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Wrdon the Street EASTER SPECIAL EASTER SPECIAL EASTER SPECIAL A Trust SchoolStoke Damerel Community College NewsletterA High Performing Specialist SchoolMarch 2016HeadlinesSpring is in the air with students and staff looking ahead to longerwarmer days when there will be increased opportunity to make themost of outdoor learning experiences. It was a glorious sunny dayrecently when we held a planned evacuation of the College to ensureour safety procedures are understood by everyone. I was very pleasedto note the impeccable response of all students throughout.I was also delighted with the tremendous attendance by parents at anumber of information evenings this term, it was lovely to meet youall. Support from home is critical to our students’ success whetherchoosing curriculum options in Year 8 or discussing progress inYear 11 and The Sixth Form. Thank you for working with us andproviding ongoing encouragement, help and support.Looking ahead to the summer term there will of course be examinationsfor all students. Younger students will sit PPEs (Pre PublicExaminations) while senior students will sit final examinations but weare also planning a number of reward and celebration events to ensurehard work is recognised. You will be able to keep up to date with newsof all activities by looking at our website www.sdcc.netWith every good wish to you and your family for a Happy EasterYours sincerelyMrs C HannafordPrincipalDiaryDates:Last day of Easter term : Weds 23 MarchYear 9 Parents’ Evening: Tues 26 AprilClocks go forward: Sun 27 MarchYear 7 Parents’ Evening: Thurs 5 MayFirst day of Summer term: Mon 11 AprilYear 11 Celebration Evening: Thurs 26 MayA Mathematics and Computing College
Name of new studioschool revealedThe name of the new studio school - sponsored byStoke Damerel Community College - which will trainthe healthcare and medical professionals of the futurehas been revealed. The school will be called ScottMedical and Health College.A bust of the famous Plymouth explorer Robert FalconScott has been the centrepiece of the entrance to theCollege for many years. “We are extremely excited tobe able to announce the name of our school,” saidMrs Hannaford, principal of Stoke Damerel.“We have consulted widely with students, staff andour studio school partners and considered a varietyof names and Scott College was the clear winner.“Many of them remember the name of Scott Hospitalwith that clear link to medicine and health.“Choosing the name of such a renowned adventureralso resonates with the studio school’s spirit ofdiscovery while marking its links to its sponsor school.”Admitting pupils aged between 13 and 19, the studioschool will be separate and distinct from StokeDamerel, whilst taking advantage of the economies ofscale of being a part of a multi-academy trust.Parents and students keen to register their interestin the new school can go to www.scottcollege.co.ukand sign up for updates on the application processand the school’s progress.Key to the vision for the school - which will offer a rangeof academic, vocational and professional qualificationsin line with the national curriculum - is its partnershipwith a number of local healthcare educators andpractitioners who have been key in formulating thestudio school’s unique and innovative curriculum.Partners include the Plymouth University PeninsulaSchools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD), theUniversity’s Faculty of Health and Human Sciences,the Northern, Eastern, Western Devon ClinicalCommissioning Group, Plymouth NHS HospitalsTrust, Public Health Plymouth, Age UK Plymouthand Waypoints Dementia Care Home.Professor Greg Dix, Director of Nursing, Plymouth NHSHospitals Trust said: “This is a fantastic opportunity forthe young people of Plymouth and we are very excitedabout this next phase of the project and our continuedpartnership working with Scott Medical and HealthCollege.” Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health andHuman Sciences at Plymouth University, Professor TrishLivsey, said: “As leaders in training the wider healthcareworkforce of the future, Plymouth University is delightedto be collaborating with Stoke Damerel CommunityCollege in helping students to develop highly-valuedvocational skills within this sector. “Scott Medical andHealth College is an excellent initiative and will enablestudents to learn more about health care at an earlierstage, helping them to gain a greater understandingof the sector and the skills needed to excel within it.”Studio schools are more like workplaces with a longerschool day and classroom teaching combined withwork placements. At first students will carry out workexperience from half a day to a full day each week.It is anticipated that a proportion of the initial studentintake to the school - which will employ a staff of about40 when full - will come from the College.Watch:BBC School Report film aboutScott Medical and Health College
students studying STEM subjects. “We are working withan impressive group of young people at Stoke Damerel– they are extremely focused and determined.Babcock STEMPartnership Blossoms“They are developing so many transferable skillssuch as problem-solving and communication and theyunderstand that achieving engineering competenciesmakes them extremely employable.” Year 10 studentMaisie said being part of the STEM group “gives you areal headstart”. “I’ve really enjoyed being part of themacaque project, doing something practical which isgoing to have a real impact,” said Maisie.“You also get to see how many jobs STEM subjectsopen up for you whether you are a boy or a girl.”Babcock International marked the first anniversaryof its unique STEM partnership with the College bypresenting Year 11 Science students with memorysticks to support their GCSE revision. The Collegehas been working with STEM ambassadors fromBabcock - the UK’s leading engineering supportservices company - since November 2014 to promotelearning and careers in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics.Babcock’s specialist engineers have given more than100 hours of time over the past year to facilitate avariety of projects such as Key Stage 4’s challenge tofind a sustainable way to heat a pool for crab-eatingmacaques at Dartmoor Zoo.They also supported the Key Stage 5 EngineeringDevelopment Trust (EDT) team who won a regionalengineering prize with their idea for a robot that caninspect confined tanks on warships and submarines.“We are extremely grateful for Babcock’s support,”said Mr Barenskie, the College’s STEM leader.