July 2014 - Honiton Community College

Honiton Community College
SUMMER TERM
2014 MAGAZINE
New look College for January 2015
By the time this newsletter goes to print, work would have started on the new
Technology and Modern Foreign Language block . . . . read more on page 4.
The Principal Writes
As the end of another busy year draws nearer we, as a
community, can all reflect on how much work we have
done, what impact we have had, and what our future
priorities will be. You might be forgiven for thinking 201314 was an ‘annus horribilis’ for our College – the Ofsted
visit in February of this year sent out a confusing message
to stakeholders. Whilst it was clear results in some
subjects needed to improve to put us in the top 25% of
schools nationally, others had achieved this educational
Eldorado, and the Sixth Form did this en masse - achieving
the best set of results in the College’s history! Personally,
I, as well as my staff, governors and many of our parents/
carers, felt the College had made much progress in recent
years, and that we were a long way down the road on
what is a continuing journey toward outstanding school
status. This idea was given further credence when one of
Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) visited the College last
May. He stated that we “were taking effective steps” and
reassured governors that the College was clearly making
good progress with its improvement plan. So the voyage
continues, and I thank you all for your continuing support.
So many fabulous events have taken place this year that
in summing-up the year I would probably need a whole
newsletter to myself! Of noteworthiness is the immense
amount of preparation that has gone into this year’s
public examinations. To give you a indication of the work
staff and students have contributed I can tell you that
during the Easter break staff delivered 51 revision sessions
over 8 days – an unprecedented number in any schools
schedule! I look forward to sharing in our students’ success next August.
It is easy to forget how much support our students
receive, primarily from you as parents/carers (for me your
contribution is the most important and must never be
underestimated), staff at the College and from within the
extended services we utilise, but there is also a significant
contribution made by our governing body. Governors give
their time freely and readily and on behalf of every
student I would like to thank them for their time, energy,
enthusiasm and commitment to the College and what we
are striving to achieve. This year we have recruited new
parent governors; they are:
Ian Copeman, Gill Donne-Davis, Marianne Harmen and
Cindy Vining (re-elected). We have also appointed
Margaret Evans (Community Governor), and Andrew Holt
(Staff Governor). We say “thank you” to Dr Gabrielle Kirby
who completed her term as a staff governor and
Mark Tipping who stood down as a parent governor due
to work commitments.
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It has been a busy year in terms of international trips and
exchanges. Trips to Austria, Germany, Spain, Poland and
exchanges with French families in Strasbourg and Spanish
partners in Madrid have all enhanced and embellished the
lives and learning opportunities of those who took part.
Currently, as you receive this newsletter we have students
on an expedition to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for four
weeks, much of the cost being met through fund raising
activities and sponsorship. The College has an amazing
extra-curricular programme that enriches the lives of
many of its students and if you have not made the most of
what we offer then make sure next year you do.
This year we say a fond farewell to some of the College’s
best loved staff. Retiring are: Mr Ian Browne and
Mrs Christine Baden two of our longest serving colleagues
who have provided years of dedication to the education
of Honiton students. God bless them both! Miss Claire
Carnell will be teaching at Latifa School in Dubai next year!
Mr James Hudson has also achieved promotion to Second
in Science at Melksham Oak Community School in
Wiltshire. Mrs Claire Sheffield will be taking up the head
of Chemistry position at St George’s School in Cologne,
Germany. Mrs Paula Mathieson has gained promotion,
taking a position with North Liverpool Academy as one of
its Vice Principals. Mr Ross Gillon will be working solely
for Sidmouth College as their Sports Coordinator, as well
as within their Humanities Department. We also say a
fond farewell, after 11 years, to Mrs Bernadette Guscott
and Miss Olive, a valued member of our Additional Needs
team, but not least Sue Doble a member of our premises
team.
Joining the College will be Miss Ruth Lovelock (Science),
Miss Arnikah Brown (Sport and PE), Miss Amy Bazley (ICT
and Computing), Mr Matthew Brailsford (Second in
Maths), Mr Neil Franklin (English) and a new member of
staff in Geography/Humanities.
So as we end one year, my team and I are already looking
forward to the next. I am positive that it will be a
rewarding one for Honiton. Working together will bring
the success we deserve and ensure 2014-15 will be an
annus mirabilis!
MAYOR MAKING: Madison Rogers and Zoe Allen represented the College
“Mr Mayor and Mayoress,
Councillors, Ladies and Gentlemen: I
am here today to represent the
young people of Honiton in two
important tasks this evening. We
would like to thank Councillor Foster
for all his tireless work throughout
the last two years but also to
welcome his successor, our new
mayor Councillor Peter Halse.
Councillor Halse has already
had huge involvement with the local
community with his services in various chapels and his running of a local
youth club for many years. Many
will recognise him as the fourth generation to run the Farm Machinery
Business, Halse of Honiton which is
now run by his son Phillip. As one of
the young people of Honiton, I hope
that he can pass on and share his
knowledge of our town with us just
as the councillor he is succeeding as
Mayor has.
On that note, I would like to
thank Councillor David Foster for all
his work over the last two years as
our Mayor. He has had massive involvement with the youth of our
town and always been very
approachable to people of all ages.
Honiton is a very important
place for many people. It is not just
a home but a town full of opportunities, especially for the young people.
I myself have just returned from a
recent trip to Auschwitz in Poland on
a programme, to share my experience and knowledge with other
young people of the town. Later in
the year several students will be
travelling to Costa Rica to build classrooms of a school and help teach the
children. The Community College
also has links with the primary
schools with sports leadership and
mentoring, bringing the young
people of the town together. We
have also seen more opportunities
for the more senior members of our
community with the Christmas lunch
and entertainment at the Community College, as well as the extra help
and support Sixth Form students
gave to teach senior citizens basic
computer skills in after school
classes. These are just a few of the
opportunities students have taken
up, representing the College but also
Honiton as a town on a local, national and international level.
The school itself has recently
announced a huge piece of exciting
news. They will be building a whole
new building to replace the older
and more run down block, which will
offer better equipment and space
helping children of all abilities. It is
important to recognise these milestones as they have a huge effect on
the youths of the town.
As a history student, naturally
I am interested to look back on
Honiton’s past and by doing so we
can see the changes that have been
made. However tonight we must
look to the future and while we can
celebrate the progress made, look
forward to new developments.
Honiton as a town has huge potential and is filled with opportunity. But
as young people we would like to see
more. Many would like to see more
to offer children and their families
on a rainy day and help to modernise
the town. We are surrounded by
natural beauty and working together, we can turn it into something
amazing.
