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NEWSLETTER

Christmas 2013

Principal’s Message It is with great pleasure that I write the foreword to this term’s Christ the King College Newsletter. The Chair of Governors, David Lisseter, smilingly reminded me today of how I seem to describe every year at Christ the King as being a special year; well, the events of this term have already cer-tainly cemented this year as being particularly special! From the first day of this term, beginning with the Sixth Form Conference and the arri-val of 240 new Year 7 students, there has been a deep sense of satisfaction that our family is complete; that is, we now have the full secondary age range from 11 -18 and, of course, the splendid Sixth Form Centre in which to house our older students. How wonderful it is, therefore, to be able to read about such a diverse range of activities and talents, from the courageous and deeply moving expedition to Ethiopia to the spirited success stories of our Year 7 Girls’ Football team. I hope you enjoy reading all of our news stories and the wide range of activities described. I also hope that the opening pages give you some sense of the wonderful event that marked last Wednesday, 11th December, the Grand Opening of the Sixth Form Centre. The presence of the two Bishops, the fellowship of our guests and the deep sense of reverence from our students all contributed to a remarkable day in our College’s jour-ney. My only regret is that it was not possible for the service to be experienced by eve-ry single member of our College community, but a compilation of photographs and a video are being prepared as a lasting memento of the occasion. It is not only on these grand occasions that our students show how special they are. They are truly “known by their fruits” as described in the Gospel, earning for them-selves, often through the small, unsung deeds, the well deserved reputation for being caring, thoughtful and respectful young men and women. It is a joy to be with them and, now that they can grow with us from Year 7 to Year 13, we certainly have cause to celebrate and give thanks. Many of our students during this term have invested considerable time and energy to fundraise for those less fortunate than themselves, including those known to us in our College community. As we move more deeply into this joyous season, with all the happiness, celebration and excitement that it brings for many of us, please pray for those students and families who are struggling to cope through this time. Finally, thank you for your continued support of the work of our very spe cial College. May this holy season bring peace, joy and love to you and your families.

Wednesday, 11th December 2013 Official Opening of the Sixth Form

Centre

As with so many occasions at Christ the King College, the work in preparation for the Offi-cial Opening of the Sixth Form Centre began many months ago. Arrangements were in place to ensure that students, staff, guests and our two Bishops from the Diocese of Portsmouth were able to enjoy the day whilst remembering the importance of the final piece in the jigsaw of Christ the King College being a fully inclusive, Christian Secondary School for students from 11 to 19. And what a fan-tastic day it was! The day began with the manoeuvre of 1260 students to the appropriate places within the College. All students in Years 7 to 11 were seated in the College Sports Hall where the events of the day would begin to unfold. As the students entered music was being played by our College Worship Band, with members Joseph Shurmer, Thomas Turtle, Jonathan Biss and Alice Ball from Year 13, George Biss, Year 10 and Thea Callaghan, Year 9. At a sign, the Worship Band began to play “You’re Beautiful” by Phil Wickham as the for-mal proceedings and procession began. Two Year 11 students, Megan Rogers and Thomas Measey, were the first to enter the Sports Hall. Megan carrying the College cross with Thomas following with the College flag. Stu-dents responded wonderfully, immediately showing the respect appropriate for that which followed.

Following the stu-dents were our College Principal, Mrs Pat Goodhead, our Chair of Gover-nors, Canon David Lisseter, the two Bishops, Rt Revd. Philip Egan and Rt Revd. Christopher Foster with our Head Boy, Ellis

O'Connell and Emily Snow our Head Girl. Mrs Goodhead welcomed the students, wel-comed the guests and spoke briefly regarding the journey that Christ the King College had been on and what an occasion today was that the journey was so close to completion. As a College we were then lead through our Collective Act of Worship with our College Prayer led by Brooke Bishop, Year 8 followed by individual prayers from Maya Powell, Year 9, Ned Guy, Year 8, Amelia Mills, Year 10, and Emma Forrest Year 12. The Collect was led by Edward Callaghan and Amy O’Regan, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl. The first reading from 1 Samuel 3: 1-10 was given by Connor Dyer, Year 11, Ella Phillips, Year 11, Harriet Little, Year 11 and Amelia Mills, Year 10. The first reading was then followed by the first of two Homilies. The first was led by Rt Revd. Christopher Foster, Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth. Thea Callaghan, Year 9, completed this first part of our time together with a beautiful per-formance of Pie Jesu. The second reading from Luke 11: 1-4 was given by Mrs Goodhead.

With the Homily that followed led by Rt Revd. Philip Egan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth As the time in Up-per College Hall began to draw to a close, Fr. Mike Excell led the Prayer of the faithful with pray-

ers of intercession led by Kaya Simpson, Year 12, Ellie Maddocks, Year 7, Zoe Bushby, Year 7, Jacob Honnor, Year 10, and Stephen Wil-liams, Year 9.

Whilst the students, staff and guests were singing “At the name of Jesus”, the procession left the College Sports Hall to make their jour-ney to the Sixth Form Centre. Upon entering the Sixth Form Centre, Head Boy and Head Girl, Ellis and Emily, opened the gathering with a prayer and Chair of Gover-nors Canon David Lisseter welcomed everyone to the service. Mrs Goodhead repeated some of the wel-comes from previously, with the inclusion of the Sixth Form Students themselves. Mrs Goodhead spoke in more detail befitting the venue and the students present on the jour-ney that Christ the King College had been on, from those first days of the amalgamation to the spectacular building that the students were now in.

It was during this that Mrs Goodhead would also officially undergo the Investiture of the Dame of St. Gregory.

As Mrs Goodhead received this great honour and that part of the ceremony was complete, students, staff and guests rose, as one, for a standing ovation to Mrs Goodhead. Her work, her dedication, her drive and her relentless pursuit to make Christ the King College, not only the best Secondary School on the Isle of Wight, but to make Christ the King College one of the best Schools in the country de-served nothing less. The ceremony then continued with the much anticipated revelation of the Christ the King College Sixth Form Icon. Students within the College Sixth Form worked on this marvellous icon during a two day period in November. Maria Hall, Iconographer, who ran the student sessions complemented our students on their spiritual engagement, and was im-pressed by how fully involved they were in the religious process. Each student crafted an in-dividual tile, with inscriptions to inspire them (Romans 11 "How great are the Depth of God"). Students completed these tiles with the reverence and prayer appropriate to cre-ating such a symbol of Christ our King and Christ the King College. Students within Mrs Hayden's form class were chosen to place the tiles, having rehearsed in preparation for the 'reveal' during the ceremony. During the cere-mony, there was a palpable feeling of awe as our students, physically and symbolically placed individual tiles to 'reveal' an image of Christ. With music in the background during this event, the ceremony approached its con-clusion. Christ the King College is now officially the only 11 to 19 Christian Secondary School on the Isle of Wight.

Ethiopia Trip

In the summer of 2013, nine students, Emma Forrest, Sarah Tinsley, Polly Hayden, Ashleigh Gibbs, Beth Rayner, Darren Selwood, Sam Rosewell, Ryan Tulloch and Matthew Honnor and three members of staff took part in an ex-pedition to Ethiopia with World Challenge. The expedition was the final part to a project that had been taken over the course of eighteen months with the students giving up many hours of their own time to raise the money, not only to fund part of the trip, but to give to the pro-ject for which we were working whilst over there. The fundraising took in a variety of dif-ferent events including too many dinner par-ties, rowathons, walks, bag packing and too many car washes to talk about. The amount of effort and team spirit being shown in the build up to the expedition was a testament to how much the project meant to each of the stu-dents, and this boded well for the month long trip that was to come. The expedition allowed students the chance to see how some people have to live across the planet. Whilst there, we met a number of dif-ferent people. However, the most humbling ex-perience was when we were interviewing stu-dents who were looking for sponsors so that they could attend schools. We met a little girl who was aged six who had to walk two and half hours to and from school every day by herself. We met a fourteen year old boy, who lived with friends as both his par-ents had died. The meetings, whilst upsetting for our students, were necessary as imagining what it is like to live in extreme poverty and under incredibly difficult circumstances is im-possible to imagine. Since returning from this trip, the students have presented assemblies to all year groups within the school, showing confidence in them-selves and indicating for them why it is so im-portant to help others. We have as a group al-so begun to sponsor three children and have continued fundraising for this, with individuals from the group also sponsoring children them-selves. The expedition was superb, and whilst hard work in the build-up and throughout the trip, it was, as Matthew Honnor said in the assem-blies, ‘Worth it a hundred times over’. Mr Ben Stolborg

The Sixth Form Conference 5th September

“Raising Aspirations and Securing Ambition”

Paulton’s Park Business Trip

On Friday 11th October, fifty four Year 10 students visited Paultons’ Park as part of their GCSE Business studies. The trip al-lowed students an oversight into the world of business and all of the considerations that need to be accounted for when run-ning a large company. The day began with an hour long talk from their educa-tional specialist who described the process and developments that the park had made since it opened, culminating with the launch of ‘Pepper Pig World’ which had doubled the park numbers of the course of a single year. The students were ex-tremely attentive during this talk, and asked a series of interesting and informed questions at the end. After the talk it was time for some fun, with students heading to the park for some fun and adventure

on the rides. The weather wasn’t great; however, this meant for smaller queues with all students seeming to enjoy the day.

