Welcome to a mini edition of the News magazine, keeping you updated with the latest events and successes IC N Update across our departments during 2018/2019.

Hugh Bonneville set up the Audition Access Fund that will fund Kerry (centre), Lewis (right), Grace and Elle National Youth at the National Youth Theatre this The Auditions Access Fund is a summer. Theatre success programme supported by a grant of £37,500 from the National for four students Youth Theatre. This enables students from 30 different Guest Speaker: CEO Visual & Performing Arts schools and youth groups across the country to take part in free of Greggs Congratulations to four of workshops and auditions for our Acting students who have top London theatre schools Business secured places on the National and companies. Itchen is a Youth Theatre summer course. regional centre for the National Roger Whiteside studied at Itchen Youth Theatre, thanks to its 45 years ago, before moving on to Lewis Tipping (Bitterne Park partnership with Theatre for Life. the University of Leeds, where he School), Elle Stokes (Out of achieved a first-class honours degree. Area), Kerry Lockett (Brookfield Students who successfully He then started at Marks and Spencer Community School) and audition through the National Grace Aluko (Cantell School) Youth Theatre at Itchen will also after university, before working his successfully achieved their receive financial help to perform way up to being in charge of half the places after auditioning in London with the NYT, thanks business. After a few more changes through the Auditions Access to the Auditions Access Fund. over the years, Roger was made CEO Fund granted to Theatre for of Greggs in 2013. Life, Itchen’s resident theatre company. Roger impressed on our students that the world is changing fast, and that businesses must adapt in order to survive. ‘You can start at Itchen Sixth Form College without any idea of what you want to do and end up the CEO of Greggs.’ The sky really is the limit for our students.

Itchen Sixth Form College Middle Road SO19 7TB Tel: 023 8043 5636 Web: www.itchen.ac.uk Email: [email protected] Itchen students Five students did tremendously well NHS Careers to win medals. There was a gold for bring home the Jack Higgins who won the 400m events for Itchen gold (49.93 seconds). students Zak Mahamed won a silver in Sport the 3,000m race, following in his Science brother’s footsteps as yet another Our Sports Academies have had a talented long distance runner. On 2nd May, a group of fantastic year. students travelled to the local There were three bronze medallists Southampton General Hospital Football Success with Ellie Hodgson and Andrew to speak with NHS professionals. The 1st men’s football team has Knight both excelling in the shot They gathered information about again been crowned putt event and Maddie Wilton the variety of careers offered by Premier League Champions, for the taking home third place in the the NHS. ninth time in the past eleven years. women’s 400m. Students experienced some The team achieved a league and hands-on activities relating cup double this season, recently to careers such as Radiology, winning the prestigious Hampshire Pharmacy, Microbiology and colleges 6- a- side cup. This historic Dietetics, as well as a selection of competition has been running Apprenticeships. annually since 1902, and is reputed to be the oldest small-sided football competition in the world. Students attend Not to be outdone, the ladies’ team has also dominated the Hampshire Solent Festival of Colleges’ competitions. They completed a clean sweep of all Engineering three available trophies, winning College awarded prestigious the league, the Hampshire Cup and Athlete Scholarship Accreditation Science the women’s sixes tournament. It is Itchen Sixth Form College is the eleventh year in a row that they leading the way with supporting Students had the opportunity have run the Hampshire League. talented athletes in education in to get hands-on with cutting , having been accredited edge technology when they The women’s team also enjoyed by an innovative Talented Athlete attended the Solent Festival of national success this year, winning Scholarship Scheme (TASS) Engineering. the English Colleges’ F.A. National initiative. Knockout Cup for the fourth time Students were given the chance in the last six years - a remarkable The Sport England-funded Scheme to take part in interactive achievement. believes that every young person on activities including VR and a talent pathway should have the robotics elements and also had Captain Alisha Buckingham opportunity to gain qualifications the chance to meet real-life represented England in Beach alongside their sporting pursuits, engineers. Soccer and was part of the team and have the chance to follow that won the European Beach other interests and personal Among the companies Games in Salou in early May. development. showcasing their work and talking to students were Two other Itchen players, Sian By formally recognising an QINETIQ, British Gas, Saab and Bradbeer and Jaime Rowlands also institution’s commitment to NATS, a company which works in represented England (on grass) and supporting student-athletes, the air traffic control. were awarded their caps after the TASS Dual Career Accreditation National Cup final at Walsall FC. Scheme aims to allow athletes to reach their potential in education alongside achieving success in their Athletics Academy impresses at sport. Middlesex University event The Athletic Academy took a total of 17 athletes to the Middlesex University Indoor Championships. This was the biggest team Itchen College has ever taken to the event.