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July 2016CommunityNewsletter

Summer Term

IntroductionDear Parent/Carer,

As I write this introduction to our Summer Term Community Newsletter, all of the last minute preparations are taking place for our Curriculum Enrichment Week and Work Experience Week. Months of planning go into these activities with everyone doing their best to ensure our students in years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12 have an enjoyable and fulfilling learning experience. Particular thanks go to Mr Roger Reynolds and Mrs Tracy Boulton for their overall coordination of these events – there will be a full report and photos included in our September interim newsletter.

In addition to our actual enrichment week, there have been many more excellent extra-curricular activities and events taking place at saltash.net over the past term and I do hope you will enjoy reading more about them in this edition of Community News. Particular highlights for me were the 6th Form May Ball and the Year 11 Prom, both ‘rites of passage’ for our young people and always hugely enjoyable occasions. It is very rewarding too when we receive such positive feedback from the Duke of Cornwall Hotel and Boringdon Golf and Country Club about the exemplary behaviour of our students – this reflects so well on you as parents and carers as well as on the ethos and values of saltash.net.

Sports Day and Theme Day were also very special occasions this year, with the weather being specially ordered for both days’ activities! We are indebted to Mr Hawkins, Head of PE, and his team for arranging such a memorable Olympic themed sporting event, and I would also like to mention in this newsletter Mrs Gue who has done such a brilliant job organising our Theme Days whilst Mrs Feldwick has been on maternity leave.

I have lost count now of the number of times members of our school and local community have said things like, ‘Well, this is your last Prom, last Sports Day, last Enrichment Week, last end of year assembly’! It is a very strange feeling indeed after fourteen years but I am delighted that my successor, Ms Kate Littledyke, has been appointed now and I know she will do all that she can to uphold our unswerving commitment to providing the best possible learning and enrichment opportunities for all students. I will be here as headteacher until Christmas so there is another whole term to go, with lots of exciting things to look forward to, including our production of ‘Billy Elliot’ which will see us as one of the first schools in the country performing this West End show.

Inevitably, as we come to the end of this school year, we find ourselves having to say goodbye to some of our teaching and support staff who are

either retiring or leaving us for pastures new. There is a full feature on this in our newsletter which I hope you will enjoy reading. I would like to wish all colleagues leaving every happiness in the future and thank them for the outstanding contributions they have made to the life of the school during their time with us.

I hope you will all be able to enjoy some quality family time together over the summer holidays. We will be in school over results’ days – which are Thursday 18th August for A Level and Thursday 25th August for GCSE – and I am certain there will be a great deal to celebrate for years 10, 11, 12 and 13.

With all good wishes,

Mrs I BryceHeadteacher

Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Year 13 student, Charlie Pitcher. Charlie attended Bishop Cornish Primary School and saltash.net for his secondary education. The photos of Charlie show him attending our May Ball and the 6th Form Leavers’ Breakfast with his tutors Mrs Blackmore and Mrs Oates.

Charlie was a courteous, bright and determined young man with a very promising future ahead of him. He had secured excellent AS results and was a particularly gifted mathematician. He was also an extremely popular student with a large circle of friends; he will be very sorely missed.

A Book of Condolence and photos of Charlie will be given to his family at the end of this term.

In Memory of Charlie Pitcher – student at saltash.net 2009 – 2016

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Mr. Hawthorne wins Silver Teaching Award!

saltash.net’s reputation for providing the highest quality teaching and learning opportunities for its students was further strengthened this term as teacher of Maths, Mr Alan Hawthorne, was named the National Teaching Awards’ Regional Winner for the Outstanding Use of Technology in Education.

Nominated by the students through their School Council, Mr Alan Hawthorne received a visit from two National Teaching Award judges at the end of April. Mr. Hawthorne had been put forward for the 2016 Pearson Teaching Awards by the student council, who then worked with Deputy Headteacher, Mr. Buckley, on writing the official nomination.

The judges, Tony Gray and Bob Twells, spent three hours at the school observing Alan teach a Year 13 A Level Maths lesson, and also met with the school’s senior leadership team, members of the Maths department and other colleagues, students from across a range of year groups and parent representatives.

A very special ‘surprise’ assembly event was held on the morning of Friday 17th June, the official ‘Thank a Teacher Day’. After a discussion about the then upcoming EU referendum chaired by Mr. Killeya, Mayor of Saltash, Mrs Hilary Frank, was invited to say a few words about democracy, before handing over to Mrs Bryce. Mrs Bryce announced to the school community that Mr Hawthorne

had won a Silver Teaching Award, making him eligible for the National Finals due to take place in October, as well as a prestigious visit to the House of Commons later this month.

The Pearson Teaching Awards are an annual celebration of exceptional teachers and teaching. Founded in 1999 by Lord Puttnam, they recognize the life-changing impact of an inspirational teacher on the lives of the young people they teach.

Alan will now join fellow Silver Award winners at the UK final of the Teaching Awards to be held at a glittering celebration at London’s Guildhall on 23rd October, where 10 Silver Award winners will receive a Gold Plato Award. Chair of Governors, Kate Waghorn, and the Saltash Observer’s Martin Lister were also in attendance for the awards presentation.

saltash.net Headteacher Mrs Bryce said:

‘This is a remarkable achievement, not just for Alan and the Maths department, but also for the school, as it is the second time in two years that saltash.net has had a Regional National Teaching Awards winner in the Outstanding Use of Technology Award category.

“Alan is a truly inspirational teacher. The A Level lesson that the judges observed was deemed to be outstanding for the way in which technology was used ‘seamlessly’ to both engage the students and ensure maximum progress was made. Alan is a truly worthy winner and we all wish him well with the national final in the Autumn.”

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SPORTS DAY

China Great Britain

Greece USA Australia Spain Brazil South Korea

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saltash.net’s annual Sports Day had an Olympic feel to it this year, as is only appropriate during an Olympic year.

Sports Day 2016 was a tremendous event, and featured students from Years 7 to 9 competing in a range of track and field sports. All tutor groups represented an Olympic country for the day, and the traditional Olympic parade of nations took place before the competition began.

The countries chosen were China, Great Britain, Greece, the United States, Australia, Spain, Brazil and South Korea.

There were also events for Year 10 to participate in, as tutor groups competed against one another in a number of sports, including a World Cup Mixed football tournament on the All Weather Pitch.

A number of individual awards were also handed out to students who had excelled during Sports Day, and the top tutor group from each year was also recognised.

Dawn Couch and her catering team cooked up a Brazilian BBQ on the field, whilst Miss Noble ran a yummy healthy eating stall which included Rio-style fruit kebabs and other options. This year a number of Year 10 GCSE Catering students got involved during Theme Day to help prepare all the snacks for Sports Day, visiting Tamar Fruiterers for an educational trip. The Healthy Snack stand made a profit of £200.68, which will be donated to Cancer Research.

