Year 3 visit Coombe Valley
Class 3 explored Stowe Woods and the hamlet of Coombe Valley. In Stowe Woods they investigated invertebrates in their habitats. They found exciting evidence of animal activity in the soft mud, many species of trees and plants and fascinating specimens to classify. The children saw places where the artist and author, Ruth Brown drew inspiration [...]
Junior Easter Fayre Success
We had a glorious day for our Easter Fayre on Monday. The children ran their individual stalls with enthusiasm, raising a wonderful £400 in total. The highlight for many was the Easter hat parade and we certainly had a huge variety of colours and designs. We thank all involved, particularly the FOSC for their support and making this year’s event such an [...]
Summer School 2012
Four Week Summer Programme Sunday 10th June – Saturday 7th July 2012 £650 per week Download the full programme and application details. Shebbear College is always seeking to extend its borders and we are now offering 20 foreign Boarders this wonderful opportunity to spend up to four weeks in our school community, thus providing the [...]
Write to the Top
Emma Buchan, who is currently in year 5 of our junior school, recently entered Radio two’s five hundred word story writing competition with an original short story entitled “Terror from Above!” There were over 78,000 entries nationally, and Emma’s story is one of 2,000 that have been selected to go through to the next round [...]
Chess success
Theo Slade, who is currently in year 6 of our junior school, recently took part in the South of England U12 Championships in Hampshire. The competition comprised of 20 players, virtually all England internationals. Last year in the same tournament, Theo lost all five games to finish last (his worst ever result), but this year [...]
The Junior School out and about
The junior school children have been very busy over the past few weeks enjoying a variety of school trips to enrich their learning. Years 3 and 4 had a wonderful afternoon at RHS Rosemoor, learning about photosynthesis and food chains. Whilst year 5 enjoyed an historical day out at St. [...]
U11 girls win ISFA South West Trophy
Shebbear College Junior School U11 girls football team won the prestigious ISFA South West Trophy at Kings College Taunton on Sunday 11th March. On a glorious spring day the girls finished the tournament exhausted but victorious. They did not lose any of their matches, drawing one and winning eight including two notable victories over Millfield. The [...]
Junior School Choir wins NDF
The Junior school choir won first place for the 8th year running during the North Devon Arts Festival yesterday. They sang beautifully, with tremendous clarity and rhythm. Well done to all of our the choir members. Well done also, to our junior violin ensemble who won their category and Timothy Parker who won first prize in [...]
Junior School Cross Country news
Shebbear College Junior School took part in the Cross Country event organised by St. Petrocs School, Bude, on Friday 3rd February. All the age groups ran hard and strong and showed grit and determination in a field that consisted of over one hundred and fifty competitors. Eliza Banbury sprinted to the finish line taking first place [...]
Shebbear U11s vs Kingsley School
On the 31st January we hosted Kingsley School in an under 11 fixture. We fielded a much changed team to our previous matches. It was an extremely cold and wintery day. We started very brightly and were soon two goals up in the first few minutes. The ground was extremely wet with a covering of [...]