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OPTIME Monday 26th March 2018
RECEPTION: 01769 580215 STUDENT ABSENCE LINE: 01769 582120 EMAIL: admin@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk
DEAR PARENTS &
CARERS
Y our attention will have been drawn to
our Ofsted report on Friday. If you have
not seen it, the link will shortly be
available on the Ofsted website, click here.
I was delighted to see that the outstanding
work being carried out by our school
community has been recognised by Ofsted. The
whole school community deserves the credit
for their positive assessment.
We know that our pupils achieve remarkable
things; it is very clear to see that the trajectory
of the school is extremely positive, and we are
looking forward to what we believe will be
another set of excellent GCSE results this year.
Pupils have been working very hard all term;
each week Optime is full of their
achievements, both in school and outside of it. We hope that you all have a very relaxing Easter break, and look forward to
welcoming pupils back to school on 16th April.
Mike Johnson, Executive Headteacher
GEOGRAPHY TRIP TO BRISTOL
O n Friday 16th March, Year 10 Geography
pupils visited Bristol to complete their
GCSE human fieldwork enquiry. They
travelled by coach, and walked around the city taking
in lots of the landmarks such as the Clifton
Suspension Bridge, the Harbourside, the Millennium
Square and the Planetarium. The Year 10s were
gathering data to answer the fieldwork enquiry
question; ‘has regeneration improved Bristol
Harbourside?’ They did this through land use surveys,
environmental quality surveys, participating in
questionnaires to the public, as well as traffic surveys.
The trip was a great opportunity for the students to experience some
more of the UK’s culture, and to travel to one of the UK’s major cities - so
thank you to the staff who arranged it and took us!
It was excellent to see how a derelict industrial area has been regenerated,
with new buildings that fuse cutting edge architecture with wide ranging
greenspaces and ecological areas, creating a socially and environmentally
sustainable zone in the heart of Bristol.
Flora Davies
At the end of last weekend’s Ten Tors Camp 2, still smiling!
TEN TORS 2018:
THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING CLOSER...
L ess than seven weeks to go until
Ten Tors 2018, and the training is
getting intense. The first day of
this weekend’s training involved the
group’s longest walk yet, on a foggy,
damp Saturday. The weather was
better than we’ve been used to this
year (though visibility was truly terrible
during the morning), but the ground
was extremely wet, adding to the
challenge.
Groups set up their tents in Postbridge,
and cooked their evening meals in a
slightly boggy field before settling down
for the night, and waking up to a very early start (6am, but
felt like 5am due to the clock change). Breakfast at dawn was
a cheerful affair, even if there were a few bleary eyes!
Day two started with a long slog over a seemingly never-
ending hill, before splashing through a swollen ford, and
completing another long walk with wet feet (something
they’re getting used to!).
The navigation was excellent in all groups - a couple of blips,
but the teams are now experienced enough to recognise
these quickly and correct them, which is a real skill.
Unlike many of the teams we saw on Dartmoor this
weekend, the Chulmleigh groups are now working
completely independently of the adult leaders; self-guided
and self-sufficient, with the skills they need to take on this
demanding challenge.
We’re down to fifteen potential team members, and
while we don’t yet know who the final 12 will be, we’re
confident that we’re going to have two very strong
teams representing the College at Ten Tors again this
year.
We were very impressed by the participants’
determination, skill, attitude, and good humour this
weekend. The awful weather we’ve had during this
year’s training has really helped to build our young
participants’ resilience. They’re going to do well!
Adrian Wade, Outdoor Education Coordinator
BUSY MUSICAL WEEKS AT THE COLLEGE
T uesday 20th March: Lunchtime singing concert with solos
from Tilly Lindley, Tansy Welsh, Holly Hunt, Jess Miners,
Ruby King, Lucas Mardon, Meg Kelly and Kate Moore, plus
the College Singing Club had a warm up performance for the
upcoming concert on 10th May.
Wednesday 21st March: The Year 6s from Chulmleigh Primary
Academy have been learning the cornet with Mr Loysen or the violin
in with Mrs Craddock. They combined together to play a specially
written fanfare and class teacher Mr Smith made a guest appearance
as conductor! Next up for the instrumental team are visits to four
of our partner primary schools: Witheridge, Morchard Bishop, High
Bickington and Winkleigh, where the pupils will have introductory
lessons on flute, cornet and violin.
