News Archives - 2001

Totton College AS Level Drama and Theatre Studies students recently went to see a performance of "Oedipus the King" at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton. The performance was selected as part of a varied programme for the students designed to provoke thought...

Results - 7 November
Cup - Round 2
Soccer 1st v Peter Symonds
Lost 2 - 3
(Marwood, Wilding)
Soccer 2nd v Bay House
Won 6 - 0
(Stacey 3, Budd 3)


Rugby v Barton Peveril
Lost 40 - 7
Hockey Mixed No game
Netball No game
Badminton No game

Fixtures...

Totton College is celebrating another success by achieving the prestigious 'Investor in Careers' Award. This is a kite mark for excellence in being committed to and providing outstanding careers advice and guidance. The process took twelve months of deliberation...

Totton V Havant
Soccer 1st
Lost 7 - 4
(Rodrigues x 3, Moody)

Soccer 2nd
Won 7 - 4
(Budd x 3, Enoch x 2 Stacey, Borden)

Soccer 3rd
Lost 3 - 1
(Gutteridge)

Netball 1st
Won 48 - 31

Badminton
Won 9 - 7

Mens' Basketball Results
Totton B v Brockenhurst...

Totton College's Academy of Basketball is flying high with the season only three weeks old. In only five games they have scored a massive 525 points, beating:

King Edward's School: 122 - 9
Peter Symonds' College: 98 - 35
Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke:...

Totton V Basingstoke
Soccer 2nd
Won 7 - 1
(Enoch 2, Budd 3, Stacey 2)
Soccer 3rd
Won 11 - 1
(Hanlon, Buttle, Lodge, Williams 3, Gutteridge 2, Fox 2, Rogers)
Rugby
Lost 43 - 21
Mens' Basketball Results
Totton A v Banbury
National Cup
Won 88 - 35 Totton A...

Soccer
1st/2nd/3rd - Cup - Farnborough conceded points

Rugby
Won 66 - 12
Netball
1st - Won 26 - 16
2nd - Lost 40 - 7

Badminton
Won 7 - 2
Hockey
Won 4 - 3
Mens' Basketball Results
Totton A 88 v Peter Symonds 30

Bassett 4Swift 8Rodrigues 5Stu Rutter...

Brian Sanderson, the National Chairman of the Learning and Skills Council, one of the largest public sector bodies in Europe visited Totton College yesterday to find out more about the way in which Totton College achieves excellence in so many areas of its...

Totton College is celebrating another year of excellent A Level results. The pass rate is 93.2% and 56% at higher pass grades. Fourteen departments achieved 100% pass rates. All Further Mathematics students achieved higher pass grades as they did in Design...

Following its record pass rate of 93.2% for A Levels, Totton College has announced that its results for G.C.S.E. and GNVQ are also their best ever. The GNVQ pass rate has increased from 74% to 89%. At G.C.S.E. the A-C pass rate increased from 42% to 61%. The...

Rick Jackson brings Power FM live to the people of Netley View this Wednesday 18 July with the second UK Online Centre to be launched in The Waterside. The Centre is being managed by 'The Waterside Partnership', a partnership of voluntary organisations and...

Students from Mountbatten School (David Saxton, Chris Knight, Ed Barren, David Leggett) receiving first prize from David Carr, Esso Refinery Manager, for winning the Totton College Esso Maths Challenge.
Eighteen teams of Year 10 students from local schools...

Totton College is offering free information and advice on education and training courses at the College in Water Lane Totton on Wednesday 11 July 2-4pm and 6.30-8.30pm. Anyone who feels they need help to find the best course for them can drop in and talk...

Julia Bateman, E-Learning Manager of Totton College was a guest speaker at the first ever Electric Paper roadshow held at The Belfry, Warwickshire on Tuesday 19th June 2001. The 20 minute presentation was in response to Electric Paper's request for a company...

Seventeen year old Alex Hamilton, who is studying for her BTEC National in Applied Science (Sport) at Totton College, won a gold medal in the 50m Front Crawl Under 18 event in the Scottish Open Long Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow last weekend. With...

