14/08/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


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are calls for the A`level sxstem in Jersey to be changed. The Islands

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Education Minister says it should be made easier for more students to sit

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the exams. In Guernsey, education officials say this

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unique challenges for students. It comes

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counterparts in England at @`level today. Mike Wilkins reports.

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The envelopes that can decide the future. Today at Guernsey's grammar

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school there were plenty of smiles as some students made the grade I

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got three A*s, so I'm reallx happy about that. I to the an A* hn maths,

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physics and chemistry. I'm doing physics last year. In the l`st weeks

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we've all really wanted to know our results. To get them out of the way

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and to get good results has made our day.

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This year's school`leavers have had more challenges to face than

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previous cohorts, as the changed halfway through thehr

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studies. It is not getting dasier. The students this year, halfway

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through the course the Government said they can no longer be lodular.

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They knew they had to move to a linear second part of the course.

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They weren't expecting that. By students in Jersey celebratdd better

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results than those in England. I got an A*, an A and a D. I did really

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well. Three As and an A*. An A in art, B in media studies and a B in

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music tech. The grades are still higher than those in England. The

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range of A`level options should change, said the Minister That's

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difficult with five A`level providers. Some of the cohorts in

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those schools are small, so I would like to look at that. I would also

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like to make sure that the `ccess to A`levels is there for all the dirt

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schools and backgrounds. Thdre could soon be more options for sttdents to

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choose from, but on days like today it's the results that can ddcide

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their future. A man who spent most of his

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childhood in foster homes h`s told an inquiry into historic abtse

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Jersey that he was beaten rdgularly by two foster parents. Mich`el Laing

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says he was sexually abused while he was in hospital and with a

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foster family. Julie Flanag`n was at the inquiry. Today the panel at

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Jersey's care inquiry has hdard from two more people who were part of the

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islands care system. Michael Laing described how he spent most of his

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childhood in foster homes. He also described being sexually abtsed both

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while in hospital and when he lived with a foster family over an

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extended period of time. But he said he'd been back and forwards so

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times, his mindset was, "Oh well, here we go again." He

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Officer or the superintendent, he didn't have a

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with them. He said there was no one person going through my lifd

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said he had no problems at Haut de la Garenne and

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there for the whole of his time in care. The inquiry

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September. A further two arrests have been made

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in connection with a burglary jewellers in Guernsey. Around 5

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items were taken from the 31`year`old man and 21`year`old

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woman The Optimists Club have won top

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prize at Clement coming second. Accolpanying

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Miss Battle ` Holly Perchard ` was winds and rain threatening the

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parade. Clare Burton was thdre. It wouldn't be complete without Mr

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and Mrs Battle. How do you prepare for this kind of weather? I've been

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informed that my make`up is nontransferable. Loads of h`irspray

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in the hair. Hair. Everyone is having a great time. Ray Quhnn, what

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do you think of Jersey's Battle of Flowers? It is fantastic. The

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support here, the people who turned out, weapons the weather, it is

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great. Everybody is waving. There's confetti everywhere. We may as well

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be in Hawaii, never mind thd weather. A strong showing from the

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Opt mist Club. We are a gre`t team. Lots of families involved. We start

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in January, plait out, great d. We start in January, plait out, great

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fun. `` flat out, great fun. There's more pictures and vhdeo on

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our Facebook page. Good evening. After the showers of

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today, it is drier and brighter for tomorrow. Little consolation for

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those that took part in the Battle of Flowers today. Mostly drx with

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sunshine tomorrow. There might be showers early in the day or

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overnight tonight. We are close enough to this line of flours

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English Channel. Those showdrs will tend to fade away as the night wears

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on. Just a few left behind. For most Even by the morning there's a

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possibility of the odd 14`15 degrees. For tomorrow morning

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we start the day with sunny spells. A few showers early in the day. But

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from mid morning the sunshine is out. Patchy cloud. A

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day. The winds are from the north`west, fresh at times.

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Technologies no higher than 18` 9 gr Into the weekend, expect a fine day

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on Saturday. More cloud on Sunday, with the potential for that cloud

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particularly through the afternoon and a blustery west or

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north`westerly wind. are very few showers around. It m!y

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be dry Saturday and Sunday, a chilly wind, the national picture again

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with Louise now. Many of us have been asking the

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question, where has summer gone Today, no exception. We started off

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with a cluster of showers across Wales and the south-west. They

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gathered in intensity and pace as they pushed furthered east, bringing

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localised flash flooding and hail with the thunder storms as well

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Thank you to Sarah for this photograph. I can offer you

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something for promising into -- more promising into tomorrow, it should

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feel quite pleasant. If you still have showers around at the moment,

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most should fade to the coast through the overnight period. Clear

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skies, mist and fog patches will form. Overnight, generally 9-13

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Tomorrow starts off quiet. Fairly

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