Your Excellent Improvement in GCSE Results
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Park News Summer 2014 web: parkcommunity.devon.sch.uk “An exciting world of challenge and opportunity” School is all about achieving your very best whilst enjoying life, having some fun and being happy with friends, helping others and playing your part. Our approach is to encourage, motivate, inspire and support each student to achieve his or her very best in all aspects of life. We do this via a very broad range of challenge and opportunity, opening eyes to new ideas, new interests and the high expectations of all that can be possible, with imagination and creativity combined with a secure understanding of just how the modern world is moving forward so rapidly. In every edition of Park News you will read of our students and their lives – all that they achieve, their successes, adventures and how they help others. Our Ofsted Inspection and the congratulations of David Laws, the Minister of State for Schools, for being in the Top 100 Schools Nationally for GCSE Improvement, confirms our quality and this magazine shows how this impacts upon the rounded development and future life opportunities of each boy and girl in the school. David Atton - Headteacher 1. “Your Excellent Improvement in GCSE Results” One of the Top 100 Schools in England This proved a very enjoyable evening for all present as A World of Academic each received deserved recognition for their outstanding achievement. Their citations described the highest Success standards secured and both the depth and breadth of talent and scholarship demonstrated by each. We look Our students’ success at GCSE builds in a determined and forward to their excellent GCSE results in the years ahead. planned journey for each over their five years with us. We recognise, celebrate and praise their success whenever it is deserved and motivating. Through a developed programme of Merits, Certificates, Badges, Colours and The United Kingdom Awards we enjoy welcoming and involving the whole family wherever possible. Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Junior Maths Challenge The Key Stage 3 Awards Results Evening In May some of our top performing Mathematicians took part in the national UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. It is designed On a lovely June evening, parents, grandparents and other for able students to help develop and inspire interest in family members joined with teachers and governors to Mathematics, focussing upon mathematical reasoning and celebrate the academic success of Year 9 students across problem-solving. It encourages young people to think for each subject in the curriculum. themselves and develop critical reasoning. Out of those that Awards were presented by Chair of Governors, Mike enter, the top 40% of students nationally receive a gold, silver Canham, to those securing outstanding achievement and or bronze certificate in the ratio 1:2:3 and each institution effort. Each Head of Department congratulated individual receives a Best in School certificate. Congratulations to: Year 8 Gold Alex Charters (Best Overall), Emily Brooks, Shana Hutchings, Ryan Mundell Silver Cameron Naylor, Pepper Bray, Jason Sumner, Ellen Manansyah, Jacob Stanhope, Grace Wood, Andrew Morgan Bronze Oliver Bushnell, Jonathan Lahai-Taylor, Zafira Shah, Sam Smale, Christopher students with a brief description of the work produced and Cohen, Christopher Fleming, Jack Milward, Miriam the standards achieved. Eskandar, Lucy Rawlinson , Paige Unstead, Olivia Davie, The Award Winners were: Isabella Waldron, Alexander Styles, George Back, SUBJECT ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT EFFORT AWARD EFFORT AWARD HIGHLY AWARD BOY AWARD GIRL BOY GIRL COMMENDED English Yoseph Eskander Kate Boorman Jack Tighe Sophie Pepper Flynn Elworthy Maths Yoseph Eskander Jasmine Wilson Tom Lawrence Deb Roper Hannah Kinsman Science Marcus Malek Katherine Fin Dart Lucy Wells Nicola Dunkin Boorman History Tahmid Alice Chamings James Sahin Nicola Dunkin Emily Baker Chowdhury Geo Ben Hyde Alison Bell Matt Johnston Alice Dowling Isabella Cousins RE Dan Eastley Alice Chamings Yoseph Eskander Alison Bell Madison Bissell French James Sahin Alison Bell Alfie May Alice Chamings Ashley Nicks Spanish Josh Stanhope Kate Boorman Fin Dart Ella Jones Lucy Wells Tech Tahmid Faye Collins Evan Rouse Deb Roper Josh Stanhope Chowdhury Art James Sahin Alice Chamings Liam Hammett Gemma Foster Hannah Kinsman Drama Josh Stanhope Alice Chamings Liam Hammett Isabelle Cousins Jasmin Husband Music Alfie Stone Alison Bell Matthew Johnson Freya Mugford Katherine Boorman Computing Bailey Dellaway Deb Roper Callum Choules Sian Beasant Nathaniel Clark PE Jacob Glover Maia Dart Kyle Darragh Nicola Dunkin Stan Wilks Daisy Totterdell 2. Student Achievement & Success Silver Gabby Camp Bronze Molly Davies, Katie Brown, Elise Muzard Clark, Hadeel Abed, Brendon Chadwick, Kiara Clarke, Dylan Barton, Charlotte Chambers, Tilly Scotthorne The Governors’ Tea – Summer 2014 Alex Charters Four times each year, parents and other family members are welcomed to a Tea with Governors at which certificates are presented