ICON Summer 2017

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English & Media’s Thr ee Day Northern Tour • Exciting Enrichment Humanities, Criminolo in gy & Law • Maths Stude nt s Ta ke On National Cipher Challenge • Stu dents Mean Business in the Big Apple

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elcome to the Summer 2017 issue of ICoN! The Itchen College News magazine is a celebration of the successes and activities our students have enjoyed throughout the college year.

This issue is an enrichment special, featuring just some of the exciting extra-curricular activities and trips our students have been enjoying throughout the year.

English and Media’s Three Day Northern Tour

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We hope that you enjoy reading about what our talented students have been up to and that you feel inspired to get involved in some activities across the college too.

The ICoN Team Marketing Department Itchen Sixth Form College

Key Dates - Summer

Geography Students Explore Southern Italy

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Term 2017

Half Term: Monday 29 May - Friday 2 June Year 11 Welcome Event: Thursday 29 - Friday 30 June Year 9 GATEway Event: Monday 3 June - Wednesday 5 July

Exciting Enrichment in Humanities, Criminology & Law

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Work Experience Week: Monday 3 - Friday 7 July

Summer Term Ends: Friday 7 July Year 10 Taster Days: Friday 7 - Wednesday 12 July Year 10 Information Evening: Wednesday 12 July, 7pm - 8.30pm A Level Results Day: Thursday 17 August

Maths Students Take On National Cipher Challenge

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GCSE Results Day: Thursday 24 August Teaching (2017/18) Starts: Thursday 7 September

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Our Students Mean Business in the Big Apple

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uring the Spring Term, our English and Media students left the college for a three-day trip which took them to the Yorkshire town of Haworth, BBC MediaCityUK in Salford and the National Media Museum in Bradford.

Haworth was home to the Brontë sisters, well-known for Charlotte

Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre and Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. The students were able to tour the grounds of their house, hear talks on the Brontë family and do some filming.

The students then visited BBC Media City Salford where they had a look around the BBC News set, the Sound Studio, 6 Music

and the Match of the Day studio.

On the final day, the students visited the National Media Museum in Bradford, which has exhibitions on photography, film, animation and much more.

Visit our YouTube channel to see our student-made video about their experiences during the trip!

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rom 30 March to 5 April, our Geography & Tourism students went on a whirlwind tour of southern Italy, the highlight of the year for the busy department.

The trip began in Rome with glorious weather, where the group were able to explore some of Rome’s most famous landmarks. They saw the Coliseum, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain and St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, home of the Pope.

On the second day, the group travelled to Naples to visit Pompeii, one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Throughout their visit they were in the shadow of the world’s most dangerous volcano, Vesuvius, which buried and preserved the town of Pompeii in its eruption in AD 79.

Following their visit to Pompeii, the students visited Sorrento where they stayed for two nights.

During their stay, they hiked to the summit of Vesuvius to see the stunning Bay of Naples, and had a talk about why Vesuvius is so dangerous from a resident volcanologist.

The group then headed to the second key archaeological site of the area, Herculaneum. The Roman town is

smaller than Pompeii but better preserved so the students had time to wander the streets and take in the most important buildings and archaeological remains.

The students were also fortunate enough to see the Duchess of Cornwall visiting the site, so were able to see our future queen up close!

On the fourth day, the group travelled to an Italian family-run farm in the hills above Sorrento to see how olives, olive oil, mozzarella and limoncello are produced. After a delicious lunch the group did the Amalfi Drive, a World Heritage Site, which boasts one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world.

Following an overnight ferry ride from Naples, the student explored Catania, the main port of the north eastern coast of Sicily. The group then headed to Etna, Europe’s most active volcano. At the summit the students were 3330 metres above sea level, so the weather was below freezing. However as they got closer to the summit, the solidified lava became warm

to walk on. The group were lucky enough to be 10 foot away from the red glow of the slow moving lava, which was around 800°C! The penultimate day in Italy involved a trip to the Aeolian Islands to visit another volcano and bathe in the warm bubbling volcanic muds before travelling back to the port of Milazzo. The last stop on the trip saw the group visit the hilltop town of Taormina, where they enjoyed seeing a Greek amphitheatre, wandering around the backstreets and picking up last minute souvenirs.

It was a hugely successful and very memorable trip and the group certainly packed a lot into the week. Here’s looking forward to next year’s Geography & Tourism trip to South West USA!

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ur Humanities, Criminology & Law students have been spoilt for choice this year with various trips, enrichment activities and guest speakers.

Houses of Parliament Law and Government & Politics students have visited the Houses of Parliament this year to tour the House of Commons and

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House of Lords, meet our MP Royston Smith, and find out more about how government, the law and politics works in the UK. AIM Conference Our History group attended an AIM conference in which they saw a lecture and met Dr David Starkey, a historian famous for his work in both TV and radio.

Frankie Owens and Youth Offending Team Visits Our Law, Applied Law and Criminology students have been able to see guest lectures from Frankie Owens, a reformed criminal and author, along with a visit from Southampton’s Youth Offending Team.

We can’t wait to see what else they have planned this year!

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ive of our most able mathematicians visited Bletchley Park for an awards ceremony as part of the National Cipher Challenge, run by the University of Southampton.

The competition involved several complicated ciphers which needed decoding by student mathematicians. Itchen’s team placed 62nd out of over 750 national teams, putting them in the top 10% of the results!

Team leader Warren Park was particularly influential in the team’s success, not only solving many of the weekly challenges but also teaching the other students about cryptography.

Mathematics teacher Rachel Shipsey said, ‘I was very proud of them all. Hopefully next year

Itchen’s team was made up of:

of Engineering): currently studying A Level Business, Maths and Further Maths.

Warren Park (South Korea): currently studying A Level Physics, Chemistry, Further Maths and the EPQ.

Crystal Wei (China): currently studying A Level Accounting, Chemistry, Statistics and Chinese.

Morwenna Redwood (The Henry Cort Community College): currently studying A Level History, Maths and Further Maths and Creative Writing.

Well done to our team and we look forward to seeing where they place in next year’s competition!

Team Itchen will do even better.’

Jason Ye (China): currently studying A Level Maths and Further Maths, and Physics.

Farai Gwenzi (Quilley School

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n a e M s t n e d Our Stu e l p p A g i B e h t B u s i n e ss i n

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etween Monday 20 and Saturday 25 March, 15 of our Business students flew out to New York City, USA. Our students did a variety of activities whilst they were out in US including visiting City Hall, Ellis Island Immigration Centre, the Statue of Liberty and Wall Street for a workshop on undertaking stocks and shares.

experience that I will remember for the rest of my life. All of the activities were fantastic and my personal highlight was the Rockefeller Center where we viewed New York at night.’

- Tom Kitley

‘I really enjoyed the trip in New York. First of all we went to an amazing city and also because it was very well organized with quite a lot of freedom and free The students had a fantastic time time. Also we visited almost all and learnt a lot about business, of the main attractions and the as well as seeing the famous group and the teachers were sights of the city. very friendly and kind. If I could come back again I would always Here are some quotes from a few choose to go.’ of our Business students about - Alberto Fenza their experience: ‘Our trip to New York has been, ‘New York was an amazing for me, the best trip ever. The

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cost was good in relation to how many amazing things we did and for the quality of the hotel.

Everything was well organised and we always had something to do. I had a lot of fun and I felt safe at all times on the trip. It was also nice to meet new friends and socialise with people who I had already met at college.

Last but not least, thank you to our teachers! I’m hoping to do something similar next year.’

- Federico Filippi