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Pride and Celebration: Isca Academy Hosts Civic Awards for Local Young Changemakers

Young people from across Devon were recognised for their commitment to citizenship, leadership and community service at a special Torbay and Devon Civic Award ceremony held at Isca Academy this month.

The event, which celebrates the achievements of Year 6 pupils who have gone above and beyond in helping others, brought together proud students, families, and staff from schools across the region to acknowledge months of voluntary service and personal growth.

Pupils receiving the award had all completed a rigorous programme focused on active citizenship, community...

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Devon and Cornwall battle it out in reading extravaganza

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 06/19/2016 - 10:42pm

Over 1,300 primary school children across Devon and Cornwall will be picking up their books in a bid to be crowned the champions of a unique reading challenge called One Million Minutes .

The competition, run by award-winning education charity Achievement for All, challenges primary school classes across the country to read for as many minutes as they can in one week.

The class which manages to clock up the most number of minutes and top the leaderboard by the end of the week will win a brand new reading corner for their school with books of their choice, worth over £1,000...

Maynard School's equestrian team crowned National Champions

Equestrian team members from the Maynard School in Exeter, the South West’s leading independent girls’ school, made the long trip to Hickstead in Sussex worthwhile when winning the NSEA Eventer’s Challenge on 3 June 2016.

This was a complete surprise for the newly crowned National Champions who had travelled to the event with low expectations and were really only looking forward to the opportunity to ride at the hallowed All England Jumping venue.

“Unfortunately two of our team members had to drop out after the entry stage but, just when we thought we would have to withdraw...

Exeter Junior School artwork selected for National Gallery exhibition

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/16/2016 - 10:55am

Exeter Junior School pupils were thrilled to discover that their approach to a national art project would be included in The National Gallery and visited the London art gallery to see their work on display.

The budding Year 6 artists worked on the Take One Picture Project, creating artwork in response to a painting from The National Gallery during the autumn term.

Every year, The National Gallery invites primary schools to use one of its paintings as the stimulus for learning right across the curriculum. For 2016, Thomas Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews was chosen as the...

Primary school pupils to re-enact famous day in Devon’s history

Sixty-four nine-year-olds from Year 5 at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) will be taking on the challenge of re-enacting a famous day in Devon’s history when they perform It’s our land in the house and grounds at National Trust Killerton on 16 and 17 June.

The youngsters will recreate the momentous day in 1925 when 20,000 people packed the parklands at Killerton to hear liberal politician and statesman Lloyd George deliver his powerful Land Reform speech to the people of Devon. This eagerly-anticipated speech took place at a time between the wars when landowners, farm...

Schools celebrate healthy eating week

To mark British Nutrition Foundation Healthy Eating Week (13–17 June 2016), schools across Devon are celebrating the results of the Food for Life programme.

The programme brings schools, early years settings, hospitals and care homes together with their communities around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food.

Food for Life’s aim is to improve food culture, and bring people from all over the school together, as well as create links with local farms through farm visits. Food for Life schools in Devon have started up food growing activities, family cooking...

Could this be the classroom of the future?

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/09/2016 - 11:11am

Teachers have always had to work hard to engage children in the classroom. But, could that historical struggle become a thing of the past?

With recent changes in technology and astonishing advances on the horizon, helping children to get to grips with tricky subjects and stay focussed on their lessons using screens and technology could be a reality in the very near future…

Hope Education (a national leading supplier of educational resources) has developed a fascinating interactive tool called The Classroom of the Future , providing an insight into the exciting equipment...

Study throws light on school absences

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/08/2016 - 10:15pm

A study commissioned by Devon County Council has looked into the reasons why some children miss school due to anxiety.

The findings are helping the Council provide practical advice and information to schools in order that they can better support students, enabling them to keep up their attendance.

Educational Psychologists conducted the study as part of a wider exploration of ‘anxiety based school avoidance’ across Devon.

Their report acknowledges that students miss school, or find it hard to attend, for various reasons such as following a period of illness or...

Exeter to host new deaf-inclusive active outdoors club

On Wednesday 8 June, from 7-9pm, local charity Exeter Deaf Academy is inviting Deaf people and their families to a free opening of the new Active Outdoors Community Club, at Haven Banks Outdoor Education Centre, on Exeter Quay.

Thanks to funding from Awards for All England, who have awarded a lottery grant of £4,655 towards this yearlong community project, the new Deaf-inclusive club will be offering taster sessions of canoeing, kayaking, archery, sailing and caving in an accessible environment.

The ethos of Exeter’s new Active Outdoors Community Club also aims to spread...

Exeter students receive mentoring from world class athletes

Students at an Exeter school will receive transformational mentoring from world class athletes, as part of an innovative new project to support young people facing disadvantage in isolated areas of the country. Launched by Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, a select group of pupils from West Exe School will participate on their On Track to Achieve programme – led by world class athletes – and also help support vital research to truly understand the barriers that young people face to access support in hard to reach areas. The project was made possible following a significant Extra Award of £200,000...

Exeter School pupils clown around

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 05/31/2016 - 10:18pm

Year 10 pupils at Exeter School took part in an improvisation workshop delivered by professional actress and Webber Douglas graduate, Lucy Curtin, last week.

The workshop proved an ideal preparation for a day of workshops organised by the Northcott theatre taking place on Friday 24 June.

Head of Drama Jamie Brough said the pupils have looked at elements of 'clowning' as well as improvisation games and techniques this term.

"All of this work has not only helped them prepare for an exciting collaborative project with the Northcott theatre, ISCA and Dawlish schools at...

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