Wednesday 21st March: CMAc held its termly concert to share
music with parents and friends. The brass ensemble played the
Muppets’ theme tune, the woodwind played a jazzy piece entitled
‘Molten Rock’ and the string ensemble played an Irish jig with the
delightful name of ‘The Peacock and The Hen’, before the choir
gave renditions of ‘Hold Back the River’ and ‘Titanium’. It was
another really enjoyable event as CMAc continues from strength-to-
strength.
Coming soon… the main College ‘Sprummer Concert’ on Thursday
10th May at 7.15pm in the Heywood Hall.
Mr Cookson
Kate Moore accompanying herself on the piano in a
debut performance.
Mr Smith conducting Year 6s!
CMAc singers
CMAc brass
YEAR 10 BOYS’ RUGBY
TEAM THROUGH TO
NORTH DEVON FINAL!
W ell done to the Year 10 boys' rugby team, who beat
South Molton last week to go through to the North
Devon finals.
Result: 14 v 5 - (Tom Burnell two tries, Joe Down two
conversions). The final is on Wednesday 28th March at Bideford
RFC 5pm.
Good luck boys!
PLEASE DON’T FORGET
TO USE OUR DEDICATED
ABSENCE LINE NUMBER
01769 582120
REPORTING A
PUPIL ABSENCE?
NATIONAL CLUBS
FINALS PLACE FOR
AARON BEEL & RYAN
DAWSON
L ast weekend pupils
Aaron Beel and
Ryan Dawson
attended the Devon
Clubs U16 Junior League
Tournament in Paignton,
representing Queens
Badminton Club. They
performed superbly, and
won the event.
They are now off to the
National Clubs U16
Finals in Milton Keynes,
in the middle of May.
Well done to both boys, it’s a fantastic achievement,
showing great attitude and passion to succeed.
We wish them good luck for the finals in May.
All week...
Year 11 Art & Drama practical exams
* Wednesday 28th March
3.40-5pm CMAc (Heywood Hall)
Year 10 rugby final at Bideford RFC 5pm KO
* Thursday 29th March
Break up for Easter holidays
* Monday 16th April
Return to school
HT 4 reports will be out this week
CHULMLEIGH ALUMNI
C ongratulations to Paddy Edwards, who last
week won Petroc’s award for ‘Outstanding
Apprentice for Engineering’ on his Fabrication
and Welding course. He achieved distinctions in all six
units of the course. Paddy left the College in 2014 and
is an apprentice with Tom Lee Engineering in
Crediton.
If you have any news to share about the achievements of
past pupils of the College, please email
rhuxtable@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk.
CRICKET RETURNS TO
CHULMLEIGH!
T he sound of leather
on willow will
soon be
heard again at
Chulmleigh
Community
College as we
relaunch our College
cricket teams.
The majority of state
schools offer only soft
ball cricket, and as such
interest in the game in
schools has declined in
recent years. However, after consultation with
Chulmleigh Cricket Club and key Devon Cricket
figures, we are delighted to announce that we have
just secured the purchase of a permanent cricket
pitch, which will be installed on the main College field
over Easter, allowing the game to return to our
school.
It is our hope that other state schools will follow our
lead and offer full cricket again, but in the meantime
we shall be arranging practices and fixtures in the
summer term for boys and girls in our under-15 and
under-13 sides.
For more information please see Mr Paterson.
Amount of words read by year group.
Well done Year 7!
Year 7: 72,059,266 - Year 8: 63,117,832
Year 9: 64,080,554 - Year 10: 56,748,947
ARTIFICIAL PEAS Why do you cut down
All of the trees?
Do you want to be
eating,
Artificial peas?
Do you think you look
cool,
In your fast car?
The polar ice caps are melting,
You better raise the bar!
You travel the world to Italy, Spain, Japan,
Only to get a nice little tan.
You’re polluting the world, as you go,
Soon there won’t be, any more snow.
How would you like a colourless world?
Where the food only tastes like mould.
What is it like,
To live in peace,
Knowing a fox was killed for your fleece?
Now we must stop it,
Before we’re all deceased.
Liam Kienle Year 10
Mr Garrett’s comments: This offbeat opening is really
unexpected – what do trees have to do with artificial peas!? But
then you realise that, of course, what we do to our rainforests
will ultimately affect food production across the world. They are
already trialling ‘vertical farming’ in purpose-build greenhouses
built at the top of skyscrapers in major cities (so-called
‘farmscrapers’!). So this is a thoughtful opening to a poem
about an issue that is arguably the most important one for
mankind in this epoch.
SPITTLE Packed in, like sardines,
we wait.
