July 2013

Dear Parent/Guardian,

What a privilege and a pleasure it is to write the introduction to an edition of Community News

which celebrates so many student and staff successes. It has been an exciting, rewarding and

memorable summer term, commencing with the historic visit of the Speaker of the House of

Commons and ending with one of the best ever Sports Days at saltash.net and an equally excel-

lent Curriculum Enrichment/Work Experience week.

As ever, I pay enormous tribute to you as parents for all the support and encouragement you

give to your children to help ensure they make the most of the many and varied learning oppor-

tunities provided here at saltash.net. The feedback we receive on a regular basis concerning

the conduct of our young people and their exemplary attitudes to learning not only makes me

very proud, but I am sure must reassure you that the home - school partnership we enjoy, must

be working! It has been extremely encouraging to see that over the past year the attendance at

parents’ surgeries, Review Day and other student progress information events, is higher than it

has ever been. Thank you very much for this commitment.

Two events during the summer term, that were both happy and sad in equal measure, were the

Year 11 and Year 13 leavers’ days. Both year groups worked so hard in preparation for their

GCSE and A Level examinations and we are absolutely certain there will be a great deal to cele-

brate on results’ days in August. I would like to take this opportunity, as a parent myself of stu-

dents in years 11 and 13, to acknowledge the huge amount of extra work put in by the teaching

and support staff over the last twelve months to assist the students with revision. They have

provided numerous before school, lunchtime, after school, weekend and holiday classes so that

every student has been given the maximum chance of success.

Amidst many wonderful memories from the summer term of 2013, there remains a darker one

and our thoughts continue to be with the family and friends of ex saltash.net student, Adam

Smart, who so sadly lost his life in a road traffic accident. Our tribute to him is included in this

newsletter. He is a young person we will always hold in our memory as someone who gave so

much help to others, exemplifying the core values at the heart of our school community.

Inevitably, at this time of the year, we find ourselves in the position of having to say goodbye to

some greatly valued members of staff, either because they are retiring after many years’ service

to the school, or are moving on to pastures new. Leaving us this summer are:

Two members of our support staff have also retired this term: Maureen Seddon, TA, and Lorraine Perring, Cleaner. Kirsty Putterill TA, Linda Keegan TA, and Philippa Ledger, Receptionist, will also be leaving us. I know that the whole school community will want to thank those staff leaving for the out-

standing contribution they have made to saltash.net over the years and wish them well, what-

ever their future plans. I am also sure you will want to join me in wishing every happiness to

Miss Lewis and Mr Feldwick who are to be married this August.

As I write this introduction, it has just been one of the hottest days of the year so far. Let’s just

hope the beautiful weather continues long into the school holidays and, whatever your plans, you

will all be able to enjoy some quality family time together this summer.

With all good wishes,

Yours faithfully,

Mrs I Bryce

Headteacher

Name Years Position Reason

Rob Blackhall 27+ Head of Design & Technology Retiring

Neil Sanderson 15.5 Teacher of Design & Technology Retiring

Sue Bowen 32 Teacher of Religious Education Retiring

Dave Hepplewhite 28 Teacher of Geography Retiring

Bryony Lock 29.5 Teacher of English Retiring

Dave Palmer 2 Teacher of Maths To Penrice School

Leigh Hotchin 4 Teacher of Science Career Change

Esther Hudson 2 Teacher of Science End of P/T contract

Annie Feldberg 9mths Teacher of Art To Ivybridge School

Leavers

After spending 29 years of my 34 year teaching career at saltash.net I suspect I will feel rather disorientated on September 3rd not heading over the bridge to

start another Academic year.

However, I am looking forward to my new life, training to become a Pilates teacher - stretching my students in a whole new way - and helping my very elderly parents

to continue living independently.

Why 29 years in the same school ? The answer is obvious. Saltash is, and always has been, a great school and it will be the lively and lovely students, the incredibly hard working, talented and friendly staff, both teaching and support, not to men-

tion the mood lifting views down the River Lyhner, that I really will miss.

The best of luck for next year and Au Revoir. (I am hoping to stalk the corridors occasionally, on supply.)

Bryony Lock.

Neil Sanderson - Sixteen years and the time just seems to have flown by. I feel sorry to be leaving 9SN, a brilliant tutor group with so many wonderful young people in it. I know many will go on to do special things and I wish them all the very best for the future. I will not be missing the paperwork but will miss the sup-port and friendship of the many staff who have dragged me along and helped to keep me sane and amused.

This is a wonderful school with so many positives that it cannot fail to move from success to success. When you see me out and about please stop and pass me the gossip! Need to go ... getting

emotional and can’t be seen to be losing the ‘hard man’ image! Missing you all al-ready.

As I prepare to leave, I would like to express my sincere thanks to everyone

who has supported me throughout my time at Saltash and for making my time

here so memorable.

Whilst I look forward to enjoying my retirement, a phase I have heard re-ferred to as ‘The University of the Third Age’, I will also miss the daily banter with colleagues and students alike. The last 25 years have given me some great experiences along the way, some I might choose to forget and some long lasting memories that will fill the quieter moments with happy thoughts.

Rob Blackhall

Last week I was fortunate to be part of the Work Experience Monitoring Team during Enrich-

ment Week. It was a pleasure to see so many of our students thriving in a work environment

and receiving glowing reports from their supervisors. It exemplified one of the major positive

changes for the good I have seen over the years, the sheer increase in the number and range

of opportunities our students are given. It is a testament to the commitment and dedication of

my colleagues. I would like to thank them all, non-teaching and teaching, for all the support I

have received over the years.

One of my mantras to Year 7 has always been that the best Geography is found outside the

classroom. It is now time to put it into practice.

Dave Hepplewhite

Politics Speaking of Speakers – John Bercow proves he is the order of the day!

saltash.net community school was honoured to host a visit by the

Speaker of the House of Commons on Friday 19th April. Organised by

Head of Politics at the school, Mr Adam Killeya, and also attended by

Sheryll Murray, MP for South East Cornwall, and the Mayor and May-

oress of Saltash, Martin and Maggie Gee, the event was deemed an

outstanding success by all who had the privilege of meeting with and

listening to the Right Honourable John Bercow.

The Speaker was met by Mrs Bryce, accompanied by the Head Students - Ross Raymond-Jones and Ellie

Suter. Ross and Ellie then took him on a tour of the school which included its Livestock Area, where he met

some year 7 students and Socks the school pig. He also had a chance to visit the school’s new 14-19

Travel and Tourism centre, and the Trematon Area Resource Base where the Speaker, who wrote the

‘Bercow report’ into Special Needs education, met students with severe and complex learning needs.

After his tour, the Speaker addressed the school’s Sixth Form, along

with year 11 Citizenship students. He praised the school for its wel-

come, community spirit and facilities, and spoke of his enjoyment of

being able to do such visits as part of his role. He went on to talk

about the role of the Speaker and recounted how his wife Sally had

tested him as he endeavoured to learn the names and pictures of

over 200 new MPs in 2010! The Speaker also spoke of the impor-

tance of young people being interested in Politics, and of recognis-

ing that if they want to be directly involved then ‘they can do it!’.

