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Sports Day 2010
A brilliant Sports Day..
Ten Tors Event 2010
Congratulations to all the teams who competed in Ten Tors. Cold, rainy and very windy conditions added to the challenge. A huge thank you to the staff who spent their weekends training the pupils..Mr Horn, Mr Ashfield and Mrs Bearpark
35 Team
A strong display over the two days resulted in a completion time of 10:47 Sunday morning; where the team ran in from a mile out to the finish line.
45 Team
Another strong display resulted in the 45 team being the first Shebbear team to finish with a completion time of 10:05 Sunday morning. Strong teamwork supported the individual when needed, with special mention to Nick Seccombe who carried both of the team’s tents on the second day.
55 Team
As with the 35 and 45 teams the 55 Shebbear team produced a strong display to finish with a completion time of 14:01 Sunday afternoon. Special mention needs to be made to their final push from Tor 8 to the finish line.
Junior School Production..Joseph
The whole junior school staged a fantastic production of the musical Joseph
Sam's second in the UK!
Second in the United Kingdom!
Sam Cappleman-Lynes was invited to enter the prestigious Mathematical Olympiad (Intermediate) Competition this year, having achieved a very high score in the first round of the UK Maths Challenge. He sat the Maclaurin Paper and was awarded an amazing 58/60 marks, placing him second in the whole country! Sam recently captained the winning Shebbear College Team in the county finals of the Devon Team Maths Challenge.
Sam is preparing to sit his Further Maths A2 papers this June,having gained his A Level in maths last year. When he joins the Sixth Form at Shebbear College in September he is going to have a break from studying maths -he is going to take up five non maths subjects at AS Level....but he will continue to train for UKMT competitions in his own time.
Army Cadet Corp Presentation
Army Cadets at Shebbear College braved suddenly cold weather to participate in a parade that marked the enrolment of new cadets who have passed their basic training and the award of ‘one star’ badges to cadets who have passed the next stage in their training. Pictured, during the inspection, is Cadet Chappell in conversation with the College’s Headmaster Bob Barnes, an Army Cadet Padre and the Detachment Commander Rev’d David Hull. Also pictured are Cadets Burnett and White. The parade was a milestone in the life of the Shebbear College Detachment which is going from strength to strength and is looking forward to enrolling a new cohort in September. The Army Cadet Force, which celebrates its 150 th anniversary this year, is one of the largest youth organisations in the UK, enabling cadets to develop both personally and physically by providing a large range of fun, exciting, challenging and adventurous opportunities.
General Election
Shebbear College isin General Election mood. A week before the country goes to the polls the school will be holding its own Election. There are eight candidates from across the political spectrum. On Monday a Question Time was held with the whole school present. Some tough questions were putto the candidates by pupils oninternational, national and local issues. The school Election organiser, Dr Richard Hoskins,took the part of David Dimbleby. Afterwards he said: 'I thought the candidates handled the questions really well. They had clearly spent time in the holidays learning what their parties stood for and they gave some great responses.' He added ' I think a School Election is a great opportunity for children to engagewith what is going onin the country, and the issues we all face.It's a way of gettingthe next generation involved in the process.' As for who won the Question Time, Richard said "'I couldn't possibly comment'.
Maths Devon County Champions
Having won the North Devon round of the Further Maths Intermediate Challenge for the second year running, Shebbear College went on to win the county final at the Met Office in Exeter on March 25th 2010
.Fifteen schools took part from across the county, each having qualified to enter the final by either winning or being the runner up in their regional heat.The Shebbear College team consisted of Sam Cappleman-Lynes (Captain), William Collins, Richard Dymond and Tom Cheung, pictured below with team trainer and taxi driver Mrs Bearpark (Head of Mathematics)
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Six pupils from Shebbear college cycled from Reading to Bath along the Kennet Avon canal to prepare themselves for their final Silver Duke of Edinburgh expedition in the summer. Sam Coward, Chris White, Luke Stock, Fred Selwyn, David Forshaw and Gabriel Setiawan survived punctures and a gruelling treck without falling in the canal!
New Netbooks in the Junior School
Numbers have been growing steadily at Shebbear College Junior School resulting in the computer suite being converted into a classroom.
The decision was made to buy 30 wi-fi enabled, state of the art Netbooks that can be used in any location in the Junior school..Complimented with headphones and coloured ‘mice’ the netbooks have proved to be a very popular in the classroom both with pupils and teachers!
Infants Violin Lessons
The music department at Shebbear College has recently introduced violin lessons for the Infant and Junior classes and they have proved to be a great success. 18 pupils started learning on baby quarter size violins and teacher Mrs Frith is delighted at their enthusiasm. So much so that many of her pupils asked for their own violins for Christmas and have returned this term with their presents ready to perform !
Joseph Fiennes visits Shebbear College
Hollywood film star Joseph Fiennes, who is well known for his roles in the award-winning Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, visited Shebbear College.
He accepted an invitation to the college by the school's head of religious studies, Dr Richard Warner-Hoskins, who has written a book called Sacrifice which will be made into a film starring Joseph Fiennes. The visit was met with huge excitement by staff and students of the college.
The actor worked with the students on a drama workshop — enacting a scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Independent Schools Inspectorate Report 2007
. To view the findings please click on the attached link
http://www.isinspect.org.uk/reports/2007/0980_07.htm
Exam Results
A Level Results 2000 – 2009
Figures show number of passes in each grade boundary
Grade A
Grade B
Grade C
Grade D
Grade E
Grade N
Grade U
Pts /Can
Pts/Sub
Sub/Can
Pass Rate
2000
7
6
9
20
0
0
2
16.06
5.01
3.17
96.29
2001
4
9
13
9
5
8
0
15.07
4.91
2.71
83.33
2002
17
16
8
13
2
0
7
214.16
81.58
2.65
88.88
2003
13
20
11
15
9
0
8
214
72
3
89.47
2004
7
20
15
8
3
0
5
240
77
3
91.4
2005
14
11
21
14
7
0
0
213
78
2.4
100
2006
12
15
10
18
3
0
2
235
82.3
2.9
96.66
2007
21
14
13
11
5
0
2
306.3
88.18
3.4
97.0
2008
26
32
19
12
5
0
4
282.9
90
3.2
96.0
2009
15
22
20
6
4
0
0
291.4
91.3
3.1
100
GCSE Results 2000 – 2009
Figures show accumulative percentage pass rate at each grade boundary
A*%A*
A*%A*-A
B%A*-B
C%A*-C
D%A*-D
E%A*-E
F%A*-F
G%A*-G
%5A*-C
2000
13
27.7
58.1
82.2
94.1
99.2
99.6
99.6
75.86
2001
8.52
32.17
56.2
80.23
91.47
97.67
98.83
100
63.8
2002
8.3
35.9
67.4
84.9
94
96.7
100
100
67.7
2003
3.61
18.8
40.5
67.62
86.6
94.55
96.35
97.43
50
2004
4.9
25.3
59.7
82.5
95.5
98.6
99.6
100
72.8
2005
14.8
36.5
64.3
86.9
98.3
100.0
100.0
100.0
81.8
2006
15.5
38.8
63
89.7
98.8
100
100
100
85.0
2007
10.5
31.9
63.8
92.0
95.3
98
100
100
87.0
2008
7.0
30.5
62.2
88.2
96.5
99.2
100
100
78.0
2009
11.8
38.3
59.6
82.4
93.9
98.3
98.3
100
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