This just shows how much
even the young people of the Honiton care about our town and hold
opinions despite the majority not
being able to vote, because we are
the future of our town.
So on behalf of the young
people of Honiton, I would like to say
thank you to Councillor David Foster
for all his work over the last two
years and to say a huge congratulations to our new Mayor Councillor
Peter Halse and to wish him the very
best of luck. Thank you for your time
and have a lovely evening.”
Madison Rogers
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DEVON COUNTY SHOW
Year 9 land-based
Forest School Class at the
Devon County Show
The Year 9 students trained hard in
order to prepare the pigs for competition at this year’s Devon County show.
The whole class have been involved
with care of the pigs but only five were
able to go to the Show. In order to
prepare the pigs they were regularly
bathed, had sun cream applied to them
and the students also had to be able to
manoeuvre the pigs with boards - not
an easy task.
Mr Wills took the pigs to the Show on
the Wednesday and on the Thursday
morning, the students met at the
College at 7am. The students showered
and dried the pigs and got them looking their best ready to be shown.
The students performed extremely well
handling and showing the pigs. They
were also able to answer questions
posed to them by members of the
public. They also impressed other pig
owners with their confidence and
knowledge.
Prior to the show the students visited
Trevaskis Farm in Hayle and met Giles
Eustice who is the owner of the Lop
Show Champion and got some tips.
Giles was so impressed with the
student’s confidence and ability that
he requested their help at the County
Show showing his pigs.
The students left the show with:
 One 2nd prize
 One 3rd prize
 Two 4th prizes
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Plus, 1st prize for the content of
their information and display board.
Mrs Salter
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New Technology and Modern Foreign Languages Building
By the time this newsletter goes to
print, work would have started on
the new Technology and Modern
Foreign Language block.
A lot of planning and discussion
have gone into the £1.61M project
which starts on 7 July and is
expected to be complete by early
2015. The new block will contain
four teaching classrooms along with
well-equipped resistant materials,
food technology, graphics and
textiles classrooms.
The current block is a throwback
from the original 1930s building and
is in need of a total replacement,
most of the parents and grandparents of our current students probably studied in these blocks!
reduce the amount we spend on
utilities which could be better spent
on books and such like.
The new building will benefit from
vastly improved disabled access in
the corridors and classrooms and
will contain several new energy and
environmental saving technologies.
Natural lighting supplemented with
LED lighting will see a vastly
reduced reliance on electricity.
Equipment such as motion sensor
lighting and automatic light
dimmers will reduce the amount of
power used in each area thus
improving the College’s environmentally friendly drive and will
This phase of building work is the
first of four, the other phases which
are planned have been designed to
replace the gym and Vocational
Education, phase three is to replace
the old science block and the last
phase is to replace art and drama,
the staff room and administration
part of the College. We hope that
in four years’ time we will have a
totally new and revamped look that
will inspire our students to succeed.
Mr Wills
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SPORTS DAY
It was a highly successful HCC Sports Day on 11
June when, as usual, students from Year 7 to Year
10 competed with great enthusiasm and effort for
their tutor groups.
The whole event was fearsome with all students
giving their best with the support of their peers.
There were some great performances from certain
students, who even managed to break the school
record for their year group for their individual
events. Lewis Gale (21.28m) and Rebecca Copp
(15m 64) both representing Year 7 beat the school
record for Javelin. Year 8 students who managed to
achieve a school record included Ollie Talbot in the
200m (28sec 15), Ashley Mitchell in the 800m
(2 min 35 sec), Sam Heathcote with shot putt (10m)
and Charlotte Holdsworth in the 100m race (15sec).
Lucy Wilson achieved a new school record for long
jump (3.73m) and Ola Morawska gained a new
school record for the shot putt event (7.44m) both
Year 9 students. Will Bennett completed the 800m
race in an astonishing 2min 26 secs, Mason Rhode
equalled the school record for the Long jump with
4m 94cm and Morgan Davy accomplished 2 min 51
sec in the 800m race. Spectators were treated to a
feast of top quality sporting action on both the
track and field events.
PWY won for Year 7, followed by JDU in second
place, RST in third place and BWO in fourth place.
RCO took the lead in Year 8, with KLA in second
place, VBI in third place, WCO in fourth place and
JMR in fifth place. In Year 9, KTA achieved first
place, followed closely by BGU in second place, CSH
in third place, SWA in fourth place and DDA in fifth
place. It was thrilling to see all tutor groups fully
engaged in the different athletic disciplines and
supportive to their peers throughout the day. Jacob
Chugg-White (Year 10) from JPN was fully supported by his peers when completing the final leg of the
800m event, a memory that will not be long forgotten by HCC students and staff.
HCC were extremely fortunate with the sunny
weather which combined with first class sport, an
excellent display of support, tutor group rivalry and
Mr Maplesden’s DJ skills all contributed to a remarkable atmosphere. All students, staff and governors had a fantastic day and there was a keen
sense of competition in the air. Many thanks to all
staff for helping to make it such a resounding success and to all the students for their support and
competitive sportsmanship.
Miss Stinton
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SPORTS DAY
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GOVERNOR INTERVIEW
School Governor Gill Donne-Davis
has been a governor since January
this year. Gill has had three
children attend Honiton Community
College and another daughter that
has recently started. In an interview
we got to know Gillian and what it
means to her to be a School
Governor. We also found out how
education has changed since her
time at school.
What made you become a
Governor?
I used to be a school governor for
my daughter’s primary school and I
didn’t find that too scary. I already
had an idea of what it would be like
and I was keen to support HCC as I
was happy with the school.
How do you feel you make an
impact on the school?
I want to make sure kids have the
best experience they can have. I
question things and have come in
with a fresh perspective. As my
daughter comes here I can also
question her on what she thinks of
the school. Although I try to do it
without her realising.
widely what you wanted to do. It’s
more academic now. School now is
based a lot on university even if you
don’t want to go. I’m not sure if this
is a good thing.
What would you change about
the education system?
There is too much pressure on
teachers to meet targets. It takes
away the fun of teaching. They are
always testing.
How do you feel we could
improve as a school?
I think we should allow children to
meet their potential. Whether that
be academic or through other ways,
such as sport.
Gill Donne-Davis
How do you see Honiton
Community College in a few
years time?
I think that it can only improve. The
quality of teachers is good. Targets
will raise and children will enjoy
their time here. Mr Smith has been
improving standards since he
started as Principal.
