Sixth Form Enrichment – World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues. As part of this day students in Year 12 actively took part in an Anxiety Awareness Session delivered by an external speaker who guided students through a variety of exercises designed to help…
Year 12 Beach Clean
A Group of year 12 students took part in some community environmental action! They took part in a beach Clean along the Back Beach and main beach in Teignmouth. They were pleasantly surprised how little rubbish there was but still managed to collect a big bag of rubbish overall in just less than an hour….
Tournament at Forches Cross
The year 9 team played in an all-day 10s tournament at Forches Cross. They played 4 games and recorded victories against Churston and Cuthbert Mayne and defeats against KEVICC and Newton Abbot College resulting in a 3rd place finish. All the team played some good Rugby and worked really well as a team, but special…
Competition Investing in Stocks and Shares
Business Studies students in years 9-13 are learning about the stock market by taking part in an national competition investing in stocks and shares. The Student investor challenge is a school based competition where teams of students invest a virtual £100,000 on the stock exchange, buying and selling shares in real businesses. The simulation is…
Gardening Projects
Pupils at STARS have harvested the last of the vegetables grown in their garden area. The pumpkins will be allowed to cure for a couple of weeks before the flesh is used for cooking/preserving and the skins carved as Jack o’ Lanterns for Hallowe’en. As the weather starts to cool, gardening projects will continue…
Humanities loyalty cards
Students in Year 9, 10, 11 and sixth form have received their Humanities loyalty cards and are working through them each week. Students are rewarded for completing revision at home in preparation for their exams or alternative homework.
New cohort of Year 12’s
Teignmouth Community School Sixth Form has recently welcomed a new cohort of Year 12’s. As part of their education in Sixth Form all students take part in an Enrichment Programme and this was kick started with a welcome BBQ last week and team building event ran by the National Citizenship Service (NCS). All Year 12…
