Published Fortnightly - Issue: 149 Edited by: Jenny Mitchell, Mike Pink, Caroline Ponto, Jane Sumner & Helen Ward Friday 30th September 2011

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Chichester Matters

Teachers Gain Licence to Observe

Over 60 teaching staff at Chichester College recently undertook a radical course of improvement in the form of a Licence to Observe qualification.Inspired by the drive for raising the standard of lesson observations, the course was developed in-house by senior management and professional development staff as a major training initiative to highlight and encourage the importance of observation in CPD (continuing professional development).

This is a pioneering move by the college, to re-skill staff and ensure they are working to their full potential; delivering the highest quality sessions to students. This type of action sets a goal for other FE colleges, who are already seeking to follow this example, and Chichester

College welcomes visits from other educational establishments wishing to share good practice.

“The aim is to create an open culture of self-development within the college; a climate that provides an opportunity for teachers to learn and develop their skills, while taking the fear out of being observed,” explained Sheila Thorpe, professional development manager.

Sheila continued, “Observation is a developmental exercise, designed to re-skill and support staff to success, while increasing the quality of the learning experience for students.”

It is important that high standards are consistent across the organisation and that there is a mutual understanding of quality observation, with staff reviewing their own practice as well as that of colleagues. The Licence to Observe course delivered five

sessions of theoretical background and practical examples followed by the ‘observation cycle’ of: preparation, notification, observation, feedback and follow-up.

The focus of the training is around making key judgements, giving feedback, developmental planning and follow-up. This falls alongside the review of observation paperwork, including drop-in observations, which prepare teachers for their formal observation, and enable them to respond to feedback and improve their practice throughout the academic year.

Well done to all our Observers

SEE INSIDE Marco Pierre White’s visit to the college on page 6

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We did it again! A-level results for 2011 showed that Chichester College consistently maintains a high standard of achievement, with A-level pass rates of 97%.

An impressive 22 A-level subjects had achievement rates of 100%, including notoriously hard subjects such as Physics, Biology, Economics, Geography, French and Spanish.

Most importantly, the high grades achieved at A2 this year have risen by a fantastic 7% compared to last year, with 72% of exams being grade A* – C. This is particularly important in this year of intense competition for university entry; higher grades giving

Chichester College students an advantage in getting into the universities of their choice.

Reflecting on the results, Vicki Illingworth, assistant principal for student success said, “We are extremely proud of our students and the hard work they have put into their studies to achieve such great success. Our students are looking forward to taking up their university places and celebrating their results with friends and family. We are very pleased for them and delighted that Chichester College continues to help students achieve their potential.”

This year, the college offered a new qualification to top students, the AQA Baccalaureate. This gave talented students an additional opportunity to distinguish themselves from their peers in the bid for highly sought after uni places. To gain this qualification as well as A-levels, students had to complete an extended research project. 100% of the students who took the AQA Baccalaureate project passed, with 84% achieving an A* – B grade.

Vice principal Sarah Stannard said, “We are extremely proud of how well our students have done. Our A-level provision is extremely important to the college and we are delighted to continue to deliver successful results and to help our students get to the universities and jobs of their choice”.

A-level Results

Jumping for joy

Oh yes, I did it!Sharing results with Vicky Elrick, Student Tutor

Students relax at the end of Summer School

Summer News

Following the decision to hold it outside, you can imagine the relief when the sun decided to shine on ‘Carol’s Snail Game’, the now customary last day activity of International’s EFL Summer School. This produced smiles all round, not least from the all those who had worked so hard to make the experience of the 400+ students so rewarding and enjoyable. The contribution of all involved was immense, particularly as it was straight after a very busy academic year and during the summer works taking place in Coasters and of laying new floors in C Block, which necessitated a rather hasty change of venue. As in previous years, there were highs and some things it is perhaps best not to mention (so as not to embarrass), particularly those members of staff who took part in the karaoke evening. However, from reports, it does seem that some lecturers had been hiding their vocal talents under the proverbial bushel.

