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What Makes the School Leavers Experience So Important for Students Today

Leaving school is strange. One day you're sitting in a classroom that's been part of your daily routine for years, and then fairly suddenly, it isn't. No dramatic ending, no clean break, just a gradual realisation that something significant is coming to a close. For young people in the UK today, that transition has become one of the most emotionally loaded periods of their lives, and the way they mark it says a lot about what this generation values.

More Than Just the End of Term

It would be easy to dismiss the school leavers period as simply the end of compulsory education. Tick...

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Jack Sadler Award presented to Head of Exeter School's RAF Section

The Head of Exeter School's Royal Air Force section has been awarded the Jack Sadler Award for her outstanding contribution to the Combined Cadet Force contingent (CCF).

Flight Sergeant Meredith Marsh was presented with the brass trophy of an artillery shell case and an engraved medal by Commander Katharine Armstrong (RN) during the biennial CCF inspection on 27 April.

The Jack Sadler Award is made annually in memory of former pupil and trooper Jack Sadler who was tragically killed in Afghanistan.

Jack was a popular and respected senior member of the Army Section...

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Exeter School hosts British Shooting Target Sprint for second year

Exeter School was delighted to welcome ex British Pistol Shooter Georgina 'Gorgs' Geikie to launch the British Shooting Target Sprint qualifier held at Exeter School on 7 July.

This is the second year the South West qualifying event for the National Series 2018 will be held at the co-educational independent school and it is open to everyone, aged 11+.

Last year's event attracted over 70 entrants and was a huge success. The event combines three 400m runs interspersed with two sessions with air rifle target shooting at biathlon style targets.

The National Series is...

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Exeter School changing lives with annual concert for WaterAid

For the 17th year running and with support from South West Water and On Tap Water, the talented young musicians and singers from Exeter School will perform a special concert to raise funds for international charity WaterAid.

All proceeds from the concert, which takes place at St Michael's Church, Heavitree, from 7:30pm on Wednesday 2 May, will go directly to WaterAid projects in Zambia, helping some of the country's poorest communities gain access to clean water and safe sanitation.

Over 150 pupils ranging in age from 11 up to 18 are involved in making music for the event...

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Choral Society Concert: Highlight of Exeter School's musical year

The annual Exeter School Choral Society concert held at Exeter Cathedral on Thursday 15 March was once again a highlight of the musical year, drawing together pupils, parents, staff, alumni and guests from the school's community.

The concert opened with Middle School Choir singing Howard Goodall's arrangement of 'The Lord is My Shepherd', best known as the theme tune from The Vicar of Dibley. The purity of their voices combined with their close attention to Mrs Guthrie's direction meant that the main chorus had to aim high and concentrate hard to meet this level of performance when...

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App-assisted 60-minute walk launched in Exeter

Authored by jontyh1234
Posted: Thu, 03/29/2018 - 7:33am

A new activity is hitting the streets of Exeter this week with the launch of the Tramble App, a 60-minute walking challenge where you answer 10 questions based on what you see along the route.

There are currently two of the Tramble walks in Exeter with more to follow in the summer.

I went out and did the Exeter Cathedral and Quay Tramble and saw a few parts of hidden Exeter that I have always somehow missed before. There is the House that Moved and a famous literary connection I was dumbfounded by.

If you are the curious type that likes to walk, see things you have...

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Exeter Junior School raises thousands in Virgin Money's Make your £5 Grow scheme

Year 6 pupils at Exeter Junior School are celebrating a record year of fundraising for good causes through their involvement in the Virgin Money 'Make your £5 Grow' scheme.

In small groups, the pupils dreamt up, designed and made products to sell to their peers as part of their Independent Maths Project 2018, raising an incredible £2062.26.

The profit will be divided evenly between Sport Re lief, Cancer Research UK, Dementia UK and The Mardon Centre, Exeter, with one fifth going towards fun maths games to enhance pupils' learning further.

Maths Coordinator Jacquie...

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Devon School Games extravaganza comes to Torbay

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 03/15/2018 - 9:55pm

A busy, colourful, noisy day of sporting fun and competition is on offer for over 800 school children from right across “the County” on Thursday 22nd March as the Devon School Games comes to Torbay.

The Devon School Games are a legacy from the 2012 Olympic Games and thousands of young people in Devon from a wide variety of mainstream and special schools compete in these regional competitions every year, after making it through the Intra-School and Local Inter School events to represent their School and area of Devon . Getting 800 enthusiastic young people to take part in a range of...

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Amazon supported Breakfast Club helps give Devon schoolchildren a healthy start to the day

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/12/2018 - 5:05pm

Children at Broadhembury Church of England Primary School in Honiton welcomed the team from the local Amazon delivery station in Exeter to celebrate a new funding partnership for their Magic Breakfast club. The breakfast club founded by charity Magic Breakfast and now supported by Amazon will provide children at the school with a healthy breakfast and start to the day. The breakfast club at Broadhembury Church of England Primary School is one of 77 schools across the UK to benefit from Amazon funding as part of the company’s ‘Amazon In The Community’ programme, which is focused on giving...

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Moving in Sitcom... A must watch!

Authored by KP
Posted: Mon, 03/12/2018 - 9:55am

If you're looking for something to watch that's a quick episode, easy to follow, fun characters and a good storyline then this is the show for you. 'Moving In' is a local webseries made around Exeter and includes alot of local, upcoming talent.

This Web-series is 2 episodes in and is in production to be making more episodes quickly and with more funding.

'Moving In' revolves around 3 main characters called Will, Amy and Emily. All 3 of them are completely different but together make for weird and quirky friendships and some budding romances....

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Devon school children benefit from Erasmus+ project with Spain, Italy and Latvia

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/05/2018 - 10:31am

As the date for Britain´s departure from the EU gets closer and the uncertainty about the actual consequences it will bring about increases, many schools in the UK are making the most from the great benefits Erasmus+ has for British Education.

Although it remains to be seen what will actually happen to European programmes when Brexit eventually kicks in, quite a number of schools up and down the country are taking part in Erasmus+ projects like Redhills Primary school from Exeter and Offwell Primary school from Honiton which were successful in gaining Erasmus+ funding during the...

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