The speaker went on to lead a Question and Answer session with the school’s A Level Politics students,

tackling issues as diverse as the rise of UKIP, Mrs Thatcher, and ‘Punch and Judy’ Politics.

The visit ended with a parting gift of saltash.net goody bags for each of the Speaker’s three young chil-

dren.

Speaking after the visit, Mrs Bryce said, “We were delighted to welcome the Speaker, and to hear him de-

scribe us as a very good school with many outstanding features. When he praised the level of welcome

and interest that our students had shown, it made me extremely proud. He was an engaging and inspira-

tional speaker whose message regarding what he had achieved in his career, after attending a state school

in North London for his secondary education and then proceeding to Essex University, was pitched just

right for our students who are on the cusp of moving on from saltash.net to a wide range of Higher Educa-

tion providers.”

Mr Killeya added, “This was a wonderful opportunity for all students to learn more about Politics from

someone at the very top – his answers to the questions were

honest, frank and very interesting, and the students got a lot

from it.”

Politics student, and Deputy Head Student of the school, Jack

Crosley (18) said, “I was particularly impressed that such a sen-

ior politician would come on visits like this when he doesn’t

have to – many politicians do visits or rallies to get votes but he

doesn’t need to do that and he still found time in his busy

schedule to come to speak to us.’

Art

Many visitors attended saltash.net community school’s A Level Art Exhibi-

tion held on Friday 14th June. Work produced by Year 12 and Year 13

students for the final examination pieces, as well as for coursework, was on

display and the range of talents showcased was vast. During the school day on 14th June, students from

across Years 7-10 were able to visit the exhibition. Some of the Year 10 Drama groups used the work as a

stimulus for their own improvisations, whilst other students were able to draw inspiration from the Advanced

Level work to aid the development of their Key Stage 3 and GCSE Art projects.

During the evening of the 14th June, friends and family joined Head of Art, Bob Charlton, and the Art depart-

ment team as well as other staff in a celebration of all that the A Level students had achieved.

Commenting after the Exhibition, Mrs Bryce said, ‘We never cease to be impressed by the talents of our

young people. We are all very proud of the high standard of work produced and wish the cohort all the

best as they progress in their careers.’

A Level Artists’ work on display ...

Mural takes shape at Burraton Primary School

As part of saltash.net’s Work Experience programme, a team of Year 10 and Year 12 students undertook a very

special project this year: to paint a mural designed by the children at Burraton Primary school which was to be in-

stalled on one of their external walls in order to enhance the outdoor environment.

With the help and guidance of Art teacher at saltash.net, Annie Feldberg, the work experience students spent the

whole of the week of the 8th - 12th July working on the mural,

which included inviting the primary children to put their hand

prints on the design.

The school council at Burraton came up with the design which

focused on the theme of community and togetherness and in-

corporated the new Celtic Cross as well at Saltash’s historical

bridges.

Sports Day 2013

After last year’s disappointing summer, which led to the cancellation of saltash.net’s Sports

Day, it was a huge relief for staff and students this year that the weather ‘came good’!

Friday 5th July saw all of Years 7-10 on the school’s superb sports fields for an Olympic themed

day of activities, commencing with a parade of nations around the running track. All tutor groups

had been divided up into countries from across the world and, as each set of tutor groups com-

menced their Olympic walk, the appropriate national anthem was played.

A full programme of track and field events took place throughout the day with winners enjoying

their moments of glory on an Olympic styled podium before being presented with Gold, Silver and

Bronze medals. The Gold medallists also had the honour of holding an Olympic torch which be-

longed to the niece of PE teacher, Emma Gue.

At the end of all the events a final Awards Ceremony took place where the ‘countries’ who had

secured the highest tally of Gold Medals were announced and individual athletes received shields

for their outstanding performances. The top three countries were 1. Great Britain 2. USA 3.

Brazil. For the top athletes from Years 7, 8 & 9, see below. Tutor group 10RH won the overall

award for their year group.

Head of PE at saltash.net, Rob Hawkins, said, “Sports Day 2013 was a fan-tastic day for everyone at saltash.net. The Olympic themed event, although a year late due to last year’s cancellation, was still every bit as good, this time in glorious sunshine! All students and staff came together on the sports fields for an opening ceremony and then eagerly supported and competed for their adopted countries. The Olympic themed music, face painting and BBQ also added to the occasion. The top 3 performers in each event received a medal on the podium whilst holding a genuine Olympic torch. The winning team was Great Britain, not a fix but well re-

ceived none the less. We are looking forward to next year already.’

Athletes of the year- Top individual point scorers in each year group

Year 7 Boys Ethan Cox and Mason Long James Randall Year 7 Girls Lucie Jones Charis Marley Lauren Hancock Year 8 Boys Matt Higgins and Matt Lawther Callum Moore Year 8 Girls Chloe Wood Soibhan Elliot Megan Furlonger Year 9 Boys Tarran Hames Dan Frazer Peter Martin

Year 9 Girls Emily Sweet Phoebe Killeen

Sport The Olympics come to Saltash & the pictures tell the story.

1st Place - Great Britain (46 Golds)

2nd Place - USA (40 Golds)

3rd Place - Brazil (29 Golds)

Sport Have a go Heroes ...

50 Year 7s from saltash.net attended a ‘Have a go Heroes’

event in Liskeard this term. Students who don’t normally repre-

sent the school at sport were selected to take part in varying

events including Volleyball, Rounders, Kwik Cricket, Orienteer-

ing and Mountain Biking, competing against students from

Liskeard, Callington and Looe.

All who took part really enjoyed the day and represented

saltash.net admirably. Our students recorded the best times

in mountain biking and came 1st in the kwik cricket competition,

reinforcing our philosophy ‘Believe & Achieve’.

Deputy Headteacher, Nick Scantlebury, speaking after the

event, said, “Excellent - it is great that those who aren't nor-

mally selected get a chance to represent the school ... involve-

ment like this is in the true Olympic spirit.”

Year 7 & 8 County Athletic Championships—Par 2013

The PE Department took a year 7 and 8 team to the county athletics championships in Par re-cently. All those involved were really well behaved and enjoyed the day. Many did very well in their events finishing in the top 8 out of 23 schools and therefore scoring some team points.

Pictured below are our relay teams, all of which finished in the top 3 in their races.

Year 7 girls - 9th

Year 8 girls - 9th

Year 7 boys - 9th

Year 8 boys - 7th

Holly Kiely 2nd (Discus)

Sam Headley 2nd (Shot put)

Mathew Lawther 2nd (300m)

Chloe Wood 4th (1500m)

Aaron Goulty 4th (800m)

Kian Nicholas 4th (Long jump)

Ethan Cox 4th (Hurdles)

Charis Marley 5th (Hurdles)

Sophie Marsh 5th (Hurdles)

Abbie Whitehead 5th (Shot put)

Ethan Cox 5th (Long jump)

James Randall 6th (Triple jump

Siobhan Ellyatt 5th (Javelin)

Eleri Griffiths 6th (800m)

Mason Long 6th (200m)

Calum Moore 6th (Javelin)

Super results and super effort by all involved

Mrs Gue, Mr Hawkins and Mr Budd

Offperts The OffPerts make waves ...

