Thank you to EVERYONE who supported the Christmas Fair and Raffle. It was a fantastic event and great to see everyone enjoying themselves and getting festive! We are still counting how much we raised, every penny counts, so thank you !

• We have a large number of raffle prizes still to be claimed
• If you have one of the below tickets, students can bring the ticket to S1A and claim the prize. If it is alcohol, please can an adult come to main reception with the ticket to claim the prize.
• If you have won a prize and do not want it, please let us know
• We also have a large number of pre-sold raffle tickets that still need to be collected. They are in S1A. Please can students collect the tickets asap and then parents can check to see if they have won. Winning unclaimed prizes are below (and are on our website)

Felpham Community College held a month-long donation drive for Bognor Foodbank this November.

Year 7 and 8 Whole School Council Representatives visited the Foodbank at the beginning of the month, to see how it operates and meet with some of the volunteers. They then, along with the rest of the FCC School Council and Charity Committee, promoted the initiative around school for the month, giving every Form Room a donation bag and poster and encouraging everyone – students and staff – to bring in a donation.     

On the 4^th December, Student Council Reps sorted all the donations – more than 20 crates! – filling a mini bus and a car. Year 9 and 10 Whole School Council Representatives then delivered it all to the Foodbank in Bognor.

Claire, Co-ordinator at the Foodbank commented:
“Thank you so much for such an incredible amount donated, it is fantastic to see such a great school effort and it will really help make a difference to local people.”

Mr Summers, Assistant Headteacher at Felpham Community College, commented:
“We run this initiative every year and it is great that our Student Council take such an active role in promoting and running it. We manage to get more donations each year which is a fantastic FCC community effort.”

We would like to give a massive thank you to the local businesses who have kindly donated raffle prizes for our annual Christmas Charity Raffle. We could not run the event without the support from local people so thank you very much! The money raised from the Christmas Fair and the Christmas Raffle will be going to the charities FCC is supporting this year (see separate website post). The draw will take place at 5.15 at the Christmas Fair on the 4^th December.

Felpham Community College received a 2-day OFSTED inspection at the end of October, the penultimate week before the half term break.  

The inspection was designated an ‘Ungraded’ one – which means the team ascertain whether a school has ‘taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection’. For FCC, this meant successfully maintaining a judgement of ‘Good’ in all areas, with effective safeguarding.

The OFSTED report following the inspection was published on the 22^nd November and is available on the below link.

Ms Pike, Headteacher at Felpham commented:
“As a school community, we are very pleased and proud that we were successful in providing the evidence required to maintain the standards identified at our previous inspection – ‘Good’ in all areas, with effective safeguarding.
For us, the report really reflects the unique and special qualities that we have as a school, and acknowledges the progress we have already made, as well as our commitment to the journey ahead. As a school, we do not rest on our laurels, and it so gratifying to know that the areas for improvement are exactly the things that we are already working extremely hard to achieve. We can now continue our journey exactly as we had hoped and planned, which we are looking forward to doing.
Thank you to our staff and our students for their hard work and commitment to FCC.”

On Wednesday 27^th November, a group of music students from Felpham Community College, experienced performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of the ‘Music for Youth Proms’.

The ‘Music for Youth Proms’ showcases young musicians from across the UK. The event runs across 2 days, with over 1500 musicians performing on each day, to a packed audience, as well as being filmed for TV.

The FCC Wind Band, made up of students from year 7 right the way through to year 12, performed a piece by Hans Zimmer.

Mr Harrington, Curriculum Leader for Music at FCC, commented:
“The courage and inspiration of our students to perform in front of thousands of people, as well as being filmed, is nothing short of extraordinary. It is a testament to their musical excellence and we are unbelievably proud of them. We hope they enjoyed this fantastic experience.”

For more information on ‘Music for Youth Proms’, please click here.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for what charities you want FCC to support this year with our fundraising programme of events.

The 6 have now been confirmed – along with Improving Facilities for Students at FCC. Please click on the logos below for more information

Please support our annual Charity Christmas Raffle as part of our Christmas Fair Event Day

• Parents and staff can reserve tickets on ParentPay from NOW! – link to ParentPay below
• £2 for a strip of 5 tickets. £5 for 3 strips of 5 tickets
• Amazing prizes to be won – see poster below
• Tickets will be available for collection from 8am on Thursday 5^th December from the finance office – in sealed envelopes with parents name on them
• Tickets not collected on the day by students, will be available for collection at the Christmas Fair
• ParentPay for tickets will close at lunchtime on the 5^th then tickets available at the Fair  
• The draw will take place at 5.15pm on the 5^th December within the Fair
• Prizes not claimed on the evening will be posted, with the winning ticket number, on the FCC website and social media sites on the 6^th December
• All proceeds from the Fair is spilt between the charities we are supporting this year as an FCC community

Please support us and make this the best fundraising raffle yet!
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A huge thank you to all the local businesses for donating prizes!

A group of Felpham Community College students went to Wembley to see the England Lionesses vs Germany on Friday 25^th October.

The girls, selected from the FCC girls football teams, were lucky enough to go in the fan zone to take part in some activities before the match. Then once in the stadium, they watched a light and fireworks show.

Miss Shine, Teacher of PE commented:
Unfortunately England lost the game; however, the atmosphere was fantastic and a great experience to go. The girls were amazing and all really enjoyed themselves. It was amazing to see just under 50,000 spectators at Wembley which just shows the positive impact Women’s football is having on our society!

We have KS3 Girls football club at Felpham every Thursday after school and KS4 girls football every Wednesday for students. Fixtures have started well this year, with our U14s team just going through to the next round of the County Cup.

Every maintained school in England has a Governing Body responsible to the local community for running the school.  We currently have one vacancy for a Parent Governor and we are inviting expressions of interest.

Governors provide an invaluable role in the life of the school. They are responsible for the overall strategy, for planning improvements and overseeing finance.  They help appoint college staff and to build good relations between the school, parents and the local community.

If you’re interested in joining our governing body, please complete the form below and return to clerktogovernors@felpham.org.uk no later than Friday 29th November 2024.