Students were encouraged to have their faces painted with the colours and flags of their nation, and to learn as much about their countries as possible before Sports Day.

Rankings Country

1st Spain2nd Great Britain3rd Greece

Year group Boy GirlYear 7 Henry Curtis Katie Flanagan

and Maisie Godfrey

Year 8 Archie Fleming and Troy Lambourne

Sophie Williams

Year 9 Nick Hicks Jade Parker

As is tradition, Mr Romain acted as MC for the day, whilst Mr Henderson played a diverse range of songs in his role as DJ.

Students had been competing for their tutor group and country during PE lessons throughout the year, with boys playing rugby and football, and the girls football and netball.

Points were allocated based on performances during this inter tutor competition, and were added to the Sports Day results to determine the final standings.

Coming into Sports Day it was extremely close, with Greece leading in 1st on 86 points, with Spain just trailing on 80 points.

Mr Hawkins, Head of PE at saltash.net, praised all students and staff for helping to make the day such an outstanding success: “On behalf of the PE department I would like to thank everyone who played a role in the success of Olympic Sports Day 2016. It was a brilliant all round effort.

Our ambitious plans for the day were only successfully executed because we have an amazing team of teaching and support staff that are always ‘up for it’ and really embraced the day! I am sure this reflected on the students’ performances who themselves were outstanding in their efforts and achievements when competing and supporting their team mates. A fantastic day to remember.”

Below are the individual and overall standings. Congratulations to all involved for their part in a great day.


SPORTS DAY

Congratulations go to saltash.net Year 13 student David Wilks, after becoming a British Champion in Karate. David took Gold in the World Karate Union’s British Championships in Birmingham on the 30th April.

David has been training in Karate for the last 10 years with the Bujinkai Karate Squad, who train each week at the Life Centre as well as in Saltash. David is currently a 2nd Dan Black Belt, having gained 12 belts during his time in the sport.

saltash.net student David Wilks takes Gold!

Year 7 & 8 Athletics ChampionshipsThe sun was shining in Par as students from Year 7 and 8 competed in the Cornwall Schools Athletics Championships. 26 schools from all over Cornwall took part in the day long event on Tuesday 7th June.

saltash.net now has two county champions, following Archie Fleming’s victory in the Year 8 Boys 100m, and Lois Lusher’s triumph in the Year 7 javelin. Archie ran the 100m in 12.7 seconds, whilst Lois threw a best of 17.36m.Other stand out performances include Henry Curtis in Year 7, 2nd in the County in 100m and Javelin, Maisie Godfrey in Year 7, 3rd in the county in 1500m and Harry Richardson in Year 8, 2nd in the county for shot put.

We are extremely proud of all of our athletes.

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Sports reportSport at saltash.net is thriving on all fronts. 2015/2016 has seen another step up for our students as they continue to progress not just locally but nationally too.

Starting with football, where our reputation as a school that competes to a high level with a strong ethos of fair play continues. Our U16 girls are once again County Champions after a hard fought battle against Richard Lander School. The girls came out 3-1 winners on this occasion, following up their county championship at U14 level. These girls have represented the school amazingly for the last 5 years and we wish them all the very best as they continue with their football careers outside of school. Strong links are developing with Callington Ladies FC, with 5 of our current students making the step into the women’s game with them.

The year 7 boys have had an outstanding debut season. They beat Looe, Liskeard, Callington and Wadebridge on their way to becoming East Cornwall Champions, scoring 20 and conceding just 4 on the way. Richard Lander evened things up by beating them in the County Final with the game finishing 4-2 after extra time. They have shown great dedication, commitment and team work and a defeat in the county final will only spur them on to go and compete for it again next year. It has been a tremendous team effort and they were led fantastically by Captain Kieran O’Melia whose goals have been so important.

The year 7 girls have had a great season too, and although they did not have a county cup competition to compete in, they were not only undefeated but they actually won all 8 of their fixtures. It is exciting to think what these teams can be capable of in their next 5 years at saltash.net.

We have huge numbers of girls taking part in netball clubs with teaching staff and coaches from Plymouth and district netball league. We have also had coaches lead lessons and clubs from Plymouth Argyle Hockey, Saltash Amateur Boxing club and St Mellion Golf and Country club coming. We have real community links and this is providing fantastic opportunities for our students. The development of our new climbing wall is further helping to enhance the range of activities that we can offer.

The summer term brings athletics season and it has already been an encouraging start. We recently took 46 competitors to Brickfields for a super 8 athletics event and we could have probably taken another 46 on top of that such is the enthusiasm of the students. Boys’ teams from year 7 and 10 have qualified to represent East Cornwall at the Cornwall School games in July.

A special mention must go to the year 7 girls’ team. They have not yet done athletics in lessons but massive numbers are attending athletics club. They performed exceptionally well but unfortunately just missed out on qualification. Our ever present sports leaders were on hand to help run the event and, as always, did a fantastic job.

David Wilks in year 13 is a national karate champion! Amazing achievement. Please let us know about your achievements and send all nominations to [email protected].

There have been plenty of extra opportunities for our ‘high performing most able’ PE students this year. Our successful year 7 boys and girls football teams were treated to a training session from Plymouth Argyle coach Micky and player Carl McHugh. Our year 8 students have been working on a ‘Sky sports living for sport’ project with Olympic Athlete Heather Fell and students in years 9, 10 and 12 were taken to visit the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Report by Mr. Budd


Cornwall Schools Athletics Championships

Following on from our Year 7 and 8s great performances in the Cornwall Schools Athletics Championships in Par at the start of June, saltash.net had more impressive results at the recent Cornwall School Games on 1 July.

Our Year 7 and 10 Boys teams qualified for this event, and were competing against the winners from the west of the county, including some of the private schools in the region.

As a team, our Year 10 boys finished 3rd overall, claiming the bronze medal. As none of these boys are athletes in their own right and they were up against boys who were boasting about their season bests on the start line, this is an exceptional achievement.

There were a few notable individual results too:

• Ethan Cox- 1st in the 100m hurdles claiming gold.• Seth Maunder- 2nd in the 100m hurdles claiming silver.• Henry Curtis- 2nd in the 100m sprint and 3rd in the javelin claiming silver and bronze.

Henry has been a double medallist at consecutive county events. A day after the Championships, Henry competed in a triathlon!

A special mention to our Sports Leaders. This event was held in Redruth and hosted entirely by our sports leaders. This is measure of their respect and trust in the county.

Year 11 triumph over Sixth FormYear 11s’ football team emerged triumphant over their Sixth Form counterparts in an 8 goal classic on 21 April, confirming their dominance.

Man of the match Jamie Casson (centre back turned striker) hit two wonder goals as part of the Year 11 goal haul.