Just a week after their original visit to Microsoft HQ,

where the OffPerts officially made Microsoft history by

being the group of students to ever present at a Microsoft

launch event, the students have again been getting some

attention, from radio station BBC Cornwall. The station was

so impressed with the initiative that they even sent their

truck up on the hour journey to interview the students about

their experience and to find out what they were all about.

“It was such an amazing opportunity for all the students

involved,” said OffPert ‘founder’ Scott Wieprecht. “First they present live at Microsoft Headquar-

ters; now they get to speak on the radio, not only about what an amazing day they had, but how

much they love the Office 365 product, and why all schools should be using it.”

Quizzed as to how he thought the interview

had gone, Mr Wieprecht told us, “Originally I

think we were only due to talk for a few min-

utes. They didn’t think they would have chance

to speak to all of the students involved. In the

end we were on the radio for just under ten

minutes, so hopefully that means we did some-

thing right.”

The interview, even more impressively, was

broadcast live rather than pre-recorded. “We

said after the Microsoft event that we wanted

to get lots more opportunities to talk live about our love for Office 365. We didn’t realise it

would happen so quickly,” said one of the OffPerts,

George Lambert-Gorwyn. “We said straight after our

first talk that we would be really practising our public

speaking skills and after listening back to ourselves we

think we are already getting better – hopefully,”

added fellow OffPert Jack Baker.

The interview attracted some lovely comments on both

the Radio Cornwall website, and also the OffPerts’

own site, www.offperts.com. “We got some great

feedback from people,” finished Mr Wieprecht. “We

also had a few schools get in contact about us doing

some training for them and we are linking up with one

school right after half term!”

“Can all the OffPerts and myself thank the lovely staff

at BBC Cornwall, especially Rosie and Debbie, for be-

ing so brilliant, and really making it a memorable ex-

perience”.

Science Students ‘react’ well to inspirational Science and Careers talk

Year 10 Scientists at saltash.net community school enjoyed a fascinating talk by Cornwall Council’s

Senior Employee Relations Officer, Hugh McCreadie, on the afternoon of Thursday 13th June. During a

recent visit to the school, Mr McCreadie had noticed that saltash.net had been a recipient of the Rolls

Royce Science Prize and he shared with Mrs Bryce, that he had spent seven years of his career working

for the Rolls Royce Company in Derby. This led to Mr McCreadie being invited into the school to speak

with the Separate Science students about what it was like working in a factory which produced pressur-

ized water reactors for nuclear power stations and nuclear submarines during the 1970s and 80s.

Mr McCreadie captivated his audience’s attention by first telling them about the time he had spent at ICI,

before joining Rolls Royce, where one of the chemicals made was the bright blue dye which colours

‘mushy’ peas! He then proceeded to share with the students a number of stories about his Rolls Royce

experience including how he discovered the secret of storing uranium safely, how the nuclear reactors

were transported and how employees were rewarded with Friday night flights in a Spitfire plane!

When Mr McCreadie left Rolls Royce to take a new post with accountancy firm ‘Coopers & Lybrand’, he

was presented with one of the constituent parts of a pressurised water reactor. He brought the piece

along with him to show the students and explain how it would work within the reactor vessel as a whole.

Mr McCreadie concluded his talk by emphasising to the students the need to think broadly when consid-

ering the range of opportunities available to them in the future. Scientists, he said, are multi skilled and

can apply their logical thinking across many and varied career pathways.

Speaking after his visit, Mrs Bryce said, ‘I am so pleased that a chance conversation led to an inspira-

tional talk for our young people. I think Mr McCreadie may find himself in high demand once word

spreads of his presentation at saltash.net! We would like to thank him for giving up some of his valu-

able time to help enrich the learning opportunities for our Year 10 Scientists.”

Science Year 7 Dartmoor Trip

On the 7th and 14th June the saltash.net science department and year 7 tutors took the year 7 students up for their

annual science field trip to Dartmoor. The weather was kind, particularly on the first day which saw glorious sunshine up

on the moor. The students were involved in making short films about the different environments found on Dartmoor, from

the woodland, up through a bog, to the top of a Tor. Different plants and animals were identified, and there were

some good cross curricular links identified, as we discussed how the Tors were formed, the types of rock, and some his-

tory of the area with ‘Drake’s Leat’ and an old settlement. The students were excellent, even poor old Oscar when Mr

Roberts, his tutor, stole his wheelchair – all in good fun, of course! For some of our students this was their first time up on

Dartmoor. We know they enjoyed it and we hope it will have encouraged them to get out of the house a bit more and

make the most of this wonderful environment we are all so fortunate to live in.

Mr Henderson - Head of Science

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It’s been an exciting year for the STEM Club. Over 40 Key Stage Three students have participated in a range of projects and

fun activities during the year.

Some of the highlights for students have included the Alien Project, with an autopsy of the saltash.net Alien, also known as Bob. Some of the club members followed this up with some dramatic videos with footage of the dissection of alien organs. There are more pictures on our STEM blog which can be found at http://stemnet.wordpress.com We had great fun with the smoke bombs, exploding pumpkins and fireworks in the Autumn term and got ready for Christmas

by growing some crystal decorations.

The Soccabots project, organised by Mr Blackhall, was a big hit. After constructing the robots there was time to play some

games of robot football on the pitches drawn out by the STEM club. We are hoping to have more robot projects in the future.

This term rockets have been on the agenda, with water rockets organised by Mrs Hudson and also some miniature chemical

rockets we tried out in the lab.

We’re finishing the year with the science of homemade bathbombs, which should leave all the STEM club members smelling

sweetly for the summer.

On behalf of all the students who have had the opportunity to join in with some of these activities I’d like to say a big “THANK YOU” to Mr Blackhall, Mrs Edwards, Miss Crook, Mrs Hudson and Mr Tanner who have helped organise all the activities and

projects this year.

Looking forward to 2013-2014 already! Mrs Sonia Cooper

Maths A Mathematical Drama

Students at saltash.net

community school were

treated to a unique and

unusual day as part of a

new project being run by

the school’s Mathematics

department. The project,

aptly named “Maths Your

Turn” gives students the

opportunity to experi-

ence Maths being used in

real life situations and

workplaces, and how this

core subject is crucial to

many of the everyday

tasks and jobs we take for granted.

The students, aged between 11 and 14, who wished to take part first needed to send in a letter of application. Un-

der the heading “Why I want to find out about real world Maths” students explained why they felt they deserved to

be part of the project, and what they thought they would get out of taking part. From all the applications, the lucky

dozen were chosen, and last week they had their first visit: a expedition to local production centre TR2 where a huge

amount of behind the scenes work for shows, both locally, nationally and internationally, is put together and de-

signed. TR2 has, in recent years, been responsible for a massive variety of shows, which the lucky twelve were able

to have a unique look at.

The visit started with a talk from Oli, one of the Technical Drawers at the unit, who showed the students a number of

sets being put together. They then engaged in their first task of seeing how a technical drawer takes a design model

and turns it into a full size plan and schematic. Students used the same principle, and enlarged a small section of

shows previously worked on to full scale, and used this to compare their hands and feet too.