On Wednesday 16 May a group of the ESF "Back to Business" students and two members of the IT and Business Training Department (Kathy Thornett and Anne Marie Barston-Skill) visited The Times London Crème Executive Secretary and P A Business Forum - the country's...

Thursday 17th May heralded the official launch of the UK online facility at the Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre.
Strong winds and hevey rain didn't deter the crowds, in no small part thanks the the appearance of Saints First Team Footballer Matt Oakley.

Two of Totton College's latest projects have recently come to fruition with the launch of two brand new web sites. The first is a new look, College Web site which uses new technologies to make sure the latest information is available to visitors to the site....

Totton College celebrates ADULT LEARNERS WEEK with the launch of the new UK online centre at Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre
This project is a major breakthrough in providing FREE access to computers and the web for the people of Blackfield and The Waterside.
The...

Thursday 17th sees a major breakthrough in providing access to computers and the web for people of Blackfield and The Waterside.
Totton College and Swaythling Housing Society, in conjunction with 'The Waterside Partnership', a multi-agency group set up to...

Hit the Net at Blackfield! A Southampton First Team footballer will be launching the UK online centre providing community access to Information Technology at Blackfield Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday 17 May at 4pm. This project, run by Totton College,...

Event:
Bill Tyndall has become the first South West Trains employee to complete and pass the European Computer Driving Licence which is the European-wide qualification that enables people to demonstrate their competence in basic computer skills.
Bill started...

Russ Watson, Business and Management Studies teacher at Totton College, went home a new man this afternoon.
Students in his Advanced GNVQ Business class raised over £386.66 for the appeal for former Totton College student Danny Bond, who needs a vital operation...

Vanessa and Peter Mann had always wanted to go to Australia and when the opportunity came for Vanessa to spend a year in Sydney on a teacher exchange they felt it was a dream come true.
With temperatures in summer of 30+ and in winter 20 during the day,...

A delegation of six influential University Professors from Beijing China visited the Totton College Services to Business learndirect centre on Monday 19 March 2001. They are in this country for ten days at the invitation of Ufi (University for Industry) so...

Penny Melville-Brown, Chair of the local Learning and Skills Council presented Roy Woolley Chair of Governors of Totton College with the prestigious Further Education Funding Council's Accredited College Award today.

Penny Melville-Brown said, "I'm thrilled...

Internet Skills, Creating your First Web Site, Dreamweaver Web Design or learning the basics of computing for absolute beginners are a few of the courses on offer at Totton College. Whether you want to become computer literate to keep up with the children,...

Performing Arts students presented a varied and entertaining selection of pieces on Tuesday this week to fellow students and parents.The evening proved how versatile Totton College students are; pieces ranged from Alan Ayckbourn and Olwyn Wymark to Peter Schaffer....

Roy Perry, Member of the European Parliament with special responsibility for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight officially launched the Totton College Services to Business learndirect centre on Friday 2 March 2001. Also present were Julian Lewis MP, Carolyn Brownsea,...

The Further Education Funding Council has, this week, awarded Accredited College Status to Totton College. This is an award for the top 10% of colleges in England. In addition, the College has, in the same week, been successful in winning a bonus for outstanding...

Totton College's Senior Girls Swimming Team won a Bronze Medal in the 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay at the Bazuka National Swimming Championships on 10 February at Crystal Palace. They were competing against 104 teams of top young swimmers in England originally...

Taken from The New Forest Post 8-02-2001Report by Sue Edwins
Two centres which aim to give the community access to the internet are to open soon in the Waterside.
UK Online s a government initiative, launched in September 2000 by the Prime Minister, with the...

Taken from the Lymington Times, 9-02-2001
Two out of 700 centres to enable everyone across the country to have access to information technology and the internet are already open for visitors on the Waterside.
They are amongst the first in England and, part...

Before Christmas past students were the proud recipients of certificates and awards from Professor Bob Fryer, Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Southampton at the Annual Presentation Evening.
Bob Fryer praised the students for their hard work and staff,...

Wilf Wright and his wife Hazel attended a special reception given by Totton College on 19 January. The event was to mark the retirement of Mr Wright from the Governing Body of Totton College which he has served for thirty years. It was attended by governors...