edward who was with me when I completed the Bronze, Silver and Gold levels of the
Duke of Edinburgh Award.
If I didn’t start going to St Catherine’s school in September 2013 then I would never have completed the
Bronze, Silver and Gold levels of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. I’m incredibly very happy, thankful and proud
to everyone from St Catherine’s school and the Isle of Wight college for all of their help.What has Post-19 been up to?
By Post-19 Staff and Students
The staff team all can’t believe it’s the end of another academic year for Post-19 students, and when we look
back over the year at what the students have achieved we couldn’t be prouder. Individually you have
all worked so hard on your life skills and independence, and this can be seen in your cooking skills, travel,
personal organisation, completing house jobs, friendships and much more.
We have been lucky to end the academic year with some planned activities, which have included Go- Karting,
paddle boarding, kayaking, cinema, a trip to the Snacks & Ladders café and the aqua park at Tapnell Farm.
We finished the year with a BBQ in Trinity View garden, where we all got together, and students were
presented with a certificate and gift from Lisa, Post-19 Registered Manager, to acknowledge their
achievements.
Enjoy your summer holidays and we are all looking forward to seeing you in
September, to see what the next academic year will bring.Well done to Nick and George! A very big well done to Nick and George who have received awards from the Isle of Wight College. Nick received a High Level of Participation award and an award for Outstanding Achievement and use of College resources, and George received an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Workplace.
Summer Holiday Food Help.
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM COLLEGE
Term Dates 2022-2023 TERM DATES 2022 – 2023
Staff Development Day Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd September 2022
Start of Autumn term for students Monday 5th September 2022
Quarter term weekend Friday 23rd September 2022
Boarders: Sunday evening 25th September 2022
Return after quarter term weekend
Day Students: Monday morning 26th September 2022
Break up for half term holiday Friday 21st October 2022
OCTOBER HALF-TERM
Boarders: Sunday evening 30th October 2022
Return after half term holiday
Day Students: Monday morning 31st October 2022
Quarter term weekend Friday 18th November 2022
Boarders: Sunday evening 20th November 2022
Return after quarter term weekend
Day Students: Monday morning 21st November 2022
End of Autumn term Friday 16th December 2022
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Start of Spring term Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Quarter term weekend Friday 20th January 2023
Boarders: Sunday evening 22nd January 2023
Return after quarter term weekend
Day Students: Monday morning 23rd January 2023
Students break up for half term holiday Thursday 9th February 2023
Staff Development Day Friday 10th February 2023
FEBRUARY HALF-TERM
Boarders: Sunday evening 19th February 2023
Return after half term holiday
Day Students: Monday morning 20th February 2023
Quarter term weekend Friday 10th March 2023
Boarders: Sunday evening 12th March 2023
Return after quarter term weekend
Day Students: Monday morning 13th March 2023
End of Spring term for students Thursday 30th March 2023
Staff Development Day Friday 31st March 2023
EASTER HOLIDAY
Start of Summer term Monday 17th April 2023
Quarter term weekend Friday 28th April 2023 (includes Bank Holiday)
Return after quarter term weekend Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Break up for half term holiday Thursday 25th May 2023
Staff Development Day Friday 26th May 2023
SPRING BANK HOLIDAY HALF-TERM
Boarders: Sunday evening 4th June 2023
Return after half term holiday
Day Students: Monday morning 5th June 2023
Quarter term weekend Friday 23rd June 2023
Boarders: Sunday evening 25th June 2023
Return after quarter term weekend
Day Students: Monday morning 26th June 2023
End of Summer term for students Friday 21st July 2023
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