Spring/Summer 2019

PARK NEWS Spring/Summer 2019 www.theparkschool.org.uk Follow us: @ParkBarnstaple @ParkBarnstaple Welcome to the Park News warm welcome to the summer edition of into the canteen and add more cafe style seating Park News that is packed with a fantastic in the fast food area. This will create an improved Areflection of Park students and their time eating experience and a social area for Year 11 at Park. This edition features a snapshot of, students. achievements, activities and opportunities, that sum up a typical six months of life at The Park Our school officially became a member of the Community School. Tarka Learning Partnership from February 2019. During this time the Trust has supported the school and our students in a number of areas. We look forward to working even closer with the Trust and partner schools over the coming months and years. At the end of this school year we say farewell to several colleagues. I would like to formally thank them for their hard work, dedication, and contribution to Park without committed and supportive staff we could not offer a wide range of activities as seen in this edition of Park News. In English we bid a fond farewell to Mrs Aubrey, Mr Harris, Mrs Maher. Mr Knight leaves the English department to study a PHd in English Literature. Mrs Sluman also leaves the department and I would like to start this edition by offering leadership team to spend more time with my thanks to the whole staff team at Park for her young family. Mrs Sluman’s leadership providing the opportunities available to our responsibilities have been taken on by Mrs students and giving their own time to ensure Freeman. To support this Mrs Brierley becomes the best for our students. We are lucky to the new Head of Drake House. In further changes have a great and committed staff team. You to the English department we welcome Mr Hague, will be aware of the major curriculum changes Mr Franklin, Mrs Woods, Ms Perkins, Ms Sweet- that we have planned for September. Not only Escott and we also welcome back Mr Bailey. will September bring in a change to our school day but also the timing of lessons, how we use In Maths and PE Mrs Gilbert, Mr Popham and Mr homework to develop knowledge, the introduction Greenaway leave us to pursue new adventures. of prep time to support self reflection, reading They are replaced by Mrs Hartland, Mr Somercloud and revision. The staff team have been busy and Ms Locke for mathematics; Mr Phillips and developing new knowledge organisers, initial Mrs Garman join us to support PE. In History quizzes and assessment materials that will we wish Miss Roberts well as she moves to south support the introduction of the new curriculum. Devon, Miss Roberts is replaced by an Ex-Park My thanks to the staff for all their efforts and student Mr Chugg. We formally welcome Mr energies at his busy time of year to prepare these Waters to join the Science department and are new resources. delighted that Mr Lewis has extended his stay in the Science department to cover a maternity Since our last edition of Park News the site team leave. A huge thank you and goodbye to Mrs has been very busy under the guidance of Mr McNeill and Mr Addy as they move on from our Elliott with the installation of our new solar panels, music department, they will be replaced by Ms new ceilings in North Block, a new boiler in the Monk and Miss Beardshall and finally in DT Mrs sports hall, redecoration to classrooms PTE 1, 2 Scott leaves at the end of the term to be replaced & 3, Maths 1, 2 & 3 and many corridors around by Miss Pitwood. the North Block. The campus improvement work continues. Our school community pass on their thanks and best wishes to colleagues leaving us and welcome Over the summer we will complete our our new staff in September. safeguarding developments by adding a new entrance gate to the front of the school, improving the canteen facilities and adding a Year 11 cafe into our catering area. We also anticipate completing our LED lighting project over the summer break and will be replacing the South Building roof. To aid the changes to the school Gareth Roscoe day we will also add an additional servery area Headteacher 2. Park News Spring/Summer 2019 The Tarka Learning Partnership - Vision for the Future he Tarka Learning Partnership has formally been in existence for one year with The TPark Community School joining on 1st February 2019. The family of schools comprising of Eden Park Academy, Sticklepath Community Primary Academy, Landkey Community Primary Academy, Roundswell Community Primary Academy (opening in September 2020), Newport Community School Primary Academy and The Park Community School have been working together on • Reviewing and supporting the quality a common vision for the Trust. of teaching and leadership across all The vision was developed collectively across the schools schools through Head Teachers, staff and their • Supporting schools on areas which the Trust respective Governing Body: - and schools have identified for further work on The Vision and Values of the Tarka during this academic year Learning Partnership • Helping schools develop their IT systems for the future to support staff and pupils ‘Empowering young people in North • Working with groups of teachers and school Devon through learning’ leaders on a range of projects from moderating teacher assessments to inclusion practices for Aspiration: We promote the love of learning and vulnerable pupils empower young people to raise their aspirations • New transition system to support pupils moving through challenge, effective partnership, celebrating from primary to secondary from 2020-21 achievement and support for all, regardless of • Establishing a clear and coherent school background and individual need. governance framework Equality: We support vulnerable individuals and • Establishing a common finance system and groups within our community and embrace both procuring centrally to make further funds diversity and equality of opportunity. available for teaching Pupil and Staff Well-Being: We ensure all staff • Creating universal services to schools such and young people are given the appropriate training, as personnel, estates management, school support and care to promote well-being for all. improvement, health and safety, GDPR, legal Safeguarding: We champion the highest standards support, educational welfare to reduce costs and of safeguarding through a commitment by all, to our lift burden off Head Teachers and their staff young people. • Developing with the Department for Education a new primary school for Roundswell which Teaching and Learning: We strive for a high will directly transition children into The Park quality learning culture in every school, through the development of teaching and learning, leadership and Community School. This will open in a new state governance, whilst valuing the individuality. of the art building in September 2020 offering places to both reception and nursery children Curriculum Innovation: We commit to the development of a high quality, challenging, broad and It has been both personally and professionally balanced curriculum which is responsive to the needs rewarding to work across the primary/secondary of the young people and the wider world. age range with young people from 2 to 16 years. To Values: We ensure openness, honesty, respect, witness and be a part of this journey is very special tolerance and integrity in all we do. as each young person develops and matures. Community: We invest in the young people and families of North Devon through connecting education Before we enter our second year of collaborative and the needs of our local communities. working across the Trust, I wanted to personally Support Services: We will ensure that we deliver thank all the schools – their pupils, staff, governors high quality services to schools, so that staff can and community for supporting the development focus on the provision of high quality teaching and of this locally based Trust, which aims to enhance learning and achieve a successful work-life balance. the quality of education and welfare support for all pupils and their families. I wish all the young people Outlook: We reflect, respond and adapt to the the very best with their respective test and exam changing world and its impact on education, results this summer and hope you achieve all that regionally, nationally and globally. you set out to do. Good luck! A vision is a piece of paper, if it is not brought to life through what we collectively set out to do and achieve. As a newly formed Trust we have been working together as a group of schools on the Andy Cotton following areas during 2019/20: - CEO - Tarka Learning Partnership www.theparkschool.org.uk 3. Alumni - Present Progress Folders To Year 11s n April three Park School Alumni and a retired Head of House joined students for the Ipresentation of Progress Folders to Year 11 students as part of the process of leaving school. Matthew Beveridge presented the folders at two assemblies; Kingsley and Fortescue. Matthew spoke about his career since leaving Park, a series of jobs, working in London and then coming back to Barnstaple to start an events company. He is a director in New Coast Events Ltd. This company was given the contract to organise the New Year celebrations in the square in Barnstaple. His advice to students was “not to worry if at 16 you don’t know what you want to Matthew Beveridge do, just go out there and try different things, don’t be afraid to move on and eventually you will find something you love doing.” Matthew is delighted to be back in North Devon, a place he loves, doing a job that is challenging but rewarding.

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