Some noteworthy highs were: the 100% success rates for NVQ levels 1–3 and NOCR’s progression award; 97% of

students saying that their studies had been useful and that they found the college a friendly and supportive environment; the aforementioned karaoke event; a visit from a speaker, in full Tudor regalia, about the Mary Rose; and the contribution of other areas, such as business, drama, art, music and cookery, in increasing the range of afternoon option classes. However, students still wanted a wider range of afternoon classes, so, hopefully, more areas can be involved next year.

In addition to the students, Summer School requires extra lecturers. There are some who

had returned for more years than they cared to remember and there were others taking up their first lecturing jobs on graduating from their CELTA courses. They all commented on the support and warm welcome they received from existing members of staff, in what was, for everyone, a very busy time.

I would like to end on a very big well done to everyone who contributed to this success.

Gary Nixon Advanced Practitioner in FE & A-levels

Summer Smiles

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Summer Works

Summer Investment – Brinsbury Upgrade to car park (inc basketball court) Dog grooming water supply Dumper and roller storage Cissbury demolition plus other buildings E-Routes development in Climping Motor Vehicle works Learning Resources – new roof Foundation Student Kitchens The Hub ground floor toilets Signage

Summer Investment – Chichester Business – AAT Room Enterprise Academy Room A block toilet refurbishment Outside furniture Mac Suite in E block E-Routes development Engineering / Motor Vehicle Hair and Beauty LRC refurbishment Science lab development Student Union refurbishment Tourism Astro Pitch Signage C block flooring

A New Year for ChiSU

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Student Union had a great start to the term with a buzzing Freshers Week and plenty of events including the Big Welcome, SU Promotion Day, Enrichment/Sports Sign-up, Big Welcome and Fun Day at Brinsbury, and plenty of other promotional activities.

Throughout the Big Welcome sessions that all students attended, SU promoted ‘The BIG Quiz’. This is still live on the front page of Chi Online, so please encourage all students to complete this. One lucky student will win an iPad, once the quiz has closed on the 20th October.

Don’t forget the cross college events calendar for all activities including charity days, awareness events and all other events for staff and students is now available on the Staff Intranet in Document Warehouse, please use it to make the most of everything going on!

Student Conference Dates

Chichester CampusUnion Common Room Tuesday 4th October, 12.15

Brinsbury CampusUnion Common Room Wednesday 5th October, 12.15

HE Conference

Chichester CampusUnion Common Room Thursday 6th October, 12.15

Please let all your reps know as attendance is important, lunch will be provided and the agenda is packed full of key issues for discussion. The Student Executive will also be elected from this meeting.

JEANS FOR GENES DAY Friday, 7th October

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Union BenchesAfter the old bench seating from the Union common room was ripped out over the summer, we wanted to find a new home for it, as it seemed a waste just to get rid of it.

After advertising it locally, we were contacted by the charity Self Unlimited who operate and run the Sussex Orchards in Walberton. They were looking to install some new seating in the cafeteria area and so we happily supplied them with our old benches.

As you can see from the photo, they have now been installed and the charity was very grateful of our donation.

The remaining benches were taken by a carpenter from Crawley, who specialises in using recycled materials and turning them into new pieces of furniture.

Andy Burgess Student Recreation Officer

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White in WhitesWorld famous chef, Marco Pierre White, impressed and intrigued Hospitality students at Chichester College with stories of his rise within the industry. His calm and measured attitude had students on the edge of their seats to note stern words of advice and inspirational anecdotes.

Marco’s father and grandfather were both chefs and he explained, “Those were the days when you followed in your father’s footsteps.” As they lived in Yorkshire, his father sent him to Harrogate to find a job and told him to knock on the doors of hotels and restaurants until someone gave him a job. This was how he gained his first apprenticeship. Although, he spent more time shining shoes, and placing bets for the head chef at the local bookmakers!

What he did learn in those first months was how to work hard, be respectful, disciplined and organised. When he discovered that the Box Tree Cottage restaurant was only a few miles away, he resolved that if he were going to become a chef, it would be in the best restaurant in the country! And with a stroke of luck, the week he approached the manager, another member of staff had resigned and he was given an opportunity to prove himself.

Marco reflected, “Luck gives the opportunity and it’s the awareness of mind that lets you take advantage of it.” His first jobs were low-paid and basic, but gave him critical experience of a working kitchen. When asked about his thoughts on apprenticeships, he replied, “Apprenticeships are key! You have to get out there and knock on doors, even if you have to work for free.”