The lawyers, witnesses and clerk met at 8.30am for an early start to have a final run through and prepare. Then it was over to the courts for 9.30 to start at 10am. Our Defence team were up first in the magistrates’ court and gave an excellent performance against Ryde School. Unfortunately, we did not win the case but all students performed well. The lawyers were Phillipa Tsang and Jessica Kerr. These two complemented each other on their performances and were clear in their questioning, highlighting the problems of the prosecution. They did not bring in new evi-dence, unlike the opposition. The defendant was Chloe Wheeler with the defence witness Sammy Rosewell-Poulter. These two were quietly confident and did not buckle under the pressure being given by the opposition’s law-yers. Finally, the Usher, Louise Ryan who stepped in at the last moment, moved around and guided the witnesses with ease, directing them to their appropriate witness statements. Straight after our case for the defence, we moved straight into the Crown Court to watch the Prosecution team in action. We were against Priory School, who once again were very difficult competitors. Our Prosecution Lawyers were Dan Wills and Sophie Cus-worth. Once again, Sophie stepped in on a day’s notice and delivered a streamlined per-formance picking up the errors instantly from the witnesses. Dan used his time wisely to create drama and thought before delivering his questions or closing statement. Our pros-ecution witnesses were Martin McGrath and Louise Hill. Louise has developed her court skills since the Magistrates’ competition a year and a half ago, speaking clearly and not being swayed by the prosecution. Martin had an air of coolness to his performance and no matter how hard the Priory defence lawyer tried to

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doubt in the eyes of the Jury, he held firm, making it clear what happened on the day in question. Finally, our Court Clerk, Connor Dy-er, delivered an immaculate performance when it came to running the court. It was re-markable to see him in action, especially as he had less than 24 hours to prepare. We won the case. Our time in the court room did not stop there though. We were asked to deliver our prose-cution again, due to a school pulling out last minute. This meant that another school were able to compete. Whilst the prosecution were in action for the second time, our jury were listening to the case in the other court. The Jury were Kate Garnham, Lucy Scholes, Philli-pa Tsang, Jessica Kerr, Chloe Wheeler and Louise Ryan. The effort and dedication put into this competition from the students in was outstanding. They have not only been keen to learn and succeed but came up with great suggestions of who could take missing places when the day was fast approaching. Finally, a big thank you needs to go to Ms Mi-caela Ward and Mr Harry Hare. Whilst run-ning around in the background on administra-tive tasks, both Ms Ward and Mr Hare were invaluable in picking and preparing the teams. We definitely had more of an edge to us this year due to their background. With a little more time in the preparation and now with a year’s experience under the belts, the staff team will be able to lead us to victo-ry. Thanks also needs to go to Mr Ben Stol-borg, who also helped out the night before and on the day preparing witnesses.

Christ the King College 3rd place Priory and Ryde Private Joint 1st.

Mr Stuart Brenchley

High Sheriff’s Court Competition

Lake District Visit

On Monday 28th October, twelve students from the College along with three members of staff took part in a visit to the Lake District. The aim of the visit was to provide students with the chance to experience an area of out-standing natural beauty as well as to com-plete some hiking. Although delayed initially by the high winds of the previous night, we made it off the Island by eight o’clock and were on our way.

Arriving at the Youth Hostel on the first day, we were a little surprised to find it seemingly deserted. However, after departing for a short walk to the nearby beach, we returned to find reception open again. In the evening, we were fortunate enough to be able to watch ‘An Inspector Calls’ at the ‘Theatre by the Lake’ in Keswick. All students seem to enjoy the show, with the ending coming as a sur-prise to quite a few of them.

The second day was our day for long walks taking in two different walks around Winder-mere. The setting is simply stunning and makes for great hiking. Navigation was given

to Scott Wheeler and after a couple of false leads, he was able to guide us around the walks that we had picked. A quick dinner and a visit to the cinema in the evening and all students were ready for some sleep. Wednesday saw us take a trip into Keswick. No visit to the Lake District would be com-plete without seeing the pencil museum, and all students can now say that they have seen the largest pencil in the world. Shopping and swimming were also on the cards for the day and with an evening of bowling, in which the staff and Sixth Formers demonstrated to the younger students on the trip how to play, it had been another very entertaining day. Our final day saw us complete a walk in near-by Morecambe Bay and with a final trip to the Lakeland Motor Museum we were able to learn all about Donald Campbell and Bluebird. Throughout the trip, every student was abso-lutely outstanding and a pleasure to be around. Enough cannot also be said for the staff at ‘Arnside Youth Hostel’, who could not do enough to help to ensure that our stay there was the best that it could be. Finally I would like to say thanks to Dr Dean and Ms Williams for making the trip so enjoyable. Mr Ben Stolborg

Year 8 Charity Events

Year 8 have hosted 2 charity fundraising events this term. The first was a very success-ful tea party for Macmillan, which was well supported by the community. Students served teas and cakes whilst parents enjoyed musical performance by Year 8 and 11 students. The final total for this event, and Macmillan nurs-es, was £285.

The second event was a cake sale for Children in Need, Libby Routledge (8KCA) asked to raise money for this charity and came up with the idea of a cake sale. It was incredibly well supported by the students and staff raising a wonderful £204.85, in 25 minutes! Year 8 are looking forward to a mufti-day next half term for Shelter Box and a Cancer Re-search charity; the students have again used their initiative and have organised this by writ-ing letters to Mrs Goodhead. I am incredibly proud of these students, and I wanted to share their successes with you.

Miss Kate Calloway

House News

On the 18th October, Ms Smythe, Mrs Clark and Mr Hart went bowling with their Form Groups as a reward for being the top 3 form groups in last years House Credit Challenge.

All 80 Students had a wonderful time, and it was lovely to see Year 8, 9 and 10 having fun together. We have recently held a successful Inter-house cake competition. Students were asked to design and make a cake for Children in Need, using 'Pudsey' as the theme. We had 26 wonderful entries and awarded over 80 House Credits. The 3 winners were - Maia Gray, Ethan Wakeman and Joella Maddin. Once the cakes had been judged, they were sold as part of the cake sale to raise money for Children in Need.

Inter House Magazine

Miss Harrison and Miss Barnes have started an inter-house magazine competition. This is an excellent opportunity for our students and we hope to see the outcomes on the web-site in the coming weeks.

Worship Evening

On Friday, 22nd of November, Christ the King College hosted a jointly lead worship evening with the Catalyst Worship Band. It was an amazing opportunity for people of all ages to come together as one family to worship God.

There were powerful and reflective worship with an inspiring talk from guest speaker Chris Readicliffe who is from Youth for Christ. The evening was hosted brilliantly by David Par-

sons and Ben Crouch. This was the Worship Band’s second worship evening and we are loving leading people in worship whether its within college or after. The Worship Band would like to thank everyone who was in-volved in making the evening what it was. Al-so a special thanks to Rev Leach for helping to organize the evening. The band would also like to thank the people who gave us money for refreshments and, in particular Ed Bell and his group who made us cakes for the evening to raise money for their trip and we wish them the very best for the rest of the fund-raising events. I'm sure after the new year we will be starting to plan the next worship even-ing, bigger and better than before. Joseph Shurmer 6th Form

Readathon & DEAR (drop everything and read)

Students in Years 7 and 8 have been taking

part in the Readathon Chal-lenge 2013, which aims to en-courage students to read for pleasure whilst raising money for charity. At the beginning of November, students pledged to read a number of books and then asked family and friends for sponsorship. The challenge ended on Friday

29th November with a college-wide Drop Eve-rything and Read (DEAR) event. This now-annual initiative sees staff and students 'drop' what they are doing at the sound of a bell in order to read silently for ten minutes, again further support-ing a 'reading for pleasure' cul-ture across the college. This took place three times during the day and was a fantastic op-portunity for staff to enjoy reading alongside students. The total raised for charity during Readathon 2013 was a fantastic £488.10! The individual winners were: Roland Smith (8SLE) for reading the highest number of books during the month (18 books!) and Louis Herbert (8RHA) for raising the single biggest amount of sponsorship (£70!). They have won themselves a certificate, a £5.00 National

Book Token and a brand new copy of Mister Creecher by author Chris Priest-ley.

Well done and a huge thank you to all who participated or

supported the event Mrs Sarah Leahy

Students at Christ the King College were among those celebrating the 50th anniversary

Winner Charlie Goodstein-Oliver, left, and William Dixon (inside the Dalek)

of everyone’s favourite doctor. They dressed up as Dr Who characters, past and present, and were treated to a talk by artist Alister Pearson, who illustrated some of the Dr Who books. He brought in a selection of his paint-ings to show the students, and encouraged them to create their own artwork inspired by the programme. The college’s Head of Art, Adam Brown, said: “The students surprised everyone with their handmade costumes and their excellent artwork, which was inspired by the show itself. It was a really successful day and the students really enjoyed dressing up. “Each student donated £1 to Save the Chil-dren, the chosen charity of the college’s Ratcliffe House.

