july 2016 our new school is your new school · yes, of course it does! ... the students finished...

Inside this issue:

Message from

Headteacher 2

Attendance Matters 2

Ten Tors 3

Biology Competitions 3

Sixth Form News 4

Peer Mentors 5

News from Art

Department 5

News from Year 8 6

Updates from English

Department

7/8

Year 10 News 9

Sporting News 10

Sports Leadership 11

Year 11 Prom 12

July 2016 Issue 11

19th Jul: End of

Summer Term

18th Aug: AS/A2

Results Day

25th Aug: GCSE

Results Day

5 Sept: Start of Term for

Years 7, 11, 12 and 13

6th Sept: Start of Term

for Years 8, 9 and 10

15th Sept: Open

Evening

20th/21st Sept: Open

Mornings

29th Sept: Year 7 and

Year 9 Photos

5th Oct: Parents’ Forum

Our New School is Your New School The building works for our new school started on 14

th March 2016 and the new sports hall and

Sixth Form Centre are due for completion in spring 2017 with the main school completion due in spring 2018. Headteacher, Sharon Marshall, said ‘We are delighted with the progress so far and the building works are all on schedule. The structural steel frame for the Sports Hall and Sixth Form Centre is up and the cladding work will commence shortly. The foundations for the new main school teaching block are nearing completion after which the reinforced concrete works will begin.’

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Message from the Headteacher This has been a more eventful year than most in the life of a very busy school. The newsletter is full of evidence of what a hardworking, energetic community of students and staff can achieve when they work together. Learning takes place in the classroom and can be subject specific, and a great deal of learning goes on beyond the class-room, and we have so many examples of this for you to read about. All this has taken place against the background of a new school building. Business is as usual and every aspect of school life is carrying on as normal, but with the added excitement of knowing that in the near future we will be in a building that will enhance learning for all of us. As we approach the end of the school year I would like to thank staff, students and parents for their commitment and sup-port. I hope you have a really good summer. We look forward to welcoming our new students in September to join us on the next stage of their learning journey.

Mrs S Marshall

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Register for Free School Meals and Raise Money for our School

Families registering for free school meals is incredibly important for us as it will attract additional “pupil premium” funding for our school to support learning. This is on top of the £2.20 per day allocated for your child’s meal.

Please help us by calling this number to find out if you qualify for Free School Meals, even if you child doesn’t want the meals: 0345 155 1019 It’s quick and easy. All you need to do is give the operator your name, date of birth and National Insurance number. They will be able to tell you there and then whether you qualify before taking further basic details to support your application. Thank you.

New Parent Governor

Following the recent parent governor election, Emma Stratton has been appointed as our new Parent Governor on the Local Governing Body. Dave Addie, Ian Newell and Sue Tod have also recently joined the Local Governing Body.

Attendance Matters

YES, OF COURSE IT DOES! The direct link between regular attendance at school and good progress in learning and improved grades at GCSE exams is a well understood and proven fact. So much so that from September last the Government have identified that any student with less than 90% attendance is deemed to be a persistent absentee and that schools must investigate and challenge the reason for low attendance at school. Should a student at the Academy fall below 90% attendance we will be contacting parents by letter to raise our concerns and, where there is no improvement, inviting the parent into school to discuss the absences and reasons for them. Continued poor attendance will also be referred to the Education Welfare Service of the Local Authority for investigation and possible legal action to ensure parental responsibility measures are taken. Most students achieve an attendance rate of 95% or more with many achieving 100%. A student whose attendance is below 90% misses FOUR WEEKS of school during the year and this is bound to have an im-pact on their progress. Please support your child in making the best of their education by ensuring that their attendance never falls as low as 90%. Clive Robins, Education Welfare Officer

Attendance Prizes 2016

We would like to thank the following businesses who so kindly donated prizes for students with 100% attendance for the year. We are very grateful for your generosity and ongoing support.