What was your education like?
I went to Woodroffe Boarding
School. My dad was in the army so I
used to travel a lot. I’ve been to
places such as Germany and Hong
Kong. I knew I wanted to work with
children and to do that I needed
three O levels which I somehow
managed to achieve. I also got an
NNEB so that I could work with
primary children.
What are the main changes
you’ve seen since finishing
school?
I’ve seen that there is a lot more
pressure on children. When I was in
school you could choose more
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What are your views on the
recent OFSTED report?
I was disappointed, as were all the
governors. It doesn’t make us look
good. Mr Smith has already started
the improvements that need to be
made. The comment on the
children was the most important, it
showed the teachers must be doing
something right. It is unlikely that
the report will be the same next
time.
What inspires you to learn?
I love learning. But I find you need
to be interested in the subject to
learn it well. Flexibility is a good
thing when it comes to learning.
Who has been a huge influence
in your life?
My parents. They have always loved
me no matter what. I remember
when I got my exam results and
they weren't that good. But my dad
just said ‘never mind’. It shows that
if you try your hardest the outcome
is not a big deal.
What is one piece of advice you
could pass onto a student?
Don’t get caught up in peer
pressure. Opinions should not stop
you from doing what you want to
do. If you want to be a geek then do
it. Don’t be afraid to be who you
are. These days its hard to escape
from pressure due to phones,
Facebook and emails.
Mrs Donne-Davis was interviewed
by Lily Spiller and Zoe Allen
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
@ Croyde Bay
The following students took part in the Beach Volleyball
Championships at Croyde Bay on23 June:
Rowan Symonds
Jake Sellick
Weasel Hooper
Lauren Davey
Joby Mabbutt
Rhys Phillips
Rebbecca Donne-Davies
Rebecca Copp
All students competed well in what was a truly magnificent day. Our two Year 10 teams were playing a year
up and competed well but didn’t make the knock outs
and it was a similar story for the Year 7 pairs who will
surely be back in the future to improve on this year.
The students were impeccably behaved all day, even
earning themselves some Haribo from Mr Skelding on
the way home and that doesn’t happen very often!
Please take the time to look at the photos and spare a
sympathetic thought for how long it took Mr Piper and I
to clean the sand out of our shoes!
Mr Skelding
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Year group news
YEAR 7
Year 7 have made a particularly
impressive start to life at College.
Below are some of the outstanding
achievements in the year group.
Trip to Crealy Adventure Park
Congratulations to the Year 7
winning tutor group 7PWY! PWY
will be rewarded with a trip to
Crealy Adventure Park on Friday
11th July. Joining them will be the
following ten students who have
achieved the most points in the year
group on their “passports”. These
points were awarded for, amongst
other things, praise points, attendance at College clubs, representing
the College or tutor group and 100%
attendance. Well done to:
Emily Lee, Sasha Davey,
Chloe Broom, Merle Durrant,
Niamh George, Ryan Hutter, Charlie
Chugg-White, Phoebe Rabjohns,
Thomas Lilley and Eleanor Gibson.
Praise points
The following students have also
achieved more than 100 praise
points this year, a fabulous
achievement:
Louise Clouter, Merle Durrant,
Megan Evans, Jess Eveleigh,
Eleanor Gibson, Tea Harrison,
Ryan Hutter, Emily Lee and
Harley Symonds.
100% Attendance
And, the students below have a
100% attendance record:
Chloe Broom, Zak Davies, Niamh
George, Ryan Hutter, Hazel Inkpen,
Mia Jennings, Remus Lungu, Joby
Mabbutt, Faye Macklin, Darren
Morris, Nathan Paveley, Natasha
Pavey, Kayleigh Pentoney, Lewis
Reid, Isabel Sutcliffe, Willow Walker
Mone Wanachai and Sam Webber.
Gold Medal for Emily Lee
Emily Lee (BWO) and her partner,
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Year group news
Piper Leisk from Littletown
performed at the NDP National
Finals at Stoke-on-Trent where they
came 4th. They are pictured
wearing gold Grade 2 medals for
the Women’s Pairs at the SW
Regional Acro Gymnastics.
Platinum Award
Niamh George has attended 130
Clubs and has received a platinum
certificate and a £20
voucher. Niamh is the first student
EVER to achieve this platinum
award.
Mr Robson
YEAR 8
Visit to Devon County Show
On Friday 23rd May, Year 8 went to
the Devon County Show. The
weather was miserable, but that
didn’t quell the students’ attitude.
It was a bit muddy in places but,
again, the students took this in their
stride. Everyone that I spoke to
afterwards enthused that they’d
had a great day. I had fun on the
rides and eating doughnuts!
Overall, I loved it and would like to
go again if I could. I think it is great
that the school offers students
opportunities like this as it is
refreshing for the students and I
think the teachers enjoy it too!
Ryan Borkowski
u.13 Basketball
Well done to Kayleigh Freeman and
Jodie Abbott for being selected for
the u.13 South West England
Basketball team - a great achievement and we wish them every
success with their upcoming trials.
Butlins
Congratulations JMR for winning
the overall tutor group completion
for the academic year. They will be
joined by students who gained
100% attendance and those
students who had 80 or more P
points at the time of counting.
Sports Day
Year 8 did themselves proud during
Sports Day on 11 June with a record
number of students in the year
group participating. Congratulations to RCO for winning on the
day.
Next Term
Although it seems a long way off at
the time of writing, September will
soon come around and will see the
start of Year 9 and the commencement of Key Stage 4. Obviously,
with the start of the GCSEs this is an
extremely important time for the
whole year group. The summer
holiday provides a great opportunity to get organised with the correct
equipment and uniform and for
students to prepare to ‘hit the
ground running’.
I wish all the students well for
Year 9 and, if their current attitude
and work ethic continues, I am
certain that success will follow
them.
Mr Browne
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Year group news
YEAR 9
Joe Hancock
Major W J Saunders from the Devon
Army Cadets requested Joe to come
and assist with the Army cadets at
the Devon County Show on 23 May.
He had been selected because of an
expected VIP visitor and the Devon
Army cadets had been asked to
provide a number of their best
candidates.
Army Cadet Athletics
On 18 May, Abigail Morris and Lucy
Wilson took part in an athletics
competition in Taunton as part of
the Army Cadets. They took part
against 12 other groups of cadets
from Devon and Somerset. Abi won
the discus and Lucy won 400m and
long jump.
