2 OPTIONS SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER 2011


TEIGNMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL “A good school with outstanding features” Ofsted 2010


NEW SIXTH FORM COURSES Got your GCSE results? Want to continue studying? Not sure what to do? Contact the school from 5 September (tel: 01626 774091) to find out how Teignmouth Community School can help.


MORE 16 year olds than ever at Teignmouth Community School achieve a clutch of GCSE qualifications and each year growing numbers stay on in the sixth form, together with students from other schools, for a mixture of A levels and vocational courses. For some, however, learning needs to be more practical and this is the kind of student the new courses are designed for.


From September Teignmouth Community School Sixth Form will be offering professional workplace based studies in hair, childcare and sports leadership for the first time in Teignmouth.


Delivered by industry experts and professionals, the new courses will involve a mix of college and work based learning. The childcare students will be working in the reception part of Teignmouth Community School (formerly known as Inverteign Primary) and the sports coaching students will be working in local primary schools and linked with a football or rugby club in Exeter or Torquay. The hairdressers will study in college in ‘The Salon’ and will be supported by Jude Hawman, owner and manager of Teignmouth hair salon Envy.


“Meeting the needs of the people of this town has always been at the heart of everything Teignmouth Community School does,” says Glenn Cosby, Director of Sixth Form.


“We have a proven track record of students excelling at A level and going on to University. We hope that these new courses will help other students find their vocation as well as practical employment opportunities.”


With something on offer for all potential students, contact the Exeter Road site from 5 September by calling 01626 774091 for more information.


The school website also has a wide range of information for parents and can be viewed at: www.teignmouth.devon.sch.uk Ski trips on offer at Magdalen Court School


MAGDALEN COURT SCHOOL is one of the few schools who offer ski trips every year: these are organised to enhance the pupils cultural experience as well as a host of other educational opportunities.


Magdalen Court


School has run trips to France, Austria, Italy and


Bulgaria. The outward bound department also offers an extensive


range of opportunities such as Bushcraft, Riding, Duke of Edinburgh


Award, Camping, Orienteering, Weekly swimming classes,


Yoga classes this autumn term


WITH autumn approaching and the days shortening, it’s easy to loose the sense of wellbeing that comes so much more easily in the summer. One way to stay mentally and physically on top


through the darker months is to take up a new activity. So this September why not try a course of Yoga lessons?


Now very popular in the West, Yoga originated in India and the word Yoga is the Sansrik for yoke or union. The centre of the practice is the idea that we work towards harmony and wholeness within ourselves, not seeing body and mind as separate. Yoga provides a series of postures (asanas) and breathing practices ( pranyamas) which over time


YOGA with Jan in


DAWLISH


Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday am Monday and


Wednesday evening


KINGSTEIGNTON Tuesday evening


HOLCOMBE Thursday evening


Autumn term starts 5th September


For more info or to enrol


01626 895128 www.janwalpole.co.uk/yoga


build strength, suppleness, balance and improve posture and stamina. There are often more subtle benefits to regular Yoga practice too; improved energy levels, better sleep and being better able to deal with stressful situations.


Attending a class regularly with a qualified teacher helps with motivation and is also a way of meeting new people. Jan Walpole (DSY) is offering a range of classes in Dawlish, Holcombe and Kingsteignton this autumn. The sessions are suitable for men and women of most levels of fitness. You can look at the timetable on her website at www.janwalpole.co.uk/yoga . She is also available for one to one lessons or workplace Yoga for groups of co-workers.


canoeing, kayaking, cycling and so on.


Magdalen Court


School is a Family Trust school which caters for boys and girls from babies to 18+ years.


At Magdalen Court


School every student is special. The school’s philosophy is to endeavour to develop the full potential of each child. Traditional methods are incorporated alongside a progressive, modern approach.


The aim is for high academic achievement and an enrichment programme, with an early GCSE strategy in place for bright and gifted children, alongside a powerful support department which caters for dyslexia, dyscalculia and other specific learning difficulties.


Magdalen Court


School has had some outstanding successes with both GCSE and A level examinations.


Science and Maths are highly regarded


specialities at Magdalen Court School: in GCSE Science modules, the following amazing results were achieved:


• 37 A* grades • 62 A grades • 90 B grades • 50 C grades Recently a group of


children from 12 years of age entered for the GCSE in Expressive Arts and some remarkable


theatrical work was produced with the usual 100 per cent pass, A* to C grades.


The choir is especially popular and singing is enjoyed in German French and Latin. There are six theatrical presentations each year varying from informal verse speaking and singing events through to dramatic productions such as this year’s ‘Oliver Twist’.


Magdalen Court


School has a small and highly individual sixth form. The school offers first time A-level courses as well as one-term and one-year retake course for both A-level and GCSE in a very extensive range of subjects, which include Law, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, English, Media Studies etc.


There is also a


flourishing Nursery Department where the children are encouraged to explore and express


themselves in a warm, friendly atmosphere of approval and tiny tots can enter their first dance examination.


Magdalen Court School offers a


great range of opportunities, both academic and extra-curricular www.MagdalenCourtSchool.co.uk


NEXT STEPS Evening for Year 6 Parents


DURING the past year there have been many changes to what were Teignmouth Community College and Inverteign Community Nursery & Primary Schools.


The college became an Academy and then Federated with Inverteign to become Teignmouth Community School, a 3-18 years school, with the two sites now known as Exeter Road and Mill Lane.


The Next Steps Evening at Exeter Road will be on Thursday 22 September at 6pm when all parents of Year 6 children are invited to see the school and what it can offer their children from September 2012.


There will be a welcome from the Principal, Mr Gray, plus the


opportunity to tour the site and see some of the activities your children will take part in as part of their learning, together with meeting the staff and some of the current students, and of course seeing the facilities the school has to offer.


If it is not possible for parents to attend on 22 September, then please contact the school on 01626 774091 to arrange a convenient time to visit us.


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