Week beginning: Monday 17^th June

Happy Birthday to Tom Potter on Wednesday,  Charlotte Purnell, Daniel Rigley and Beth Slater on Friday,  Dillon North on Saturday,  and Emily Tindall on Sunday.

A2 Start dates for the following subjects is THIS week 17^th June  

Art, Chemistry, History, Law, PE, Physics, Product Design, Sociology

21^st June – Geography

24^th June – Biology, Maths, Psychology

BTECs and other coursework only subjects continue uninterrupted.

Year 12 – PD Lessons – Restart THIS week with focus on careers and Higher Education. Use the time also to organise Work Experience for last week of term. See letter recently posted or pick up from receptions. You will need to attend private study in this week if you don’t undertake legitimate work experience or volunteering. For registering with UCAS you will need the ‘buzzword’: ip6fc14

Higher Ed Fair, Sheffield – This Friday. Minibus x2 will pick you up from Lakeside and King George at 9.45am and return in time for the end of the day. Take lunch with you. As a result there will be no minibus service on this date between sites.

The Faculties of Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield are holding an event on 28th June 2013 for year 12 female students studying Maths, Physics and Chemistry A levels. For more information see  www.sheffield.ac.uk/sciencemathschoices/events/wie13

Year 12 – Reminder:  Nottingham Trent Summer Residential. Free food, accommodation and transport. Check out www.ntu.ac.uk/post16events for details and application form. This is really beneficially and if you are considering studying locally will give you a real advantage.

AS/A2 Results Day is Thursday 15^th August 10am at Lakeside

Year 12 re-enrolment to Year 13 is Thursday 22^nd August in the afternoon. If you are on holiday please complete intention forms and leave with Jo or Zena.

Year 13 Polite reminder if you are finished with exams please complete the leaving form with teachers, librarians, examination officers to return books or settle outstanding debts.

Age UK training “Inbetweeners” Summer fun Programme 2013 at Derby. Opportunity to find out more about career paths and employability run at Age UK training. Practical activities from 19^th July-30th August. Tel: 01332 208088 Cameron Macdonald for further information

Find out how Kaplan Apprenticeships can help school leavers kick start your career. Kaplan is a leading global provider of Business and Accountancy training with over 70 years' experience of helping young people to succeed. In the last three years they’ve helped over 600 young people to find a Business or Accountancy. Find out when and where our local Summer School is taking place and register. Applications close 30th June.

Great to see most of Year 13 together for what is likely to be the last time. Lots of work still to do as far as exams are concerned but this ceremony marks the beginning of the end. Prizes were awarded by Mr D Smith, Principal of Ormiston Ilkeston Academy, Mr P Hamer, Principal of Kirk Hallam Community Technology and Sports College and Ms J Clough from Derby University.

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded subject prizes:

Special prizes were awarded to Alex Green for Outstanding Achievement, Oliver Kibble for Outstanding Service to the 6th Form and Wojciech Grudzinski for Outstanding Effort. The Derby University Award for Most Improved Student from KS4 was won by Tom Foster.

Congratulations to all of the students who either matched or exceeded their target grades in the January exams! Not all subjects are examined in January but listed below are a few of the highlights:

Simon Cumiskey: A in Biology, A in Chemistry, A in Maths

Alex Green: A A in Maths, A in Chemistry

Jonathan Lee: A A in Maths

Kirby Edwards: A in Law

Sophie Judd: A in Law, A in English Combined

Paige Murdoch: A in Law

Jenny Scott: A A in English Combined

Alex Field: A in English Combined

William Ashley: A in English Combined

Rebecca Billingham: A in English Combined

Sophie Burrows: A in English Combined

Leigh Peacock: A in English Combined

Harry Straw: A in English Combined

Stephanie Harbon: A in Product Design

Francesca Bright: A in English Combined

Haydn McPherson: A in English Combined

Abbi Seabridge: A in Biology

Emma White: A in Biology

James Yau: A in Biology

Joseph Eyre: A in Chemistry

Jonathan Taylor: A in Maths

Both Year 12 and Year 13 came together today for a fascinating and very informative presentation by Jane Woodford, titled 'Israel and the Arab World' - a complex and difficult subject which was dealt with sensitively and even handedly by the speaker.

Students responded well to Jane's questions and we had a number of volunteers who were willing to put themselves forward to help with the interactive elements of the presentation.

8-4. Year 13 do it again!

There will be some grumbling that Yr12 were nobbled (half of their selected team had an extra Geography session to attend) but there can be no arguing about the emphatic loss they suffered at the hands (feet?) of a ruthless Yr13 team.

It was bitterly cold but six-a-side keeps everyone pretty busy and you could see the 'steam' rising from the players as they gave their all to the cause. At 4-3 to Yr13 a third of the way through the second half, it was looking pretty close but the superior fitness of the older lads began to show as the Yr12s began to tire and they hammered home their advantage.

It was a good game played in the best spirit and included a few 'comedy' moments too: the triple open-goal miss by a Yr13 player, who shall remain nameless, was pure 'You've Been Framed' gold but unfortunately not captured on video. However, the accompanying photo does give an idea of one of the misses in the sequence.

Following on from the success of the Ilkeston 6^th Form Partnership over the last 5 years, we are pleased to announce new developments for Post-16 students living in the Ilkeston area. From September 2013 Ormiston Ilkeston Academy and Kirk Hallam Community Technology and Sports College will be offering separate Post-16 courses in their own sixth forms. This will enable us to continue building on our respective strengths whilst specialising further for the benefit of all students.

We believe that the Ilkeston 6^th Form Partnership has provided excellent opportunities and will continue to do so for its existing students but the educational landscape is changing, both locally and nationally, and will look very different within the next couple of years. Our post-16 provision has to adapt if we are to continue providing successful and vibrant opportunities to those students wishing to carry on with their education beyond Year 11 at school. It is our belief that these changes are in the best interests of future students as it allows both institutions greater flexibility to respond to local needs.

There will be the opportunity for current Year 11 students and their parents to attend Launch events for the two new sixth forms but for our current sixth form students we see it very much as ‘business as usual’. The Partnership will remain firm over the next 18 months as we honour our commitments to our current Sixth Formers.

Rest assured that we will not allow operational changes to in any way harm ip6fc students' prospects.