On hearing stories from the fine restaurants in Paris and London, Marco’s long-term dream became the achievement of three Michelin stars and five red knives and forks, both the highest accolades in the hospitality industry. Today, only the Ritz has five red knives and forks – but no stars.

It took him twenty years to realise his dream, and at that time the only people to have been awarded three stars were Frenchmen Albert Roux, Michel Roux and Pierre Koffmann. Every detail was acknowledged; the menus and bill were written by hand and in calligraphy and any cash returned to the customer was fresh from the bank, having only ever been touched by the cashier.

The chef told students, “Discipline is essential; staying focused. Never give up on your dreams. It’s all about belief in yourself.” One student asked about the hardest thing Marco faced as a trainee chef, to which he

answered, “When you’ve had a bad service and you go to work the next day and think you’re going to get the sack. We all have bad service, but you have to go back, accept your failures, push on and work twice as hard.”

Another student enquired, “How do you deal with stress in the kitchen?” to which Marco responded, “Absorb it: feel it and deal with it. Everyone will get stressed if there’s no communication.”

Students were also intrigued about Marco Pierre White’s favourite dish. He said, “It’s all wonderful! I don’t have a favourite dish, but I’m a classicist. I believe in refinement, not invention. I prefer the old school, the show! Perfection is lots of little things done well.”

“You may not realise it yet: This is the best industry in the world, because it’s not a job, it’s a way of life,” concluded Mr White.

Following book-signing, students served lunch for Marco, Hospitality staff and principal, Shelagh Legrave, in the college’s Goodwood Restaurant, which they had been preparing throughout the morning, as seen on the ‘kitchen cam’ screen.

Guests enjoyed a delicious tomato soup with fresh cream and crusty bread, followed by the classic beef bourguignon and skilful lemon soufflé. It was a magical experience for the students hosting a culinary legend on the college premises in just the first fortnight of their course – no doubt an occasion that will be a feature on their CVs!

Marco watches as Paul Rennie advises students

This is the way to do it!

Marco’s new book

Laetitia Moulin, Geoff Sutton, Marco and the students

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A Bramber parish church recently made the headlines when a war memorial was vandalised by thieves who stole the valuable metal from it.

Chichester College students, George Morely of Emsworth and Alex Barnes of Chichester, along with lecturer, Garry Butcher, went to the rescue on Saturday, 17th Semptember. They spent the morning replacing the lost leadwork, with all material, time and labour being kindly donated.

George Morely, 21, does roofing with his father and has worked with him for around 5 years. This was an opportunity for him to do something different with his skills and further his knowledge gained at the college. He attended a short lead course.

Alex Barnes, 18, has just started the lead module of his plumbing course and this gave him a chance to gain a greater understanding of the purpose of what he’s currently learning.

Garry, who is passionate about plumbing, said, “We are so pleased to have been able to help out in such unfortunate circumstances. This kind of mindless vandalism is unacceptable and replacement and repairs are costly.

“It’s a specialised skill and the leadwork module has even been taken out of the plumbing course to become a standalone qualification, which we are running accredited by the Lead Sheet Association.”

TES AwardsI attended the TES (Times Educational Supplement) Schools Award, held in London on 8th July. I thought it was a great occasion. The TES invited some contributors to the their website, and as I’ve uploaded quite a number of resources for teaching students with a learning disability, I was invited along.

There were teachers from all over the country, but also on my table was Chris Monaghan, a part-time photography lecturer at Chichester College, who I met for the first time!

The event was held in the Hilton Hotel, London. We were treated to pre-dinner drinks and a three-course meal. The TES awards were hosted by Rory Bremner, who entertained us with some sharp and witty comedy with a few up-to-the-minute jokes at The News of The World’s expense. Rory Bremner has recently made a programme, ADHD and Me, for Radio 4 and he came across as a genuine supporter of education.

Next up were the TES FE awards (previously the Star awards). It’s too late now for this time, but if you didn’t nominate someone, I certainly recommend you try next year because it’s so nice to be thanked and rewarded in this way.

Judy Valentine Lecturer in SLDD

Students Come to the Rescue & Repair Vandalised War Memorial

Book Share ShelfThe book share scheme is still in operation on the Chichester Campus. If you have any books that you have read and would like to share with others, please take them along to the Staff Coffee Lounge where you will find the book share shelf.

