Hundreds of children, young people and those who work with them have been invited to help shape how they will be involved in future decisions made by the Government of Jersey.

As part of the 100 days of Government the Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, and Children and Education Minister, Deputy Inna Gardiner, pledged to bring forward plans to involve young people in decision making. 

To achieve this, the Government is asking children, young people, and those who work with them including headteachers, carers, charities and services, to help create the first Participation Standards for Jersey. 

They will be holding workshops on 30 September and will be visiting Victoria College in early October to run a Participation Standards Workshop and Survey. Please see the linked press release which details more about this.  Government Standards for Engaging with Children and Young People

They have also prepared a survey to share with children, young people and parents and especially with the children attending the workshop so it helps to set the scene of what Participation Standards are. Survey: Demographic Survey (typeform.com)

This new webpage has been set up: gov.je/yoursay or please email yoursay@gov.je

The last week in September is always marked by the celebration of Founders’  Week where we remember the founding of the College and also raise money for the Victoria College Foundation. There are a number of events taking place throughout the week, culminating in our Founders’ Day Assembly and Founders’ Walk.

• Monday: Knight’s Shield House Relay Race
• Tuesday: Inter-House Tug of War
• Wednesday: Dress down day in House Colours (£2 contribution minimum)
• Thursday: Founders’ Day Assembly, 2-2.50pm, where we will be joined by Guy Dunlop, great-grandson of one of the Dunlop brothers who give their name to one of our Houses. You are warmly invited to watch the Assembly using this live link to event.
• Friday: Founders’ Day Walk. Please see the attached letter for details, including timings and dismissal.

You can also make donations using our online fundraising page by clicking here.

Founders' Walk Parent Letter

The College is looking forward to welcoming over 300 visitors for Open Evening. As ever, we are hoping that to make the evening as enjoyable and as informative as possible, they will get to meet lots of our finest ambassadors - our students. Boys in Y7 & Y12 will be asked to take tours around the College site, with boys in Y8-11 asked to volunteer in different subject areas by individual Heads of Department. Please see next week’s newsletter for further details.

Please find linked here a letter about the Victoria College Co-curricular Award and Citizenship Awards 2022. 

The Co-Curricular Award was set up so that we can celebrate our students’ outstanding efforts in a wide range of areas, both in school and outside of school, under four headings: Sport, physical, arts and academic. Students can also score points in three additional categories: Leadership and service, social responsibility and charity work, and a personal challenge.

Students are invited to fill in an application form accessible via the link above.

Forms should be returned by email to Mr Akers (k.akers@vcj.sch.je) by Friday 7 October.

In the meantime, please follow this link to hear more about the awards from Head of Co-curricular Activities - Kieran Akers – https://youtu.be/l6c7MwSeARo

If your son is in Sartorius then we need your help! Further details are on the attached letter - they are needed to help Jersey Heritage pick apples for the Fete Du Cidre on Sunday 9th October at 9-10am (Years 7, 11, 13) and 10-11am (Years 8,9,10 &12). Please can you fill in the attached FORM to confirm their attendance or not. If he cannot make it then it would be much appreciated if you could make a donation to our House Charity - all details attached.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=wJUj7am3N0Ot9xORbeJA72BXxH0Wqe9ItoX-04I2VqJUNUtJODAwODZQOURZTjlPNDAwSk5aTkJNQi4u

Please click on this link for more information about this event.

All Matters Neurodiverse Jersey have set up this Q&A session with a renowned Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) trainer. 

Please find attached the details and zoom link should you be interested.

PDA Seminar

Launch Meeting - Zoom

Please click on the link for the information letter. 

Duke of Edinburgh's Information Letter

Please click on the link below to find out the status of your son's Duke of Edinburgh's Award. If you have any further questions, please contact Mrs Blackmore - m.blackmore@vcj.sch.je

Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Successes

A number of Year 12 students have put together a selection of their artwork which will be on show at the Jersey Library until 22nd October. 

The exhibition is located on the third floor. Congratulations to William Wheatley, Freddie, Lucas, Dakai Todd, Finn Englebrecht-Kotze and Cameron McAlister on their very first exhibition. 

Whilst the College is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the Sixth Form building and certain facilities, the students have been keen to have a direct input into the incidental enhancement of their own area. To this end we are implementing a one-off £10 subscription which will give them a fund for the two years that they are in Sixth Form. Please find out more in the linked letter.

Sixth Form Common Room Subscription

Starting on Wednesday 28th September and running every Wednesday for the next five working weeks, Mr Hodder will be running a dedicated Year 13 Geography NEA Workshop in NB2 3:30pm to 4:30 pm.