Dr Who artist Alister Pearson and Julie Fox in her Tardis dress.

The three Dr Who

Art Competition winners were; Eden Crumplin 9EFI

Maia Gray 7GHG Ciara Kent 7GHG

Special award to: Luke Joynes for the most number of entries

Founder’s Day

Founders Day celebrates the founding of Christ the King College, the journey we have been on and what we represent we give thanks for what we have achieved and pray that we can continue to build on our achieve-ments for the future. After the service, our students returned to classes for a relatively ‘normal day’, with only Dr Who events making changes.

UK Team Maths Challenge On Tuesday 19th April, four of our brightest mathematicians, Daniel Parsloe, Alin State, Kit Marfleet and Bradley Sheath took part in the first round of the team UK Mathematics Chal-lenge. Although as a college we have compet-ed in the individual challenge for a number of years, this was our first experience of this event. To attend our round, we travelled down to Bristol, with the competition begin-ning at 5.30pm. The exceptionally high stand-ard of the competitors, combined with the dif-ficulty of the questions being faced meant we knew that we had our work cut out for us. The opening part of the competition required the teams to work as a group to solve 10 maths problems, whilst in the remainder of the rounds, each team split up into two pairs to solve a mathematical crossword followed by a maths relay. Although this year we didn’t manage to place in the top five, the persever-ance and meticulous approach of our students to each set of problems was undoubtable. The winning team on the night scored an amazing 181 out of a possible 184, fully de-serving of their first place. This is a competi-tion that we will return to next year and are now working towards the goal of placing in the top five. Mr Ben Stolborg Director of Maths

The Christmas Concert The Christmas Concert, recently held in the new sixth form hall, was a very successful and enjoya-ble occasion, with varied and high quality performances throughout. The outstanding new facilities more than lived up to the exceptional hard work and commit-ment shown by the students who performed. The concert opened with a heartfelt perfor-mance by our very own Worship Band, who as ever proved that the Christian faith is alive,

well and strong among our students. The band, made up of mostly older students, is an outstanding feature of Christ the King College through their witness and leadership, which in morning worships seems always to be en-joyed by both students and staff. Next, the String Ensemble showed they are going from strength to strength under the di-rection of Mrs Sandra Carlile with a varied se-lection of pieces from different genres and historical periods.

Susan Barker, one of our AS Music stu-dents, next sang a piece from the late Baroque period by William Boyce, accom-panied by her grand-father, Mr Anthony Steel, showing that we have some very advanced and accom-plished musicians at the College. Her

poise, expression and technical control were superb. Samantha Smart followed with a solo flute piece 'Sonatine' by Arrieu , and it is fan-tastic to see her reaching such an advanced level while she is still in Year 9 - a very chal-lenging piece executed very well, and accom-panied by Mrs Ginny Kelly, her flute teacher. Year 7 student Maks Ovnik followed with a very confident and rhythmic first time perfor-mance of 'Bobby Shaftoe' on the alto saxo-phone. Well done Maks! Year 10 students Lottie Osman-Dent and Polly Green then sang a duet version of 'Somewhere Only We Know' together, with Polly also accompanying on the piano, show-ing yet again their high level of musicianship skills and artistic talent. The arrangement was also once again all their own work and a very classy performance as well. Following this was the debut of the Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Mr Chris Hirst, our new music teacher. Swelled in numbers, they pro-duced a wonderful sound and showed much promise of things to come. Af-ter they played 'Air' from the third Orchestral Suite by J.S. Bach, Susan Barker appeared

again, joined by another versatile year 12 vo-calist, Natalie Aghajanian, with a beautiful rendition of 'Stabat Mater dolorosa' by Pergo-lesi, followed by two movements from Handel's

Concerto Grosso No.1.

Showing his growing confidence as a solo vo-calist/ guitarist, Year 13 student and Worship Band vocalist Tom Turtle ap-peared again for a solo ren-dition of 'The Power of Love', made famous by Frankie Goes To Holly-wood, after which the Chamber Choir per-formed. Directed by Mr David McCulloch, it was a privilege to hear the seven singers per-form three very poignant works composed by him that each tell a different side of the Christmas story. Year 13 student Tom Barker followed with an expressive performance of the demanding 'Danza Della Rosa' by Granados and a deftly executed jazz piano work entitled 'Feelin' Good' by Brian Bonsor, and ending the first half were year 7 vocalist students Josie Button and Emily Nicholson who, despite a minor technical hitch that didn't put them off in the slightest, made a successful debut at our con-certs with a well received 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree'.

Opening the second half was Year 13 student Eloise Preston with a very thoughtful and highly skilled modern dance performance to 'Hey Alice' by Rachel MacWhirter. Following this was the Wind Band, under the direction of Mr Martyn Stroud, which first played 'Walking In The Air' featuring Year 8 student Oliver No-lan on euphonium with the solo, after which was a stirring performance of the very chal-lenging 'Sovereign Variants' by J Curnow. Vocalist / guitarists Maddy McIntosh (Year 8) and Rachel Thornton (Year 10) appeared next, both of them accompanying themselves solo with versions of 'Ho Hey' by the Lumineers, and 'Too Close' by Alex Clare, respectively. They are proof of the growing number of tal-ented singers we have at the College.

Next up the College's Full Choir under the di-rection of Mrs Tressa Lambert had the audi-ence's toes tapping with a groovy close har-mony version of the jazz standard 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' which was followed by a lovely performance of the song 'Home' as made popular by M Buble. Year 10 student Conrad Lewandowski then explored the darker side of human nature with a confident solo rendition of 'The Cave' by Mumford and Sons, accompanying himself on the guitar, then Mollie McGhie had her first appearance in our concerts since Year 6 when she played the glockenspiel, but this time she performed beautifully singing a duet with Ra-chel Thornton - both are now year 10 stu-dents.

Year 12 student Jay What-son, a regular feature of our concerts and an out-standing contributor to the musical life of the College, played the hugely difficult and romantic virtuoso 'cello solo 'Allegro Appassionato' by Saint-Saens accompa-nied by the wonderful Mrs Michele Brock on piano.

Lottie Osman-Dent then sang a spine tingling solo version of 'Make You Feel My Love' as made famous by Adele, showing her virtuosity and command as a singer growing each time she performs. Finishing the concert with 'Cruella de Vil', 'Well You Needn't' and a very seasonal medley of 'Jingle Bell Rock' and 'Winter Wonderland' featuring Year 11 student Megan Rogers on voice was the Jazz Band, which includes a number of newly recruited students who indicate lots of promise for the future. Mr Jeremy Gray Head of Music

Football Results October 2013

Christ the King College vs.

Carisbrooke College

Year 7: lost 2-0

Man of the Match: Josh Weir

Year 8: drew 3-3

Hat-trick from Man of the Match Hugo Moore

Year 9 : won 4-3

A Bradley Young penalty and a hat-trick from Elias Ahmed

Man of the Match: Lewis Evans

Year 10: lost 9-1

Man of the Match was (own) goal scorer Alfie Carey

Year 11: drew 1-1

6th Form: Won 5-2

Goals from Tim Maddin, Ross Dent, Richard Salmon, and Niall Harris Man of Match: Ross Dent

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Years 9, 10 and 11 Netball Match Reports

Year 10 and 11

Thursday 3rd October saw the year 10 and 11 girls netball team start off their season, at home, against Carisbrooke College College and Medina College. The Year 11’s started off very well against

Carisbrooke College with a great attacking partnership from Emily Boynton and Keeley Hayward. However, the team were very excit-ed about their first game and rushed a few of their passes giving Carisbrooke College Col-lege a few opportunities to attack, but solid defending from Bronte Ramsey and Jamie Batchelor stopped a third goal. With a bril-liant partnership between Asia and Mica Harris and Millie White they were able to attack fre-quently. The match ended 22-2 to Christ the King College.

In their second match, they were under strict orders from Miss Simmonds to slow it down and calm down, Medina College started off very strongly and scored the first goal. Bronte Ramsey then called the team to "calm it down" and Christ the King College were back to their best. Once again some brilliant shoot-ing in the second half saw Christ the King Col-lege win 12-1. The Year 10’s first game was against Caris-brooke College and they both started off well, some brilliant end to end play saw both goal keepers and goal defenders worked hard. Molly McGhie worked particularly hard to en-sure that the Carisbrooke College goal attack was unable to get the ball. A very evenly matched ended with a well-deserved 2-2 draw.