Sixth Form worked hard and fought back with sterling performances from elder statesmen Elliot Dymond and an opportunist goal from Shaun Cleary; however, this was not enough to influence the final result.

The game was played in a great atmosphere with real quality at times, a fitting end as many of these boys played in school colours for the last time.

Match report by Mr. Hawkins.

Staff defeat leaving Year 13sA team of saltash.net staff challenged this year’s departing Year 13s to a farewell football match, with staff claiming victory with a dramatic 5-4 win.

Maths teacher, Gareth Jones, delivered a man of the match performance, scoring two goals and making two goal line clearances in the dying minutes to ensure staff held on to their win.

The Leavers took a two goal advantage despite an evenly contested opening period, before Staff scored five unreturned goals to take a dominant lead into the last 20 minutes.

Leavers fought back to reduce the deficit to one goal with ten minutes to go, leading to a nervy finale as Leavers bombarded the Staff box. The game looked certain to go to extra time as a header looped over Staff goalkeeper, Mr. Pomfret, only for Mr. Jones to dramatically volley away.

The game was also used to raise money for World Challenge, with all those playing required to make a donation to the fundraising.


Gifted and Talented PE students commended

A number of students at saltash.net were commended earlier this term for their abilities in PE. Gifted and Talented awards were handed out to recognise students’ excellence in individual sports, and to those who excel in all subject areas of the PE curriculum. Mrs Bryce was on hand to present the awards and praised the students for their hard work.

After handing out the awards, Teacher of P.E, Mr. Budd, said:

“As you will have seen from the other sports reports, the current year 7 are a very strong sporting cohort. Throughout this year we have been identifying students to join the ‘High Performing and Most Able’ register for PE.

High performers are students who demonstrate a talent, ability or skill, which falls outside of what is being currently assessed in their subjects while the most able students are those achieving the highest levels in the subject.

With many students identified and others to follow, we began distributing the badges awarded to these students so they can be recognised for their sporting ability.

Being on the high performance and most able register brings enrichment opportunities as we support their development in sport. The current year 8 has been working with Olympic Athlete, Heather Fell, while the high performers in years 9 and 10 had the opportunity to visit the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

Students can be added at any time so we encourage parents to let us know of all endeavours out of school hours. We hope the students identified will wear their badges with pride and act as role models for PE and sport.”

School gathers for big Euro 2016 clash

Most able in subject

Bethany Brown Jenson Bryan Abbie Shapland Imogen BeerHolly Congo Maisie Godfrey Daisy Winstanley Finlay BuntHaydn O’Neil Lewis Dixon Tom Hollyman Luke JonesCameron Parker Evie Kyffin Georgia Mann Amber OliverKieran O’Melia Ben Goulty Oliver Sidey Leighton Poolman

Individual sport awards

Netball Football Rugby Athletics

Lois Lusher Charlie Dance Alfie Libby Seth MaunderGeorgina Treacy Jack Hawke Ronnie Young Henry CurtisRosie DeaconKatie Flanagan

There was a great atmosphere at saltash.net last month for the big Home Nations clash between England and Wales, as students were allowed to watch the match in the Main Hall.

The Euro 2016 group match, played in Lens on 16 June, was the one England fixture to be played during school hours, at 14.00. Students who returned the form included with May’s Interim Newsletter were allowed to enjoy the game, which saw England dramatically come from behind to win 2-1.

Members of the World Challenge Team hosted a bake sale in the main hall during the match, and Miss Sayer and Miss Tremellat organised flag face painting for those in attendance.


On Wednesday 18th May, twenty-six Year 10 GCSE Product Design students visited the Eden Project in Cornwall. The trip was led by Miss Bartlett with Miss Tolchard in assistance. Two saltash.net mini buses were used, one driven by newly trained driver and DT Technician, Mr MacDonald, who also photographed nature, materials, structure and pattern, an extra resource that students could access on their return to school. Using our school mini buses saved £7.00 per student compared to booking a coach and gave the whole trip a family outing feel!

The main purpose of the trip was to gather Primary Research. This research is a necessary element of students’ Controlled Assessment e-folders and impacts on the design and making of their final product. Each student was issued with an A5 prompt sheet on which to work and that was scanned for them to use in their folder during the first lesson back.

Students are designing and making a lighting product which must ‘consider implications of a wide range of issues including social, moral, environmental and sustainability…’ This will be the third year that we have used this task after we introduced the idea in 2014 following a training course in Essex. It continues to evolve, enabling students to access even higher grades.

We have been specific about the materials and the client this year and students are to use LEDs, a USB cable, mainly FSC wood and their client will be a Home Worker attending organised social/ business networking events in the evening at the Eden Project.

A very successful day and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to attend. DT Department

A trip to the Eden Project saltash.net student named top Physicist

Year 12 student Michael Spencer was recently awarded with an Ogden Trust award due to his fantastic progress, hard work and achievements in A-Level Physics. He is a promising student who is extremely keen to continue his studies in Physics at University after completing his A-levels.

On Monday 20th June he attended a prestigious awards evening hosted by the University of Exeter where he was presented with his Ogden Schools’ Physicist of the Year Award by Dr Alison Rivett from the Ogden Trust and Peter Vukusic, Professor of Biophotonics at the University of Exeter.

The award is given to a small number of talented physics students from across the south west region and is intended to inspire and encourage the study of physics, particularly through the Ogden scholarship scheme.

Mrs Cooper, Head of Physics at saltash.net, who nominated Mike for the award said:

“Mike has always been an enthusiastic student, ready to debate many aspects of physics and is quick to grasp the many abstract concepts and nuances of physics. As well as having an innate talent for physics he is cheerful, keen and hard-working and I very pleased that this award will open up opportunities for Mike in his further studies in Physics.”


Duke of Edinburgh AwardsPrevious Silver teams: This last term saw our first ever100% success from a Silver team. All members of the team completed all the sections of the Award and have now been presented with their certificates.

Previous Bronze teams: 24/26 of last year’s Bronze team have now successfully signed off all sections of the Award and been presented with their certificates. The final 2 are still being chased, letters have gone home.

Silver teams this year: This year’s Silver team have had their pre-expedition training, followed by a full practice expedition, where they stayed near Minions. They took part in their assessed walk on the weekend of 24th – 26th June. We have had really good numbers this year with 2 teams, 12 students in total.

Bronze teams this year: The Bronze group this year have also got good numbers, with a total of 21 students. They have recently taken part in a successful practice walk, which they all completed. The weather was really beautiful for them as they walked around the Whitsand Bay area. Their assessed expedition will be in October.

Miss Higgs, Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator

Ten Tors no problem for saltash.net students

A huge congratulations to the two teams of saltash.net students who successfully completed the Ten Tors Challenge at the start of May. Both teams were made of six students, and completed the 35 mile route.

