Newsletter Spring 2016 - Plymouth Studio School

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SPRING 2016
PRINCIPAL
BORINGDON HALL GIVES WELCOME
STUDENTS TASTE OF
HOTEL SECTOR
It has been an exciting and very busy
start to the New Year with some great
performances and teamwork from our
students in representing the school.
We were delighted by the full role that the
students played in our recent Open Day;
their presence and conduct was a credit to
the school.
Some of our sports teams have had their
first fixtures and, individually, our sports
students have competed both nationally
and internationally.
Our Year 12 students have undertaken their
‘Pre-Public’ level 3 examinations and our
BTEC Extended Diploma students in both
Sport and Hospitality have completed their
first two units.
We have launched our unique Sports
Performance Programme which is bringing
an extra dimension to helping students
fulful their personal potential.
One of Plymouth’s leading venues,
Boringdon Hall Hotel, has teamed up
with Plymouth Studio School to give
Hospitality and Tourism students a
taste of working in the industry.
Year 10 student, Amber Beaton, has
joined Head Chef, Chris Dyke, in the
kitchens to find out about delivering
top quality food for the hotel’s guests,
corporate events and weddings
and learn the skills needed to work
in this fast-moving and demanding
environment.
Year 12 student, Aimie Evans, has
started her on-going work placement
with Boringdon’s front of house team,
gaining experience in delivering first
class customer service and finding out
more about the skills needed for hotel
and event management.
Laura Cameron of Boringdon Hall
Hotel, which is due to open its
world-class Gaia Spa in the Spring
comments, “We’re delighted to
be working with Plymouth Studio
School to help inspire students
about opportunities in the hospitality
and leisure industry and help raise
standards within the sector for the
future. “
I’d like to congratulate our current Head
of Sixth Form, Emma Herod, on her
appointment as Deputy Principal and look
forward to working with her along with the
new team of teachers who we are currently
recruiting for the next academic year.
Thanks also to all our employers who are
helping to make new work placement
opportunities possible.
With this continued level of teamwork from
students, teachers, employers and parents,
I am confident that Plymouth Studio
School will continue to go from strength to
strength in providing a unique and exciting
opportunity for students to aim for, and
achieve, their best.
Amber Beaton comments, “My
ambition is to be a chef so this is a
fantastic opportunity for me to find out
what it’s really like. It’s exciting and
fast-paced and I’m enjoying being part
of the team.”
Aimie Evans comments, “It’s been
great to find out how hotel event
management works and I‘d love to
explore a career in this further now.”
Matthew Lennon, Principal
YEAR 12, 1st APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2016 ENTRY Saturday 16 April 2016, 10am - 1pm
Apply now at www.plymouthstudioschool.co.uk
OPEN EVENT, Saturday 23 April, 10 am – 1 pm.
SPRING 2016
YOUTH
PARLIAMENT WIN
SPORTS ROUND-UP ……
Congratulations to
Year 10 Charlotte
Barrett who has been
elected to represent
Plymouth in the UK
Youth Parliament.
Charlotte campaigned
on improving mental
health services, getting fairer funding
for Plymouth and votes for 16 year olds.
Almost 5,000 students voted in
the elections and Charlotte beat
off competition from eight other
candidates to become one of two
elected members for the City.
Any other students interested in getting
involved in the Youth Cabinet which
supports Youth Parliament members
and helps run campaigns and events
should contact jenny.way@plymouth.
gov.uk. It meets from 5 - 7 pm on
Wednesday evenings in the city centre.
BREWIN DOLPHIN
ON BOARD
Year 12, Joe
Tibbetts, will be
taking up his work
placement position
with one of the
UK’s leading wealth
management
companies, Brewin
Dolphin, later this
month.
Joe, who combines his competitive
swimming training with A levels
in Maths, Business Studies and
PE, is interested in a career as
a stockbroker. As part of the
placement he will shadow the PA
to the Managing Director of Brewin
Dolphin in Plymouth, Brian Jones, and
undertake an introductory course
to stockbroking and client wealth
management.
Our thanks to Brewin Dolphin for
their support and good luck to Joe in
getting a taste of life in the world of
finance.
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The Plymouth Studio School girls’
football team has played its first match
against Saltash Community College and given our new school strip its first
official outing!
The mixed Year 10/12 students put on
a great display, with Paige Harrison as
captain and Katie Glanville taking up
position in goal for the first time ever! A
free kick from Jaydee Seaman resulted
in a goal from Paige and Lucy Robinson
scored in the second half. A goal in the
last minute put Saltash in the lead 3-2
to win.
Coach, Kat Endacott said, “I was so
proud of all the girls – they were a great
credit to the school. With a bit of work
on positioning the team will be hard to
beat!”
Sports Lab Challenge: Thanks to
Ben Anniss from the University of St
Mark & St John’s Sports Science Lab,
17 students from our BTEC Extended
Diploma in Sport recently took part in
a sport science fitness testing session
and got an insight into a career as a
Sport Scientist.
Coaching for Street Games: 12 sports
students have added to their coaching
knowledge by completing additional
qualifications as ‘street games
activators’ for football, basketball,
dodge ball and tennis. The course, run
by the University of St Mark & St John,
is useful for those wanting to take up
careers in community sports coaching
and sports development.