Their second game against Medina College saw Christ the King College step it up a gear with Rhiannon Gerrard and Yasmin Humphries working their socks off in the centre third. Christ the King College seemed to find their rhythm and ended up winning 10-0. A great display of sportsmanship from Louisa Edwards and Sophia Gordon who helped out the Medi-na College who were short of players.

A great start to the season, and a special thanks goes to Mrs Hayward for helping out with coaching and umpiring. Miss Louise Simmons

Year 9 Netball

Year 9 girls played their first game of the sea-son against Cowes Enterprise College. In the first third, the girls were a bit unsure of what do, especially as some of the players had not been to training. The score from this third was 11-0 to Cowes Enterprise Col-lege. In the second third, the girls learned from the previous third and fought back with the team starting to gel together. Due to Christ the King’s hard work, Cowes Enterprise College had only scored 4 goals in the second third, bringing the score to 15-0...this was fabulous. By the final third, the girls were into full swing, defending and attacking well. They gave Cowes Enterprise College a run for their money! The score after this quarter was 16-0 to Cowes Enterprise College. Great effort from the girls, Miss Simmonds and I are really proud of their efforts. The second game of the season was against Carisbrooke College. The Year 9 girls had been training hard, with the help of the Year 11 netball team. The Year 9 Girls played really well throughout the game. They were furious-ly defending their players, stopping Caris-brooke College's play at every opportunity. Absolutely fabulous game. Sadly, the score was 10-0 to Carisbrooke College. Christ the King College might not have won, but they were great and improved vastly throughout the game. Well done girls. Mrs Yvette Henry

Year 8 Football Results

On Thursday 10th October, the Year 8 Boy’s football team enjoyed a convincing 13-1 win against a spirited Priory Team who battled hard all game and did not give up. The first goal was scored after 5 minutes by top-scorer Hugo Moore, closely followed by a goal from Louis Malkin to make it 2-0. The team were playing well but a breakaway goal gave keep-er Kieran Tavener no chance, making the score 2-1 and put the visitors back in the game. The team continued to play attacking football with the defence looking solid, Ben Holdsworth pulling the strings in midfield and

the striking partnership of Hugo and Calum looking dangerous every time they got the ball. Further goals from Hugo, Calum and Ben gave the team a good lead at half time.

In the second half, Reece Cobb came on up front and Henry McLuckie replaced Sam Woods. Not long after coming on Reece scored the goal his performance deserved with a brave header to put the match beyond doubt. Further goals from Hugo, Calum (a cracker in the top corner!), Henry, Ben and a belter from James from outside the area com-pleted the scoring.

This was a good victory for the year 8 team and a much needed warm up game ahead of their crucial clash with Cowes Enterprise Col-lege on Tuesday 15th October. Despite hat-tricks from Hugo, Calum and Ben, man of the match goes to Reece Cobb who never stopped running and scored his first goal for the school.

Team

Man of the match: Reece Cobb

Rugby Ryde Academy 0

Christ the King College 50

The year 9/10 rugby team won their first match of the season in convincing style on Tuesday 15 Oct. They outclassed their opposi-tion in every facet of the game and showed some great teamwork in the process, scoring five tries in the first half and three in the sec-ond half. Ryde were spirited and much im-proved defensively in the second half, but overall had no answer to the hard running and combinations of the College team.

Among the try-scorers were Charlie Schofield, Will Turtle, Jamie Belcher and Jim Brian, while Alfie Hancock and James Reed added conver-sions. Jack Pickford led the team well, and George Lawrence orchestrated the back divi-sion from fly-half.

Next week, the team step into the unknown when taking on John Hanson School, Andover. They are bound to be stronger opposition, but the lads will travel with some confidence after this effort.

Team: Kieran Fradgley, Josh Taylor, Sebas-tian Crouch, Will Turtle, James Reed, George Lawrence, Alfie Hancock, Rob Barry, James Watts, Ethan Squibb, Jack Pickford, Jamie Belcher, Tyler Hobson, Luke Blackman, Charlie Schofield, Jim Brian, Tom Woodburn, George Biss.

Portsmouth Grammar School B 29 Christ the King College 0

History was made as Christ the King fielded a 15-a-side rugby team at the top age for the first time at PGS, albeit suffering defeat.

The final score was comprehensively in favour of the hosts, but does not do justice to the Trojan efforts of the College team who strove mightily throughout. PGS's A team is among the best in the country, and their B team were a well drilled outfit who play a high standard every week, but met with strong opposition. The winners' greater experience and cohesion shone through at times, but for much of the game it was an even battle. Christ the King

spent most of the first half pinned back in their own territory, playing into the wind, but conceded the opening try after 15 minutes. A second soon followed, before Joe Greedy was just wide with a long range penalty effort. Un-fortunately, PGS added a third try on the stroke of halftime for a 17-0 advantage.

In the second half, the contest was still close but College now looked more threatening with some impressive line breaks, though PGS had good scramble defence, adding two tries of their own as the half wore on. Encouragingly, Christ the King finished on the attack, getting close to the line and being awarded a penalty. Captain Jack Wilson instructed Greedy to kick for goal to take the barren look off the score-board, but cruelly the kick was missed and was the final act of an entertaining game.

Forwards man of the match was Arty Vince, while backs man of the match was Scott Wheeler. The team will be proud of their ef-forts and spirit, while recognising that there is plenty to work on before their next game at Ryde School on 6 November.

Team: Tom Turtle, Sam Rawlinson, Joe Greedy, Jack Wilson (c), Martin McGrath, Scott Wheeler, Jonathan Whitehouse, Jonathan Biss, Dan Squirrell, Arty Vince, Jonathan Lan-dahl, Joe Shurmer, Jacob Hatch, Luke Stub-bings, Ryan Tulloch.

U15 Rugby - John Hanson Community School

Andover 20 Christ the King College 20

A thrilling tussle ended honours even in Ando-ver. The brave College team gave a great ac-count of themselves and looked set to win, until conceding an equalising try with two minutes left. After a long journey, the team had little time to warm up but was quickly into its stride, as George Lawrence touched down after just two minutes. The opposition soon cancelled this out and set a pattern which would continue for the whole game - Christ the King took the lead four times, but each time John Hanson

came back. A great combination led to a run-in for Jim Brian to score College's second try, and after being pegged back George Law-rence was able to score his second. Christ the King led 15-10 at halftime. The lead did not last long as John Hanson scored shortly after the restart, but a fine move allowed Will Turtle to race clear and re-store the College advantage. Now followed an epic second half, as John Hanson threw every-thing at Christ the King. They were a bigger side and ran hard and directly, but the heart and determination showed by the College team were phenomenal. Time and again Christ the King players put in tackle after shuddering tackle - one tackle around the an-kles by the diminutive Josh Taylor will live long in the memory. Mr Leahy and Mr Lisseter were on tenterhooks on the touchline, for Christ the King struggled to get the ball wide where they held the advantage, as they had done in the first half. Despite being camped in their own half for the last 15 minutes, it seemed that College would hold out, but John Hanson eventually found space out wide and equalised. There was still more defending to be done before the referee blew the final whistle. Christ the King were not downhearted at the shared spoils - they knew that they had played well and deserved at least what they got. The coach opted to award George Law-rence backs man of the match, while Captain Jack Pickford was forwards man of the match. However, it was almost unfair to single out individuals; this was a true team performance. A repeat of this spirit and a slight adjustment to the game plan should see the team give Ryde School a good game in their next outing (14 November). Finally, the coach was pleased to receive a compliment from a mem-ber of the public on the return ferry journey, who said that the boys were a 'credit' to us. A good day all round. Team: Kieran Fradgley, Josh Taylor, Sebas-tian Crouch, Will Turtle, James Reed, George Lawrence, Luke Blackman, Ethan Squibb, James Watts, Robert Barry, Jack Pickford, Ja-mie Belcher, Tyler Hobson, Jim Brian, Charlie Schofield.

U15 Rugby Team U18 Rugby Report Ryde School: 38

Christ the King College: 5

The sixth form team played their second game of the season at Ryde School and again were comprehensively defeated. In common with their first game at Portsmouth Grammar School, the team showed heart and spirit in spades. A poor spell in the first half decided the game in favour of the hosts - for the latter two-thirds of the match, there was little be-tween the sides.

In windy conditions, Christ the King faced the elements in the first half and were mostly on the defensive. Ryde scored a brilliant first try after six minutes, but their next two tries came as a result of disorganised defending - Christ the King were again not found wanting in the tackle where some tremendous hits

were made (George Huish and forwards' man of the match Arty Vince standing out), but po-sitioning in defence sometimes left room for improvement and infuriated the coach. In to-tal, Ryde managed four tries in the first half, converting two for a 24-0 advantage. Howev-er, in the last ten minutes of the half, Christ the King were showing encouraging signs and beginning to gain a foothold in the game. At halftime, the team readjusted and focused on key areas to improve. As a result the third quarter was very even and neither team were able to score. It was cruel on College when breaks by Ryan Tulloch and backs' man of the match Luke Stubbings brought them close to the try line, only for the ball to be turned over and Ryde to score a length of the field try.