Filers W H Smith Tesco St Austell Brewery Lets Go! Combe Martin Wildlife & Dinosaur Park North Devon Leisure Centre Lundy Island The Big Sheep The Milky Way Merlin Cinemas Ilfracombe Sea Safari TDK Lambda Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company

We are always looking for new sponsors and would be delighted if you could offer a donation, however small to help boost

our prize fund. We will, of course, give you a mention in our newsletter and through our social media. If you can help in any

way, please contact: Nikki Brisbourne in Student Services on: 01271 869257. Thank you.

Ten Tors 2016

This year saw the warmest Ten Tors I have experienced in my 8 years of being involved! The students were raring to go at 7am on Saturday after being woken up at 5.30 am. As you can see from the after photographs, the boys look much more awake and happier after walking 35 miles than they did after being woken up by the army blasting Chariots of

Fire at them through the tannoy system very early on Saturday morning. The students finished happy and enthusiastic if a little sore and we are so very proud of them! Thank you to all who helped and supported us throughout this year’s training and the event itself. We are all looking forward to the challenge in 2017. Congratulations to Frankie Blackmore, Keegan Boudier, Miles Rees, Charlie Spear, Millie Taylor, Connie Turner and Ben Jenkins. Miss R Moffat, Ten Tors Team Leader

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Year 7 ‘Thrive’ Art Project

As part of our school's THRIVE programme, some of our Year 7 students have been participating in Art Extraction Sessions. Libby Mellowship of 7GV took these strik-ing images of flowers with a digital camera. She had never used a large professional camera before and we think the results are blooming great!"

Miss C Lindsay, TA

Maths Club

Well done to Kieran Currie-Cathey for obtaining Grand Master Status in Numeracy Ninja. All those involved in Maths Club would like to thank everyone for their support over the year. Miss C Haydn-Higgins, Teacher of Mathematics

Society of Biology Competitions 2016 The Society of Biology organised a nationwide competition for students to enter about Biology and the Natural World. Some of our Year 9 students entered this nationwide competition. Congratula-tions to Daniel Whale who did really well and Tom Turner who received a Highly Commended Award. Great achievements by you both!

Two of our Year 13 students entered the Biology Olympiad competition and both did extremely well out of the 9,000 students nationwide who took part. Lily Berry achieved a Bronze Award and medal coming in the top 15%! Noah Turner achieved a Gold Award and medal coming in the top 6%! Many congratulations to you both for your incredible achievements!

All students who entered have also been given one year's free membership to the Society of Biol-ogy and received House Points to reward their time and effort. Well done!

Mrs Harts, Teacher of Science

KS3 Accelerated Reader Rewards Trip - Bowling

At The Ilfracombe Academy, students participate in Accelerated Reader, a literacy programme that helps us monitor, sup-port and reward students with their reading. Every time a book is read, students take a quiz to check their knowledge and

understanding. Those students who made excellent progress on Accelerated Reader were rewarded with a non-uniform day and a trip to ‘Lets Go’s Bowl’ in Barnstaple. Great fun was had by all and the afternoon was a great success!

Well done to all of Years 7 and 8 for the continued progress with the Accelerated Reader pro-gramme.

Mr S Cronin, Head of Year 8

Reflections on Auschwitz

Before taking part in the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project I had been conducting a personal study on the historical significance of the Holocaust and had learnt many facts about the Holocaust and Auschwitz as a result of that. However, after visiting Auschwitz I was left with an entirely different impression. I was shocked at many of the survivor stories we were told and the small facts we learnt as we explored Ausch-witz. There were three things that particularly affected me during the visit to Auschwitz. The first was the room filled with hair as it made me realise that these were real people like everyone else and the amount of hair there was unimaginable although it was only a small portion of what would have been. As well as this, as I stood in the middle of the gas chamber all I could think about was the number of people who would have walked into that room and never come out again and what they must have been think-ing at the time. The ending ceremony also affected me as I was able to take the time to stand in Auschwitz listening to the Rabbi speak and sing a traditional Jewish song and it was at that moment that I was able to reflect upon what I’d seen and learnt that day. I was able to think about the individuals who had been taken to Auschwitz and walked in the same places that I had been walking that day and the unimaginable suf-fering they must have lived through. These three feelings are ones that I had never experienced before and ones that I will never forget. I think the most important message that we were taught that day was