Mr Skelding
tions. This will be a massive help in
my future career and I am very
grateful for the opportunity I have
been given.”
Well done Kelly. Kelly will now
complete a second placement in the
work experience week at the end of
July. We wish her every success.
Work Experience Week
Work experience week is fast
approaching and I hope that the
rest of Year 10 will represent the
College as well as Kelly on their
placements. Well done all of you for
getting yourselves organised with a
great range of professions and
trades to try out during that week.
YEAR 10
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Goodbye
This, as most of you know, is my
final term at Honiton. I wanted to
take this opportunity to wish my
year group well and to say how
proud they have made me over the
last three years.
I have had many memorable
moments which I will cherish and I
sincerely wish each and every one
of them a happy, bright and
successful future going into Year 11
and beyond.
Miss Carnell
YEAR 11
Olympic Opportunity
Kelly Ellis 10DCL did her first work
experience placement at the horse
riding stables owned by none other
than Olympic medal winning, local
hero Mary King! Kelly had this to
say about her experience there:
“Before my work experience I was
really worried about what was
going to be involved but the main
worry was that it was an Olympic
rider’s yard (Mary King!) It was hard
work and involved a great deal of
physical work including mucking out
and helping to prepare the horses
for shows. It was an amazing experience especially given that I was
given the chance to ride on one of
Mary’s competition horses! At the
end of the week I was very sad to
leave but I have been asked back
again to help out with the yard and
when they go to eventing competi-
sense of camaraderie amongst the
students and seeing them
supporting each other and the
encouragement given to each other
showed our true colours. Jacob
Chugg White being supported as he
ran his final few metres was a great
example of this and heart-warming
to see.
Congratulations to all Year 11
students for their conduct during
the GCSE exams. They worked very
hard in the run up to the exams and
can look forward with confidence to
the results in August.
Ashley Wallis
Congratulations to Ashley Wallis on
his performance and scores from
the British Championships which
has allowed him to be put forward
for trials for Britain at Lilleshaw
National Sports Training Centre.
What a great experience!
Sports Day
Well done to everyone who took
part in Year 10. It was a fantastic
morning of events. There was a real
It is always sad to see a year group
leave, but we know that many will
be returning to start Sixth Form
courses here in September. In the
meantime, we have the Boat Trip
and Prom to look forward to over
the next few days.
The Year 11 team would like to wish
all students success in their future
and hope they take with them some
happy memories of their time at
HCC.
Mr Williams
ACCELERATED READER
Orange
Level
Red
Level
Books in a series - read the sequels!
Green
Level
12 of the Best!
Twelve of our best readers in Year 8 have chosen twelve
books to recommend for you.
We’ve got sport, adventures set in past times and vampire
stories . . . . we’ve got animal stories, and sad stories . . . .
And something for all levels of reader. If you have a book
to recommend, tell Dr Kirby and we’ll get it into the
magazine!
Green
Level
Green
Level
Blue
Level
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SCIENCE WEEK: 17 to 21 March
his picture to appear in the photo
albumen.
Mrs Sheffield’s group
was deemed to have the best engineers and so it was up to her to
shell out for some prizes. All in all a
great experience and one that the
students and the science team eggcepted was very valuable in helping
the students hone their engineering
skills.
Egg to chick programme
Pig head dissection
It was that time of year again where
Mr Hudson brought out a pig’s head
to dissect in front of students.
Students knew about it in advance
and therefore some had done their
hamwork on the anatomy of a pig.
This time the pig did give off a
rather pungent odour which prevented some from stepping up to
help in the dissection. The head of
the pig had already been sliced in
half so that we could clearly see
where the brain was. We scooped
the brain out using a spoon, which
Mr Hudson uses to stir his tea, to
show the rest of the class, who had
a good feel of the texture. Students
then took it in turn to come up to
the front, put on some gloves and
were directed how to remove different parts. The skin on this pig was
particularly tough, so it was quiet
hard to remove the eye lid to
expose the eye, you may think that I
am hamming it up, but it was a lot
of effort. However, we did eventually get there. We then examined the
different layers from the skin to the
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tissue and finally the muscle below.
Clearly the pig had been in some
scrapes when it was alive as it had
some serious scars, I don’t even
think oinkment would have helped.
Students were able to extract some
of the teeth from the pig so that we
could identify what sort of food it
would have eaten and why. Overall I
felt that the students got a lot out
of the hands-on experience and that
it was not too much of a boar.
Fish dissection
Year 7 Egg-drop challenge
Men in White Coats
Year 7 students took part in the
Great Egg Drop as part of National
Science Week.
First of all, after a long coach ride,
we arrived at the Peninsula Medical
School. We were then split into
groups and taken into a lecture hall.
They introduced us and gave us a
group leader to follow. We were
then taken to our first experiment.
Our first experiment was to extract
the DNA of a banana. We did this
by crushing the banana and then
mixing it with special chemicals. We
then got to inject it onto a small
jelly tub and then we go to keep the
banana DNA.
They were egg-spected to produce a
contraption to keep a raw egg safe
from being dropped from higher
and higher heights using a limited
amount of materials. It was no yolk
as the teams gathered their devices
in the Hall to watch as Mr Collins
and Mr Whetton dropped these
from the top of a step ladder, egged
on by the crowd. Mr Smith even
made a guest appearance if only for
SCIENCE WEEK: 17 to 21 March
Our second experiment was to
discover what an infected banana
looks like under the microscope.
We had to closely examine the
banana under the microscope when
it was infected and when it wasn't
injected and spot the differences.
We then got to freeze a flower with
liquid nitrogen and bash them
around everywhere, which was the
most fun bit. We also got to freeze
a banana which was also quite fun.
Our third experiment was to check
each other’s blood pressure and
then we got to test each other’s.
This trip was very fun and I recommend it to anyone who has the
chance in the future. We learnt lots
of facts about DNA and diabetes, as
well as blood pressure and how the
DNA affects the body.
Michael Johnson (Year 9)
Year 9 Bloodhound SSC Trip
took part in four workshops
throughout the day looking at DynaKar: a car which communicates with a computer via wireless
to create distance and velocity
graphs.
3D printing: used in the Bloodhound SSC to produce the steering
wheel specifically moulded to the
drivers hand grip.
Show and tell model: a full size
model of the car including a simulator.
K’nex building challenge: using
k’nex to build a model car to launch
across the room using a pressure
pump.