The forwards were now playing very well and securing more scrum ball, but Ryde added a sixth try with a slick backs' move, before Christ the King got the score they fully de-served. Scrum-half Jack Wilson made an elu-sive break and unselfishly offloaded for Jonny Whitehouse to touch down. The final whistle followed a few minutes later, and again the College team were well beaten but unbowed.

Opposition coaches commented on the deter-mination of the team, their improvement over the course of the game and how they would benefit from more games. A return match with Ryde School is in the pipeline. Team: Scott Wheeler, Martin McGrath, Joe Greedy, Luke Stubbings, Jonny Whitehouse, George Huish, Jack Wilson, Jonny Biss, Tom Turtle, Arty Vince, Dan Squirrel, Joe Shurmer, Jacob Hatch, Brad Taylor, Ryan Tulloch, Jonny Landahl, Jack Salero.

Football

The Year 7 Football Team played Cowes En-terprise College on Tuesday 22nd October. After narrowly losing to Carisbrooke College 2-0 in the first league game feeling very hard done by, it was important for the boys to re-store some confidence back to their perfor-mance and team going into the next game. Training had been going well, and the boys were far more familiar with their team this time around. Team captain Josh Weir con-ducted a warm up, and the team looked very determined. From the kick off, the boys started very brightly immediately stringing a few passes together. The midfield three of Tom Radford, Ryan McDowell and Jack Davis managed to get good early possession, meaning that Christ the King College were camped in the Cowes half for the opening ten minutes. A fine cross from the right from Ben Sander-son led to Owen Richardson being able to vol-ley first time from just inside the box to send the ball rifling into the far top corner, a crack-er of a goal, justifying the great start the boys made in the opening minutes of the first half. The Team won the ball back early from the kick off and hunted in packs into the Cowes half. Another attack, and final shot from Tom Radford was saved from the keeper leading to a corner. From the corner the ball was cleared a couple of times, finally breaking to Ryan McDowell on the edge of the area to drive home powerfully into the bottom corner. Some great defending from Luke Streeter and Nick Earley prevented another attack, with Captain Josh and keeper Charlie Dyer talking well to scupper further attacks from Cowes.

A counter attack down the left hand side trig-gered by some great defending from Streeter, released wing back Zak Leverett, who cut in-side and from 30 yards, on his favoured right foot, and smashed the ball up and over the goalkeeper into the far top corner, surely a contender for goal of the season! At 3-0 the tireless work rate of the side didn't let up, with Richardson going through for his second of the game. The half was rounded off by another fantastic finish, when Ben Sanderson latched on to a cut back from Henry Mcluckie striking a Shearer-esque finish right off the post and in. 5-0 and the half time whistle went. The second half started much slower for Christ the King College, looking a little worn out from the high tempo first half. Cowes pinched the ball directly from kick off, and a failure to clear the ball in defence led to a chance, and Cowes' first goal! 5-1 Christ the King College managed to get the ball down and string some passes together, sliding Richardson through for his hat-trick however the shot was dragged wide. Cowes' change of goalkeeper led to a com-plete change of style, they looked upbeat, and a lovely pass from an incisive midfielder led to their 2nd goal. 5-2 Some substitutions from Mr Dye, helped the tiredness situation, the pacey Jamie Frampton coming on to make his Home debut for the school. Frampton combining with the ever present Jack Davis played some lovely football down the right hand side leading to further unfinished chances. Clayton Farrell came off the bench and also began to control the game in the final third, giving some respite to the tireless defensive trio of Weir, Streeter and Earley. With not long left substitute Tyler Stride came off the bench, linking up with Farrell to force a save from the Cowes goalkeeper. The resulting cor-ner from Leverett was met by the head of Henry McLuckie straight into the roof of the net, a fine header. 6-2 The goal rounded play off, followed by a cheer led by captain Weir to thank Cowes for the game, a credit due, as they were the bet-ter side in the majority of second half of the game. The Barclays Premiership Man of the Match as

voted for by the players themselves, was Zak Leverett for his fine strike! Mr Harry Dye

Table Tennis

Christ the King College played host to the Is-land school's Table Tennis championship on Wednesday 23rd October

The tournament took place with only Sandown Bay Academy attending as competi-tion, however this didn't stop the standard of table tennis being extremely high.

The age groups represented were:

· U 14 (Year 8 and 9) · U16 (year 10 and 11) The under 14 tournament featured Christ the King College (a), Sandown Bay Academy and Christ the King College (Mixed Team)

After a terrific run of games the 1st place went to Christ the King College (a), 2nd place to Sandown bay academy and 3rd place to Christ the King College mixed.

The winning Christ the King College team played some excellent table tennis to win with the highest point’s total.

The team: Michael Joyce, Charlie Stapeley, Ben Holdsworth, Rio Penn-Grice

The Under 16 tournament was hotly contested by four teams: Sandown Bay academy, Christ the King College (A), Christ the King College (B), And Christ the King College Girls Team.

An extremely impressive standard of table

tennis was played, with some rallies lasting longer than 20 strokes!!!

The tournament finished with Sandown Bay Academy taking the glory in the U16 competi-tion, with 30 points. Closely followed by a joint second place between Christ the King College (A) and The 'Guesting' Christ the King College Girls, who both ended with 26 points.

The winning teams will go through to the Hampshire competition.

· U14 Boys: Christ the King College · U14 girls: Christ the King College

· U16 boys: Sandown Bay Academy

· U16 girls: Christ the King College · U19 boys: Christ the King College Many thanks to Sandown who, in being proac-tive for table tennis, managed to take part and make a very credible tournament, which was thoroughly enjoyable not to mention an extremely high standard. Mr Harry Dye

U16 Girls’ Team Table Tennis

After winning the Island of Wight round of the Table tennis team tournament, the U16 girls travelled to Testwood School to attend the Hampshire round of the competition. The team finished top of their respective group winning two matches and drawing one. The girls came up against a tough St Mary’s team at the semi-final stage, but the Christ the King girls held their nerves to progress into the fi-nals to play Costello. The final was a very close encounter, with Christ the King College rank 1 and 2 winning their games comfortably 3-0. The rank 3 player however, lost their match 3-0, therefore relying on the rank 4 needing vital games to ensure victory. The rank 4 players however lost her match 3-2 meaning a tie on points. But the vital two games that she won ensured victory for Christ the King College on the games total ruling. Now the girls will represent Hampshire at the Zone final held in London.

Team: Anna Joyce (Yr10), Temeesha Hobbs (Yr8), Amelia Mills (Yr10) and Sophie Westhorpe (Yr7).

Year 7 Girls’ Indoor Football Tournament

On Tuesday 12th November 5 year 7 girls went along to the 5 a side football tournament at Ryde Academy. They had to face 4 other secondary schools from around the island and to make this even more difficult they had no substitutes to help them catch their breath.

The girls hadn't played indoor football before so a quick lesson in the rules was a must. They quickly warmed up and were involved in the first game against the hosts; Ryde Acade-my. The games lasted for 6 minutes and the first game yielded a 0-0 draw. A clean sheet and a good start! Sophie Westhorpe made some good saves and with Peggy Stagg up front we always looked dangerous and threatened to score. This game gave the girls some confidence that they could go out and compete with the other schools. The girls went onto win the next two matches 1-0 and 2-1 against Cowes and Sandown re-

spectively. The last game was against Carisbrooke who had shown up late. The girls were in second place but a win would secure the points which would crown them champions. Anything less would see them stay in second place. Having

something in your own hands can bring around pressure but the girls went out there

and won the game, again 1-0. Peggy Stagg scoring all 4 goals for CTK. Holly Byrne kept the defence solid and didn't allow any balls past and Jasmine Flambard and Hei-di Peck run around all day chasing the ball and harrying defenders into mistakes. All the girls played exceptionally well and deserved the win. They were so pleased and as the tournament progressed you could sense their confidence growing and this helped the football. They held a good shape and were disciplined throughout all the games. Four goals scored and one conceded will always bring around success. They will now go onwards to the regional fi-nals in Fareham in the new year! Great job ladies!! Team Sophie Westthorpe, Holly Bryne, Heidi Peck, Jasmine Flambard, Peggy Stagg Mr Luke Gifford

U15 Rugby

Ryde School 39 Christ the King College 14

The home side were victorious in a very enter-taining match at Ryde School last week. In a match more closely contested than the score-line suggests, Christ the King started very well, but an impressive Ryde team overhauled them and pulled away in the final quarter. Christ the King were first to score through a great breakaway by George Lawrence, con-verted by Alfie Hancock. This was soon can-celled out by the hosts, who then added a second try to take a 12-7 lead. This remained

the score at halftime, though both teams had their moments in attack. It was still a close game at the start of the second half - Ryde had the edge in the line-outs, but the scrums were even. This meant that Ryde had the better of possession and the College team had more defending to do. Their tackling was superb throughout but they inevitably were outflanked by the waves of attacks, and Ryde extended their lead. The College team responded well and scored a brilliant second try, set up by Lawrence but finished with a great angled run by Tyler Hob-son. Indeed, it should be noted that 6 of the College team are in year 9 and playing against teams a year older than them. Hancock added the extra two points again, but Ryde finished strongly and scored two good tries against the valiant Christ the King team. Forwards' man of the match was Jim Brian, while backs' man of the match was Kieran Fradgley. Team: Kieran Fradgley, Josh Taylor, Alfie Hancock, Charlie Schofield, James Reed, George Lawrence, Luke Blackman, Ethan Squibb, James Watts, Robert Barry, Jack Pick-ford, Jamie Belcher, Tyler Hobson, Jim Brian, Sebastian Crouch. Replacements: Tom Wood-burn, Michael Joyce, Jacob Ransom.

