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Thomas Hall Students Create New School Mural with Local Artist Pete the Poet

Students at Thomas Hall School in Exeter have worked with artist Pete Stevenson, known as Pete the Poet, to create a striking new mural that will welcome students and visitors to the school.

The large artwork, installed at the main entrance, has been inspired by the beauty of the grounds and the diversity of the school community. It also reflects the school's values of Belong, Inspire and Grow, with students working alongside Pete to add their own creative touches and help shape the final design.

The mural includes a colourful meadow scene, with students contributing...

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Leading outdoor specialists launch children's campaign

Leading camping and outdoor brand Vango has joined forces with Britain’s biggest outdoor learning programme, the Natural Connections Project and The Camping and Caravanning Club, to launch a campaign to create fun and informative videos encouraging children to learn how to pitch a tent.

The ‘Cheeky Little Campers’ campaign will involve ten primary schools across the South West. Each school will be gifted a Vango tent, and their pupils will be asked to create a fun video showing how they go about pitching their tent. Both Natural Connections and Vango want to encourage more...

Calling former St James School students

Did you go to St James School? If you’re a former student who would like to support current students, the school would love to hear from you!

Right now, there are students in the assembly hall where you once sat, facing similar challenges and opportunities that you did. Being connected to you could really help them.

The school in Exeter is one of more than 450 state schools across Britain which have registered with the charity Future First to set up networks of former students or alumni.

Future First’s vision is that every state school or college should be supported...

Youngsters urged to beat the post-exam rush

MORE than 175 apprenticeships are waiting to be snapped up by youngsters looking to start work after their exams this summer, it has been revealed.

School-leavers in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to avoid the post-exam rush and think now about securing an apprenticeship in their chosen career, and not wait until September.

Mark Boulting, managing director of Plymouth-based Skills Group, said: “Learners are in the driving seat right now. We have around 175 vacancies, it is the most we ever have had.”

With so many vacancies, employers are looking to provide more...

Exeter School cadet wins Jack Sadler award

An Exeter School Senior Royal Navy cadet has been awarded the Jack Sadler Award for outstanding contribution to the combined cadet force contingent (CCF).

Cox'n and Deputy Head Girl Tilly Gilbert was presented with the brass trophy of an artillery shell case and an engraved medal during the biennial inspection by Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty, who is Commandant of all Air Cadets in UK.

The trophy is a permanent memorial to former Exeter School pupil and senior cadet Jack Sadler, who was killed in Afghanistan on 4 December 2007, halfway through a six-month tour as a trooper...

Principal's Special Guests Experience Bicton College

Bicton College Principal David Henley greeted delegates in his home this week, welcoming them from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania as part of Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust’s latest intake.

The seven students were invited to dine with David and wife Leigh, along with BOAT trustees Bill Vellacott and Mike Pash, giving them an introduction to Bicton College, it’s background, people and it’s close links with the Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust.

The Trust aims to improve agriculture in the developing world by providing effective training programmes that can be further taught...

Devon’s ‘Newest School’ appoints first Principal

Devon’s ‘newest school’ - covering Exeter and the whole of south Devon – has appointed its first Principal in advance of opening in September 2015.

The University of Exeter-backed South Devon University Technical College (UTC) will offer a new way of learning for up to 600 young people aged 14 to 18, recruiting from Exeter as well as Teignbridge, Torbay, , Plymouth and the South Hams.

Ian Crews, age 51, currently Vice-Principal of Bodmin College Academy in Cornwall, will take up the post on 1st September 2014 following two successful careers in education and engineering....

Wild Adventure in Malawi for Bicton Students

Animal Care students from Bicton College have just returned from a 3 week trip of a lifetime in Malawi.

Animal Curators Oli Force and Jane Jennings took the group of 16 students to experience the wilds of Malawi, embracing the culture, lifestyle, people and wildlife.

Working with the Nyika Vwaza Trust (a registered charity in both Malawi and the UK), students visited the Nyika National Park and Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve learning about their anti-poaching and educational outreach work.

Students were inspired by the conservation projects and park management...

Interserve to embark on two cycle rides in aid of ERADE

Wednesday 30th April will see approximately 40 Interserve employees embark on a 51 mile cycle ride.

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, are helping to raise vital funds for the Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education by embarking on a 51 mile office to office cycle challenge. The route will start at their Plymouth office in the Royal William Yard and complete at the company’s regional head office in Exeter.

The riders will leave Plymouth at 9.30am and ride the 51miles across Dartmoor to their Exeter office in Sowton. The cyclists hope to...

Intimate Worlds – Exploring Sexuality at Exeter’s Museum

A partnership between Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) and the University of Exeter has produced the first ever dedicated display of sexually related material from the Wellcome Collection and a new way for schools to tackle difficult topics in sex education.

Intimate Worlds: Exploring Sexuality through the Wellcome Collection opened in Exeter on Saturday 5 April. The displays include an 18th-century chastity belt, Roman phallic amulets worn by soldiers and children, an Ashanti fertility doll and a Ch’ing dynasty ivory copulating couple from late 19th-...

Exeter School's junior code-breakers

A team of Exeter Junior School pupils has beaten off strong competition from pupils much older than themselves in a mind boggling competition. Team Omega, made up of Tom Harris-Deans, Bertie Hawkins and James Waddington, took part in the Alan Turing Cryptography Competition aimed at secondary school children up to year 11. Now in its third year, the Alan Turing Cryptography Competition is organised by the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester and celebrates the life of acclaimed mathematician Alan Turing, perhaps best known for his work breaking German codes during World...

Education

Thomas Hall Students Create New School Mural with Local Artist Pete the Poet

Leading outdoor specialists launch children's campaign

Calling former St James School students

Youngsters urged to beat the post-exam rush

Exeter School cadet wins Jack Sadler award

Principal's Special Guests Experience Bicton College

Devon’s ‘Newest School’ appoints first Principal

Wild Adventure in Malawi for Bicton Students

Interserve to embark on two cycle rides in aid of ERADE

Intimate Worlds – Exploring Sexuality at Exeter’s Museum

Exeter School's junior code-breakers

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