that the victims of the Holocaust were real people with lives before this was taken away from them and that we shouldn’t get lost in the facts and statis-tics, as I had whilst writing my personal study, but remember them as indi-viduals. I also now think that through remembering and teaching the Holo-caust, people will come to understand that it wasn’t an accident in history; it was a systematic event carried out by real individuals, organizations, and governments. By re humanising the perpetrators of the Holocaust we can begin to understand that they weren’t inhumane monsters, they were real people who were capable of carrying out horrific acts against real people and this highlights the significance of the Holocaust as it was an entirely human event that has the potential to recur if we fail to educate younger generations about it.

Leticia Collins, Sixth Form

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Theatre Visit for AS Students

On 23rd

March 2016, the AS Level Theatre Studies students went to the Princess Theatre in Torquay to see Willy Russel’s ‘Blood Brothers’ that is touring around the UK. As part of the course, we are required to watch a piece of live theatre to enable us to answer an exam question based on the different elements of the performance. We were fortunate enough to see the production brought by the theatre company ‘Bill Kenwright Ltd’ with thanks to Miss Stannard for buying the tickets and Mr Vale for taking us. The plot follows a pair of twins who are separated at birth and grow up as friends in Liverpool, unaware that they are indeed brothers. The different journeys their lives take them on lead them to be completely different people as they belong to different classes and their relationship becomes tangled in jealousy and betrayal. Their lives become complicated as adulthood takes its toll and many people are faced with unemployment, including one of the twins. (I won’t say what happens; I don’t want to give any spoilers!) The performance was truly incredible. Watching the show from an actor’s perspective, the versatility of the actors stunned me as they were capable of portraying the lives of care free children through the use of voice and movement and show the journey of the characters as they became world weary adults. On top of this, I found the actors extremely talented to be able to portray such a hard hitting story line that dealt with drug addiction, marriage break ups and violence in a way that could entertain you whilst emotionally moving you so unexpectedly. By the end of the show, I was in floods of tears and as we ap-plauded the performance, the whole theatre was the same. Even the actors were crying! What I enjoyed the most about this experience is that not only have I been wanting to see some live theatre for such a long time, but I feel it has enhanced my love for Theatre and I believe a lot of the other Theatre students would agree with me. As I’m a Theatre student myself and a member of the school theatre company ‘Stage Right’, as well as being involved with the productions ‘Grease ‘ and Our House’ both onstage and backstage, I have an appreciation of the dedication and hard work that is required to put together a successful performance such as this. Being able to see such a spectacular show has en-couraged me to carry on with Theatre as I found it so inspiring. If you are ever able to see ‘Blood Brothers’ I highly recom-mend it, it would be a wasted opportunity not to. Jacey Clews, Year 12

Routes into Languages Regional Finals Our Sixth Form students did the Academy proud again this year in the Routes into Languages Speaking and Pop Video Re-gional Finals. Matt Rumson performed his magic tricks in Spanish to a very appreciative audience. Although he didn't win, his tricks went well, he presented it with confidence and he got a good round of applause from the audience.

Jestine Bautista performed well again in the speaking competition, with a presentation about feminism but was up against strong competition and did not win a prize this time. However, she fared better in the Pop Video Competition, for which she had produced and recorded her own brilliant song and video in Spanish. She was runner up and received a £50 prize.

Jestine was also awarded a trophy and a prize as a "Routes Into Languages Champion" for her consistently strong perfor-mances in both the Speaking and Pop Video Competitions in the last three years.