All students involved built a K’nex
car either individually or as small
groups. Those who built the best
cars and who were enthusiastic
throughout the whole day were
chosen by staff and will have their
names placed on the fin of the
Bloodhound SSC ready for its next
world record attempt in a few years’
time.
The lucky students were: Ben Algar,
Josh Buss, Giles Richards, James
Turner, Harry Rogers and Scott
Retter.
Miss C Bowles
Year 8 Solar heater project
Year 7 trip to Plymouth
Aquarium
As part of HCC’s Science Week, a
group of fifty Year 9 students
attended the Bloodhound SSC Education Project at St James School in
Exeter. The Bloodhound SSC
(supersonic car) is designed to go
faster than the speed of sound
under the full control of the driver
Andy Green reaching a speed of
1,000 mph.
The education project itself aims to
inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers by giving them
an insight into the different technology involved in building the Bloodhound SSC. The students involved
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ART
Visit to Tate Modern and Tate Britain
On 23 May, group of Year 10 art students went on an
organised trip to London to see the Richard Hamilton
Exhibition at Tate Modern. The gallery visit was a great
opportunity for students to witness first hand a huge
collection of international modern and contemporary
art. The students were able to learn more about the
work of major artists and in particular Richard Hamilton
– one of the most influential British artists of the 20th
Century, widely regarded as a founding figure of pop
art.
Student Kia Rowe said she had been inspired by
Hamilton's work and set about sketching his collotype
and screen-print called 'Lobby'. Amy Bowles also
enjoyed the exhibition and told us her highlight was the
centre piece installation called 'Fun House'- an immersive, walk through room, combining images from movie
-posters, magazines and art history, complete with
squidgy floors and a working microphone!
For some, the trip was their first visit to London and
they enjoyed taking in the views of some of London's
most iconic landmarks whilst travelling by boat along
the River Thames to Tate Britain.
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The Tate Britain holds a huge national collection of
British art from 1500 to the present day and student
Corey Paver said "I was surprised by the enormous
scale of some of the pieces of work at Tate Britain" and
"Overall, I'd give the trip 10 out of 10!"
The final highlight of the day was the opportunity to
enjoy some 'fine-dining' at Waterloo station
(McDonalds is a rare treat for Honitonians!) before
heading home with sketches, photos, postcards and
tired feet.
Mrs Creed
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SCIENCE
STEM Day
On 13th July, the Smallpeice Trust
came in to deliver a STEM day
(science, technology, engineering
and maths) to sixty Year 9 students,
which was used to enrich the physics curriculum. Thea Wilson a member of the Smallpeice Trust led the
day. Students started off with a little
introduction to the day and then
what seemed a simple ice breaker,
which turned out to be more difficult than first thought. Students had
five pieces of paper and a Newton
weight. The students, in their team,
had to design and build the tallest
tower possible to hold the Newton
weight, only using the five pieces of
paper, and they had 10 minutes to
do so. This was used so that students could reflect on each other’s
personal skills to help them prepare
for the main challenges for the day.
Thea then set the main task for the
day. Students had to build a reservoir with specific dimensions and to
make it as water tight as possible.
This sounded easier than first
thought. They then had to build a
water pump to take the water from
the reservoir up to a storage tank.
This required the students to build a
circuit that worked and a pipe system that didn’t leak. Each time the
students used a material they had
to put it down on the costing sheet
as the cost of the system and reservoir was one aspect of the assessment. Students were also assessed
on waterproofing of the reservoir,
whether their water pump worked
and whether it was leak free, the
aesthetics to their reservoir and
water pump and then their marketing as they had to produce a
poste to try and sell their design,
and finally, but most importantly,
their team work skills.
All groups were able to make a reservoir and a pumping system, but
some worked much better than others. One reservoir managed to leak
400ml of water from an original 2
litres, whereas three groups didn’t
leak any. With the water pump
nearly every group got it working
but some leaked a fair bit where as
others did not. When it came down
to the assessment there were two
groups that were joint top, but one
group managed to build their reservoir and water pump for £106,000
cheaper than the other. This means
that the winners were Jack Llewellyn-Dare, Scott Retter, Connor Long
and Jacob Murphy.
Overall, it was a really good day and
the students were fully engaged in
every task set. Thea showed the
students, towards the end of the
day, a video about residential trips
that the Smallpeice Trust run. These
residential opportunities looked
fantastic, and would be great for
any of you that are very keen on a
career in science. You get to go to a
university, and stay there whilst
completing a range of different
activities. Therefore you would be
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getting your hands on equipment
that degree students use. It would
also be a great opportunity to see if
you would then consider going to
university after your A-levels. If you
would like to look at this further go
to www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk
Mr Hudson
HISTORY
Auschwitz Trip
At three in the morning the last
thing on your mind is the death of
thousands of individuals. However
on the 18th March, Josh and I had no
choice as this was the whole topic
of the day ahead. We travelled
from Exeter to Poland in the early
hours on a trip to visit AuschwitzBirkenau to remember those who
were exterminated and wiped out
simply because they did not fit.
Upon arrival we travelled to a
Jewish cemetery as the majority of
those killed were Jews. The cemetery was one from before the war,
showing personalised headstones
each with symbols and meanings,
depicting the individual’s life and
who they were.
It was then
explained that this cemetery was
vandalised by the Nazis during the
war and the headstones were used
to line the pavements in the very
town that we were in. When the
headstones were returned, nobody
knew of the layout of the graveyard
and it is now suspected that the
headstones no longer match the
bodies of those buried.
We then travelled to Auschwitz 1,
with the famous sign “Arbeit Macht
Frei” hanging above the gates,
surrounded by barbed wire. This
part of the complex was originally
the Polish barracks, which the Nazis
turned into one of the most infamous concentration camps in the
world. The group was led by a Polish
tour guide throughout and we were
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shown through several of the
barracks including Block 11 which
has been left in the condition it was
when the camp was in use. These
conditions were much less than
minimal and while outside it was
fairly warm, in all the buildings it
was stone cold. The barracks set up
as a memorial were filled with
photographs of the inmates that
had been registered including their
arrival date and their date of death,
most not even lasting three months
in the gruelling conditions. The
photographs were posed as almost
criminal mug shots along corridors
leading to rooms filled with human
hair and shoes. The items behind
the glass symbolised the whole life
of the prisoners, they took all that
they felt they would need: brushes,
cooking equipment and toys.