Mr Kieran Leahy

SPORTS HALL ATHLETICS COMPETITION AT MEDINA COLLEGE

All the competitors went by the college mini-bus to Medina College sports hall on Tuesday 3rd December. The athletes were: Ben Holdsworth, Will Harris, Thomas Tim-mons, Sam Woods, Hugo Moore, Callum Riley, Zach Wells, Rio Penn-Grice, Peggy Stagg, Isa-bella Harvey, Ariela Richardson, Laura Huish, Olivia Healy, Ellie Bacon & Elsie Lewis. All the above competitors did exceptionally well. There were two other colleges there, Medina & Carisbrooke. The Christ the King boys team came second and so did the girls. Both teams got through to the finals and eve-rybody played their part in the team. It was a great day out and the Christ the King team showed a good display of team spirit, cheering

everyone on. For those readers who do not know, Sports Hall activities are standing long jump and standing triple jump, throwing a shot putt, running relays & individual races and the speed bounce which requites a lot of concentration and agility. Everyone gave their best effort to achieve maximum points for the team.

Overall Results Under 13 boys

1st Medina – 89 points 2nd Christ the King 79 points 3rd Carisbrooke – 59 points

Under 13 girls 1st Medina – 81 points

2nd Christ the King – 74 points 3rd Carisbrooke – 70 points

Ellie Bacon & Elsie Lewis.

TRAMPOLINE RESULTS

U19 Elite Lucy Scholes 8th

Phoebe Janes 14th

U19 Novice Sophie Waldron 36

U15 Elite

Joella Maddin 16th

U13 Novice Ariela Richardson 49th

Abby Davie 59th India Parsons 60th

Jess Case 63rd

This was out of the south region, so the girls did well and for some is an experience and will help for the years to come. Mrs Yvette Henry

RUGBY REPORT U18

Christ the King College 3 Ryde School 15

A titanic sixth form struggle went the way of the visitors on Vectis Field. The large crowd at College's first sixth form home game were treated to an uncompromising and sometimes brutal tussle which was nev-ertheless always sporting. Importantly, this game showed that the College has made significant progress from a 38-5 defeat in the return match five weeks previously, impressing many with a defensive perfor-mance of fierce determination. Ryde School sixth formers, playing their last 15 a side game as a group, started in determined fashion and opened the scoring after six minutes, as a home lineout went awry and was punished to the maxi-mum. Christ the King responded well and much of the first half was even, though Ryde had more posses-sion overall. A great break by captain Jack Wilson offered the best chance of a try, but though he was eventually stopped, a penalty was forced which Joe Greedy coolly struck between the posts to narrow the gap. Ryde's second try shortly before halftime proved a key score in the final reckoning, giving them a 10-3 lead at the break. Christ the King drew encouragement from their halftime team talk, realising that they were competing

very well in most facets of the game. However, they found themselves on the defensive almost from the off, and would spend the majority of the second half deep in their own territory, defending for their lives. This was added to by sinbin-nings for two College play-ers during the second half (by referee Mr Fisher!), meaning that the team played with 14 men for two-thirds of the half. Ryde scored a third try to extend their lead to 15-3, and threatened to add more as their backs started to

click. But they were met by tremendous home resistance - player after player put their bodies on the line and ensured that the visitors would not add to their tally in the final 20 minutes. Cuts and bruises were ignored; dislocated fingers were shrugged off. While every College squad member played a major part, the coach would like to pick out four players who particularly impressed: captain Jack Wilson led by word and deed in exemplary manner, backs man of the match George Huish made a countless number of tack-les, while unsung hero and forwards man of the match Dan Squirrel worked extremely hard at the coal-face. Finally, year 11 student Callum Morgan made his debut in the second half when the team were un-der severe pressure, and played a big role in the rear-guard action. The squad will now enjoy a Christmas break and look forward to possible fixtures against Sandown Bay Academy and Portsmouth Grammar School in the New Year, as well as the IW Schools 7s tournament in March. Christ the King: Tom Turtle, Martin McGrath, Joe Greedy, Luke Stubbings, Jack Salero, George Huish, Jack Wilson (c), Jonathan Biss, Dan Squirrel, Arty Vince, Joe Shurmer, Jacob Hatch, Brad Taylor, Jona-than Whitehouse, Ryan Tulloch, Rob Sice, Callum Morgan, Jonathan Landahl, Sam Rawlinson. Mr Kieran Leahy

Year 7-8 Rugby Thursday 12th December

After the great attendance of rugby club this term, the year 7 and 8 rugby team took on an all-conquering Ryde school team who have come to the end of their season albeit an ex-tremely successful one in Hampshire. Our op-ponents, who play 3 times a week, looked strong from the off, but some excellent ruck-ing and counter rucking from Christ the King proved formidable in defence, often stealing the ball in dangerous areas. The game started on even ground with no score after 10 minutes, Christ the King then made a good looking break down the right hand side with passes from Louis Malkin and Ben Sanderson releasing the pace of Frazer Turnbull. Unfortunately the move finished with Ryde pinching the ball from a ruck, and immediately counter attacking at our defence, who were at sixes and sevens after the break. this lead to a scrambled Christ the King de-fence who fought attacks from the right hand side, and through the centre, but after com-mitting men to the ruck, Ryde managed to spin the ball wide and eventually score, run-ning under the posts. An easy conversion led to a 7 point lead for the visitors. Christ the King battled on, chasing a good kick off, and forming good rucks, and making some big hits in the process. The Christ the King boys bat-tled valiantly throughout the second half, only for Ryde to pinch a second converted try just as the defence were tiring towards the end of the first half. Half time 14-0 Christ the King made some changes and came out all guns blazing with some determined work up front from Jack Turner (7) and Kieran Tavener, as well as Ben Burnett joining the forwards for some much needed muscle. Kieran made an immediate impact having ripped the ball from a Ryde player he then broke the defensive line only to be hit with a huge oncoming Ryde player forcing the num-ber 4 to the ground with grimaces from the crowd. The brave Christ the King team then battled on, working good moves down the left hand side using the pace of newcomer Sam Woods to good effect. Ryde scored a well worked try from left right and back again, to

finish directly under the posts: 21-0. The Christ the King boys battled tremendously on, with great breaks from man of the match Alfie Foster carry after carry making dents in the defensive line of Ryde. one move down the left saw Sam Woods use his pace to great effect, beating away 3 players before finding Alfie who then shrugged off the tackles from two Ryde players to score. Calmly converted by Malkin. 21-7 Ryde then hit back at the tir-ing Christ the King team who by now were making substitutes left and right to maintain the high tempo of the game. Ryde scored again but didn’t convert making the score 26-7. In the dying minutes Christ the King kept the tempo up and punished a penalty won by scoring yet another try to take the score to 26-12 Malkin the scorer with the help from the forwards creating a good maul and taking ad-vantage of the power of Louis Herbert at prop. Louis Malkin had an opportunity yet was held up, however the same player used the 5m scrum to good advantage, Alfie picking the ball at the back of the lineout to then pop to Louis who beat the tackle, to score, in do-ing so suffered a bleeding nose which met the braveness of his performance equally. Ben Sanderson stepped in as kicker yet unfortu-nately missed meaning the score ended 26-12 by no means a thrashing. The Christ the King boys did themselves proud. All year 7’s and 8’s amalgamating to-gether to form great team spirit and hunger for the game which was excellent. This being their only game to date was applauded by Ry-de staff and parents who recognised their bat-tle and will in the game. The two teams shook hands and formed a tunnel which was fantas-tic sportsmanship. The game was a great spectacle and has shown how far the boys have come since September. After game refreshments were provided to the teams and both teams sat and ate in a good manner, doing their respective school’s proud. The boys hopefully will have some fixtures af-ter Christmas break, where they can improve on this good start to hopefully a winning ef-fect. Squad: Ned Guy, Alex Cole (7), Harri Jones-Evans(7), Louis Herbert, Jake Puckett, Alfie Foster, Solomon Wood, Louis Malkin, Jack Da-vis (7, who later featured in the year 7 foot-

ball match winning 7-5), Benedict McGuirk, Ben Sanderson (7), Tom Hollis (7), Frazer Turnbull Replacements: Ben Burnett, Sam Woods, Jack Turner (7), Kieran Tavener, Zak Wells, Dominic Gentleman. Mr Harry Dye