Mrs K Cooper, Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages


Peer Mentors Supporting Students

At The Ilfracombe Academy we have many staff who provide emotional and social support to students including counsellors, pastoral support workers, Thrive practitioners and those working in the Hub. However, it was felt there was still a gap that needed addressing and to fill this we have established a Peer Mentoring team. As students ourselves, peer mentors have experienced the same issues and concerns and can offer support from a young person’s perspective. Many students experience stress and anxiety for a variety of reasons, pressure of work, friendship issues, self-image and relationships to name a few, and these problems can often be exacerbated by the use of social media. Some students find it hard or embarrassing to discuss sensitive issues with adults or people of the opposite sex. Peer mentoring provides a way to help these students. Twelve volunteers from Years 9 and 10 were selected to undertake the six week training course led by Keith Rickwood, a community and youth worker in Ilfracombe and manager of Belle’s Place where the training took place. The course included units covering confidentiality, communication and listening skills and signposting for the more serious problems. These top-ics are designed to help us as mentors achieve a level of empathy with the mentees and build a trusting relationship with them. The training was challenging but fun and on completion we all received a certificate acknowledging our hard work and commitment and a sky blue hoodie emblazoned with a logo designed by the Peer Mentoring team. The programme is now up and running and the mentors are visi-ble around the school during breaks and lunchtimes. We have our own space where we can talk to and support students in confi-dence and all of us are enjoying the challenge. As a mentoring team we strongly support and promote the ethos of anti-bullying. The programme has encouraged us to play a responsible role in the school community and we hope that students feel secure in the knowledge that there are always peer mentors available and willing to help them.

Year 9 and 10 Mentoring Team

News from the Art Department

Along with the usual open door at break and lunch, intervention classes took place on Monday and Tuesday evenings from Christmas giving Art and Photography students the opportunity to develop portfolios of work. The introduction of WOW winners being shown in two local galleries for a week this year has proved really popular with students. Life drawing classes ran for 6 weeks after school in two hour sessions; the number of stu-dents attending was fantastic with most classes having 24 or more students. During our re-cent A Level moderation, the high quality of life drawing was specifically mentioned by the examiner. Community links this year have been particularly strong; several students completed a large painted composition for the local Police station. Several students helped paint sets for ‘Our House’ earlier in the year. We entered lots of work in the Victorian Week exhibition and won nearly all the prizes. Year 12 student, Charlie Saunders, was the overall winner and sold his picture to Dave Tubby. Several students are designing a new rugby strip for the Ilfracombe Sharks Team which we hope will meet with their approval. Finally, last week a workshop with Year 6 pupils took place forging closer links with KS2. The Art department has continued to maintain its ethos of delivering an inspirational environ-ment both around the school and within the classroom. Mr J Lawton, Head of Art A2 Art work by Dacie Jewell


Year 8 HEROES

For a mid-term achievement award every department in The Ilfracombe Academy selected one hero from Year 8. HERO: A person, who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Music - Megan Saunders English – Vicky Strong Drama - Phoebe Robertson PE – Fin Ball Maths - Rebecca Meredith Science - Lauryn Reed Geography - Rosie Taylor PCRE - Amba Bensley History - Megan Saunders Design Technology - Abbie Hughes Art - Shae Miles Spanish - Mawgan Dagley French - Ella Jenkins TOP ATL – Heroic Attitude! Alfie Tearall – 4.92! Megan Saunders – 4.83 Emily Clemence – 4.75 Jessica Kitchen Jade Newell Jesscia Burt Mawgan Dagley Ella Jenkins Libby Parish Tee Scource Congratulations to all Heroes for the hard work and determination, Heads of Departments found it incredibly difficult to pick just one student. Thank you also to all of the Sport Leaders in Year 8 who represent the school both as competitors and support our feeder primary schools. Finally, well done to all students in Year 8 for their effort and commitment throughout this summer term.

