OPTIME Monday 26th March 2018

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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

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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