Unfortunately, team B member Seb Frost left the group on Saturday night due to a leg injury, with Seb himself deciding to withdraw rather than slow the group down.

Seb left the group at the Postbridge Safety Checkpoint, around 15 miles into the challenge.

The two teams were as follows:

saltash.net Team A – James Randall, Charlie Potts, Zak Newell, George Seymour, Megan Seymour and Ethan Cox.

saltash.net Team B – Danny Snook, William Oatey, Jack Pritchard, Seb Frost, Michael Larkin and Harry Pascoe.

Mrs Bryce congratulated the teams and praised the work of staff members Graham Drewery, Gareth Jones and Kirsty Newberry, who trained and prepared the students for the challenge.

The challenge was the culmination of seven months of training, as the students started to prepare last October.

Once again, well done to all involved, both staff and students, on a successful Ten Tors Challenge.


Dartmoor Science Trips

On 10th June Year 7 went on an educational school trip to Dartmoor National Park. We arrived at Burrator reservoir around 10am and made our way through the woods with our science teachers who told us about the natural environments we were in. We even got to eat some wood sorrel and it was delicious.

We then walked up to Drake’s Leat and across a bog, which we were careful to make sure we didn’t fall in! Here we talked about the plant Sundew and how it gets its nutrients from insects. After getting across the bog without losing our shoes we walked up Leather Tor, then had a break at the top to take in the amazing view. We then had to navigate our way back down on the other side and into the deep dark wood.

From here we followed the Leat again, looking for Brown trout, all the way to an ancient village where we had lunch. After lunch we made our way back to the coaches, stopping on the way to see how many students we could fit in a small, very dark cave.

At each site we stopped at, our science teachers told us about the plant and animal life, including aspects of the history and geography of the area.Everyone had a great day out. written by Mia Sandy 7HS

Primary International Travellers DayBienvenue, biueos dios, wilcommen, ni how! Welcome to saltash.net Primary Languages Day. saltash.net proved to be a door to the world in April, as 60 excited Year 4 and 5 students joined the Languages Department and Year 8 Language Leaders on a global journey.

Keen young linguists from all seven of saltash.net’s partner primaries visited the school, and were greeted with a continental breakfast of warm croissants and pain au chocolat. New friendships were made as students from the different primaries mixed into three groups for the day – aeroplanes, back-packers and cruise liners!

saltash.net Year 8 Language Leaders had designed and planned the day, showing their ingenuity and independence. Primary students enjoyed innovative and fun ways of learning new languages ranging from “word skittles,” global fashion puppet-making, chopsticks master class, origami, and an interactive iPad Dutch “Kahoot” quiz! The mysteries of France were explored with mask-making, and the beauty of Chinese letters practised in China. The students travelled to Italy, China, the Netherlands, France and Japan all in one day!

Melanie Carr, one of saltash.net’s international co-ordinators, praised the Year 8 Language Leaders. “The Language Leaders have put together all the activities that the primary students have enjoyed today. Language Leaders delivered the activities and ran the workshops

themselves. and have been an absolute credit to both themselves and saltash.net. Well done Language Leaders!” she said.

Head of Languages, Ben Rowe, was blown away with the success of the day. “It has been fantastic to welcome such enthusiastic young linguists into school today. By the end of the day all our young visitors had experienced many different aspects of new languages and cultures – no-one left without learning some new words in new languages,” he added.

After lunch parents and carers of the Year 4 and 5 students were invited into school to see exactly what their children had been up to on their intrepid journey. Language Leaders took on their leadership roles as they took the Show-and-Share style assembly. Proud parents and carers were treated to glittery word collages, fabulous origami talking dogs, and demonstrations of counting skills. Our international travellers had had a fantastic day and left keen to explore further!


Year 6s get a taste for saltash.netMoving to secondary school can be a daunting experience for any child. But how much more daunting must it be to step up to a secondary school that you have not been to visit very much before?

Our Out of Catchment Taster Day enables students who have not been involved in the many Saltash primary school events held on site to come along and

get to know their new school a bit better. This year was no exception! The intrepid Year 6s became the CSI Squad for the day (“Coming to saltash.net Investigation Squad”, of course!) and really got to grips with us.

New students went around the school interviewing staff, and not even Deputy Head Teachers escaped un-quizzed. The CSI Squad asked about uniform, school trips and homework as well as about important things like the length of lunch time and favourite baguette fillings!

Thanks go to the Year 7 School Ambassadors who guided their new school-mates around. The Ambassadors were a credit to saltash.net, as they ably demonstrated how well students get to know school site once they have joined us, and, in chatting with the prospective students, showed how proud they are of their school.

A highlight for many was the taste-testing challenge in the canteen. The canteen team set an exciting array of food in front of the CSI-ers to taste their way through. Who knew! School Dinners that don’t involve stodgy custard and chips! Instead there were curries, tomato pasta sauce and tangy baguette fillings. Sweet snacks were just as enticing – flapjacks, muffins and other sweet treats. Even Mr Taylor, Head of Year 7 and Transition couldn’t resist.

The day ended with a reflective thinking exercise – what are we still nervous about and what are we excited about now we know what to expect? Highest on the list was excitement about making new friends - what our whole-school community here at saltash.net is all about. We look forward to welcoming our CSI Squad back to saltash.net when the whole of next year’s Year 7 come for their Taster Days in June and hope they are all looking forward to September and our new start as much as we are.

Mrs Metters, Assistant Head of Year 7

Maths and Art Primary Day

This half term’s primary Maths Workshop saw a combination of Maths and Art. In a break from tradition, the workshops took the whole day, with Landulph and Brunel attending one week, and Burraton, Sir Robert Geffery’s, Bishop Cornish and St Stephens attending the next.

The workshops started with the pupils looking at functions and how the input and output differ. They then plotted the input and output on Cartesian axes (x and y) and we discussed the differences. Pushing the ideas further, we joined the input and output on a circle with 36 and then 72 points to create some stunning Mathematical patterns, commonly known as curve stitching.

Some of the photos show the spectacular results the pupils from our primaries achieved. They were given the freedom to play and design their own creations using the Mathematics and functions discovered earlier in the day.

Students from each school were able to take some of their designs back to their primary, whilst some will be displayed here in the Maths department at saltash.net. Mrs Benzie and Miss Crook, KS3 Maths Coordinators


Students advise at primary information evening

saltash.net was brilliantly represented at our partner primary schools’ Year 4 and 5 information evenings by a number of Year 7 students in March.

Students were there to talk to parents and pupils at the schools about their experiences at saltash.net.

Mrs Bryce thanked the students for “the very important part they played in helping our primary partner school families make an informed choice about secondary education.”

Gillian Cross visitGillian Cross, renowned author of the famous Demon Headmaster series, recently visited saltash.net community school to work with students.