Mr S Cronin, Head of Year 8

News From Year 8

Students Learn Importance of Fire Safety

Year 8 students were visited by two fireman who came to talk to us about the dangers of arson and hoax calling. We watched a three part film, based on fact, about a group of five teenagers that dealt with the subject of arson. It started

with an actual arson attack on a corner shop. There was a great deal of discus-sion between both the teenagers in the film and us in our group about the rights and wrongs of their behaviour. The second part of the session dealt with hoax calling. The fireman explained to us that the fire service always responds to a 999 call because it’s not until they reach the scene that they know if it is a hoax call. If the fire engine has been deployed to a hoax call it is then no longer available to respond and help should a genuine call come into the station. This can result in the loss of property and

even lives. Hoax calling is not a game. The day was a real eye opener and the facts made it very interesting. We would like to thank the fire services for their time and effort in explaining such an important matter to us.

Ben Keating, Year 8

De Stijl Clocks

Year 8 have mixed creativity with traditional wood working skills and pro-duced a fully functioning clock. The brief was to design and make a clock influenced by the Dutch design movement – De Stijl. Characteristics of De Stijl include straight intersecting lines and the use of primary colours. Once the designs were developed through drawing and modelling, students took on the task of using traditional wood working techniques and joining methods to create the clocks. The final outcomes were of a very high quality. Well done Year 8.

Mr S Cronin, Teacher of Design Technology

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World Book Day

World Book Day was a real highlight for the English Department this year and our children should be really proud of what they achieved. World Book Day was on Thursday 3rd March and the English department launched the competition across Years 7, 8 and 9. The competition was to produce a 3D book review or scene from their favourite book. Both tutors and English teach-ers helped to promote the competition with their groups. The pupils really did themselves proud with what they produced and it was great to see so many of our pupils involved. We had cake creations, paper creations, paintings and even some metal work. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed viewing the pieces during lunch times which had to be held across two days! Photos were shared on the website, Twitter and Facebook and it was pleasing to see a lot of ‘likes’! Secondly, tutor groups took part in a World Book Day quiz during tutor time where students were asked to name the author and title of extracts from books and this went down well with the winning group being 9JA. Congratulations to you!

Creative Writing Workshop Inspires Budding Authors

As part of a creative writing workshop, students from Years 7 and 8 visited the library in Ilfracombe to listen to a talk about the books “Buffalo Soldier” and “Apache”. These books are about Black American history and taught us a lot about what happened in those times. We then wrote our own stories based on what we what had learned but with our own unique viewpoint. The following week we met the author Tanya Landman. She then told us about why she had become an author, what inspires her and funny stories about her experiences. We asked Tanya lots of questions and she encouraged us all to keep on writing as we are the authors of the future.

Jacob Shobbrook, Year 7

Update from the English Department Miss S Davies, English

Carnegie Shadowing Group

Every spring, CILIP: The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals invites reading groups in libraries, schools, homes... in fact, anywhere there are children and young people and books, to get involved with shadowing and this year, after a break, we thought we would get involved again. A small group of Year 10 students, who love reading, have got together and are now known as ‘Shadowers’. Together with Mrs Winterford and Mrs Bracher, they read the shortlisted books for the Carnegie Award and meeting every fortnight to discuss what they have read.

On 13th June the group visited Braunton Academy for the annual North Devon Carnegie Shadowing event and had the op-

portunity to meet with like-minded students from other local schools to talk about the books and champion the one they think should win. They also had the opportunity to meet Tanya Landman, a previous Carnegie winner. This was a really success-ful event and the students involved thoroughly enjoyed choosing their winner.

Mrs A Winterford, Teacher of English

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Accelerated Reader Update

Year 7 and 8 have put a tremendous effort and time into their reading which is shown through our word count results:

7BK 3,990,577 7GV 4,322,143 7ML 12,050,333 7TG 3,600,575 7WG 11,167,751 7YY 8,604,397 Congratulations to 7ML for their commitment to reading. 7WG almost overtook them! 8g/En1 4,173,765 8g/En2 3,570,085 8g/En3 359, 425 8h/En1 9,340,516 8h/En2 4,331,479 8h/En3 6,870,613 Congratulations 8h/En1 you have finally overtaken 8h/En3! Well done to all the teams, the word counts have shot up showing how much reading you have been doing. Keep it up! It is really important that we read for at least 20 minutes every day and don’t forget to log on to Accelerated Reader to take your quiz when you have finished! By taking your quiz you are boosting your word count and your chance to be in the ‘Millionaire club’. Our leading millionaire at the moment is Erin Marsh with 3,631,000 words read this year – incredible!