After having an in depth look at some real life example of scale modelling, and finding out the industry standard

scale for theatre is 1:25, the students then went to look at lighting. They heard about how beam angles and DMX

addressing were crucial to making a show look just right, and how theatre technicians use Pythagoras and Trigonome-

try on a daily basis. They also worked on a self-discovery task, finding out how lights are ‘addressed’ to know which

channel they are on, and how bright to be, using binary.

The day then continued with a full tour around the building, looking at how maths is entwined in costume making, con-

struction of sets and props in the huge workshops, and also speaking to members of the human resources and finance

team to see just how in depth something as seemingly simple as paying a wage bill is.

After lunch, the day finished with the students looking at some ‘theatre magic’ to see how a spiral staircase was con-

cealed into the set, on a recent production of “Garsington Opera”. The group looked at exactly how big they could

make the staircase to be able to emerge from the set, and how circles, and circle theorem was crucial in getting

measurements exactly right.

“That was absolutely amazing,” said Becky, one of the students involved. “I have always loved theatre and so seeing

the maths which happens behind the scenes has been really eye opening for me.” Mr Wieprecht

Maths Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion National Final

On Wednesday 26th June, Year 9 students Walter Stroud and Ed Gilford, along with Head of KS5, Gareth

Jones, took part in the Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion National Final. Earlier in the year they had won their

county race and then followed that up in the semi-finals with a top 12 finish nationally, meaning they had

qualified for the National Final. Nerves were high as they set off on the 5 hour trip to The Heritage Motor

Centre, Warwick for their second year running and for the third year in a row for saltash.net.

Once they arrived they had a little time to cram in some intense maths work to prepare for their race, but

just before that began was the all-important teacher race. This gave Mr Jones the chance to show off his

skills, and show why he had managed to guide three consecutive teams to success.

“Having had disappointing finishes in the two previous years I felt under pressure to perform this year or

face another year being ridiculed by the students. Unbelievably I led going into the final two laps. However,

I squandered a 14 second advantage and eventually finished a respectable second.”

Then came the students’ race – the important one. Ed and Walter qualified in an excellent 6th place and for

the whole race they dominated their age range. This meant that they, very deservedly, won their race, an

incredible achievement given that there were over 100,000 entries!

For their efforts Ed and Walter won themselves a Toshiba tablet, a limited edition Jaguar Cars Maths in Mo-

tion clock, a Jaguar pen set, a trophy and a certificate each. The school also won a class set of calculators,

a VEX robotics design system and a big trophy and certificate. The victors, young men of very few words,

said: “Last year’s experience and top 20 finish motivated us to go away and improve with the hope we could

win like James and Alex did last year. Mission accomplished!”

Mr Jones added, “I am already looking forward to next year where saltash.net will be aiming to continue

their dominance of the event and complete a hat trick of victories! And maybe I can go one better and finally

win the teachers’ race! At this rate I will soon need a trophy cabinet for all these wins!”

Link to website that has a report, the leader board and pictures.

http://www.mathschallenge.co.uk/the-races/national-final/

Languages French Exchange by Peter Martin—9YC

After getting up far too early on Friday, there was a 7-8 hour coach trip; as far as I am aware no one was sick. We arrived in Roscoff

then had about an hour long coach ride to the school where we were picked up by our families and taken to our homes for that week.

For the weekend we were with our families all of the days, so we all did different things like football or swimming. However, for the

Sunday, most of us accidently met up at an aquarium with some interesting sharks.

On Monday we had a quick tour of the school whilst waiting for the coach which was a bit late. The school was smaller than ours and

was split into blocks A, B, and C. It also had one maths room which reeked. When the coach got there we headed to a theme park. The

rollercoasters weren’t quite as good as the ones on the German exchange but it still had some great rides: like the tea cups, where you

span in 3 different ways; or the pirate ship. We also got to have a go at the go karting. Miss Yvinec’s favourite was the waterslide

which everyone loved and went on about 10 times each. We almost threw Ollie in because he kept on splashing us so much. After more

rides most of us bought ice creams and then went back to school to meet up with the families where we were staying.

Tuesday, we had a small trip into a town where everybody just looked at clothes (didn’t buy any), and then on the way to the beach

sailing area we stopped by a French Tesco like place. After everybody had bought enough biscuits we went beach sailing. We had

lunch first, then had a rather long walk to the boats where we were taught (Miss Yvinec translated) the basics by the coach. Then we got

at it and went through cones and did loops. There were only 2 crashes.

Wednesday was tree surfing in the rain. We were split into those who couldn’t wait, and those who thought they were going to die. No

one did luckily. I think there was one fall and someone got stuck and held everyone up. The rain and wind made it extra difficult but

everyone did it and I think everyone had fun.

Thursday was the big shopping day where we were taken into a town and sent off in groups of a minimum of 3. I made the mistake of

staying behind to talk to Mr Green and Miss Yvinec, so that by the time we finished the boys had left and I was forced to follow the

girls for half an hour. It was very traumatic. So much jewellery which they didn’t even buy. Everyone did their own little things. For ex-

ample, there was one part near the end where Dan, Toby, Ben and I found a game store and spent the final half an hour just judging

how much cheaper it is in France. We all bought stuff and most of us were out of money pretty soon.

Friday was the final day which we spent in the French school. I was lucky enough that the teacher was away on first period. The way this

works in French schools is different than in Saltash. Normally in saltash.net they’d just find another teacher. However, in this school the

students just get to miss a lesson. Most of us all had different lessons after that. I had maths (in the stinking room), PE, and then English.

So a pretty easy day. I feel sorry for those who had French. The lunch there was amazing though. We had beef with chips, fruit, and

strawberries. After lunch we headed to the front of the school and said our “tearful” goodbyes to everyone. Then headed back to

Roscoff, and back to England.

It was a great trip and I have to thank Miss Yvinec and Mr Green for putting up with us all week, especially on the coach.

Languages

A Level Literature Trip

Macbeth and the Muggles – An A Level

Literature Adventure

On Friday the 28th June, 13 excited A Level Literature students and 3 eager English teachers set off bright and early for two days in London. Our first stop was a per-formance at the Globe Theatre of Shake-speare’s Macbeth where an actual Hobbit (Billy Boyd) played Banquo! Day two and we were back at the Globe Theatre for a guided tour complete with all the juicy de-tails of life at the theatre during Shake-speare’s day when it was ‘the Las Vegas of

England’ apparently.

We ended our trip with a visit to The War-ner Bros. Studio Tour – The Harry Potter Ex-perience where we got to enter through the doors of Hogwart’s Great Hall, drink Butter Beer on Privet Drive and see how the magic of the Harry Potter films was created. We were quite a sight on the train home bran-dishing our wands and drinking from Triwiz-ard Cups! A great time was had by all, our students were a credit to saltash.net, and most importantly the students are ready to face Macbeth in their A2 studies with a re-alisation of just how it would have looked in

Shakespeare’s day. Miss Allen

Chennai, this is Saltash calling!

A Year 7 tutor group at saltash.net were introduced to some of the facts about Indian culture via a Skype video call in

their music lesson in June.

7HC contacted the PSBB Millennium School in Chennai, India, after the school asked for us to help them with their project on

beaches.