Gillian led workshops with two different groups on 27 May, with students from Years 7, 8 and 9 taking part.

Gillian was invited to the school by library manager Matt Coot, who selected students who had shown a particular interest in reading and creative writing to take part in the event.

Students were asked to help Gillian create a story focusing on a “Demon Headmistress”, who controlled children at school, as the title character of her famous books did.

Gillian later tweeted how impressed she was with the students and their efforts.

She said: “I enjoyed working with the students. There were some great monster Headmistress stories!”

Local bookshop The Bookshelf was invited to sell copies of Gillian’s books in the library at lunch time, and the author was on hand to sign and talk about the books with the eager customers (both students and staff!).

Mr. Coot was delighted at how successful the event was.

He said:

“The event was superb! Gillian used our current situation of Mrs Bryce retiring to inspire the students into creating their own ideas of a Monster Headteacher taking over the school. It was a fantastic event enjoyed by the students and a few members of staff, who grew up loving Gillian’s books.”


MAY BALL 2016


A Level Art ExhibitionYazmin Leverton

Molly Stubbs

Amy Pollard

Jess BrownEmily O’Reilly

Peter Turner Emma Taylor


Students encouraged to vote in EU referendumSixth Formers at saltash.net community school were encouraged to register and use their vote in the EU referendum which took place on 23 June.

Students contributed to a wide-ranging debate between representatives of both the ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ camps, as part of the Year 13 General Studies programme.

David Chalmers, Northern Devon Campaign Co-ordinator for StrongerIN argued that Britain was more globally influential as a member of the EU.

UKIP County Chairman David Lucas spoke in favour of the UK leaving the EU, emphasising the importance of the UK taking controls of its own laws, and the cost of EU membership.

Questions from the audience covered a wide range of issues including defence, trade, human rights, the impact on Cornwall and students, and the EU’s long term plans.

After the speakers had concluded their arguments Head of Sixth Form Adam Killeya encouraged all students to register and use their vote, regardless of their decision.

Mr Killeya said: “We had a high quality and very civilised debate with both speakers doing a strong job of making their case. saltash.net strongly believes that part of our job is to prepare students for their future as citizens and this referendum, whatever the result, will have a massive impact on that.”

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Sporting Achievement of the month winners

April’s winner is George Thompson from 9BAGeorge has been at Exeter Chiefs since he was 12 years old. Last month he was moved up to the silver/gold training group due to his hard work and performance. He now hopes to make theAcademy squad. We wish you all the best George. Well done!

May’s winner is Morgan Boyd from 10AFMorgan has been diving at Plymouth Life Centre for some years now. He competes regularly and last month finished 4th in the country in his age category in the 1m springboard competition. He shows amazing dedication to his sport, training before and after school. Well done Morgan!

June’s winner is David Wilks from 13MADavid has recently become a British Champion taking Gold in the World Karate Union’s British Championships. David has been training in Karate for the last 10 years with the Bujinkai Karate Squad. David is currently a 2nd Dan Black Belt, having gained 12 belts during his time in the sport. Well done David!

July’s winner is Lois Lusher from 7HSLois was crowned County Champion at Javelin in last month’s County games, particularly impressive with this being a new discipline for her. Lois has been excelling in sport this year, in particular netball. Lois has just progressed through her recent trials. Well done Lois!


Theme Day 2

At Bristol

During the Spring Term Theme Day, Year Seven went on a trip to At Bristol. The students explored the museum and all the interactive educational games. We were given wristbands to scan different games, which we could use afterwards when we access the website to see the fun things we did. The games included: illusions, filming, water works and a photo booth. These interactive games taught us how things worked and gave us lots of puzzles to exercise our brains.

Languages

The Modern Foreign Languages department decided to give the students an insight into different cultures and languages. They studied Turkish, Chinese, Spanish and Maori, which is known as the Hakka. While observing the students, we found out that they were enjoying learning about the languages. In Miss Tremellat’s classroom they were discussing about Spanish culture and where Spain was in Europe.

In Miss Yvinec’s room they were learning how to count in Turkish and doing different activities to win a chocolate bar at the end of it, a yummy treat for a good class! The Hakka was being taught by Mr Rowe, and although some students didn’t seem to know what the Hakka was, they were having a lot of fun! Mrs Kramer was teaching students Chinese. They were interacting with each other and learning the Chinese symbols for different words, including how to draw them.

Health and Wellbeing

The Year 13s were in the catering room with Miss Noble and Miss Wadsworth being taught how to make tasty grill pizzas and a delicious salad. Additionally, the Year 13s had meditation and yoga sessions and were taught how to relax. Another group of the year group learned more about sex education with Livewire owner and youth worker Andy Rance.

Art (Sports Day)Students who were unable to attend trips (due to various reasons) were given the task to create artwork for the upcoming Sports Day. They painted every country’s Olympic mascot, which looked like a lot of fun. Some students were painting Olympic rings and some were making them out of willow wood. The students looked like they were having an enjoyable time. The teachers supervising the activity said that they felt pride for helping the students create things for Sports Day.

Hats through HistoryFor most of the day, the Year 8s made their hats based on what they were studying (Ancient Rome, Ancient Egyptian, Vikings, Medieval, and Renaissance). To make their hats, each group needed some background information on the different topics. At the end of the day, they presented their hats in a parade in the main hall.

Study SkillsYear 11 were focused on learning different methods of study and revision. This is to aid their up-coming exams. For a break during the day, the year 11s were treated to a bouncy castle so they could unwind and chill with their friends before going back to their study skills lessons.

Theme day 2 was a great success. The students had positive feedback for the day and as we went around we saw all the children enjoy themselves. One of the students exclaimed, “The day was awesome!”

by saltash.net’s roving reporters


Curriculum Enrichment WeekAt time of printing, students are currently mid-way through an exciting and fulfilling Curriculum Enrichment Week, participating in a wide range of activities at a number of different locations.

A more detailed report of the week will be given in future Newsletters, but the details we have heard back from students and staff so far have been really positive.

A group of students are enjoying all Butlins Minehead has to offer, whilst others have chosen an adrenaline-themed week, with a visit to the Adrenaline Quarry and surfing and go-karting trips on the agenda.

Further afield, students are enjoying their trip to Disneyland Paris, having arrived safely on Monday. They’re spending three days exploring the Disneyland Park and studios under the guidance of Mr. Wieprecht.

There are also activities taking place closer to home, at saltash.net itself. Plymouth Argyle coaches have been visiting the school to lead training sessions for students, whilst Mr. Coot has organised a CSI Forensics activity, where students must get to the bottom of a murder mystery.

Some activities have a curriculum focus, with many students taking part in courses at Duchy College. Courses offered include Childcare and Early Years, Engineering and Plant Construction and Animals, Agriculture and Countryside. There are also students participating in a Hair and Beauty course at Cornwall College.