Steve Mooney, Director of Specialisms
comments, “Our close links with
the University are giving students
great additional opportunities and
experiences for developing their
careers in sport.”
SPORTS
PERFORMANCE
PROGRAMME
UNDERWAY
Our Sports Performance Programme,
which combines expert coaching with
the latest in screening, monitoring and
psychological testing to help students
fulfil their full sporting potential
and personal goals, is now officially
underway.
The Programme runs alongside our
GCSE/A level, Core PE and BTEC
Sport qualification programmes and
initial testing and screening using our
state-of-the-art equipment is open to
students of all abilities in all sports. The
aim is to give everyone the opportunity
to develop their existing sporting
talents and develop a weekly individual
training programme integrated with
their academic timetable.
In addition to a core programme,
students can also work with our
Olympic/Commonwealth level coaches
in swimming, athletics and shooting.
We aim to add specialist coaching in
Basketball, Squash and Rugby in 2016.
Our swimmers recently started their
fortnightly sessions with Olympic/
Commonwealth swimmers, Antony
James and Steve Beckerleg using our
GoPro underwater cameras to help
improve performance and technique.
Lily Parsons and Joe Tibbetts, who also
train with Leander swimming club, were
able to put some of this into action at
their recent Euro Meet in Luxembourg.
Jon Rhodes, sport psychologist
and Director of Sports Performance
adds, “This is a research-led, holistic
approach which is designed to give
each individual student the very best
opportunities possible to fulfil their
potential.”
STUDENTS
WIN
POINTS
HOSPITALITY IN ACTON
Thanks to Year 10 students, Ellie Hake
and Amber Abrokwah, for the great job
they did at our recent Open Evening.
Both students were undertaking the
practical assignment for their BTEC
level 1/2 in Hospitality. Their role
included helping to plan and set up
the event, welcome guests and serve
refreshments.
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Thanks also to all our other students
who took part in the evening, giving
new students a tour of of the sports
facilities, demonstrating our gym,
neurotracker and shooting equipment
and chatting to parents and potential
students about their experiences at
the school. Thanks to the Student
Executive Board for their presentation.
Congratulations
to everyone who
has won an award
recently, and particularly to Katie
Glanville who is our highest scoring
student of the week this term. Katie’s
achievements include taking part
in the Plymouth and West Devon
Schools AA Cross Championships and
playing in goal for our girls’ football
team.
Tutor awards for those scoring over
50 commendations points have been
awarded to Tina Martin, Will Ashurst,
Amber Abrokwah, Jaydee Seaman,
Olivia Stratton and Charlotte Barrett.
Jon Rhode’s team have made an
excellent effort and are the winners of
the conduct award for this term.
SPRING 2016
EMMA
TAKES
ON NEW
ROLE
Emma Herod, Director of Teaching
and Learning and Head of Sixth
Form, has been officially appointed
as Deputy Principal for the school.
As Head of Sixth form, Emma has
been working closely with our
Year 12s to ensure they become
responsible learners and wellrounded adults, helping them to
develop the skills, experiences and
relationships they need to succeed
through taking part in the Student
Executive, mentoring and extracurricular activities. Emma is also
the Lead Teacher for English within
the school.
In her new post as Deputy Principal,
she will be working closely with the
Principal and Governors to ensure
that the school continues to provide
an exceptional experience for
students and staff.
NEW BUILDING
UPDATE
The opening of our new school building
will now take place on 7th November
when we return from our Autumn half
term break.
The construction programme has
been extended due to unforeseen
problems with site- contamination and
clearance during the initial phases of
the programme. This was unfortunately
beyond the control of our contractors.
We will continue operating from our
own existing building, the sports centre,
campus buildings and lecture theatres
on-site at the University of St Mark &
St John for the first half of the Autumn
term.
FIRST PRINCIPAL’S
AWARD
We hope you will bear with us in
working around this change to the
construction schedule and would like
to assure you that we will be doing
our very best to ensure students can
continue with their studies and activities
with minimum disruption.
If you have any further queries about
the arrangements please don’t hesitate
to contact the school on
[email protected].
FENCING GLORY
FOR KAY
BUBBLE TROUBLE
Congratulations to students from
our BTEC Extended Diploma in
Sport who have completed their first
two units of the curriculum.
Our hard working students were
rewarded with an opportunity
to play bubble football….. they
were joined by other year 12
students and staff. Everyone had
a great time and there was lots of
laughter……could this be a new sport
in the making ???
Congratulations to Year 10, Chloe
Jones, who has become the first
student to win the Principal’s
Award for Achievement, winning a
total of 150 commendation points
due to her hard work, effort and
commitment. She is currently
enjoying her work placement at
Stoke Damerel Primary School.
Well done Chloe.
Congratulations to Yr 12 Kay Bryson
for her amazing performance
in the British Fencing National
Championships, where she gained
5th position overall in the Under
20s age group. Kay won all her
fights in the poules and was seeded
No.1 after the first round. She was
eventually knocked out in the last
eight to a GB Pentathlon team mate.
Well done Kay on being a great
ambassador for the school and for
your exceptional performance and
effort!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
HALF TERM: Friday 12 February – Monday 22 February
END OF SPRING TERM: Thursday, 24 March
START SUMMER TERM: Monday, 11 April
OPEN DAY: Saturday, 16 April
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