U15 Rugby Report Christ the King College 5

Ryde School 24

These two schools provided another fine contest at U15 level last week, and victory again went the way of Ryde School. They fully deserved the win, but it was hard earned and Christ the King certainly had their moments. The home team got off to a nightmare start, failing to deal with the kick-off and conceding a try in the very first minute. To their credit, they shrugged this off and fought their way into the game, with some threatening attacking play. Great tackles were also in evidence from the likes of Josh Taylor and George Lawrence. However, Ryde were next to score with a converted touch-down. Christ the King replied soon and shortly before halftime, as William Turtle jinked outside the cover and squeezed in by the corner flag. There then followed a ferocious Ryde attack as they battered the opposition line, but College defence was incredible and they kept their line in-tact. Ryde led 12-5 at the break. The leaders again started the second half better, adding their third try to extend their lead. The score would remain at 17-5 for most of the second half as neither team could gain the upper hand; though Ryde had the better of territory, Christ the King could have broken through on a couple of occasions but good scramble defence kept them out. Eventually, the winners added a final try with four minutes left to embellish their victory. Forwards man of the match was Charlie Schofield, while backs man of the match was Alfie Han-cock. Team: Kieran Fradgley, Josh Taylor, Alfie Hancock, William Turtle, James Reed, George Law-rence, Luke Blackman, Ethan Squibb, James Watts, Robert Barry, Jack Pickford (c), Charlie Schofield, Tyler Hobson, Jim Brian, Sebastian Crouch. Replacements: Tom Woodburn, Chris Turner, Michael Joyce, Uel Breach. Mr Kieran Leahy

CROSS COUNTRY The College entered a total of 15 teams in this year’s Island Schools Cross Country Champi-onships at Medina at the ends of November. The college students ran extremely well both in terms of individual performances and as a team. Notable individual wins were from Elsie Lewis, Ellie Bacon and Peggy Stagg in the jun-ior Girls events and from Alfie Hancock in the intermediate boys event. Christ the King won two team gold’s, three team silvers and two team bronze medals at the event. The College cross country team travelled to Ryde Academy for the Island Cross Country Championships (November 2013). The team performed very well with Eden Crumplin win-ning the junior girls event and Joella Madin finishing 14th. Louise Ryan had a fantastic run but was just pushed out of 2nd at the line to finish 3rd within the Intermediate girls catego-ry. Austin Law finished a strong 5th position within the Intermediate boy’s event, with Ja-cob Lewis close behind in 7th and Alfie Han-cock in 8th. Peter Herman finished next for Christ the King coming in 13th and Tom Woodburn just behind in 15th. Luke Herbert complete the College’s boy’s intermediate event coming in 27th. Kaya Simpson was the only senior girl representative, so will auto-matically qualify for the next round in South-ampton. Billy Hancock a previous College stu-dent also qualified for the next round of the competition. The following students have qualified to rep-resents the Island team at the Hampshire Schools Cross County Championships on Sat-urday 18th January in Southampton: Eden Crumplin, Louise Ryan, Austin Law, Jacob Lewis, Alfie Hancock, Kaya Simpson Billy Hancock. Mr Richard Clarke

Extra Curricular Clubs and out of College Achievements

We would like to let you know that we are very proud parents of Jack Pickford's (Year 10) achievements at swimming for C Company Army Cadet Force at County, Regional and last weekend the National Championships. Both Jack and Alfie Hancock proved total com-mitment, ambition and enthusiasm in all rounds to reach the Nationals. which meant early starts lots of travelling and long days of swimming. Jack was awarded Gold at the County and Re-gional champs and Silver place Nationally in his 100 Individual Medley against opposition from Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and other counties in England narrowly beaten less than a second by a 15 year old cadet from Scot-land. Jack often is not aware of what he has achieved, so please can this be acknowledged at school for both him and Alfie. Louise & Steve Pickford

Just a quick note to inform you of a table ten-nis result that took place over the weekend, of which three of Christ the King College pupils took part.

Results: Cadet team; Michael Joyce, Temeesha Hobbs, Charlie Stapeley.

Venue: Waterside Table Tennis Club, Totton, Southampton

Division 2 Aldworth ‘B’ 2 4 I.O.W

I.O.W 3 3 Bournemouth ‘C’ Weymouth ‘B’ 1 5 I.O.W

I.O.W 6 0 Bournemouth ‘D’ I.O.W 3 3 Portsmouth

Player Averages; Michael matches played 8 won 6

Temeesha matches played 8 won 5 Charlie matches played 6 won 3

The youngsters played with so much grit and determination and achieved some really fan-tastic individual and team results. The team remained unbeaten and were just nudged into second place behind Portsmouth who had a better games average. Don Hobbs Coaching Officer – Isle of Wight Table Tennis Association

Japanese Club

Japanese Club is every Wednesday lunchtime from 13:20 to 13:45 in L14. Participants are learning basic Japanese language such as greetings, food, colours, clothes, family mem-bers, hobbies etc. Also, short presentations on Japanese culture and life at the end of each ses-sion. Mata ne!

Renna-san (Mr Giocondo Renna)

Chess Club Chess Club on Lower College meets on Thurs-day lunchtimes. It has been a big success so far this year, with up to 20 Year 7 and 8 stu-dents attending regularly. Some of our players are beginners, and lessons have been given to

ensure they understand the basics of chess, and can begin to play games with their peers as soon as possible. Since half-term the club members have been playing a tournament, so by the end of this term, the name of the Lower College chess champion should be announced! House Credits are also available for attending regularly, winning games and playing with good sportsmanship. We do not have many girls currently playing, and I would be delighted if any girls who are interested could be encouraged at home to take part by com-ing to see me. All new members are welcome!

12th December Update After an exciting climax to the Lower College chess tournament, which was increased by the top two players in the rankings meeting each other in the last round, Joshua Phillips won, with Nico Ostler a close second. Oliver Nolan finished third, just one point further behind. Joshua was the only player who won all his matches. Mr McCulloch would like to congratu-late the 22 students who took part and who showed excellent sportsmanship throughout. Well done to all! Lower College Autumn Chess Tournament Re-sults 1st - Joshua Phillips 8ASU 15/18 2nd – Nico Ostler 8 RHA 14/18 3rd – Oliver Nolan 8KCA 13/18

Mr David McCulloch

Creative Writing Club

Once upon a time there was a group of

creative writers who gathered on Mon-

day lunchtimes

in L5. They were

there to do

something they

loved – to tell

stories. There

were fearsome

dragons, pesky

pixies and even

loveable Luigi.

Some of the writ-

ers also wrote

poems, making fantastic rhymes from

all sorts of different words.

During the cold month of November,

National Novel Writing

Month took place, and in it

the creative writers wrote a

book of their own, with 41508

words collectively. The crea-

tive writers are now traipsing

down the arduous paths of

finishing and editing, but they know

that the part of the “novelling” journey

they have already completed is some-

thing to be proud of.

After the Christmas carols have been

sung and the New Year is welcomed in,

our young creative writers will contin-

ue to weave magic with their words.

With fun word and story games as well

as constructive criticism from peers, the

Story Workshop’s tale is just beginning.

Miss Lucy Cokes

Character named after Student! Year 10 student, Louisa Edwards, has had a character named after her in the latest novel by Is le of Wight -based author, R.C.Bridgestock!

Local crime fiction-writing couple, Bob and Carol Bridgestock decided to name a Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO) after Louisa in their latest novel, 'Snow Kills', following their visit to Christ the King College in 2010, when Louisa was in Year 7.

Carol said: "After our talk, and her involve-ment with the writing competition that we did that Christmas, Louisa proceeded to follow us. We thought the character naming would may-be a little bit of a nice surprise for her!" Bob and Carol are hoping to return to Christ the King College in January to talk to current Year 7 students about writing crime fiction. Mrs Sarah Leahy

Swimming Championships

Charlotte James (Year 8) swept the board at the Hamp-sh i re Schoo l s ’ Swimming Champi-onships at Water-looville. She took gold in all the junior girls’ breaststroke events - 100m and 200m -as well as a silver in the 200m medley and a bronze in the 100m freestyle. She and 12 other swimmers from West Wight Swimming Club represented their respective schools in the championships, and Lottie was not the only one to make the podium. Luke Herbert took bronze in the 100m backstroke and butterfly in the intermediate boys’ compe-tition. Other swimmers who put in sterling performances for Christ the King College were Charley Buckett, (Year 11) and Ben Curliss (Year 7). Contributed

Austria Ski Trips As Christmas a pp r o a che s a n d t h e weather turns colder, Mr Sutton starts t h i n k i n g m o u n t a i n s , snow and ski-ing. Having c o m p l e t e d training by H a m p s h i r e County Coun-cil to run a ski trip and pro-

vide tuition at Calshot, Mr Sutton is pleased to be running 2 ski trips for Christ the King Col-lege students. This February, Year 13 will be travelling to Saalbach to enjoy a final ski trip before they move on to further education and University. We hope that they will have a memorable trip.