Work experience students are also having a very positive week with some Year 10s & 12s assisting staff in the delivery of Curriculum Enrichment Week opportunities.

Grateful thanks as always are expressed to all the teaching staff involved in the organisation of all Curriculum Enrichment Week activities and opportunities.

Updates from The ZoneAll Y9, Y10 and Y11 Zone students completed Entry Level Functional English, Maths and ICT Controlled Assessments this year. Good progress was made by all students and the great majority achieved or exceeded their end of year target levels.

The Zone’s main focus this year has been ‘What makes us British?’ and has included a continually widening and deepening variety of reflection, consideration and study of local, national and international events, remembrance and religious celebrations and significant festivals. We have enjoyed the inclusive relationship that exists between the Zone and the RE department enabling joint access to venues and visitors, with a greater range planned for next year.

Thanks go to Saltash Rotary Club for the generous funds that covered a very special Y11 leavers’ lunch at Windy Ridge, Trerulefoot. Windy Ridge opened the venue especially for us. There was much fun, laughter and memories. Currently, the focus of the Zone is to support Oscar’s fund raising for Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Big Bandage Day (Friday 8th July). Oscar will not mind me saying that he had major heart surgery at BCH in January ‘16, returning to school after Easter. Oscar is no longer regularly going blue nor is he needing the wheelchair when leaving the Zone or out and about in the community.

Oscar and Ryan Coulson, who also receives support from BCH for his ongoing needs, are asking as many people as possible to take part or offer support to this fundraiser so he can improve the experience of other children when they go for life changing/lifesaving operations there. Oscar has been working so hard to promote Big Bandage Day that BCH have named him a big bandage charity champion, but he still needs to raise the money! (Cash donations can go to the finance office.) Further information can be found here - https://www.bch.org.uk/?q=bigbandage


Year 12 student Kieran Marley has been named the ‘Most Employable 17 year old in Plymouth’ after winning the city’s ‘You’re Hired!’ competition.

Kieran had already been named ‘Best Future Design Engineer’, going on to claim the award for ‘Most Employable’.

Whilst saltash.net students have entered the competition and finished as category winners in the past, 2016 marks the first year that the school has had a winner claim the top prize and be named the most employable in the area.

Kieran worked with a group of students from other schools, making a physical product (vibrating insoles for navigating for Blind & Visually Impaired People) and a non-physical product (a website), and participate in a ‘purchasing challenge’.

Kieran then had to present in front of a large audience in a lecture theatre and take a grilling from a Dragons’ Den style panel.

After accepting his award, Kieran said:

“It was great to work with lots of new people, which helped to improve my problem solving skills, my ability to speak in front of a large audience of strangers, and to think on my feet. I’m really pleased to have won and I am hoping to follow a career in Medicine!”

Huge congratulations to Kieran on this great news.

saltash.net Sixth Fomer wins You’re Hired! competition

saltash.net students awarded at May Fair

saltash.net student Jack Phelan was awarded at the May Fair as the Young Citizen of the Year for Saltash, for his inspirational work highlighting areas of safety concerns in the local community.

Saltash Mayor, Bill Phillips, was on hand to honour Jack at the opening event in Longstone Park.

Jack, who is in Year 9, is currently trying to raise £3,000 to install a public access iPAD SP1 Defibrillator in Saltash, to be located outside the fire station. So far Jack has raised £968, part of which came from a Christmas raffle that Jack and other students arranged at saltash.net.

Jack is a Fire Cadet at Saltash with Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service and uses his Twitter account to raise awareness and campaign for community safety.

The May Fair’s opening event also saw the Mayor’s Best Performance Cup for 2015-16 be awarded to the amazing cast and crew of saltash.net’s ‘Annie’. Mollie WIllis (Year 8) and Molly Banks (Year 10) received the cup on behalf of the school.

saltash.net was also present at the May Fair, with a stall outside Bradleys on Fore Street.


Gables Farm visits saltash.netFollowing saltash.net’s fundraising efforts in February for Gables Farm Dogs and Cats home, on 27th April the school was visited by Gables Farm staff member, Carrie, and rescue dog Cheese, to receive the cheque worth £651.36.

Students Isabelle Knight-Foster and Faith Rogers were present to hand over the cheque, having organised and helped with the fundraising effort.

On Friday 12th February, the school held a non-uniform day and a cake sale and also asked for donations towards a collection of items to support the care that Gables gives to its ‘rescued’ animals. Items donated included pet food, treats, bedding and washing powder to help make the lives of the abandoned or unwanted pets more comfortable and enjoyable.

Carrie expressed the gratitude of Gables and told students how much good their fundraising efforts would do.

Cheese was very relaxed throughout the visit, and was happy to pose for photos with a number of students and staff.

Anti-bullying singer-songwriter visits saltash.net

saltash.net received a visit on 27 April from former Britain’s Got Talent contestant and singer-songwriter, Lottee Brown, who sang for students from Years 8 to 11. Lottee and her mum travel the country, visiting schools and talking about the impact bullying can have on young people.

Lottee, who is just 15 and raises money for charity, sang her own song, ‘Stronger’, and reduced members of the watching assembly to tears. Lottee and her mum hailed the work done by anti-bullying charity Bullying UK, and Lottee later tweeted that saltash.net was the best school she has visited on the tour!

Charity Amount Paid Shelter Box £729.54 Macmillan Cancer Care £337.05 Movember £312.66 Breast Cancer Care £810.05 Children In Need £31.58 RNLI £41.07 Water Aid £30.27 Cancer Research £684.71 Text Santa £247.05 Donation to Saltash town defibrillator £123.83 The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust £250.00 The Kambeng Trust £250.00 William In Uganda £199.40 Tanya Courage Trust £111.41 NSPCC Numbers Day £77.39 Gables Cats and Dogs Home £651.36 Sport Relief 421.47 Ocean City Powerchair Football 151.95 Haematology Ward at Derriford Hospital "Birch Day Case" 207.76 Help For Heroes 262.23 Parkinson’s 158.81 World Haemophilia Day 312.28

Charities updateWe continue to instil our core values of Respect, Compassion, Honesty, Fairness, Responsibility and Perseverance within our school community. Students nominate charities close to their hearts to raise monies by way of a variety of fundraising methods, including non-uniform days and bake sales. This year alone we have raised in excess of £6,000, shared between 22 different charities. Thank you for your continued support, it really does make a difference!


Year 11s’ ‘official’ last dayYear 11s’ ‘official’ last day is a rite of passage anticipated with a range of emotions by students and staff alike at saltash.net community school. The 12th May marked the end of Year 11s’ time at the school (apart from exams and an extensive revision programme!) and students were sent off in a way they would remember for years to come.

