New Student leadership, induction and athletics
New Student Leadership
Interviews were held for the new student leadership roles, congratulations to
Head Girl: Anna Hobson
Head Boy: Ben Woodward
Deputy Girls: Shannon Banks and Yuliyana Zhelyazkova
Deputy Boys: Beau Giles and Nick Turner
New Sixth Form induction
On Thursday and Friday, we were delighted to be able to welcome back to school our Year 11s for their Sixth Form induction. They were given an overview of life in the Sixth Form as well as taster sessions in the subjects that they have chosen. We look forward to seeing next at the Prom, results day and then in September!
Year 9 Product Design
The Year 9s have been making great progress in their GCSE Product Design this week by working on their laminated plywood salad servers. They all produced quality designs that were inspired by nature.
Year 7 Maths
We have been formally introducing alegbra to the year 7s this term and it is not all abstract!
Mental Health support for September
This week I meet the inspirational Tom Chapman from the Lions Club. In September 2015 Tom founded The Lions Barber Collective, which started as a group of international barbers raising awareness for suicide prevention. It has developed to become much more and now campaigns for the awareness of mental wellbeing and suicide prevention as well. We will be working with Tom from September to support our SIxth Form and we will be introducing a new set of lessons for our students to support them and their peers. I will write much more about this next year.
Gold Lunch
Dr Hocking and Mr Jones had fish and chips with our Year 7 students who achieved gold effort in the last quarter. We are all very proud of their hard work and commitment to their studies.
Netball Academy
The Year 7, 8 and 9 Netball Academies are training hard in preparation for their upcoming netball fixtures this term! Miss Lewis is so pleased to see so many of you at training.
Year 8 Athletics
Torquay Academy’s year 8 Athletics team had a strong start to the season on Thursday night. They travelled to Churston Grammar School for the inter-school athletics meet. All boys and girls competed in one track, one field and a relay. TA produced some outstanding performances for their first competition so well done to all involved.
Amari Hadly- 100m Gold
Amari Hadley- Javelin Gold
Evie Reece- 100m Gold
Finley Herbert-800m Silver
Jude Snell-200m Bronze
Josh Walsh-1500m Bronze
Aleah Combes-200m Bronze
UKMT Junior Maths Challenge
In May, over 150 students across Year 7 and 8 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. The students listed below all qualified for a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate. Two students, Rebecca Glasson and Melvin Page, did so well that they qualified for the Junior Kangaroo round, which will take place later this month. We are so proud of all of the students who took part and an extra special well done to those who are listed below!
Students of the Week
Year 7 – Seth Margetts and Caitlin Large
Year 8 – James Lovell
Year 9 – Kian Chadwick
Year 10 – Toby Leaver
Governor’s Platinum Certificates
Year 7 – Jemimah Jones
Governor’s Silver Certificates
Year 7 – Bella Giffard, Olivia Wilson, Abigail Mealin, Olivia Hosking
Governor’s Bronze Certificates
Year 7 – Liam Baillie-Hogan, Cody Wilson, Ellie-Jayne Scott, Madison Findlay-Peers, Daytona Vickers, Leah Hope, Emma Matthews, Jack Hicks, Lottie Davis, Olivia Riches, Callum Cliff, Joshua Rogers, Dolce Zulhayir, Benjamin Watts and Lily Phillips
Principal’s Gold Certificates
Year 7 – Harrison Davies, Amber Dicken, Poppii Marshall, William Jackson, Jayden Trevelyan, Chloe Hollis, James Hutt, Henry Tregea, Louis Rowe, Aliyah Smith and Willow Kendal
Year 8 – Marcus De Lucis, Illiana Lidstone, Michelin Jarosz, Merissa Farrington, Elspeth Herring, Cleo Fry and Lauren Catt
Principal’s Silver Certificates
Year 7 – Jaden Morris, Sara Mills, Aris Bejdo, Madi Chandler, Austen Bradshaw, Kade Kelly, Tessa White, Alex Coates, Simon Drost, Orlando Maric, Charlie Porter, Sara Santos Martins, Wojcjech Tabaczuk, Jj Cossey, Tomosz Kowalski, Finley Allnutt, Summer Thompson and Erin Giffard
Year 8 – Harvey Thomas, Karl Burton, Joshua Kenneford, Emily Graham, Alfie Harnett, Josh Spencer, Jack Pettit, Mollie Macfie-Jones and Jayden Gardner
Year 9 – Gabriel Prior, Danny Frankum, Timika Kenneford, Aj Sims and Kole Gjikolaj
Principal’s Bronze Certificates
Year 7 – Athena Rosser, Lola Cornock, Kye Giffard, Sammy Lock, Pedro Pestana, Lucas Berry, Finn Moncrieff, Marley Drew, Ryan Williams and Isabel Sockett
Year 8 – Ollie Sillis, Riley Collett, Maddie Coulter, Evie Reece, Oly Jackson, Ashton Lindow, Shanice Rees, Summer Mack, Jack Butcher, Roberta Bankes-Fay, Reece Spink, Matthew Oborn, Louis Stevenson, Oscar Tankielun, Finley Herbert, Warren Spink and Rosie Mahoney-Billis
Year 9 – Amy Hoskin, Lily-Rae Hooper, Lilly-Ella Ross, Jack Darke, Robyn Mitchell, Hayden Gibson-Roche, Phoebe Asplen, Robbie Wright, Freya Davies, Josh Thompson, Ewan McLachlan, Jack Iris, Will Green, Oakley Hayes, Carter Pease, Honey Darke and Matylda Bednarska
House Stars of the week
Year 7
Brunel – Buster Watson
Christie – Oliver Jones
Darwin – James Hutt
Fawcett – Laura McCondichie
Harrison – Alex Hilton
Kitson – Ollie Coleman
Nearne – Oliwia Tuczynska
Pengelly – Evie Hambleton
Year 8
Brunel – Presley Driscoll-Wilding
Christie – Mollie Macfie-Jones
Darwin – Oliver Boyce
Fawcett – Ashton Jeffs
Harrison – Louis Stevenson
Kitson – Tyler-Jay Stirling
Nearne – Maisy Green
Year 9
Brunel – Tyler Bayliss
Christie – Phoebe Staples
Darwin – Will Howard
Fawcett – Steven Jeffs
Harrison – Shannon Adamson
Kitson – Charlie Stevens
Nearne – Monica Mitula
Pengelly – Vince Crushcov
Homework Stars of the week
Year 7
Christie – Isaac Knowles
Darwin – Nebil Zorel
Fawcett – Agata Sadlik
Harrison – Lah Hope
Kitson – Daytona Vickers
Nearne – Colby Britton
Pengelly – Erin Bond
Year 8
Brunel – Abby Green
Christie – Jake Green
Darwin – Leah Scott
Fawcett – Raquib Shamim
Harrison – Lexy McLaurin
Kitson – Bella Lester
Nearne – Sam Hext
Year 9
Brunel – Craig Mintern
Christie – Ava Sams
Darwin – Charlie Fox
Fawcett – Lauren Major
Harrison – Sam Kelly
Kitson – Anya Page-Dove
Nearne – Callum Edwards
Pengelly – Will Green
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