Whilst dropping off your books, have a look and see what others have left for sharing – there may be one that someone else has read that you may find of interest. There may be a book by an author that you have never tried before and don’t want to go to the expense of buying a book that you might not enjoy, but would like the chance to see for yourself what their writing style is like.

Exchange your book for another on the shelf. You never know you may find a new

author that you really enjoy. We will empty the bookshelf once a term and arrange for the books to be donated to a local charity shop, so this will also help others in the long run.

Happy reading!

Brenda Thompson Administrative Officer in HR

Judy’s blog http://www.studentswithlearningdifficulties.blogspot.com is full of excellent teaching resources and information

Gary Butcher, George Morley and Alex Barnes with the grateful vicar

In action on the roof

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Get to Know… The Marketing TeamWhat do we do?The Marketing Team exists to generate awareness of the College, our successes and the opportunities we offer to potential students and other stakeholders. Ultimately, we need to persuade possible students and their parents or employers, that we are the best place to study in the area – and in the UK.

Although our work is largely aimed at attracting students into the whole college we also contribute to what happens internally, so we often support cross college activities, and commercial operations such as the Sports centre, Nursery and restaurants. We plan carefully and monitor the results of what we do so we can advise whether something is likely to work from a marketing point of view.

We have tight budgets and timescales therefore have to focus on what is truly marketing so apologies for not being able to help everyone who asks for something.

How can you get helpwith Marketing?Simple steps:Is what you need really marketing?

If yes:

1. Fill in a Marketing Request Form with as much detail as possible (this can be found in the Marketing section of Document Warehouse)

2. Send this to jane.sumner@chichester.ac.uk

3. Your job will put into our work schedule (NB At certain times of the

year we are booked up for around 3 months so plan ahead!)4. There will be liaison about your job and when it will be done by. If for any reason you haven’t heard, do call us on x 21445. Your job will be completed – we welcome any feedback

Each year we produce hundreds of brochures, leaflets, adverts, banners, posters and press releases and are working to support the whole college so sometimes we have to juggle priorities. We do keep a record of what we have done for each area and are happy to produce plans for each area on request.

Where can you find us?We are in the aptly named Room 101, which is situated behind the Staff Coffee Lounge.

Helen Ward Head of Marketing

Who are we?The team consists of Helen Ward, Alan Goldsmith and Michael Pink (Designers), Cherise Loveday (Apprentice), Jane, Jenny and Caroline who have more to say below:

Name: Jane Sumner

Job Title: Schools Liaison Officer and Conference & Lettings Co-ordinator

Responsible for: Link with local schools for Taster Days, Roadshows and general college communication; organising internal events like Open Evenings and Taster Days, and external events like wedding fayres, conferences and private functions.

Duties include: Creating positive working relationships with schools, talking to groups of students about Chichester College, mock interviews, Careers events and managing marketing jobs list.

Needs help with: Selling the college! – Am I the best selling tool for the college?! Obviously I can stand and give a good presentation, but is this what the students will relate to? Other colleges duly appear at many of the same events as me and usually have 1 member of staff with a PowerPoint presentation... I want to make ours different. I have recently started using an iPad but what I really need is support in person by staff and students who would be happy to come out to some of the schools and talk to the students, display work or perform. After all, what a captive audience, what a great opportunity. So if you would like to get involved talk to me.

Taster Days and Open Evenings – I know that Taster Days and Open Evenings often fall at a difficult time but these really are amazing showcasing opportunities on our own turf. I know it can feel like these are an inconvenience rather than an opportunity but we are all working for the same aim: to bring in more students, to retain and grow our numbers and ultimately, to be able to continue working in a successful college. So I thank you for your help at these critical events.

Name: Caroline Ponto

Job Title: Press & Communications Officer

Responsible for: External press, internal communications, social media

Duties include: Answering the “press hotline” with enquiries from the media and often people, who should have stayed on the line and waited for switchboard! Chasing, interviewing, reporting and writing up stories, contacting reporters from newspapers, radio and TV, and sending out press releases. Monitoring press coverage on and offline. Updating our Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr accounts.