The last day for Year 11s at saltash.net isn’t like an ordinary leavers’ day. All members of Year 11 come in fancy dress, and instead of the usual sadness that accompanies a last day, there is a party atmosphere.

With outfits ranging from zombies and superheroes to Donald Trump and cheerleaders, students in fancy dress were treated to a buffet lunch in the gym, with students choosing the accompanying music.

Each student received an autograph book to record good luck wishes, and many spent the day getting friends and teachers to sign.

After lunch, a farewell assembly was held, with awards handed out by each of the year’s tutors and a number of musical performances.

Shannon Paris, Aeryn Sedgwick, and the duos of Hollie Kiely and Catherine Williams and Lucy Kevern and Tiegan Aire, performed in front of their peers, bringing many to tears. All of the performers were surrounded by friends after they had finished, and there were a number of standing ovations.

Following the performances, Mrs Bryce commended the class of 2016, praising all they had accomplished at the school and wishing them the best for the summer and their futures beyond it.

Although a day of farewells, the year group will be coming together again for their prom which will be held at Boringdon Park Golf Club on the 1st July, and many will also be returning to study for A Levels in the 6th Form with Induction Days taking place at the end of June.


Year 11 PromStudents from the Class of 2016 at saltash.net community school certainly dressed ‘a million dollars’ for the occasion of their end of Year 11 Prom which was held at Boringdon Golf and Country Club on Friday 1st July. The Prom was one of the biggest the school has hosted, with 215 out of the 230 strong year group attending the memorable and enjoyable event.

A huge variety of transport was selected by the students to make their grand entrance and enjoy their red carpet moment, from open top buses, vintage cars, motorbikes and rickshaws to state of the art Rolls Royces and Ferraris. Nothing, however, could top the jaw dropping moment that a helicopter flew over and landed on the 27th Green!

The helicopter arrival had been organised by Tony Manning of Castle Air, Liskeard, as a very special treat for student, Charlotte Barriball, and two of her friends. Charlotte was diagnosed with cancer just after her fifteenth birthday and she is now in the maintenance stage of her two year treatment.

Despite undergoing major treatment for the lymphoblastic lymphoma cancer she has battled with, Charlotte still managed to undertake most of her GCSE examinations this summer, so if anyone deserved to arrive in style for their Prom, it was her!

After the excitement of the arrivals, the students sat down to a delicious two course meal in the beautifully decorated venue before it was time for some official Prom photos and a chance to dance the night away.

Mrs Bryce, said, ‘This was a truly wonderful Prom and it was lovely to receive such positive feedback from the staff at Boringdon about our students’ impeccable behaviour - the young people were a credit to the school and their families. Special thanks go to Mrs Sloggett, Mrs Snowdon and Mrs Welsh, three of our amazing support staff, without whom the Prom would not happen.’

Head of Year, Mr Dave Stokes, added: ‘I am very proud of all our students in Year 11. They have worked hard and deserved a special evening. We wish them all good luck with future plans.’


New Head Student Team 2016/17Congratulations to:

Head studentsBronwen HallRosie Thompson

Deputy head studentsRachel PriceGabby Adams

We would like to thank Paul Gerry, Georgina Curtis, Hannah Paul and Ellen Hambly for their time and support this year as current head students and look forward to working with the new team next year.

World Challenge update A big thanks to Waitrose Saltash for their help with the fundraising that will allow our students to participate in this amazing expedition. The World Challenge team were delighted to accept a cheque of £381 from Waitrose, donated through the Community Matters scheme. Most of the team are pictured here accepting the cheque.

The team raised £110 by selling cakes during the England v Wales game in the main hall in June. They also held a quiz at The Ploughboy pub at the end of June, which raised over £1000! The quiz was accompanied by an auction, a raffle, a buffet and live music, and a good time was had by all in attendance.

Rachel Price, Gabby Adams, Rosie Thompson, Bronwen Hall

After spending Friday 1st July in the lecture theatre with a lizard, two large snails, three cockroaches and a bird-eating spider, Miss Sayer was rather relieved to be heading to a Buddhist Centre with year 10 after school! The bugs had been the theme of the latest year 5 Induction Day and proved a more than suitable contrast.

As part of their GCSE Religious Studies programme, our students learn about the beliefs and teachings of both Buddhism and Christianity. Having recently forged links with the Ashoka Centre in Plymouth, the RE department offered our current year 10 classes the opportunity to visit a Buddhist place for worship as well as the chance to meet with a practising member of the faith.

Mrs Gomer, Teacher in Charge of the Trematon Zone (ARB) joined us, along with Year 10 student Megan Slocombe. This year, lessons in the Trematon Zone have had British Values/’What Makes us British?’ focus and therefore this trip acted as a perfect accompaniment.

Arriving in good time, we were warmly met by the centre’s host Ian Kavanagh. We were asked to remove our shoes before heading into the meditation room where upon we sat and listened to Ian explain the importance for Buddhists of stopping in their daily routine to sit still and empty out all thoughts. Several students commented that after a week of mock GCSE exams, this was a welcome message!

Ian explained the items on the shrine and was happy to answer some of the thoughtful questions posed by our students, including whether or not all Buddhists must be vegetarian (in short, no. The Buddha advised that we avoid harming living beings, but that in certain countries/regions, meat is a necessity to survive).

After our talk, we visited the World Peace Café (adjacent to the shrine room and open to the public) and purchased postcards, books and tasty treats at the gift shop.

Special thanks go to Mrs Gomer for driving the school mini bus and to our students for their brilliant behaviour and for representing saltash.net community school so well.

Year 10 RE Visit to the Ashoka Buddhist Centre


The Great Science Bake Off was held on Friday 24th June to raise money for Cancer Research. Many amazing science themed cakes were entered into the competition which were judged at break time, including periodic table inspired cup-cakes and an awesome science experiment cake.

It was a very difficult decision to decide on a winner! In the end, third place went to Libby Oakes in 7RB with her brilliant Solar System cake. Second place was taken by Lucy Rice, also in 7RB, with her DNA bake.

First place went to Amy Kowalski in 7SM for her NASA rocket cake. Well done to everyone who entered and also to my tutor group for helping to sell the cakes at lunchtime. In total, £65.52 was raised for Cancer Research.

Over the year, 7SM have also been doing other fundraising activities for Cancer Research including sponsored silences, kayaking and running.

Miss Smedley, Teacher of Science

saltash.net’s sciencetastic Bake Off

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Happy Birthday, Your Majesty!

With the Union Jack flying proudly outside the school, students and staff at saltash.net did their bit to help celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday.

Appropriately patriotic cakes and biscuits were on sale at breaktime in the canteen and the Trematon Zone students organised their own special birthday party for the afternoon of Thursday April 21st.

In addition, students are being encouraged to participate in the Radio Times’ competition to design a birthday card for our monarch as the winning design will be appearing on the front page of a future edition of the magazine.