After several hours in the first complex we moved onto the second,
Auschwitz- Birkenau. It was this
complex which holds the iconic
scene of the train tracks going
under the watchtower and gates
and into the distance. At this point it
is important to remember that this
sub- camp was the purpose built
extermination camp which deliberately pushed prisoners to their limit,
starting with the barracks. The
whole site had previously been a
village which had then been demolished to make form the camp that
still stands. This demolition produced the working materials for
several hundred brick barracks but
when they ran out of bricks, the
Nazis brought in wooden stables.
Inside beds were pushed together
and if too many slept on the top
bunk, the bed would collapse killing
those beneath. This whole subcamp was so huge that you can’t
see from one end to the other.
We travelled with the holocaust
education trust who as an organisation run a lessons from Auschwitz
programme taking two students
from each sixth form to the camp.
The idea behind the programme is
to remember those who were lost
and to pass on the knowledge,
preventing the cruelty from
repeating itself. The whole experience is full of sadness and emotional but regardless of personal feelings, nobody can disagree that this
cruelty should never happen again.
We finished our trip by lighting
candles for those who lost their
lives, showing that they will never
be forgotten and that their hope is
still being passed on.
Maddie Rogers (Year 12)
SCIENCE
Year 9 visit to
Langage Power Station
As part of enrichment for Year 9
GCSE Science, students visited
Langage Power Station in Plymouth
last month. They visited one of the
UK's newest and efficient gas fired
power stations and saw close up
how power is generated. Students
went inside the control room and
turbine hall and saw the scale of the
furnaces and boilers.
Many
students felt it helped them with
their Physics lessons on Sustainable
Energy.
Mrs Shorter
PHOTOGRAPHY
Visit to RAMM and Spacex
Gallery Exeter
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through a stranger’s letterbox. Dry
humour and careful observations
link the many mediums used, which
include drawing, painting, sculpture,
photography and music. This exhibition created lively debate and I look
forward to seeing their work develop in response to what they have
seen.
Miss Adams
ART
Animal spirit pots
Miss Hichen’s Year 9 art group have
been creating animal spirit pots this
term.
MATHS
Year 10 mentoring primary
students
The Year 9 GCSE Photo group had a
great gallery trip to Exeter. We
visited RAMM to see the 'British
Wildlife Photographer Award 2013'
exhibition and the Spacex Gallery to
see Mathew Sawyer's exhibition.
The group were inspired by the photographs at RAMM and surprised to
learn that some were taken by children. Seeing the images displayed
together made us appreciate how
beautiful our environment can be
and in the most unexpected places.
We learnt that the most successful
images were made up of just two or
three main colours and often had a
shallow depth of field.
Mathew Sawyer's exhibition was
quite different and challenged the
students to think like an artist.
Works described by the artist as
‘documentary artworks’ involve
making connections with unknowing
collaborators. An example is the
series ‘Ping Pong Ball’ (ongoing),
where, on his birthday each year,
the artist lists five words that summarise the year of his life onto a
ping pong ball, before posting it
Our most able Year 10 students
helping to mentor future gifted
mathematicians from Year 5
primary schools.
Those involved were: James Craig,
Will Vining, Adam Barnett, Zoe
Boots, Luke Chambers, Lewis Campbell and Ed Taylor.
They stayed behind after school to
help the younger students investigate tessellations and 3-D shapes,
eventually building a giant sphere
out of paper!
Miss Moore
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Exchange programmes
SPAIN: Years 9, 10 and 11 students had a fantastic week in
come home at the end of the week
and it was very hard to tear them
away from their host families and
the fantastic Spanish hospitality
they had received. They are all now
extremely excited about the return
leg when 16 Spanish students come
to Honiton from 18th – 25th June.
Mr Hall
On the morning of Saturday
30th November, we set off for our
annual Christmas French exchange
visit. After travelling by coach to
London Stansted, we flew to Strasbourg and reached our destination
in the early evening. Host families
were all waiting for us upon arrival
and they warmly welcomed us to
Strasbourg. There was palpable mix
of excitement and anticipation in
the air as students met their pen
friends in person for the first
time. For many students, communication via letters, photos, Skype and
different types of social media
meant they already knew much
about each other.
The first half of this year’s Honiton
– Manuel de Falla exchange saw 13
students head out to Madrid for a
week of cultural activities. The
annual exchange involves students
staying with host families in the
Madrid suburb of Coslada and
attending classes at Manuel de Falla
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School. During the day, the school
organised a range of excursions and
trips including tours of Madrid and
the nearby beautiful city of Toledo,
art galleries, rowing, climbing, a
visit to Real Madrid football stadium and the Royal Palace. None of
the Honiton students wanted to
Students and staff spent the rest of
the weekend with their host families getting acquainted with their
pen friends and their new environment. When on Monday students
arrived at school, they were brimming with tales of what they had
already seen and done, and it
Exchange programmes
FRANCE:
seemed as if we had been in France
for already much longer than a day!
Through the excited chatter, we
were eventually able to learn that
students had been to theme parks,
bowling, the cinema, sleepovers etc.
A boat ride on the River L’ill under
old bridges and through locks, gave
us another opportunity to admire
the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage site that is Strasbourg. Strewn
along its banks, the buildings range
from old medieval tanneries to the
contemporary glass EU Parliament
buildings. Through twenty centuries of history, we learned about the
importance of the water trade in
days gone by, how Strasbourg has
changed nationalities five times and
how the city now stands as a shining
symbol of reconciliation between
2013-2014 – fanstastique!
peoples and the future of Europe.
However, all good things come to
an end and after a meal out with
our pen friends, it was only too
soon that we had to bid farewell
whilst looking forward to reciprocate their hospitality in the Spring.
It was a memorable experience for
us all and the students made it all
the better by being so well behaved
and mature. They were a credit to
themselves, their parents and to the
College.
Mrs Theeten
The rest of the week was packed
with exciting venues, discovering
Strasbourg's gorgeous medieval
streets, shopping in chic little boutiques, visiting the Gothic Cathedral
with its famous astronomical clock,
staring in awe at the gilded Palace
where Napoleon stayed, learning
about the Second World War with
an (optional) visit to the Struthof
Concentration Camp, visiting a Bugatti car museum and finally plunging us back to the Middle Ages with
a visit to the Haut-Koenigsbourg
Castle perched on the top of a
mountain where, through listening
to our guides, students learnt how
to use its impressive armoury to
defend the medieval castle.
Of course, one of our main attractions was discovering the worldrenowned Christmas markets in and
around Strasbourg. The oldest in
France, they have enthralled children and adults for centuries. With
their many lights and smells of cinnamon and spices hanging in the
air, the markets sell local traditional
arts and crafts, spice bread, bretzels, confectionary, pastries and
mulled wine.
