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On Friday 27th September the S.W.A.T schools gathered to determine the winners of the MFL video competition for the 2019 academic year. The challenge was to create a video in the target language, a video which would stand out by the quality of its content and techniques used. All videos were of very good quality and the jury attributed an award to all videos submitted. There was however only one overall award for the language submitted, we are pleased to announce that the videos submitted by Poppy Brinicombe and Emma Hutchins, then in year 8 won the overall award for French!

French, German and Spanish departments all submitted their videos and all received praise and accreditation for their work:

The German video with a focus on two way prepositions was attributed the inexplicable German grammar award!  Wonderbar might we say to Charley, Heide, Rory, Elle and Mrs Godwin!

The Spanish video with a focus on singing your way through languages received the MFL has talent award. Sam excelled in singing and dancing on a Spanish song ¡Fantástico!

The French video scooped 2 prizes: Poppy and Emma won the MFL  Teachers in the making  award and the coveted overall award for French! Their video truly inspired due to its quality, the language used. Both pupils did the school proud as their French video stood out amongst competitors in years eight, nine, ten and eleven who displayed great talent too. Bravo Poppy and Emma!

The S.W.A.T. alliance is comprised of Bishop Wordsworths School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Churston Ferrers Grammar School, Colyton Grammar School, Devonport High School for Boys, Devonport High School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar School, Plymouth High School for Girls, Poole Grammar School, South Wilts Grammar School, Torquay Boys Grammar School, Torquay Girls Grammar School. The S.W.A.T. Challenge event took place at Colyton Grammar School.

Emily Mayne is currently in Year 13, and is studying for her A Levels. 

Her debut single ‘Nicotine’, produced by a Grammy nominated London based producers was recently released and is available for download now. Emily’s passionate for music, and hopes to continue this in future years. 

Listen to ‘Nicotine’ below:

YEAR 12 TEACHING AT SHIPHAY ACADEMY

Tuesday 24th September 2019

It has been an incredibly successful day for the nine year 12 students  from Churston who have taught French and Spanish to years five and six primary school children.

It is through their genuine enthusiasm for language learning that the students made a wonderful impression on the children and staff alike!

Very well done to Chloe Howgate, Adrienne Knight, Rosa Thames, Francesco Zocchi, Rosie Wallis, Chloe Bayliss, Katie Harman, Edgardo Del Togno,Marina Russo.

Please watch them in action: recordings of  songs, games, competitions are available, photos, you will then get a flavour of their flair for language, zeal and incredible stamina!

Mrs Gorman, assistant head teacher, was very impressed by the work of our sixth formers and emailed the comments below:

“Spanish session – The session was engaging and the children enjoyed learning a few Spanish phrases and the numbers to 11. They coped well when YouTube didn’t work and adapted the lesson quickly. To make the lesson even better, just make sure to speak clearly and loudly to make it easier for the children to repeat the Spanish phrases correctly.

French session 1  – A very exciting and practical session all about animals. By using practical activities, it ensured the children were engaged throughout and also supported with retaining the names of the animals in french. They adapted really well when YouTube didn’t work and sang the song in french confidently. 

French Session 2  – Fasted paced and engaging. All the children felt confident and support to have a go. Good range of activities and teaching styles (varying of volume and intonation in practising phrases, moving in different areas of the classroom, splat). Well-presented and organised. Great use of visual and physical props, in particular, the clothes.  

All the photos are on Twitter @ShiphayAcademy”

It was rewarding to see our students from Churston team up with their international peers. It was a fantastic day whereby Churston students were proudly representing the school, doing it proud! They were supporting the community and helping develop a strong linguistic and cultural capital for younger learners.

Madame Bright 🙂

Once again the school supported this wonderful charity with a cake sale, taking place on Friday 27 September. Last year we raised almost £370 and this year we set a target of raising £400.  

Update

The final total amount raised was an incredible £622.32. A huge congratulations, to all staff and students for their excellent support of such a worthy cause.

Merci beaucoup for making this first workshop of the new academic year so much fun!