Wait for the death of
one of our companions.
We have nowhere to go,
nowhere to run.
Our eggs are being
ripped from our grasp.
Who’s next?
Our cage door opens,
Many of the younger ones try to escape,
Not knowing that they will certainly be shot, massacred
By the devil farmer’s big gun.
The elders just wait. Death is better than life as a chicken
In the modern era.
A large, warty fat hand reaches in,
And grabs the eldest by the throat,
And yanks her out of her cage, our cage.
We roar in grief and clamour, begging the Gods to help.
No help comes.
She will be the next meal, it seems.
And for what? Why feel the need
To kill us for nothing but gluttony and greed?
Noah Sadek Year 10
Mr Garrett’s comments: I really like this socially-conscious poem
that makes us really think about the inhumane treatment of
battery-farmed chickens. Some of the vocabulary choices are
what makes it memorable. The title is not an obvious choice,
and it demands the reader to consider what’s being implied…
TRY TENNIS THIS SUMMER
AT CHULMLEIGH TENNIS
COURTS Open Tournament 10am
Sunday 15th April £2.50
entry.
All new players welcome!
LTA Coach Courses from
Wednesday 18th April – 23rd May
(cost for six week course)
Age 5 to 7 (Red Mini) £20:
3.45-4.45pm
Age 7 to 11 (Green Mini) £23:
4.45-5.45pm
Families £39 per parent, £25 per Junior (11+): 6-7pm
*Rusty Rackets (new returners/beginners all ages): 7-8pm. Adults
£39: 8-9pm
(*Special offer £21. If repeating course £33.)
If a session is cancelled, a replacement session will be offered at
the end of the course.
Apply to: chulmleightennisclub@hotmail.co.uk or
phone 01769 580819.
GOLF
SCHOLARSHIP FOR
YEAR 10 PUPIL!
C ongratulations to Will
Hunt who was assessed
at Saunton Sands Golf
Club recently and has been
offered a place on their three-
year scholarship programme!
SAINTS SOUTHWEST EASTER HOLIDAY
MULTI SPORT CAMPS
A imed at 6-11 year olds, Saints Southwest Multi
Sports days offer the opportunity for young
players to improve their skills, through a
structured and enjoyable coaching programme devised
and delivered by experienced and qualified coaches. All
of the children receive an attendance prize and
certificate, as well as the opportunity to win signed
merchandise. Full course attendees also receive an
additional Saints Southwest gift. The camps are action
packed days which allows children to learn new skills
and improve play in a variety of sports whilst having
fun.
CHULMLEIGH 5TH APRIL & LAPFORD
6TH APRIL (6-11 YEARS) 9AM-3PM Price: £15 (per session)
Warm welcome and registration
Introduction to the days skills/learning focus
Warm-up and reaction games
Coaching sessions in a number of sports
Fun games, challenges and competitions
Lunch
Small sided games/tournaments
Educational debrief
Presentation and handing out certificates/gifts
To book visit www.saintssouthwest.co.uk or call 01803
206350
COLLEGE NEWS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
I f you’re on Facebook why not ‘like’ the
Chulmleigh Academy page and also follow us on
Twitter?
We keep parents informed of College news in a
variety of ways; Optime, text, email, Twitter,
Facebook and on our website - which now has a live
feed in from our Facebook page on the home page.
We post news on Facebook almost every day, so
it’s a great way to keep informed.
Find us at:
Twitter - @ChulmleighAT
Facebook - ChulmleighAcademy
DO YOU HAVE NEWS
TO SHARE?
W e love to hear all
about our pupils’
achievements
outside of school.
Perhaps your child
has won a
sports award
or is representing
the county? Or they
may take part in
musical activities?
If you have news to
share about your
child, and would like
it featured in Optime and on social media, then
please let Marketing Coordinator Becky Huxtable
know on:
Email: rhuxtable@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk
Tel: 01769 580215 XT303.
Please send in a photograph if possible and include
all relevant information.
A selection of bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts available every day
Please note that the menu for today and tomorrow will be slightly different to the information below,
due to the snow delaying our regular food delivery.
There will still be a good selection of options and a hot meal available.
Should you have any queries regarding sQuid, please contact
sQuid customer services on customerservice@squidcard.com
(quoting your SRN number)
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO SEND IN FOR OPTIME?
We are very happy to share news of community events and
clubs which may be of interest to our pupils.
Please send information to:
Becky Huxtable, Marketing Co-ordinator: email
rhuxtable@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk
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