Theatre

On the 23rd June Mr McDonald took a small group of Year 10s to Bristol to watch a theatre production of Macbeth by the ‘Insane Theatre’ company. This was a particularly exciting oppor-tunity to watch live theatre due to the fact that it is takin place in caves! The Redcliffe caves in Bristol provided a suitably creepy and dark backdrop to the play. ‘When we first walked through the metal-bar door into the dark depths of the caves we were greeted by a man who informed us about the rules. He then presented a lantern and told us to follow it. Afterwards, he picked up the lantern and walked on into the caves, leading us into a cave. Then, it began.

Despite our numerous moves from area to area, we all enjoyed it – even the people I’m certain just didn’t want to go to school! It was great; the actors portrayed their characters excellently - it felt like I was in the story. One thing in particular I found impressive was the witches, who were somewhat creepy (they made strange, unworldly noises with their mouths and spoke slowly whilst stuttered repeated-ly which extended the idea of their spine-chilling nature). These ‘witches’ weren’t akin to the stereotypical witches(green skin, long pointy hats, etc.) they wore black veils that veiled their body entire and, as previously stated, their speech patterns weren’t as expected, which led me to have a feeling of them being highly surreal, which was quite alarming. They just didn’t fit in.

Another area in which the play exceeded my expectations was the way that Macbeth conducted his behaviour. This wasn’t just Shakespeare’s shining light emerging through ; the actor was great. Overall, it was just great.’

Review by Year 10 Students


Writing

BBC2 500 word writing competition

In the previous newsletter we launched the BBC2 500 word writing competition being run in school. We had such a high number of entries and all so imaginatively written, it was so difficult to judge. The winner of the competition was Bailey Al-cock who wrote a superb and highly imaginative piece. Please go to our website to read it. The story will definitely make you smile. We would also like to commend Joe Cooper who went through to the second round of the national BBC 2 com-petition!

Our most recent writing competition is the national BIC writing competition. We have already sent off lots of entries but we are also running it as a school. The task set by BIC was to ‘imagine a world without words’. The entries were once again of a high quality and it was really impressive to see our pupils exploring writing in different forms. The winner of the school

competition is Erin Marsh 7ML.

Year 10 is Ready for the Challenge

This year has been all about building confidence; creating opportunities for students to prove to themselves that they have great potential to do amazing things now and in the future. Our newly appointed sports prefects hit the ground running, rais-ing £95 for Sport relief. The Ten Tors challenge team, including Charlie Spear, Miles, Millie and Frankie, sprang into action up on Exmoor, and at ground level, the girls' athletics team finished 3rd in the district competition. Further afield, Alison, Robbie and Ellie hit the slopes with Mrs Tod and Jack headed abroad for motor cross championships.

Our visit to Exeter University dispelled any myths about University life and reassured students that you can get Wi-Fi at Uni-versity, so all is not lost!

Kenny, Siobhan and Millie were selected for an Easter residential where they experienced University life first hand. The future is very much on our minds as we prepare for our 'You're Hired' careers event, ahead of work experience at the end of June. The excitement is building for our residential trip to St Georges Outdoor Activity Centre despite vicious rumours that Mrs Hill can't cook! The anti-bullying group was purposeful and proactive while others explored how to keep safe in the so-cial media workshop. Stress busters have been a topic of discussion during tutorial time, with strategies shared on how to cope with pressure of exams and increasing responsibility, an important focus in our mental health workshop. In the class-room, students welcomed feedback from the recent exams and are showing an increased awareness of the importance of organising and managing study time effectively. As Year 11 get ready to move on, teachers will be focussing attention on preparing Year 10 for next year, recognising the need to show students how to revise and prepare effectively for exams.