Layla, Elliott, Macie, Holly, Finlay, Fred, James, Ben, Rayaan, Lacey, Oliver, Samuel, were the proud representatives of Shiphay academy and enjoyed learning all about forest and sea animals in French!

Churston Ferrers Grammar School aims at forging strong links in the community. Enthusing children about language learning is our mission in the languages department; supporting French and Spanish with our local community is one of the ways that we can help our young people become great citizens of the world!

We have lovely pictures to share of the day, we are also on the Shiphay academy facebook page!

Madame Bright 🙂

An important part of this term’s work focused on learning about the organisation Peace One Day. Founded by Jeremy Gilley in 1999, Peace One Day worked with the UN to establish an international day of peace. This day, the 21st of September, was agreed on by all member states of the UN in 2001, though has yet to be truly realised. Since then, representatives of Peace One Day (such as Jude Law) have travelled around the world, negotiating short-term peace agreements between warring factions in countries such as Afghanistan, with the aim of allowing aid workers to reach those in need. Through this negotiation process, Peace One Day claims responsibility for a 70% reduction of violence in Afghanistan on Peace Day 2008. By 2010, 4.5 million children had been vaccinated thanks to charity workers being promised safe passage through conflict zones around the world. Peace One Day celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

It has been an interesting time in Philosophy and Ethics. This half term we are focusing on peace and conflict around the world. We began by considering what the word “peace” means for us. Students were able to discuss the word and its connotations, and from there engage in a meaningful debate as to whether peace was a possibility in the world or simply an abstract concept.

Although initially skeptical as to whether peace was a realistic goal for the worldwide community, students were interested in learning about the smaller-scale projects that produced measurable results. Students discussed the ability of small acts leading to meaningful change and will continue to discuss such issues throughout the term with our lessons on pacifism and civil disobedience. In response to their learning on Peace One Day, many students worked on producing posters to raise awareness of the day around the school. Our winning poster, by Hannah Gagg, has been displayed in tutor rooms, the sixth form centre, and outside the recently refurbished independent study centre in the Cube. For more information about Peace One Day, visit their website

Georgia Smerdon in Year 11 completed a skydive this month raising money in aid of the Royal British Legion. Georgia jumped from 15000ft and has currently raised over £650.00.

Georgia is a member of the RAF Air Cadets and is hoping to become a pilot in the RAF. “Since joining the RAFAC, I have come to understand the importance of our forces and the work of the Royal British Legion. They support all of our forces.  Most people just think about Remembrance and the Poppy Appeal, but the Royal British Legion are so much more.”

Georgia thoroughly enjoyed her skydive, “It was exciting and a really good experience”.

The Easter edition of our Careers Newsletter is now available online! During the Spring Term, our Year 8 and 11 students have been making important decisions about their future academic and career pathways and our Year 12 students have started to explore their post-18 options. Many of our students have participated in a variety of university outreach events and our Year 9 Exeter Scholars attended their launch event in February. We always welcome employers into school to develop our students’ understanding of the world of work; this Term, students have been inspired to consider a variety of careers including business, veterinary science and commercial piloting. Torbay Hospital continues to support our students by providing some fantastic work placements, including Laboratory Tours. In March, we promoted National Apprenticeship Week to help our students consider apprenticeships as a viable alternative to going to university after school or college. The Easter edition of the Careers Newsletter can be accessed here.

For more Careers Information click here

Erasmus Visit

Churston is pleased to welcome its Erasmus+ project partners form Norway, Portugal and Germany. During the six day conference staff and students are working on a joint two year project based around renewable energy. ‘ Could the lights go off across Europe’ a cooperation to shape a renewable vision for Europe by 2050. A busy week full of various activities, including a day visit to The Eden project, a beach clean, Hinkley Point Nuclear power station  and the Met office in Exeter are some of the many activities. The project concludes with a student visit to Norway in June.

Maria Harris   Erasmus+  Coordinator.

Update: Thank you all for your welcome to our visitors into school this week and for all those staff who helped out in numerous ways and participated in activities and visits.
We have all ended the week with a great day out at the Eden project with some good old ‘British rainy weather’!