to students gaining 500, 750, 1000 (or even more!) Merits. The Dining Hall was full one afternoon in early June when Vice Chair of Governors Martin Penny presented this term’s Awards. Hosted by Senior Teacher Graham Sloman, before receiving the Award each student is invited to share with the audience something about himself or herself and hopes and ambitions for the future. This term’s Award winners were: Chichester House Joanne Roper 500 Merits Reece Banwell, Chloe Baxter, Rob Bird, Kaan Cakir, Lily Dunkley, Sam Fielding, Liam Hammett, Jack Harper, Grace Esther Shaw, James Pope, Miles Miller, Abigail Lewis, Hayward, Sophie Hulland, Zac Karslake, Anya Moses, Aidan Richards, Yasmeen Abed Angus Napier, Dion Sheppard, Isabelle Thorne Year 7 750 Merits Gold Alice Dowling, Nicola Dunkin, Marta Macialek, Charlie Joanne Roper (Best in Year 7) Martin-Harrison, Christian Slee Chichester House Fortescue House 3. Student Achievement & Success Kingsley House Drake House Raleigh House 1000 Merits Kingsley House Etesham Chowdhury 500 Merits Kayleigh Baker, Christopher Ball, Kieran Bidwell, Ravon 1500 Merits Caton, Hannah Colebeck, Chloe Cooper, Jake Cudmore, Tahmid Chowdhury Maddy Halilton-Mudge, Isabella Holman, Daisy Meadowcroft, Andrew Morgan, Laura Trawin, Heather Drake House Warner, Peter Wigginton 500 Merits 750 Merits Keeva Brady, Dan Cattermole, Ionia Green, Toby Olivia Bidwell, Freya Mugford Ruhleman, Sarah Salkeld, Aimee Sandwell, Erin Silvester, Isabella Waldren 1000 Merits Lauren Amner 750 Merits Ellie Finlinson, Dan Mansford Raleigh House Fortesque House 500 Merits Jake Chapman,Maia Dart, Nicholas Forrest, William 500 Merits McLoughlin, Beatrice Pengelly, Dominic Ridd, Erika Yasmeen Abed, Emily Brooks, Rebekah Coleman, Harriot Roznyte, Amy Vickery, Oliver Ward Day, India Dunkley, Franklin James, Abigail Lewis, Beatrice Lewis, Dan Mundell, Jordan Rooke, Flix Townsend, Yasmin 750 Merits White, Bradley Williams Finlay Dart, Kieran Parr, Chadlie Stokes 1000 Merits Max Kilham 4. Student Achievement & Success “the experience has been really helpful in getting me Learning Continues to think about H.E.. I especially enjoyed the campus tour as it was useful to see what a University consists Throughout Life! of” (Alice) “It’s been great finding out about Higher Education and it has helped me to decide about my future. The tour was really good too” (Jacob) Future Scholarship Awards Five of our Year 9 students, Alison Bell, Alice Chamings, Yoseph Eskander, Ben Hyde and Josh Stanhope have been nominated for Future Scholarship Awards and visited the University of Birmingham during June. This is a wonderful opportunity for each of them to learn more of the world ahead of them and its possibilities! The five students involved gave their views both before and Congratulations to Natasha Tregaskes, one of our Teaching after the visit: Assistants, who has obtained a BA Honours Degree in Humanities with English Literature. She graduated in May Alison Bell (D/DH) – ‘I feel excited to have new with the Open University. opportunities and meeting new people and am looking forward to the events ahead. I am also looking forward to visiting a big university because I plan to go to one when I grow up so it will be a good A World of Learning: On to experience and show what University life is like’. University! ‘I really enjoyed the day and learnt lots about University student life and why degrees are Able, Gifted and Talented important. The viruses and bacteria lecture was Programmes interesting and informative and really hands-on! The Since last October, Year 10 students have again been part University tour showed how picturesque the area was of a Exeter University Mentoring Scheme, working after and what fun activities you can join at University. I school on a Monday evening with student mentors from learnt a lot and really enjoyed the day – it was a great the university. experience’ Alice Chamings (F/PR) – ‘I am enthusiastic and Congratulations to:- apprehensive about going around a big city Alice Bennett, Olivia Bidwell, Matthew Binmore, Helen University’. Farr, Katie Harris, Sophie Hawkins, Jacob Houghton, Max Kilham, Tilly Porter, Joe Sherborne, Rachel Walker, Henry ‘I really enjoyed touring the campus because I had Webber, Scott Wells and Millie Williams. only ever seen my sister’s small section of St Hildas at Oxford. I learnt lots about University but the The mentors have delivered sessions on applying to lecture about microviruses was really informative University, financial costs, what it is like to study at and interesting. The lecturer was enthusiastic and University and the study skills that are needed. During the captivating and I learnt all about the immune system’ final session, the students had a tour of the University and the facilities. Yoseph Eskandar (F/GA) – ‘I am feeling excited and I greatly look forward to the day and I am glad that I am going on it. I have never seen a University before so I’m a bit nervous’. ‘Generally the day was very useful and it was very interesting seeing life at a University and has made me look forward to going. I also found the lecturers and all the statistics that they gave us quite grasping.