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News from the PE Department
Year 9 Sports Leaders
Over 250 primary students from our
local primaries have been coached
through multiskills activities over
the past two weeks by our Year 9
GCSE PE students. Y1/2 students
from the primaries at Littletown,
Upottery, Farway, Offwell and
Awliscombe visited Honiton in May
to be lead through a series of throwing, jumping, running, striking and
balancing activities. The previous
week our leaders from the College
visited Honiton Primary to deliver a
similar event for their KS1 students.
Ross Gillon,
School Sports Coordinator
Year 10 Sports Leaders
I would just like to take this opportunity to say a massive thank you to
your brilliant sport leaders who
came to us at Littletown in April.
They were very professional and
great with the children and a huge
help. The other schools also said
how great and lovely they were to
the children and on leading our
football tournament.
Miss A Jefferson, Littletown
Year 7 Rounders’ tournament
15 May 2014
Axe Valley won 13-12½
Sidmouth lost 4½-5
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We played great as a team in both
matches. We all managed to score
some rounders apart from Rebecca
Copp but Miss Wyatt told her not to
worry because she had done good
bowling. When we were fielding,
everyone was very good in their
places and we caught about three or
four people out. The only thing we
could improve on is our throwing
and catching in some places
because we could have caught a few
from schools all over Devon. It is a
challenging event especially when
competing against Club athletes.
They all held their own and apart
from one who injured herself, they
all completed the five events.
Year 7: Rhys Phillips
Year 8: Oscar Walsh, Jake Matthews,
Oliver Talbot, Kaylee Freeman,
Jodie Abbot and Jerica Bolanos
All the Year 8 athletes will be
reserves for the Devon junior teams
to compete at the South West
Championships to be held at Yeovil
at the end of June.
Mrs Baden
more people out and stumped some
people out too, we need to not
throw randomly or too hard or
short. We may have to change the
batting order slightly because of
how many runs we got. Seeing as
we have not practised as a team
before, we did really well.
Rebecca Copp
Devon Schools Combined Events
18 May 2014
Lovely weather always puts a smile
on people’s faces, and there were a
lot of smiles even at 8 o’clock
Sunday morning.
Miss Wyatt drove the minibus to
Brickfields, Plymouth for the Devon
Schools Combined Events Championships. Seven athletes represented the College in this Pentathlon
competition: hurdles, shot, high
jump, long jump and 800m.
Throughout the day they all supported and encouraged each other
as well as the athletes they met
Year 8 Cricket v. Sidmouth
19 May 2014
Lost by 107 runs
Honiton bowled first and did well to
keep Sidmouth to 137 runs scored in
their 16 overs. Sidmouth had a
strong side, including players who
represent Devon at u.13 level.
Sidmuth bowled Honiton out in 9.5
overs with J Allen taking 4 wickets.
An enjoyable afternoon at Mountbatten Park and the game was
played in excellent spirit by both
side.
Mr Taylor
ED Schools tournament
20 May 2014
5th overall
Sasha Davy, 800m 2.57min
Sasha Davy, long jump 3.67m
Rhys Phillips hurdles 15.6sec
Cody Tratt-Skinner, 100m 15.9sec
Rebecca Donne-Davis, 200m 33.1sec
Thomas Lilley, 800m 2.56min
Lewis Gale, long jump 3.87m
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Sophie Murphy, shot putt 6.0m
William Briant, javelin 18.32m
Sarah Johnson, javelin, 11.92
ED Super 8 Athletics tournament
21 May 2014
Years 8/9 attended the Year 8 ED
Super 8 Athletics event.
The
students from Honiton came 4th
out of 6 different schools. Both
Years 8/9 supported each other and
showed excellent sportsmanship
during the different athletics
events.
Students competed in
different events including four track
and four field events. Some students managed to secure 1st or
2nd place in various events. Overall
a very successful event for the students.
bit harder. Josie was great at
getting people out on first base,
helping us to get closer to a win.
Olivia also caught a few people out,
helping us to win and getting our
hopes up just that little more . All
gave each other advice and everyone was kind and considerate towards one another. Some could
improve a bit more on their batting
and sometimes had to wake up a
bit when fielding. All the games
were enjoyable despite a few errors
and downsides. It was also great
that the opponents were great
sports to play with.
Miss Wyatt
Taking part: Oscar Walsh, Tom
Foster, Joe Whitworth, Oliver
Talbot, Mason De Sousa, Kelsey
Pulman,
Jack
Smith,
Ryan
Woolacott, Jodie Abbott, Kaylee
Freeman, Morgan Bolton-Williams,
Zoe Kidson, Charlotte Holdsworth,
Hannah Land, Ola Morawska and
Tyler Stringer.
Miss Stinton
Year 8 Rounders tournament
11 June 2014
6th overall - Lost 3, Won 1
The whole team worked together
and helped encourage each other
to do well. They all cheered each
other on and kept each other’s
hopes us. When a rounder or half
rounder was scored, everyone
congratulated. When we were
stumped out, however, everyone
still carried on and tried that little
Years 7/8/10
East Devon Schools Girls’ Tennis
Against Colyton, Kings, Sidmouth
and Exmouth
18 June 2014
Well done to all involved, a lovely
afternoon of tennis at Colyton
Grammar School. The girls were
involved in a group competition
and despite not qualifying for the
quarter-finals all experienced win-
ing some games and points against
some strong opposition including a
number of Club tennis players. The
standard of tennis from all girls I
mproved throughout the afternoon.
Girls all took on a leadership/
umpire role on their court.
Mr Taylor and Mrs Baden
Aquathon (swim then run)
10 June 2014
Year 7 came 4th, Year 8 came 5th,
Years 9/10 came 2nd
All members of all three teams
swam and ran really well, especially
considering most of them had
swam in the swimming gala earlier
in the day. Also, this is not an event
which we practice so was a new
concept to many of the students.
Mrs Bown
Year 10 East Devon Boys’ Tennis
18 June 2014
Well done to all involved, a lovely
afternoon of tennis at Kings School.
The boys were involved in a group
competition and despite not qualifying for the quarter-finals all experienced winning some games and
points against some strong opposition including a number of Club
tennis players. The standard of tennis from all boys improved throughout the afternoon. Boys all took on
a leadership/umpire role on their
court.
Mr Robson
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Year 8 Food Technology Impact Day
To inspire our new GCSE food technology group, the
department undertook an Impact Day.