Need your help with:Chichester Matters – I’m always on the lookout for the latest staff/student success story or something interesting that may be going on. Please send a small write-up with picture to caroline.ponto@chichester.ac.uk or send the lead with details of how to contact the relevant student/member of staff. Please ask their permission first and if you are taking a photo, ask them to sign a consent form (available on the intranet).

News/Press – We love to get press coverage of staff and students alike. The story does not necessarily have to be related to their course; it could be a charity event they are participating in, an amateur play at their local drama club, voluntary work that’s particularly impressive, winning a competition, sports team success, hobbies, entrepreneurship, etc.

Do find out what your students are up to outside of college and if you think it might be of interest to the community, please let me know! Just send me the idea and I’ll see if there’s an angle we can use to target local, or even national media.

Name: Jennifer Mitchell

Job Title: Business to Business Marketing Officer

Brief Job Description: My role is to devise and implement a marketing plan to engage with employers and to increase participation in: Apprenticeships; Professional Qualifications; and Commercial Courses.

Duties include: Developing a Business to Business marketing strategy and implementing it. The main strategy is to align our offer to the needs of employers, by taking a customer orientated approach in everything that we do. My current focus is Digital marketing including developing the Employers’ section of the website, social media, and email marketing. This will then be integrated with offline marketing activities including print and events.

Responsible for: Ensuring that Business to Business Marketing is effective, and generating leads for the sales team.

Expectations from college staff: To share information and be willing to take a joined-up approach to marketing to employers.

If you require banners, tablecloths or forms, please ask our new Business Admin apprentice, Cherise Loveday Ext 2105.

We can take photos for Marketing purposes, however there is no designated photographer unless we have a professional in for the day. You are always welcome to hire the camera for your event.

Farewell Chris GibbinsChris started at Chichester College in July 2003 as a technician moving on to instructor, and then full-time lecturer. This was typical of Chris, as he had held down such a variety of jobs which often made everyone laugh.

Chris’ main background was wood machining and such skills have helped the furniture department grow to what is now one of the most successful training centres for furniture across the South East.

Chris was affectionately known as Ted from The Fast Show, and often referred to Christian as “Lord Notley”. Chris would always help students that were finding the Furniture course challenging and

often worked long hours just to prove that something could be achieved.

Chris recently lost his fight with cancer, aged 59. Construction, and in particular Furniture, raised money through the silent auction of furniture (donated by Chris’ students) and other donations from staff and students, for his chosen charity which supported him to the end.

Chris will be fondly remembered by all who knew him, and would be pleased to be in Furniture Matters – sorry, Chichester Matters – one final time!

John Bradbury CTM Construction

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Chris Wallis, former Chichester College apprentice, will take on the best cabinetmakers in the world at next week’s esteemed WorldSkills London 2011 event, competing with 1,000 young people from over 50 countries across 46 skill areas.The 21-year-old, employed by the Edward Barnsley Workshop, will compete to be the ‘best of the best’ at the world’s largest international skills competition, in an exciting 22-hour, four-day challenge at London’s ExCeL from 5-8 October.

Chris has already endured a demanding selection process consisting of residential training, regional and national trials with coaching from WorldSkills trainer, Peter Legg MBE.

This Friday he will attend a glamorous ‘Send Off’ reception taking the 43 competitors in Team UK on board the Dixie Queen down the Thames from Butler’s Wharf and delivering them to the competition venue.

The boat party will be a morale boosting occasion for all competitors, and an opportunity

for partners and supporters to give each member of Team UK final messages of encouragement and support ahead of what could be the most important four days of their lives.

Chichester College’s Furniture department will also feature at the event with Joiners & Ceilers (no 41 City Livery Company), while the science department will showcase forensics and CSI, allowing passers by to create digital key rings with fingerprints and DNA samples.

Horticulture students from the college’s Brinsbury Campus have been invited to build a garden display, which will be on show throughout the week. ‘Sustainability Moderne’ is a unique concept bringing together aspects of contemporary and heritage garden design using living walls.

This is the third consecutive year that the college has had a student achieve a place on Team UK in WorldSkills, with another Furniture student, Luke Griffiths, highly commended in the 2009 finals held in Calgary, Canada. Chris won gold at SkillBuild UK 2009, after taking bronze in 2008.