With the summer holiday not far away we are all determined to finish the year on a real positive, working hard and playing hard, always with a smile.

Mrs Hill, Head of Year 10


You’re Hired!

On 21st June Year 10 students were involved in an event organised by The Ilfracombe Academy in partnership with One Ilfracombe. The aim of the day was to help students understand and develop the skills and attitudes required to be more successful when job seeking. Workshops on CV writing, creating positive first impressions, interview techniques, working in a team, gaining experience and recognising transferable skills were led by more than 20 local business people who shared their expertise with the students and encouraged them to understand how they can make themselves more employable in the future. It was a busy morning, with a lot to learn! The event culminated in four brave students facing an interview panel of local employers in front of their peers and providing students with the opportunity to apply their learn-ing by deciding who should be hired. We would like to thank all the business people who supported ‘You’re Hired!’ so energetically and look forward to developing the event further next year.

School Prefects

Congratulations to the following students on their appointment as prefects for the new academic year.

Stephen Satchwell Liam Warren Andrew Withers Euan Berry Millie Taylor Summer Stringer Charlotte Thorpe Milly Judge Anna Lamb Darcey Field Mollie Sprigg Anna Carin Curtain Hannah Walters Mahla Skinner

Devon County Champions for the 3rd Year in a Row

After winning the title of North Devon Champions, The Ilfracombe Academy U14’s Girls Football team took on the best teams from across Devon to compete for the County title.

The round robin tournament saw the girls play seven games in total with six wins, one draw and not one goal conceded.

Grace Palmer, Megan Palmer and Aleasha Chater were commanding and decisive at the back leaving goalkeeper, Lily Mills, untroubled in the main but when needed she too showed bravery and had great handling of the ball. The midfield was dominated in each game by Lucy Reed (Captain), Yazzy Proctor, Shae Miles, Tao Holloway and Connie Turner. Lucy Reed bagged herself two goals through the tournament most memorably when she ran through the entire opposition team to strike the ball fiercely into the bottom corner. The main striker for the team was Rudy Bucknall who showed her out-standing ability by finishing top goal scorer with four goals. The highlight of all the games was Rudy’s volley from the half way line which sailed over the goalkeepers head into the back of the net! It was a great day out for the girls who demonstrated great sportsmanship as well as talent and passion for the game and a proud moment as they were crowned County Champions. Star Player: Rudy Bucknall Goal Scorers: Rudy Bucknall 4, Lucy Reed 2, Yazzy Proctor 1, Connie Turner 1 Mrs L Norris, Teacher of PE

Sports Day Success

The PE values of Courage and Respect were clear for all to see as Sports Day 2016 went off with a BANG! The weather came good and students and staff enjoyed a fantastic day with high levels of participation and performance. Mr Hadfield was extremely proud of the Dali students who either competed or supported as they emerged the overall winner on the day. Sophie Perkins and Sam Town-send were crowned Victor and Victrix Ludorum 2016 and deserve a special mention.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the day and to those support-ing that made it such a positive envi-ronment and enjoyable atmosphere.

Mr D Slee, Head of PE

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Road to Wimbledon

League and then a knock out tennis tournament took place at a wet Bicclescombe Park as stu-dents battled it out for the chance to qualify to play on the grass courts of Wimbledon later in the summer. 20 students from Year 7 and Year 8 served it up on the lovely, newly resurfaced town courts. There were some upsets in the group stages as Noah Whymnet and Lewie Palfreeman took some big names down and also the Year 8’s showed their power play as games were slogged out in very wet conditions. The sun dried the courts out for the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals, Will McDonald and Patrick Howard gave a great account of themselves as did Jacob King-Smith who got through to the semi’s in the plate side of the draw. Sam Caswell beat Fred Reybone to win the plate final. However the main final was between Joe Cooper and Archie Porter; it was played in the right spirit and solid groundstrokes where on display from both lads. Joe Cooper triumphed overall and goes into the regional final which carries with it that chance to play at W19! Well done to all involved, final group matches to come in the next two weeks in the school league for both A and B teams. Watch this space………………………………The Ilfracombe Academy is ace at tennis.

