The Flagpole

Whilst the DofE Presentation Evening has taken place, there is still time to complete your award and receive your badge and certificate.

Guidance can be found on a DofE Completion email sent to pupils and parents, and the advice documents are also available on MySchoolPortal. Lunchtime drop-in clinic takes place every Tuesday at 1.05pm in LG02.

Gold

Following our meeting please keep an eye on Teams as you will be added to a group and set an assignment to start off the expedition training.

The practice expedition meeting for all Lower Sixth Gold participants takes place on Tuesday 5 March at tutor time in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre.

In the meantime, please check your expedition kit and get some training in to help you on the trip. You should also book your residential via the DofE opportunity finder: Opportunity Finder - participants - The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (dofe.org).

Silver

A few of you need to please complete your programme planners and get started on your volunteering, physical and skills sections.

The Practice Expedition Meeting for pupils takes place on Wednesday 28 February at tutor time in the Clarkson theatre.

Bronze

Please could I encourage pupils with questions about the scheme to attend DofE clinic every Tuesday at 1.05pm in LG02. Miss Harding and I are very keen to help all Year 9 pupils get started on their award.

Please continue logging your hours for the volunteering, physical and skills sections. The Practice Expedition Meeting for pupils takes place on Friday 1 March at tutor time in the Clarkson theatre.

It is always great to hear about our pupils' successes that take place outside of school; please do keep us updated if your son or daughter has won a competition, raised money for charity, is performing in a show or competing at a high level with a sporting team outside of school.

We would like to invite parents to submit this information to us via a nomination form by clicking here so we might celebrate these achievements in school too. The form will close on Wednesday 21 February. 

Neil McCollin
Assistant Head - Co-Curricular

It is always great to be able to share news of pupils' co-curricular successes outside of school.

Our College pupils had plenty of success at the recent Warwickshire Swimming Championships.

Year 9, Charlotte Gower, had brought home plenty of silverware. She won six Gold medals, three Silver and a Bronze and was awarded two trophies for being the fastest across all groups in the 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke.

Year 8, Issey Cleary, had a really successful event. She won both the 100m and 50m Breaststroke events with times faster than any U15 competitor making her Junior Champion for both events too. She was also up 1.5 seconds on her personal best in a very close race in the 50m Freestyle.

Year 7, Sam McCormick swam really well, achieving personal bests in every event in which he competed. He came away with a Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

Then congratulations also go to Issac Fisher in Year 7 and Bobby Emmerson in Year 8 who have been selected for the Warwickshire Golf Union U14 squad. They join, and will now be playing alongside, fellow Princethorpe Year 9 pupil, Squad Captain Theo Clegg. The boys are enjoying their group training sessions and are looking forward to playing in competitive matches once the season starts.

A huge well done to all.