St Cuthbert Mayne School St Cuthbert Mayne School, Trumlands Road, Torquay, Devon TQ1 4RN Picture shows Martin Brook, Headlines director of Torbay Holiday Helpers Network accepting Christ is our cornerstone, learning is our focus the £875 cheque for monies raised by students in our 11CJG tutor group. Their fundraising drive involved running a mile to WELCOME TO DECEMBER’S EDITION - AS ALWAYS, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAVE complete a full marathon, organising an auction and BEEN TAKING PLACE.WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THESE WITH YOU... holding a giant teddy bear naming competition. So far their activities have amassed an amazing £2,500 for a range of NEW SIXTH FREE Chromebooks for students charitable causes. FORM CENTRE We’ve become the first school in Torquay to give FREE Chromebook Students, staff and distinguished guests laptops to students. The move TUTOR GROUP’S CHARITY COUP joined together to celebrate the patronal means that every young person “Students can learn a lot from fundraising and working together as a team. The opportunity to build on their resilience, feast day of our namesake saint with a in our key stages 4 and 5 (half of confidence and communication skills has been invaluable as well as hugely rewarding,” says form tutor Mr Gibson. service followed by the official opening of our entire student body and all our our extensively refurbished, two storey, Sixth GCSE and A Level groups), now has Form Centre. the new technology to use and keep for the rest of their school careers. The Ecumenical Service to celebrate St CLASSROOM TEACHING: TEAM TALK THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS Cuthbert Mayne day was conducted Two of our teams made it through to jointly by the Bishop of Crediton, the Revd Out of this world! the final heat of the branch rounds Dame Sarah Mullally and the Revd Fr 45 Year 5 students from St Marychurch of the English Student Union (ESU) Mark O’Keeffe, Episcopal Delegate for Primary School recently joined us for an Public Speaking competition held Schools for the Plymouth Diocese and the immersive virtual reality learning adventure - in Blundell’s School in Tiverton. On Parish Priest of The Catholic Church of the with a trip to the moon! the winning team were Hannah Sacred Heart & St Thérèse of the Child Galvin, Rob Coward and Jessica Jesus. Afterwards, they blessed the Sixth Using Google Expeditions our own students Salamone who go onto compete at Form building before taking a tour of its enjoyed an underwater expedition to see the branch final in St James School contemporary learning space. marine life in action for a descriptive writing in Exeter. stimulus, studied animal adaptation in a “Our students have high ambitions so with Borneo, rainforest, toured inside the human Big Congratulations to the year this investment into a modern, well-equipped body to discover how the ear and brain 10 and 11 students who took part Sixth Form, we are investing in their future process sound, ‘met’ a group of natural (and a big thank you to our driver and ours,” says Anthony Boughton, Head science experts, visited Teotihuacan (a world Andrea Loader!): Team 1: Finley of Sixth Form at St Cuthbert Mayne School. heritage site in Mexico) and expanded their Carney, Mollie Cronin and Maddie “This is a modern, well-equipped space virtual knowledge of World War 1. Bickley. Winning Team: Hannah, where they can immerse themselves in a Rob and Jessica. motivating and inspirational learning environment and gain the skills, knowledge, IN THE CAN: TINTOBER 2016 support and confidence to become EVENT FUELS independent, highly employable critical Students collect over 2600 tins for Anode, which the charity will thinkers,” he adds. distribute to local families in need. SCIENTIFIC INTEREST Tomorrow’s engineers from schools across Devon joined our own when we hosted The Ogden Trust’s Energy STUDENTS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE Quest to promote study, learning Our annual Careers Fair gave students in years 10 -13 the ability to and careers in Physics. quiz employers on career opportunities available as well as the skills, knowledge and information they need to succeed and get ahead. Representatives from Bishop Fleming, NHS, Santander, Haldons Construction and Universities were amongst those who supported our initiative to help keep students on track, focused, informed and motivated. Check out our school website: www.st-cuthbertmayne.co.uk Phone: 01803 328725 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.st-cuthbertmayne.co.uk.