Students from PSBB aged 10 had been looking at beaches in their own country but wanted to know more about these in the

UK. 7HC were able to answer a variety of questions about our summers, temperatures, beaches and hobbies before asking

a range of questions in return about food, sports, and where exactly Chennai was. Most shocking to our students was the

idea of having temperatures well in excess of 40 degrees during the Indian summers!

PSBB had also requested that our students teach them a beach song, and so, in typical

British style, we treated them to a rousing performance of ‘Oh I do like to be beside the

seaside!’.

Thanks to 7HC for their energy and enthusiasm during the activity.

Nicola Silvester

Enterprise Year 9 Enterprise Days

June 20th & 21st saw the first of this year’s Enterprise Days with Year 9 students. Sitting in the hall during the early-morning presentation from Cornwall EBP, I could sense both the excitement & trepidation on the part of the students who were about to launch their business plans. It felt a bit like ‘The Apprentice’ only we had better candidates! The challenge was for the students to form themselves into companies and come up with an innovative idea for a new restaurant. They were each assigned different job roles – graphic designer, finance manager, etc - according to their strengths and interests, and were expected to produce posters, leaflets, a finance spreadsheet, an exciting menu cater-ing for all needs and a model of the restaurant with detailed floor plan. They even had to record a commercial to present for judging on their final exhibition/trade stand where they pitched their ideas to a panel of judges. The best two companies – The American Wave and Lunchbox - received their investment in the form of a ‘virtual’ cheque for £100,000. There was also an award, given by each form tutor, to the team he/she felt had worked best in the true

spirit of the day. “Whilst working on the challenge, students have a golden opportunity to develop their transferable skills in communica-tion, team work, presentation and problem solving, all valued by colleges, universities and the business world,” said Lisa Neville of Cornwall Education Business Partnership. “They have to show motivation and use their initiative to produce a high standard of work and meet tight deadlines.” Once again, the students were amazing and threw themselves into the task, demonstrating skills that put ‘The Appren-tice’ candidates to shame. I certainly think we have some budding entrepreneurs of the future. I would like to express my thanks to all the judges, including many of our governors, who have, once again, given up their time to support our students. Also, a huge “Thank You” to Mr Oakes, Mrs Snowdon & the amazing team of Year 9 tutors who have supported the event so well this year. One form tutor commented, “I had a wonderful two days and really enjoyed working with my tutor group, I feel like we have 'reconnected' and I wish we had more opportunities to do things like enterprise as form groups. Thank you so much for letting me be a part of it!” Philippa Wadsworth Head of Careers & Work-related Learning

The team from ‘The American Wave’, one of this year’s winners.

‘Newsea’ – a great place for freshly-smoked

trout!

The Rusty Bucket – who even set up their own website!

PD Personal Development & Community Links

All students, across all years, have had the opportunity to work with a range of outside speakers

throughout the year to enhance their learning. Some of those include:

Year 7 - As part of their work on drugs, especially legal ones like alcohol & nicotine, students

have worked with the amazing Joe & Mick from SE Cornwall Breathers’ Group who always de-

liver a superb lesson on the dangers of smoking. Students not only learn about the short and long

-term effects on themselves but are always very keen for tips on how to ‘persuade’ family mem-

bers to give up. Incidentally, the Breathers’ Group have recently received the Queen’s Award for

Voluntary Service, very well deserved. All classes have also worked with local magistrates so that

they have a better understanding of how the law relates to young people. New this year have

been some fun lessons on dental hygiene delivered by the team from Fore Street Dental Practice,

incorporating healthy diets and learning more about oral bacteria!

All Year 8 classes have had some input from Cornwall Fire Service on road safety, specifically the

importance of wearing seatbelts (and persuading others to do so).

Year 9 visits have focused on Sex & Relationships education with visits from Brook, CareConfiden-

tial & the SAFE Project. They have discussed the importance of safe & happy relationships, re-

spect, peer pressure, body image, contraception, etc. All classes have also worked with Cornwall

Fire Service on pedestrian safety and have learned more about the dangers of illegal drug-

taking, particularly cannabis from PC David Thompson.

Year 10 PD lessons have focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and developing positive and

healthy relationships. All have received visits from Brook (safe sex & contraception as well as

being breast & testicle aware), Kernow Positive Support (HIV & AIDS) and Alcoholics Anonymous

(the dangers and consequences of alcohol, including binge drinking)

Year 11 students, once again, have been ably supported by Major Norman-Walker from the

army who always delivers a superb lesson on human rights issues in Afghanistan, a topic that

many of our young people can relate to.

The vocational students have completed an Emergency First Aid course with St John Ambulance

and achieved their Workplace Hazard Awareness qualification with the British Safety Council,

both valuable additions to their CVs.

All students, as part of their preparation for post-16 education or training, have had some input

from Cornwall College, City College & GP Skills Training which, of course, gives them impartial

advice on choices other than saltash.net.

We are certainly a community school.

Philippa Wadsworth

Summer 2013

Clubs &

Activities Sailing Club

World Pilot Gig Champs

Head of RE, at saltash.net, Mr Jezz Pomfret and Year 12 student,

Cameron Boyle, took part in the World Pilot Gig Championships at

the Isles of Scilly. For Mr Pomfret, it was an intense experience. "I'm

a member of Cotehele Quay Gig Club and have only been rowing for

nine months, I’ve raced twice but never on the sea before, it looks

easy on TV ...

I'm not too sure where we finished overall, but what I do know is

that the whole thing was a real test of fitness, endurance and atti-

tude. You can't let down the rest of the crew and you have to keep

going for them. You learn so much about the sport, your team and yourself.

The championships are truly incredible, one of the things which

makes Cornwall unique. I know of plenty of junior rowers who

can't wait to take part, and both myself and Cameron can assure

them it's worth waiting for. Cameron rows for Caradon and

would've gained hugely from the experience of being with one of

the competition's most consistent clubs.

If you haven't done any gig rowing before, give it a try; you won't

be disappointed. I am already looking forward to next year!"

Jezz Pomfret - Head of RE

A brilliant term’s sailing club so far with 15 students signing up enjoying the challenges and opportunity this activity brings.

Thanks to all the staff who have given up their time for this after school activity and a special thanks to Malcolm Wood from

Saltash Sailing Club.

Students have also been competing in the Roadford Lake school sports day and the Cornwall Schools Regatta at Mylor Har-

bour. It has been good to see this club grow over the years and now the older students are instructing the younger ones with

many getting level one and two RYA sailing certificates.

Mr.Wells

Clubs &

Activities Duke of Edinburgh—Silver Award

A team of yr 12 students have been working this year on their Silver

Duke of Edinburgh Award. This has consisted of a series of after-

school sessions where the students have learnt a variety of first aid,

navigational and camp craft skills; these are then put into practice on

a moorland expedition. The students had previously experienced

horrible weather on their practice expeditions and so were looking

forward to some nice weather for the final one from 28th-30th June.

When we got to Bodmin Moor, however, the fog had come in and

the students set off walking with very poor visibility which didn’t im-

prove throughout the day. The students worked really well as a team

and showed excellent skill in the way they navigated and camped

out on the expedition. The assessor was really pleased and ex-

tremely impressed with the team. They will now continue with the rest

of the sections that they need for the award and should hopefully

complete their Silver Award in the next couple of months.