Mr R Tilley, Teacher of PE

Year 11 v Sixth Form Football Match

Congratulations to the Sixth Form football team who are the victors of this year’s annual charity football match against Year 11. There was a great atmosphere at the match which took place at Ilfracombe Town Football Club watched by stu-dents, staff and parents and Head of Year 11, Rob Whitney said “Big thanks go to everyone who supported this charity football match; a great sporting spectacle for sure!” The match raised nearly £200 to be shared between the House charities.

Sports Prefects

The following students have been successful in their applications for Sports Prefect 2016-17. Well done to all:

Euan Berry, Ellie Coles, Jacob Mascall, Siobhan Mil-ler, Lily Mandeville, Miles Rees, Kenny Jones, Sophie Perkins, Sam Townsend, Jess Roseveare, Jasmine Harker and Will Homa.

Opportunities through Sports Leadership

Since becoming a sports leader I have had so many enriching opportunities and I have learnt so many skills such as how to work effectively with younger children. Recently I have been involved in lots of sports leading activities like helping run the last inter-house competition, scoring the Year 6 Ilfracombe Football qualifiers and going to the Ilfracombe Junior School to teach some Year 3 and 4 children speed stacking. It has been lots of fun and I am really happy to of had this opportunity since I am considering working with younger children in my future so this has been a great learning experience.

Aimee Cooper, Year 9

From being a sport leader I have learned how to work with other people, especially infants, learnt to take leadership roles and generally be more confident in myself. These are essential skills in life because you are bound to work with other people that possibly are more shy than others therefore I would know how to take leadership of the situation and be more confident in taking action. Being a sports leader also lets you work with other people that you wouldn't usually work with. This shows me how other minds work and gives us an opportunity to see how different people act in different situations which helps to pre-pare us for the life ahead.

Sadhbh Gates, Year 9


Activity Days—12th and 13th July

2016

Twenty three different activities were on offer this year, ranging from creative workshops, trip to London, Alton Towers and camping to wakeboarding and coasteering. The days were a great success and enjoyed by all who participated. They are a great way for students and staff alike to celebrate the successes of the school year and say goodbye before heading off for the summer holidays. A big thank you to all the staff who gave so much of their time to support this year’s activities.

Mr B James Students on a two day trip to London experience the London

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Sports Leaders with Olympic Athlete, Vernon Samuels Sports Leaders with Olympic Athlete, Vernon Samuels

Students Shine at the Year 11 Prom

As always, the annual occurrence of the Year 11 prom was truly spectacular. After a busy year of hard work and an intensive and lengthy exam period, it was great to see the students finally relaxed and celebrating in style. The evening at The Landmark Theatre was a huge success and all (including staff) had a wonderful time. From the various modes of transport used for arrival, the glamorous dresses and smart suits, to the packed dance floor, it was a great end to a successful year for our wonderful Year 11 students! I look forward to seeing them all again on Thursday 18 August, when I know we will be celebrating their exam successes on results day and enrolling them for the Sixth Form.

Rob Whitney, Head of Year 11


Results Day

The results days for summer 2016 exams will be:

GCE AS/A2 Results - Thursday 18th August 2016 from 9.00am to 11.00am

GCSE Results - Thursday 25th August 2016 from 9.00am to 11.00am

If you wish any other person (including family members) to collect your results on your behalf, you must send in a signed letter of authorisation with the collector.

No results will be given out by telephone under any circumstances.

Year 11 and Year 13 candidates who do not collect their results on the day will receive notification through the normal post. Letters will be posted on Thursday 18th August for GCE and Thursday 25th August for GCSE.

Good luck to all our students!

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