Students were told that they would be learning about
the ‘creaming method’, so they made pineapple upside
cake, tray bakes and fairy cakes.
As part of the day, the students also were asked to
prepare and cook their own lunch: a choice of
vegetable curry, chilli, or sausage and lentil casserole.
A lovely day was had by all.
Mrs Clegg
P
AIRED READERS
The following students have been taking part in the paired reading
scheme for the past year. They have given up their time to listen to
Year 7 students read two mornings a week and help improve their reading ability
and understanding.
Their hard work has made a real difference the younger students’ progress - well
done!
Zoe Boots, Jessica Copp, Lauren Davey, Emma Tancock, Weasel Hooper,
Annabel Kane, Grace Keitch, Rachel Larcombe, Carys Lilley, Hollie Johnson,
Sophie Land , Tia James, Jasmine Burnett, Lewis Campbell, Matthew Jones,
Connor McRae, James Craig, Cameron Boland, Jazmin Chester, Bobbi Hibberd
and Gabriel Parker-Gifford.
Mrs Stace
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Sports Academy Update
The academic year of 2013-14 brought a
brand new initiative in the Junior and
Senior Sports Academy. This brand
new elite programme is focussed on
identifying talented young athletes and
supporting them with goal setting,
nutritional advice, strength and
conditioning and of course skill
development.
The programme has largely been a
success with academy sessions running
in rugby, basketball and football.
Representative honours have been
achieved by Jasmine Chester, Charlie
Wright, Adam Barnett, Ashley Wallis,
Adam Fullick and many more. Special
thanks go to Mr Kumar and Mr Henman
who have given up hours of their time
to support the basketball academy
which has resulted in a number of girls
gaining representative honours too.
Year 9 and 10 students are currently
applying to be part of the scheme for
next year which promises to build on
this years good work and go from
strength to strength.
Mr Skelding
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News from the Finance Office
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DCC will carry out regular
pass checks throughout the
year.
Drivers are not allowed to
carry passengers who cannot
show a valid pass.
If your child loses their pass during
the day they should go to the
administration office to ask for a 10
day temporary pass. Replacement
passes cost £5 each and can be
ordered online, or by sending a
cheque with a replacement form.
Further info available at:
http://www.devon.gov.uk/
school_transport
Car Parking
School Transport
We have been asked to pass on the
following information from Devon
County Council’s School Transport
Team:

Honiton Community College
supports the (DCC) Devon
County Council’s “No Pass No
Travel Scheme” that operates
on transport to and from this
school.

Only students who show a
valid travel pass to the driver
on every journey will be
allowed to travel. Students
must travel on the vehicle
indicated on their pass.

Please ensure that your child
has their travel pass before
they leave home every day.

Please ensure that your child
knows what to do in the
event they are not allowed to
travel or the bus does not
arrive (eg. because of breakdown or traffic conditions or
severe weather). School
attendance is very important
and it is best to be prepared
for any of these eventualities.
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Increasingly we have noticed that
parents are using the staff car park
as a point to drop off their children.
Staff have frequently found that
they are unable to enter the car
park due to congestion caused by
parents’ cars. We would ask that
those parents who choose to drive
their children to College use the
College coach park as a drop off
point and keep all stops to a minimum. Please do not block the
entrance to the coach park.
Breakfast Initiative
Free School Meals
Independent research has shown
that children who eat better often
perform better in school and can be
better behaved. With this in mind
the College has undertaken a trial
throughout the summer term to
provide a breakfast for our Free
School Meal students, the funding
for which comes from funds aimed
at ‘closing the gap’ between
students who receive Free School
Meals and those who do not.
We are pleased to announce that
the trial was a success and the
scheme will be continuing into the
next academic year.
If you think your child may be entitled to Free School Meals please
contact Michelle Clements in the
Student Office.
Room Hire
Rooms are available at the College
for hire outside normal school hours
and during holidays. This includes
our Drama Hall, Gymnasium and
Dining Hall. We also have outside
areas such as playground, playing
fields and tennis courts.
Our rates are very competitive.
There is free car parking at the
College Reception entrance. Should
you wish to view or check availability please do not hesitate to contact
the Finance Office.
Parentpay
Parentpay is now the only method
of payment accepted by the
College.
Payments are made
securely online with a debit or credit card. For those families unable to
pay online a Paypoint card is issued
to top up dinner money or a barcoded letter is issued for each trip.
Please contact the Finance Office or
ask your child to drop in if you
require barcoded letters to be
issued.
Parentmail
We are very pleased with the uptake of Parentmail but still feel
there are more families who could
take advantage of the system which
allows us to send updates via email
and text message. This is the quickest and most direct method of
receiving information from College
and has the additional benefit of
being ecologically sound. If you
would like to sign up or would like
more information please contact
the Finance Office.
DATES
Staff Bake Off
Thank you very much to all those who took
part in the Staff Bake Off. Thanks to people’s
generosity £49 was raised.
17-19 July
18 July
21-25 July
21-25 July
25 July
14 August
21 August
4 September
15 September
20-31 October
19 December
5 January
16-20 February
27 March
Winners cake section:
1st Mrs Bidwell
2nd Mrs Salter
3rd Miss Adams
Winners sausage
roll section:
1st Miss Hichens
2nd Mrs Clements
3rd Mr Maplesden
College Theatre Production
Year 11 Spanish trip departs
Years 7/8/9 Activity Week
Year 10 Work Experience Week
Last day of Summer Term
A level results
GCSE results
First day of Autumn term
Non-student day
Half-term (2 weeks)
Last day of Autumn Term
First day of Spring Term
Half-term
Last day of Spring Term
Mrs Clegg
Uniform outgrown rather than
outworn?
Would you be interested in donating items to a ‘Uniform Swap Shop’?
Donated items will then be available to swap for alternative size/item or a
small donation.
See Mrs Clements in the Student Office.
WINNING TUTOR GROUPS
Spring 2
7JDU
8JMR
9BGU
10EHN
Summer 1
7SSC
8JMR
9CSH
10JPN
University
summer
schools
The following Sixth Form
students have successfully
secured residential places at
Exeter University summer schools.
Cornwall campus: Paul Stapleton and Jordan Clements.
The winning tutor groups celebrated
with a non-uniform day.
Exeter campus: Jake Heard, Connor Long, Brittany Lakin,
Shania Mills, Dan Nellist and Rob Bourne.
Dr Bawn
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