The next generation of Chichester star cabinetmakers is already on the rise. Edward “Woody” Harringman took silver last week at the latest Skillbuild final and hopes to be next in line for WorldSkills along with classmate George Callow and first year, Alex Morley.

Chris to Represent UK in ‘Skills Olympics’

Chris Gibbins

Chris in action

Chris at SkillBuild Edward Harringman, SkillBuild medalist 2011

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Beach PartyOn Wednesday, 21st September 2011, Hospitality and Tourism held a beach party to promote College Travel, Goodwood and Options.

The day was organised by lecturer Andrew Ward and myself, but the day itself was run by their students. Stir-fry, cakes and non-alcoholic cocktails were served, exclusive holiday discounts were offered and prizes won for the passport competition. Options now has a loyalty card, so collect yours from Options today.

The day was a great success and Gemma Beattie, NVQ Level 2 Customer Service student, said, “I had great fun promoting College Travel, our in-house services, and look forward to being part of more exclusive events through College Travel”.

Juliet Littlechild College Travel Supervisor/Instructor

SALTEX ShowWe took all of the Horticulture and Arboriculture students to Windsor Racecourse to the SALTEX show as part of their induction activities.

This is the main trade show for groundmanship, arboriculture and horticultural machinery and gave the students a chance to see the latest developments and equipment in this area, to collect information that they will use in their assignments and projects, and to gather a range of interesting freebies!

Stephen Millam CTM Horticulture; Countryside & Creative Crafts

This year I entered students’ work from the Access to Forging & Artistic Blacksmithing course into the blacksmithing competition at the New Forest Show.

For artistic blacksmithing: David Pickard received ‘highly commended’ for his sign bracket (bottom right), and Jack Kenway got 3rd with his bench (right). Kair Jarvis was commended for her birdcage from Access to Forging (bottom) and Joey Weaver got 4th with his head collar from Access to Forging.

Graham Moss Lecturer in Engineering

Forging Their Way to Success

Prizewinning CattleDoug Walters, from the farm, and his students won prizes for Brinsbury’s shorthorn cattle at the West Grinstead Ploughing match.

Juliet Littlechild with student Sophie BrownStaff and students at the Beach Party

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ZumbathonThe Zumbathon on Sunday was all in aid of raising funds to support my colleague, Georgie Smith, and I to volunteer for two weeks in Kenya in Easter 2012 and has been in the planning stages since July. It has taken a lot of blood, sweat and just a few tears (of mine!) in preparation, purely for the wish that it would be a great success and that everyone who was involved and took part would enjoy themselves.

The Sports Centre was booked at the end of July with Shelagh Legrave and Mark Forder’s blessing – I am forever grateful to them both. And of course it would not have gone ahead

fun people were having and how well organised the event was. In total we raised £455, so I think you’ll agree that it was a resounding success. Thanks to all who helped, took part and donated, especially Debz and Rachel.

Andy Sanderson – Student Tutor for Hair, Beauty & Complementary Therapies

without our resident, amazing instructors Debz Wilson and Rachel Glidewell, who have been a much needed rock to me in the months, weeks and days leading up to the event. I cannot thank them enough for their tireless energy and enthusiasm, both on the day and in general.

We had a fantastic raffle on the day with some brilliant prizes all donated by local businesses and Chichester College Hair & Beauty suppliers. For the kids, we arranged for Kristian Bediiako, who works for West Sussex Council, to come and give African Djembe drumming lessons, the Sports Centre provided their bouncy castle and two of my L3 beauty students, Georgie Anselm and Angi Stockdale did kids face painting and Zumba ‘tattoos’ for all our ‘zumbees’ – all donating their time for free, which was much appreciated.

For me, it went by in a blur. It was a fantastic day! We were told so many times how much

Fit InstructorsChichester College have offered a unique opportunity to their students by running a Level 2 certificate in Fitness Instruction course at the college. The students came from a cross-section of courses within the sports department and all shared the goal of working within a gym environment.

The course was a three-week intensive version of the full-time course that is now running as of September. The new course will give students the Level 2 Fitness Instruction and the addition of the Level 3 personal training qualification.

