TERM 5 VALUE:

Dignity

Dear Students, Parents and Carers,

This week marks the final week in College for our Year 13 students.

To our Year 13s: you have been absolutely amazing. Over the past two years, you have made such a positive contribution to College life and, in so many ways, you have helped to make the world a better place. As a year group, you have raised an incredible £3,611 for causes that matter. This year alone, this has included raising funds to support an ex-student with medical treatment, using RAG Week funds to support Bristol After Stroke, contributing to our Christmas Hamper Appeal, raising money for Pride Without Borders, and supporting Off the Record. You have also achieved so much beyond the classroom. We are incredibly proud of the sporting, charitable and community achievements of our students, including:

Team and competition success

Our students have achieved fantastic success across a range of sports and competitions, including:

• AoC Sport Darts - Southern Champions success
• Men’s Football Team - 3rd place in the South West Central League 1
• Golf - qualification for the AoC National Finals in Nottingham

We have also seen brilliant examples of participation and inclusion, including our Wheelchair Basketball Event, which involved over 70 students and reflected the inclusive spirit of our College community.

Elite individual achievements

We are also celebrating some outstanding individual achievements:

• Riley has achieved 5th place in the UK in British Gymnastics and has been selected for the England squad.
• Teia competed at the World Cup in Croatia, winning three gold medals. She is a member of Team GB and is now preparing for the World Championships in Italy this September.
• Ruby has been awarded a swimming sports scholarship to the USA.
• Gabriela represented Avon Schools in cross country and competed at the England Schools Cross Country Championships after finishing 4th overall in Avon.

Year 13, you have truly been incredible. You have made your mark, and you have made us proud. As you now prepare to move on from St Brendan’s, we hope you take with you the values, friendships, confidence and sense of purpose you have developed here. Go out into the world and make it brighter. Examinations are now underway, and we wish every student the very best of luck over the coming weeks and with everything that lies ahead. You have made a tremendous impact on the College over the past two years and have contributed so much to College life. Please do stay in touch. We look forward to welcoming you back on results day and to hearing all about your future destinations and next steps.

Year 12 Progress Review Day

For our Year 12 students, parents and carers, please note that after half term our Year 12 Progress Review Day will take place on Thursday 4 June. This event will provide an important opportunity for parents, carers and students to speak directly with subject teachers about progress, performance and next steps as students prepare for the second year of their courses. Parents and carers of Year 12 students should now be able to access their young person’s mock examination results via the Parent Portal in preparation for Progress Review Day.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and have a lovely half term.

Kind regards

Marian Curran

Principal

With the welcome return of the sunshine and warmer weather, we would like to take this opportunity to remind students and families of the college’s expectations regarding smoking and vaping.

We strongly encourage all students to reflect on smoking or vaping as a habit and to consider their health and wellbeing. However, we also want to be absolutely clear about what is and is not permitted on site:

• Smoking is only permitted in the designated smoking area near the security gate.
• Vaping is permitted up the drive only, up to the zebra crossing leading to the main college site.
• Vaping or smoking is not permitted anywhere else on site or in any college buildings.

Any student found smoking or vaping outside of these agreed areas will receive an immediate two‑day suspension, in line with college behaviour expectations.

Thank you for supporting us in maintaining a safe, respectful and healthy environment for everyone.

The College takes the safety of students and staff very seriously. Students should not invite friends who do not attend St Brendan’s onto the site and must wear their student lanyard and ID at all times on campus. (Students should obtain a temporary student lanyard from the main reception if they do not have their ID card with them.) Our campus personal patrol the site and can be approached if any student is concerned about their own safety or the safety of others.

St Brendan's is a cashless campus so please make sure you have a card and/or contactless payment on your phone.

If you need to purchase print credit you can do this on the College “Store” which you can access on our website or by using this link St Brendan's Sixth Form College Store

When prompted to login, click on the “Sign in with Microsoft” option, where you can use your College email and password. Your print credit account will automatically update after payment has been approved.

A reminder to all students, parents and carers to please turn right only, when exiting the College between 15:50 – 16:20 at the end of the College day.