Also, looking ahead to 2015, students from current Years 8, 9 and 10 will be flying to Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart, to learn to ski or to develop their skiing at Wagrain - also in Austria. Wagrain is blessed with an extensive ski area, modern lifts and experienced ski schools, again we hope that the students and staff involved will have a memorable sporting opportunity. Skiing trips are certainly not a holiday, but they are a wonderful opportunity to experience new and extreme environments; extend their sporting abilities and enjoy the beauty of the mountains.

Mr Andrew Sutton

Marathon for Charity

Sam Benwell, Matthew Evans & Joe Newnham from Year 9, did a cycle ride, raising funds for Naomi House, well done!

Global Rock 2014

Global Rock rehearsals have been in full swing since October. Global Rock is an inter-school dance competition for students that is held on the mainland in the spring. This year, Global Rock Challenge is open to all College students. The date for the College entry is on Wednes-day 23rd April in Portsmouth Guildhall. The Rock Challenge was established to promote a drug free natural high and is a very positive influence. It shows children the benefits of teamwork and gives them an opportunity to be creative. It is an excellent experience. We are going to perform to the theme of ‘Medusa’. Rehearsals are every Thursday be-tween 4:00 and 5:00 usually in the Upper Col-lege Sports Hall. Mr Peter Gale

Young Optimistic Sailor!

I sail a single-handed dinghy called an Optimist, which is 2.31m long and has a single main sail. There are over 200,000 Optimist sailors around the world and you can sail one up to the age of 15. We sail all year round even in the snow and ice and in winds up to 30knots. This year has been my best sailing year so far as I was in the GBR Optimist Sailing Team repre-senting Britain in the Irish Nationals in August 2013, the British Development Team that compete in the Bodrum International Regatta and made it into the National Squad (the top 25 sailors in the country) for winter training. The National Squad supports sailors aiming for the Youth and Olympic Programmes to help them to succeed at World and European Championships in the fu-ture. I started sailing when I was seven and leant at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club where I am a mem-ber. In 2011, just after my 9th birthday I entered my first major Optimist event, the British Na-tional Championships. I competed in the Regatta Coached Fleet, against children aged 8 to 12. After four days of the five day event I was in third place in a fleet of 65 sailors. On the last day,

things didn’t go quite so well and I slipped down to finish 5th overall. It was still a great result for my fist ma-jor event but I promised myself I would go back the next year and win. After training all winter 2011/12, in May 2012 I took part in the Optimist Inland Championships in the Regatta Fleet winning the event with five first places and two seconds over the elev-en race series. In August 2012 I was back at the British National Champion-ships, this time in the Regatta Racing Fleet and was determined to keep my promise. In the nine races over the five day event I won six races and fin-ishing 17 points ahead of the second place sailor. After that I moved into the main fleet competing against sailors up to 15 years old and British National Squad standard. At the End of Season Cham-pionships 2012, my first major main fleet event, I finished 25th out of 208

entries and in the Winter Championship 23rd out of 101 entries. In both events I was the highest ranked 10 year old which qualified me for the British Team for the Irish Nationals 2013. In the autumn of 2012, I was selected to join the RYA South Zone Training Squad, the first rung of the RYA high performance sailing ladder, finishing as the top ranked sailor in the qualifying events. In May 2103, I was invited to compete in the 2013 Optimist Selection Trials against the country's best sailing talent aged up to 15. This is the event that is used to work out which sailor will go into the World and European Championship Teams and the British Development Team. It was a really tough event and I finished 30th out of a fleet of 76 earning me place in the 8 sailor Devel-opment Team that competed in the Bodrum International Regatta, Turkey. This event had loads of the world’s top sailors competing at it and I came 51st out of over 300 entries and was the 5th best junior sailor. I also made lots of new sailing friends from other countries.

I have competed in lots of events on the South Coast this year and around the country including The Spring Championships, West Mersea, Essex - 9th out of 141 entries. Inland Championships, Grafham Water – 7th out of 210 entries. British and Open National Championships, Largs, Scotland – 22nd out of 117 entries. Irish National Championships, 19th out of 90 entries End of Season Championship, Rutland – 28th out of 2014 entries Winter Championships, Datchet – 9th out of 151 entries I finished this season ranked as the 11th best sailor in Britain which means I qualified to join the National Squad which had been my main goal for the year so I am very happy about that. My National Squad training goes on throughout the winter with some extra training at Lymington. We also receive sports science support including help on psychology, fitness, meteorology, nutri-tion and hydration. We also work with physiologists and physiotherapists. Sailing my Optimist is brilliant, especially when it’s really windy. I like competing best and I have made loads of brilliant friends around the UK and in other countries. As well as all racing and training hard we have loads of great laughs especially when we are on the National Squad resi-dential camps without parents! You can read more about my sailing on my blog at http://haydnsewell1.blogspot.co.uk/ Hayden Sewell, 7RTH

Pet School

Pet School was a great experience that I was very fortunate to be part of. It was filmed in South London at a real school during the Summer holidays, from the 1st-19th of August. The aim was to prove to my parents that I was a responsible pet owner. I really enjoyed meeting the animals and all of the other children who took part, all aged 11-12. I had experiences with goats, chick-ens, ferrets, skinks, and lots more-and learnt much in the process! Watch the programme on CBBC, Fridays 4:30-5:00pm Chloe Murray, 8KCA Chloe at Pet School

Year 7. Key Stage 3

Findlay Robinson. French - Progress

Hannah Cooper. Spanish - Achievement

Hannah Jackson. Spanish - Progress

Tessa Crosbie. D&T - Achievement

Elsie Lewis. History - Progress

Harriet Bardell. Geography - Progress

Sophie Tickle. Citizenship - Progress

Ben Sanders. Mathematics - Progress

Thomas Sheath. ICT - Progress

Year 8. Key Stage 3

Tegan Nicholls. English - Progress

Jessica White. Art - Progress

George Collins. D&T - Progress

Blaize Murrey-Walsh. RE - Progress

Lauren Westmore. ICT - Achievement

Year 9. Key Stage 3

Christie Drysdale. English - Achievement

Luke Joynes. French - Achievement

Andrea-Mae Consolation. Latin - Achievement

Chloe Smith. Latin - Progress

Lily Ashton. Art - Achievement

Katie Malabar. Music - Achievement

Morgan Jennings. Music - Progress

Polly Green. Drama - Achievement

Saskia Robertson. Drama - Progress

Charlotte Phillips. Science - Achievement

Tyler Holmes. Science - Progress

Alfie Hancock. PE - Achievement

Molly McGhie. PE - Progress

Mia Tregear. RE - Achievement

Andrea-Mae Consolation. History - Achievement

Chantelle Biggs. Geography - Achievement

Charlotte Osman-Dent. Citizenship - Achievement

Chantelle Biggs. Mathematics - Achievement

Year 10. Key Stage 4

James Rudd. - English Language

Hannah Issac. - English Literature

Jaimee Batchelor. - Media Studies

Isabel Grandcourt. - French

Angelika Glod. - Spanish

Charlie Goodstien-Oliver. - Latin

Michael Ward. - Applied Art

Marianne Lang. - Fine Art

Lottie Harris. - Graphics

Sian Grove. Year 10. - Photography

Hanna Dean. - Music

Michael Chambers. - Resistant Materials

Antonia Tomlinson. - Product Design

William Colley. - Food Technology

Alicia Scullion. - Textiles

Michael Ward. - BTEC Science

Harriet Little. - Double Science

Moses Lacey. - Triple Science

Anna Webb.- PE GCSE

Molly Rasmussen. - Dance

Emily Boynton. - Health & Social Care

Tom Measey. - BTEC Sport

Erika Hollingshead. - RE

Ella Phillips. - History

Emily Slatter. - Classical Civilisation

Charlie Goodstien-Oliver. - Geography

Sophie Dyer. - Travel & Tourism

Olivia Price. - Citizenship

Greg Tapper. - Mathematics

Bronte Ramsey. - Mathematics

Connor Dyer. - Business Studies

Lydia Hough. - Drama

Connor Dyer. - ICT

Key Stage Progress and Achievement Awards for 2012-2013

Individual Awards 2012-2013

Sportsmanship ~ Ariela Richardson

Personal Endeavour ~ Kit Marflett

Creativity and Design ~ Lily Ashton

Enterprise ~ May Wheeler

Performing Arts ~ Grace Vincent

Community ~ Robert Sice

Leadership ~ Joseph Shurmer

Parish Contribution & Diocesan ~ Shania Steele

Contribution to College Life KS3 ~ Libby Routledge

Contribution to College KS4 ~ Kate Garnham

Principal’s Award for Achievement Year 10 ~ Dabeoc Stanley

Principal’s Award for Achievement Year 11 ~ Bradley Sheath

Chair of Governor’s Award ~ Joseph Greedy