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Head of School's Blog

Miss Begley publishes a weekly blog here for parents/carers and students every Friday during term time. 

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  • Head of School's Blog - 11 October 2024

    Published 11/10/24
    Half of the Year 7 cohort attended a trip today to the Roman Villa in Newport. Feedback from the trip was that the students found it very interesting and enjoyed learning about history outside of the classroom. The other half of the Year 7 students w
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  • Head of School's Blog - 4 October 2024

    Published 04/10/24
    We opened our doors to Year 6 students and their parents/carers on Tuesday evening. We welcomed over 350 families into the school. We had so many student volunteers helping and they are our best ambassadors. The evening was a great success. I was sup
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  • Head of School's Blog - 27 September 2024

    Published 27/09/24
    I would like to start by congratulating our U16 football team for a great win on the mainland on Monday. Thank you again to Mr Peake and Mr Westby for organising and supervising the event. A full write up of the game can be found here: WestbyBall Tak
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  • Head of School's Blog - 20 September 2024

    Published 20/09/24
    I can’t believe that we are already three weeks into the new term. We have had a very positive start to the academic year and students have returned with a positive attitude. Our new Year 7 cohort have started well and are already getting invol
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  • Head of School's Blog - 13 September 2024

    Published 13/09/24
    This week I have had the pleasure of leading the assemblies for all year groups on “What's my story” - I have enjoyed sharing with students my journey on how I have become their Head of School. I am very proud of how our Year 7 stu
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  • Head of School's Blog - 6 September 2024

    Published 11/09/24
      I have had the pleasure of leading all of our assemblies this week and welcoming all the year groups back. We have had a very smooth start to the academic year and students have returned with positive attitudes. I h
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 19 July 2024

    Published 19/07/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. Year 10 finished their trial exams and, overall, they were amazing. On Wednesday and Thursday it was Year 9 trial exams for their core subjects of maths, English and science. They coped with this so well. The exa
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 12 July 2024

    Published 12/07/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. On Tuesday, our new Year 7 students joined us for Transition Day. It was lovely to meet them and introduce them to life as a Carisbrooke student. Thank you to all our student ambassadors involved, you were an abs
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 5 July 2024

    Published 05/07/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. On Tuesday we held our annual Awards Evening. This is one of the highlights of our calendared events as it is when we recognise individual students for their contributions to lessons and other wider curricular op
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 28 June 2024

    Published 28/06/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. This has been a special week as we have had our rewards trips. Paultons Park on Wednesday for Year 8 for which I had the pleasure of joining, Thorpe Park yesterday for Year 9 and 10 and Splashdown today for Year
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 21 June 2024

    Published 21/06/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. We have finally said goodbye to Year 11 – the last exam was on Wednesday. I am so proud of the way they have embraced the exam season. They were mature, positive and focused throughout their exams. I wish t
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  • Head of School’s Blog – 14 June 2024

    Published 14/06/24
    Welcome to this week’s blog. It has been another busy week here. We had the University of Portsmouth running a workshop in school for year 10 students on Wednesday. The students found it extremely informative. A large number of students went
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