Miss Higgs - Duke of Edinburgh Award Coordinator

Warhammer Club

Four members of saltash.net Warhammer Club recently

took part in the Games Workshop School League Re-

gional Finals, held in Warhammer World at Games

Workshop UK HQ in Nottingham. After successfully quali-

fying at the local Regional Heats in March, the club mem-

bers Zak Russell 14, Luke Taylor 14, Sam Sowden 13 and

Aaron Boswijk 14 travelled to Nottingham the night be-

fore the Final. The following morning, after a night of

preparation, they arrived at Warhammer World and had

their first of three individual matches.

After putting up stiff resistance against the forces of their opponents throughout this match and the ensuing two, the team managed to achieve one draw. Despite some very experienced opponents with sometimes strategically supe-rior forces, saltash.net Warhammer Team gave very good account in all their battles Speaking after the event, Design and Technology techni-

cian and coordinator of the visit, Darren McDonald said,

“The team all agreed that they had had a fantastic time

and they are all keen to return next year to further repre-

sent the school and also to appraise their performance this

year.”

Theme

Day Year 10s enjoyed every bit of their day!

On a beautiful midsummer’s day, almost all of the Year 10 cohort at sal-

tash.net community school travelled to London for a day of education and

culture. The summer term’s Theme Day, organised by Director and Assis-

tant Director of Creativity, Jim Romain, and Amy Lewis, enabled one group

of students to participate in a Science focused visit, whilst the other group

had an Arts based itinerary.

The National History Museum and Science Museum were the first port of

call for 120 of the students and staff, before they enjoyed a sightseeing tour

of London.

80 other students were given the opportunity to see Buckingham Palace

and the Changing of the Guard, before walking through Hyde Park, past the

Serpentine Lake and on to the Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial. The rest of the time was

spent enjoying the stunning art and design collections at The Victoria and Albert Museum and using

them as an invaluable source for GCSE Art work.

Commenting on the success of the visit, Jim Romain said, ‘It is really important that our students

are able to participate in a wide variety of curriculum enrichment opportunities. Equally important is

giving our young people the chance to travel and see parts of the country they have not yet visited.

Over half of the students who took part in the visit had never been to our capital city before’.

When asked what the best bit of the day had been, one Year 10 replied, ‘Every bit of it!’

Enrichment

Orienteering Challenge - Rame, Bodmin, Dartmoor with an overnight camp

The Holland 2013 trip went fantastically, with an amaz-ing time had by all! Five members of staff accompanied forty Year 9 students to Valkenburg, a picturesque town in the south of Holland near the German and Belgian borders. An epic five days were spent exploring caves and Cold War bunkers, getting lost in mazes, shopping in Maastricht, applying copious amounts of suncream, braving the waves at Aqualand water theme park, con-quering the Black Mamba at Phantasialand theme park in Germany, as well as tobogganing, bowling and en-joying Rico’s famous Hotel den Halder disco, complete

with foam machine!

We were lucky to enjoy a week of brilliant sunshine...

and an air conditioned coach!

Many thanks to Mr Blackhall, Mrs Lock, Miss Dunkey, Mr Macdonald and Miss Higgs for accompanying the trip. Massive thanks to the students for behaving so impeccably and provoking comments such as ‘Are you a private school? They’re so well behaved!’. But the biggest thanks of all goes to Miss Noble who organised everything but sadly wasn’t able to join in on all the

fun!

Jen Dunkey

Going Dutch

Scaling heights of up to 50 metres, racing on zip wires of up to 40mph, and scrambling through waters over head

height; this week promised to get participants’ blood pumping as they embarked on Adrenalin based activities.

The young people involved had to face their fears and overcome challenges in order to achieve their personal

goals in areas such as coasteering, climbing, abseiling, kayaking and more. A combination of land and water

based activities really allowed for the most to be made of that scorching hot week. Some of the most memorable

moments of the week included the swing at Adrenalin Quarry, the water fight initiated by Mr Allen (who ended up

not getting wet . . . ), the year 9 boys having a makeover, and Miss Boothman being dragged into Roadford res-

ervoir kicking and screaming. As trip leader Miss Boothman had this to say, ‘all the young people involved in this

activity were a real credit to themselves and their school. Despite being at times scared, frustrated, and boiling

hot they undertook each of the challenges head on and each learnt a lot about perseverance and team work.

Staff members also got into the spirit of things with Mr Hawkins at the front of every queue at Woodlands adven-

ture park.’ Well done to all those involved.

Adrenalin Rush

During Enrichment Week the fields of saltash.net once again echoed to the sound of gunfire - not an invasion from England

but rather the noises of 35 students and Mr. Killeya (code name Gunner-Kill’ya) shooting each other with laser guns!

The activity has been run for several years during enrichment week by Andy Stafford (Lt Col Bullseye) of Laser Battlefield Kernow. Along with his staff he guided the students through a week of battles with a focus on teamwork, military history and tactics. On Monday students began with the deceptively non-violent death-matches, and in the afternoon carried out room storming against a terrorist base (Mr Killeya’s classroom). On Tuesday students played ‘king of the hill’ and ‘capture the flag’ and then each team took it in turns to defend or attack each others’ bases. Wednes-day and Thursday saw a series of historical missions from Gallipolli to Goose Green and from Arnhem to Black-hawk down. Finally on Friday the ever popular ‘clan-wars’ ended with Team Fantasy defeating No

Fear in the final match to claim victory.

In addition, this year saw the second ‘night mission’ where 20 students returned on Wednesday evening to learn camouflage and patrol skills before undertaking a series of dusk patrols in ‘hostile territory’ and culminating in a pitch black recreation of the SAS attack on Pebble Is-

land during the Falklands War.

The Battle of saltash.net

Mount Snowdon

Work Experience Week

Jasmine Donovan -

Barbican Theatre

Justine Williams & Iain Parker dress up for a Mad Hatters Tea Party to

promote Loopy Looks - Saltash

Mural at Burraton Community School

Georgia Ainsworth -

Boots

A few words from Employers ...

“I know it sounds too good to be true but Georgina has done well! Good luck in the competition!” - Principal, Catch-

french Design Chartered Accountants.

“Katie was a pleasure to have on our team and we wish her every success for her future” - Cutabove

“James is the best student we’ve ever had. He’s worked very hard and would be a brilliant employee.” - The Bookshelf

“It has been a pleasure having Sally in the classroom this week. She has shown interest and enthusiasm.” - Ford Primary

School

“Ian is an excellent student and a pleasure to work with.” - Spinnaker Ltd

“It has been a pleasure having Brad with us this week, we are very grateful for the work he has produced and the con-

tribution he has made to the department. We wish him the best of luck with his future studies.” - Appleby Westward

“Stephanie performed well during her placement and worked well within our nursing team. It was great to see her

genuine interest and enthusiasm.” - Albert Cottage Veterinary Clinic

Enrichment Rock Assembly 2013 @ Wembley Arena

On Wednesday 10th July, a group of 13 students left saltash.net at 6.30am

heading for Wembley and a line-up they wouldn’t forget in a hurry. Amelia

Lily, Misha B and Wretch 32 were but a few that graced the stage to enter-

tain 15,000 students from all over the country.