Students can download further details from the saltash.net App store. http://saltash.net/appstore/


Homework club logoRecently, saltash.net held a competition to design the official Homework

Club logo. Three designs were particularly good, and elements of each were used by Mrs Moss to create the Homework Club logo.

Congratulations to Ben Summerfield, Amber Olver and Declan Ashton who had their designs used and a big thank you to all who entered!

London Calling

Despite saltash.net’s geographical distance from London, opportunities for students and staff to visit the nation’s capital are frequent. Recent enrichment activities have included all of Year 10 undertaking a Theme Day journey in March either to the Tate Modern and Tate Britain or to the Natural History and Science museums in Kensington.

During the month of April Head of PE, Mr Rob Hawkins, and teacher of PE, Mr Dan Budd also travelled to London with a group of forty five gifted and talented students from across years 10 to 12. The purpose of their visit was to see first-hand the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Blessed with good weather, the students spent the day exploring the Velodrome, Copper Box arena, stadium and Aquatic centre. Led by London’s Blue Badge Guides, the highlight of the tour was a trip to the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the largest sculpture in the UK with a height of 115 metres.

Speaking after the visit, Mr Budd, said: “As well as an enrichment opportunity for some of our most able students, this trip will benefit the studies of our GCSE and AS Level students. I’m sure for everyone involved it will have been a day to remember – the views from the top of the Orbit really were spectacular!”

Mr Budd returned to London at the end of April to run in the Marathon, the ninth time he has competed in such an event. Mr Budd was raising money for the Brain Tumour charity through his involvement in the event.

We liked this font and thought it would be great for our logo as it is bold and clear, well done Ben!

We liked the way the words saltash.net Homework Club formed a border, keeping everything together inside — well done Amber!

We especially liked the drawing of the table and chairs in the homework club as this represents what the homework club is about—students sitting together, having fun but learning at the same time—perfect! Well done Declan!

Using our favourite bits of the logos above, Mrs Moss came up with this logo

The middle represents the table and chairs in the homework club and the different colours show that everyone is welcome and treated as an individual.

We hope you like it...


Somehow, I managed to make a two month temping job last for five years. I got my foot in the door down in DT and ended up in IT Support. There was even a little bit of Music and Drama support along the way too. The last five years have been an incredible journey and have prepared me well for university next year.

Thank you to everyone for all the help and inspiration you have given me throughout my time here.I hope my next five years are just as successful! See you around x

Miss Alders

Mr MagnussonThank you all so much for all the fond memories! A massive thank you must go out to all the teachers, students and support staff here at Saltash.net Community School. I have had an incredible six years at this school. I can honestly say that I never thought I would leave Saltash.net.

However the opportunity to work in Gran Canaria and to be closer to my family has sadly drawn me away from this wonderful school. I will never forget this place and the fabulous people in it. I wish you all the very best for the future! Thank you once again for giving me the opportunity to be a part of Saltash.net and the amazing science department. I will miss you ALL very much and I will hopefully see you all again in the future x x

Mr. Reith, Head of ICTMiss Smedley, Science teacherMiss Morgan, Teaching AssistantMrs Moorhouse, Supply TeacherMiss Marment, Teaching Assistant

Staff Leavers

When I came to saltash.net for my interview in 2002, the first thing that struck me, as I drove into the lane from Wearde Road, was that amazing view across the river to Plymouth. Why wouldn’t anyone want to teach here, I thought.I haven’t been disappointed. I have had the pleasure of working with some amazing young people who I have, hopefully, helped with their careers pathways & their resilience to deal with all that life throws at them.

It’s sad that my final half term has been touched by illness but I have had 14 great years here and 32 years in teaching. I can’t complain. Retirement beckons, as does Australia, New Zealand & Hawaii. I can’t wait.

Mrs Wadsworth

saltash.net isn’t the kind of school one leaves easily, let alone twice. I have had the most immense journey here and take with me brilliant memories that will probably make me weep a little when I start at my new school and discover that nobody talks about pasties in assembles, or Hi-5s in the corridor. I’d like to thank all the staff and students who have been the smiling faces in my days over the past six years for the fun, support,

wit, banter and time we have shared. Good luck to my beautiful tutor group as you enter your final year: you’ve made me so proud. I’m leaving to start a new chapter, but in the words of A.A.Milne: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

Take care of each other x Miss Dunkey.

Miss Dunkey It has been an amazing experience working a Saltash.net Community School. My time at the school has been nothing short of magic. I wish all my students the best, and good luck for the future. I know they will be fantastic in their endeavours. I’d also like to thank all the staff members at Saltash, for their

support and kind words, they have truly shaped my experience at the school. As they say “To one’s past let us not forget, to one’s future have no regrets!” x

Mr Johnson

We also wish goodbye to:

Thank you all so much for welcoming me into your school. I’ve had an amazing year here moving from a secondary school on the North Coast, where I taught for six years, to saltash.net on the South Coast. The sun shines just as much, the views are just as stunning and the pupils are just as incredible. Cornwall is a really special place and you are lucky to live here, or travel here from Devon every day.

My overriding memories of saltash.net will be the enthusiasm you all threw into Sports Day, the creativity you demonstrated on World Book Day and my super, amazing S.T.O.R.Y group. You have filled me with countless memories and given me countless moments to smile.Thank you for having me.

Mr Stirrup


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Wednesday 20th July 2016 Last day of Summer Term(Early closure at 12.30pm)

Wednesday 7th September 2016 Year 7 and 6th Form only return to school

Thursday 8th September 2016 All students return to school

Monday 12th September 2016 Year 12 Parents’ Information Evening

Wednesday 5th and Thurs 6th October 2016 Year 5/6 Open Evening (Early closure at 1.20pm on Wed 5th Oct)

Tuesday 11th October 2016 Theme Day 1

Thursday 13th October 2016 Year 7 Bring Your Grown Up To School

Thursday 20th October 2016 Year 7 and 12 Parents’ Surgery

Monday 24th - Friday 28th October 2016 Autumn Half Term Holiday

Monday 31st October 2016 Autumn Term, second half commences

Thursday 3rd November 2016 Year 10 Parents’ Information Evening

Wednesday 9th November 2016 6th Form Open Evening

Wednesday 16th November 2016 Progress Tracker Parents’ Information Evening

Thursday 17th November 2016 Year 11 Presentation Evening

Wednesday 23rd November 2016 Year 12 and 13 Parents’ Surgery

Tues 29th Nov - Fri 2nd Dec2016 Whole school production - Billy Elliot

Wednesday 7th December 2016 Year 11 Parents’ Surgery

Thursday 15th December 2016 6th Form Presentation Evening

Friday 16th December 2016 Year 7 Carol Concert

Friday 16th December 2016 Last day of Autumn Term (Early closure at 1.20pm)

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