The fantastic facilities of the college Sports Centre at college provide an ideal learning environment for these budding professionals as they work alongside public members in the best value for money gym in the local area. The course was a huge success with all the students passing and receiving their industry ready qualification.

Matt Wright – Lecturer in Physical Education

Enjoy RetirementMarilyn Reeve recently completed 34 years of service at Chichester College. The hair team presented Marilyn with a garden statue and a ‘best of luck’ rose in a container. The team took her for a ladies’ afternoon tea as a surprise, and final farewell present.

The team pictured at tea have clocked up 130 years of service between them, and Marilyn will be missed. We all wish her luck for a fulfilling retirement.

Marilyn and her husband, Clive, are off to New Zealand this winter for a trip of their dreams.

Val Littlechild – Lecturer in Hairdressing

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Sports Results

Sports fixture results from Wednesday, 14th September:Netball – Nicola Holmes (League) Chichester College 21 v QMC Basingstoke 19

Football – Darin Killpartrick (Friendly) Chichester Academy 5 v Reading FC Academy 1

Sports fixture results from Wednesday, 21st September:Netball – Nicky Holmes Chichester College 27 v Bay House 21

Hockey – Jim Drury Hurtwood House Dorking 6’s both college mixed teams reached the final, with team B winning. Trophy being engraved.

Football Academy – Darin Kilpartrick Chichester College 4 v Reading College 0

Football 1st Team – Dave Daniels Chichester College 2 v Merrist Wood 4

To add, five of our Ladies Football team have been selected for the Sussex Ladies final trials.

Chichester College has recently given a unique opportunity to their women’s football team and local players by running a female only FA Level 1 coaching qualification. This is one of the only female only coaching qualifications run in the county.

As the season drew to a close the college continued to aid the development of the female game through their links with the local community. Players from the college team worked alongside players from Chichester City Football Club to develop their coaching skills and gain an additional qualification.

The link between Chichester City and the college side has proven strong this year with

both teams being successful in their respective league and cup campaigns. Fifteen girls spent a week working with FA tutor Darin Killpartrick to gain their coaching badges, and all were successful in doing so.

The hope is that these girls take their coaching out into the community and more specifically work in the female football development programme that started this month at the college for all girls aged 11-16.

For any more information relating to female football, at club or college level, please contact me on matt.wright@chichester.ac.uk.

Matt Wright Lecturer in Physical Education

eSafety TipWhen you are away from your PC always lock it. The quick and easy way to do that is to press the Windows key and the L key together.

Why? Other people may be able to read confidential information only you are authorised to view and there’s also the danger of someone downloading or opening inappropriate pages on the internet.

So that also goes for college laptops? Yes. In fact, it applies to any mobile device.

Anything else? It’s not just electronic information we need to be careful of. It applies to leaving sensitive photocopies around. I moved one earlier this week that named a student who was at risk and it was in full view of a group of students!

Common sense then? Absolutely!

Welcome to Our New StartersLucinda Ginson-House – Associate Lecturer in Adult Education

Katie Hardy – Head of Human Resources

Jamie Sneeling – Associate Lecturer in Adult Education

Catherina Axelsson Pine – Associate Lecturer in Adult Education

Pauline Breeds – Housekeepers

Roberta Suka – Childcare Apprentice

Cherise Loveday – Apprentice

eTrackerFor eTracker to work well it is essential it is set up correctly. If it is, it is straightforward to use. So please check:

You are able to log on You are linked to the courses you teach Your courses have been set up with their correct units and criteria The course correctly shows your course leader and CTM

What if they’re not?Refer to your course administrator who will set you up. Alternatively, call ILT development (ext 2090).

I need trainingTwilight training commences from 4.30 Wednesday 5th October. To book, go to the ‘College Info’ drop-down on the Staff intranet. If you are unable to attend at that time, please call or email Richard Talbot, ILT Development, to arrange an alternative time.

ILT Tip of the Week by Keith Burnett

Vacancies

Student Experience Assistant Closes on 03/10/2011

Childcare Officer Closes on 06/10/11

Associate Lecturer in Accounting Closes on 06/10/11

Curriculum Admistrative Assistant Closes on 06/10/11

Lecturer in 14-16 Provision Closes on 06/10/11

Administrative Assistant Closes on 20/10/11

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