It was a new experience for all - “amazing”, “absolutely brilliant” were the

words that left students’ lips as we departed the arena.

The students were a credit to

saltash.net and behaved im-

peccably - a truly memorable

day!

Thanks to Mr Langmead, Mr

Lee and Mrs Hollyman for ac-

companying the trip to the

Rock Assembly, an event de-

signed to encourage all young

people to consider applying to

a university in the future.

Well first of all during Curriculum Enrichment Week, we do Art which is always good to let out any energy or

doodles you’ve been thinking of. Then we go outside to do Sports or Games. We’ve done Dodge Ball, Mountain

Boarding, Football and many more. We then have a break, but soon after we get straight back to the fun. The

third lesson is games from around the world which consists of games from Italy, France, Spain and others. Then

it’s lunch when we have time to rest from all the hard work of the day! The last lesson of the day ... Rock Climb-

ing! This is where some people can become quite competitive with each other but it’s fun because you start talking

with people that you never would have before.

In house activities by Ethan Lee - 8TH

Abbie Wood and friends, present Mrs

Bryce with a selection of their home

made goodies.

Thanks are also expressed to Mr Reynolds

and Mrs Boulton for organising such a bril-

liant Curriculum Enrichment Week and Work

Experience Week.

Just Jones & Co in collaboration with saltash.net community school

Earlier on this year, saltash.net was offered the chance to host ‘Just Jones & Co Theatre Company’ with their

performance of ‘An Enemy of the People’. They are touring the South West along with performances in Lon-

don and other areas of the country and wanted to perform in three schools along the way. We snapped up

the chance! On October 8th and 9th October 2013 the performances will take place in the school hall to a

public audience in the evening and Year 9 during the day. The original play by Henrik Ibsen has been re-

written by Rebecca Manson Jones and set in a fictitious Cornish village called Porth Kreig. The play explores

a moral dilemma which results in a public meeting in which the audience will decide the outcome. The mem-

bers of the village at the meeting will be played by local people and students during their performances at

the school. As part of the preparation Rebecca and her company are facing the challenging, but very excit-

ing task, of rehearsing a chorus of people at each venue they visit.

In preparation for this, on 17th and 18th June, Rebecca and some of her company spent two days with us

running a taster workshop for anyone who was interested in taking part from the school and local community.

There were two evening workshops and a workshop on the Tuesday for Year 10,11 and 12 Drama students.

The evening workshops were very well attended and it was a challenging, thought provoking evening for all

involved, culminating in a brief presentation of a series of ‘characters’ who may have attended this impor-

tant community meeting in the play. The imagination and creativity of the participants in all the workshops

was incredible, including local business men, agitators, shy young people, confused older people and even a

man and his dog. This last pair were only at the meeting to once again raise the issue of the park bench that

they had been trying to get placed in the centre of the town, and the dog, created by Julie Jones from The

Friends of school, was very memorable indeed!

Rebecca said of her visit here: ‘Just adding our personal thanks to you all for turning out and taking part.

We learned a lot and I have a head full of great characters and ideas. The students we met were also a

real credit to the school. We're really looking forward to our return visit to Saltash.’ She will now take all

these characters, and the ones from all the other venues, and create a script, which will be rehearsed by the

participants and anyone else who missed it and who would like to be involved. If you are interested in tak-

ing part in the performance in October and would like the chance to perform with a professional company,

please email Jo Loyn at: loyn@saltash.cornwall.sch.uk.

More importantly please come and see the show itself on

October 8th and look out for where to get tickets nearer the

time.

If you would like to know more about the show and the

company please go to:

http://justjonestheatre.org.uk/index.php/our-work/

participatory-programme/

Mrs Loyn

An Enemy of the People Music &

Drama

Aladdin

Following on from the success of ‘Snow

White’ in 2012, this year’s joint primary

and secondary Music and Drama produc-

tion, performed at saltash.net, has been

the Disney version of ‘Aladdin’.

Directed by Matt Oakes and Nicola

Silvester, Drama and Music teachers at

the school, it showcased an exceptional

range of talent from across the Saltash

Association of Schools.

Emily Jane Horsham, currently in Year 8

at saltash.net, delivered a mesmerising

performance as the genie. She was very

ably supported by Bishop Cornish pupil,

Jackson Spry as Aladdin, Tiegan Aire

(saltash.net) as Jasmine, Tommy Williams

(saltash.net) as Jafar, Amelia Sissons

(Landulph) as Iago, and Freddie Brasher

(saltash.net) as the Sultan. 41 students in

total took part in the show.

Support staff Kellie Alders and Karen

Snowdon took responsibility for the tech-

nical direction and costumes, assisted by

senior students Jack Pethard and James

Dance.

Reflecting on the production, Mrs Bryce

said, ‘I had the privilege of attending the

show on the first night. The quality of

singing, dancing and acting was ex-

tremely high and it was clear all the chil-

dren taking part were thoroughly enjoy-

ing the experience. These very successful

primary/secondary ventures epitomise

our vision for ‘all through’ learning here in

the Saltash area. I would like to thank

the Headteachers of Landulph, Bishop

Cornish, Sir Robert Geffreys and St

Stephens for all their support with the

production.”

Music &

Drama

Farewells Year 11’s Last Day

There were tears and laugh-

ter throughout the day on

Friday 10th May as Year 11

students at saltash.net said

an ‘official’ farewell to each

other and to their teachers

before the start of their

GCSE exams on Monday 13th

May. Although the students

would still be coming into

school for revision sessions,

this was the last time the

whole of the year group

would be gathered together

so everyone wanted to make

sure it would be a day to re-

member.

As has now become an an-

nual tradition at saltash.net,

the Year 11 students and

their tutors arrived in school

on the Friday morning in a

superb array of fancy dress

costumes, which just seem

to become more inventive

year on year. During morn-

ing tutor and registration

time, the students were pre-

sented with their Year Books

which gave everyone an op-

portunity to reflect on their

time together at saltash.net

over the past five years.

Lessons proceeded as nor-

mal up until period 4 when

the whole year group gath-

ered together in the school’s

gym for a very big tea party!

Teaching and support staff

served tea and cakes and

scones with jam and clotted

cream to appreciative stu-

dents. After an opportunity

to write messages of good

will and good luck in their

Year Books, the students

proceeded to the main hall

for their final assembly. Led

by Head of Year, Mark Feld-

wick, and Assistant Head of

Year, Eileen Sloggett, the as-

sembly focused on celebrat-

ing the many achievements

and successes of the young

people. Musical entertain-

ment of the highest quality

was provided by Flo Bonner,

Joe Lang, Cameron Oakes,

Jack Payne and Ronni Swan.

Speaking at the end of the

day, Mrs Bryce, said, ‘It was

a very emotional day. We are

extremely proud of every one

of the students in this year

group and know they will be

hugely successful this sum-

mer but it is never easy say-

ing farewell to a Year 11 co-

hort. Fortunately many will

be returning in our 6th Form

but for those proceeding to

college or apprenticeships

we wish them all the very

best for the future.”

RESULTS DAYS 2013

A Level

Thursday 15th August

GCSE

Thursday 22nd August

Farewells Year 11 Prom

A perfect summer’s evening pro-

vided the backdrop for Year 11 stu-

dents at saltash.net as they made

their way to Boringdon Golf and

Country Club for the 2013 Prom.

Many students made the most of

the idyllic weather by stopping off

en route to the Prom for photocalls

at Waterside in Saltash and the Hoe

in Plymouth.

Once the students had arrived at

Boringdon, they were given the red

carpet treatment before sitting

down to an excellent meal. All of

the tables were adorned with beau-

tiful hand made confectionary

decorations produced by support

staff at the school.

The evening continued with danc-

ing for those with plenty of energy

or socialising for those who simply

wanted to make the most of the

balmy summer’s night.

A final farewell speech was given

by Head of Year, Mark Feldwick,

who praised the exemplary behav-

iour of the students and gave spe-

cial thanks to Assistant Head of

Year, Eileen Sloggett, and Year 11

student, Katie Kelly, who had done

so much to ensure the organisation

of the Prom was such a success.

Farewells Sixth Form May Ball

‘The best May Ball to date,’ was the unanimous verdict of staff who had the pleasure of ac-

companying Year 13 students from saltash.net community school to their Leavers’ event

at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel on the evening of Friday 10th May.

The students certainly ‘dressed to im-

press’ and, although initially disappointed

that the rain and wind prevented a photo-

call outside, went on to make the most of

the grandeur of the hotel’s foyer and

sweeping staircase where many group

photos were taken to help capture the ex-

citement and enjoyment of the occasion.

The students and staff were then treated

to a delicious three course dinner in the

beautifully decorated Ball Room, before

they danced the night away to hits old and

new, which formed the soundtrack for the

seven years the students had spent to-

gether at saltash.net.

Speaking after the event, Mrs Bryce said,

‘As always our young people were an ab-

solute credit to their families and to our

school. I cannot believe their time at sal-

tash.net is coming to an end but I hope

the May Ball will have given them many

more wonderful memories to take away

with them, as they move on in their lives

and careers.”

The Ball was organised by Nick Scantlebury, Head of 6th Form, Laura Wilkinson, Deputy

Head of 6th Form, and Sue Briggs, 6th Form Administrator, with the help and assistance of

the 6th

Form students committee.

Charities Charity Totals

Library News

Quiz League

Now in its 8th year the Quiz League held in the library on the last Friday of each month continues to be suc-

cessful. Answering general knowledge and literature questions the league was won this year by a 6th form

team consisting of Matt Wilson, Lee-Ann Murphy and Tristram Keats. It has been extremely encouraging

to see a number of year 7 pupils join us.

Speed dating

Students have not been looking for Miss or Mr Right but Year 7’s library activity this term was book speed

dating. Pupils listened to a one minute talk about a person’s favourite book before moving on to another.

Those students who didn’t get a chance to be ‘matched’ are so keen to have another try

that this activity will continue into their year 8 lessons.

Accelerated Reader

This new literacy initiative in reading allows pupils to compete inter form. The spring

term April challenge was won by 7 MI who improved their word count score by reading

and taking quizzes on more books than their peers. The summer results are being col-

lated with the winners being announced before the end of term.

Amount Raised

Macmillan Cancer Care £103.81

Jeans for Genes £718.72

Breast Cancer Care £1,414.47

Poppy Appeal £67.86

Women V Cancer £250.00

Kambeng Trust £250.00

Help for Heroes £250.00

CATS £1,543.73

National Blind Society £34.07

Comic Relief £3,183.81

Charlotte Yellop - Mill Ford School £202.61

Autism Awareness £50.00

Jack Humphries Voluntary Services Overseas £250.00

Year 12 Enterprise £289.35

Donation to Cancer Research £45.00

Uganda - Mission Trip £50.00

Downham House Sensory Spa £50.00

Donation to Adam Smart’s Funeral £100.00

Donation to PE for Awards & Badges £100.00

Cake sale by 7MI - Cancer Research £45.98

£8,999.41

Head Students:

Lily Hemmett & Ciaran Jones

Deputy Head Students:

Lily Blake & Megan Richardson

Head Student for 2012-13, Ross Raymond Jones, pictured

at Sports Day with new Head Students, Lily Hemmett &

Ciaran Jones.

NEW HEAD STUDENT TEAM OF 2013-14

Junior Golf Coaching at St Mellion

Junior Golf Coaching At St Mellion

On Saturday 24th August we are holding a FREE one hour junior coaching session for everyone to have a go at golf and to show what a great junior development pro-gramme we have here at St Mellion.

Throughout the year we run junior golf coaching every weekend. Catering for all chil-dren aged 5 and above. Covering all aspects of golf and making it really fun for kids to learn!

During the school holidays we have Summer Camps with plenty of prizes to be won!

All equipment and golf balls included.

Cornwall Summer Holiday Activities 2013

Please see our website www.saltash.net for details

Young Chef Competition - Trematon Unit

Many congratulations to the students in the Trematon

Unit who participated in the recent Young Chef com-

petition. They produced a range of dishes from

around the world impressing the judges hugely.

Well done to Jordan Tonkin, the overall winner, and

thanks to Saltash Rotary Club for all their support.

Fri 19th July Last day of term (early closure at 1.20pm)

Wed 4th & Thurs 5th Sept Inset Days (School closed to students)

Fri 6th Sept Year 7 & 6th Form only return to school

Mon 9th Sept Whole School return for Autumn Term

Wed 18th Sept Year 7 Gifted & Talented evening

Mon 23rd Sept Year 11 English Day

Wed 25th Sept Year 8 to 13 Gifted & Talented evening

Wed 2nd & Thurs 3rd Oct Year 6 Open Evenings

Wed 16th Oct Bring Your Grown Up to School day

Wed 23rd Oct Theme Day

Mon 28th to Fri 1st Nov Half Term

Thurs 7th Nov Sixth Form Open Evening

Tues 12th Nov Year 7 Parents’ Surgery

Tues 3rd Dec Year 11 Parents’ Surgery

Thurs 5th Dec Year 11 Presentation Evening

Mon 9th Dec Drama Production Week—Guys & Dolls

Tues 17th Dec Y12 & 13 Parents’ Surgery

Wed 18th Dec Sixth Form Presentation Evening

Thurs 19th Dec Last day of Autumn Term

Mon 6th Jan Whole School returns for Spring Term

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Tribute to former student Adam Smart

It was with great sadness that we received the news that Adam had lost his fight for life following

the traffic accident at Carkeel in June. Our immediate thoughts are with his close family and

friends to whom we send sincere condolences.

Having spent all seven years of his secondary education at saltash.net, he is someone we will re-

member warmly, particularly for his consistent desire to help and support others. As a 6th Form stu-

dent he was exemplary in his commitment to school life and the wider community. An all round ex-

cellent sportsman, he represented the school at a national level for trampolining. He showed true

dedication in support of numerous charitable causes and he was also always there to support any

‘friend in need’ whenever the occasion arose.

Adam’s final 6th Form report summed him up as someone who

adopted a positive approach to life being ‘friendly, cheerful,

considerate and helpful’.

He will be greatly missed within the Saltash community.