“We are very fortunate to have access to the resources,time and expertise of such a skilled group of peopleand presenting our students with these large capacitymemory sticks is a very generous gesture.”Mr Barenskie says the partnership is already having ademonstrable impact in the College.“We are seeing a massive increase in interest in STEMsubjects,” he said. “An especially pleasing aspect of thispartnership is a 30% increase in the number of girlschoosing to join extra-curricular STEM activities.“We now have 51 students taking part.” TinaBrinkworth, Babcock’s STEM lead, said she and hercolleagues found their outreach work “very rewarding”.“Many people have an old-fashioned view of what anengineer is,” she said. “Initiatives like this demonstratehow diverse the careers and opportunities are forEngineers on the ladderto successFour Sixth form students are taking part in this year’sEngineering Education Scheme. Shane, Charlotte ,Zack and Andre have been working with BabcockInternational to create a device capable ofclimbing up and down a ladder with a load of 20kgwithout assistance.“At the start of the project wevisited HMS Raleigh, where we participated inteambuilding exercises,” said Andre.“To help with our research the engineers at Babcocktook us to HMS Albion to see first-hand the ladderswe would be using. We finalised our design during avisit to the university and manufactured the majority ofthe parts.“We are learning so many new skills like how to recordminutes and code in basic C language to programmethe motor. We have been fortunate to have beenworking with four skilled engineers from Babcock whowe have regular contact with – it is a very satisfyingproject to be part of.”Watch:Go to http://bit.ly/sdccSTEMvideo towatch a film all about the College’sSTEM activities with Babcock orscan this QR code
Students find pallet-ableuse for wasteStudents rise tovolcano challengeA group of Creative Industries students are takingthe Waste Not Want Not maxim literally by usingpallets otherwise destined for scrap to createwoodwork projects.Year 7 Geography students have been studyingvolcanoes and have made their own and even madethem erupt!A partnership with the company which supplies theCollege with paper has meant any unwanted pallets arenow delivered along with the regular paper deliveries.The wood has been put to a variety of uses includingcreating birdboxes, jewellery boxes and 3D artworksand the hardboard from the deliveries has even beenused to create scenery for the College’s recentproduction of The Little Shop of Horrors.“It’s also a vehicle through which we can teachenvironmental values and the importance of lookingafter the planet as well as giving our students thechance to create things in wood on a larger scale”, saidMr Welbourne, who is head of the Creative Industriesfaculty. Murray Liesching, who is sales director atWestcountry Group, explained that pallets wereusually collected by a local company for re-use butsome regularly ended up going to waste.Recently Mr Welbourne invited Mr Liesching - whosecompany has supplied the College with paper for closeto 20 years - in to the College to see how the palletsare being used. “It’s great to see them being used likethis and to see the students so enthused by what they’remaking,” he said.“It’s really satisfying and we are really pleased to behelping fulfil the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle agenda.“As an ISO 14001certified company - which means ourenvironmental practices have been checked, certifiedand are monitored - it’s great to see some of ourby-products being used in such an innovative way.”Mr Welbourne said he was “very grateful” toWestcountry Group. “This is the upcycling agendain action,” he said.Year 7 Megan has written this report about learningabout volcanoes.“Last half term our Year 7 class were studyingvolcanoes. We studied Mount St Helens anddiscovered lots of interesting things about it.Our teacher Mr Campion set us some homeworkbut it was not the usual writing homework, wehad to make a volcano!We built the volcanoes out of papier-mâché andpainted or decorated them then we spent a wholelesson erupting the volcanoes.There were somebig and some small- the biggest wasmade by Maisieand the smallestwas made by Luke,although Luke’sexploded the best!We erupted over 20volcanoes (somepeople did not wantto explode theirs!)and we all reallyenjoyed the lesson.“Megan, Year 7
Swaps and ducks forWorld Book DayStudents have a waywith 500 wordsFour budding authors have entered BBC Radio 2’s 500Words competition with stories about wizards, Jedis,spiders and a guinea pig with superpowers.The students, who are all in Year 7, are part of MrsJarvis’ Writing Group. Entrants each write an originalstory on any subject or theme in 500 Words orfewer - the College’s writers have each been presentedwith a special certificate by Mrs Jarvis to mark the factthat they have entered the competition.“It’s a real honour to think our stories will be read by thejudges,” said Joseph, whose story is about a wizard whotries to take over the world. “I really enjoyed writingit - the humour was the best bit.” Ziggy’s story is about aguinea pig called Super Squeak. “The idea came to mevery quickly,” he said. “It was good fun to write.” Glensaid his story - about a spider who hides in a banana- was inspired by his mum’s fear of spiders and Harryenjoyed coming up with original names for the characters in his Star Wars-inspired tale.Stoke DamerelCommunity Collegecelebrated WorldBook Day witha fairground-themedbook festival in theLibrary. “The mainattractions were ourBring A Book andHook A Duck BookSwap stall run by Year 7 Students,” said Collegelibrarian Mrs Wrennall. “Students brought in theirold books from home to swap them with friends forbooks they haven’t read,” she explained. “Students whobrought in a book to swap got a free go on the Hooka Duck stall and anyone hooking a duck with an evennumber won a prize. “The book swap stall has proved tobe so popular we have decided to let it continue until theend of term.“The Year 7 students running the stall have reallyimpressed me - not only have they encouraged studentsto swap their books they have also encouraged them touse their WBD tokens to get free World Book Day booksfrom supermarkets and local book stores.”The stall is being run by Courtney and Kieran who manthe stall before school, at break and at lunchtime.Courtney says she has found it “really fun”.Easter Revision Timetable 2016 – KS4 and KS5PE 1 – will be open for private studyDAY / TIMEMONDAY 4th April10am – 12.30pmMONDAY 4th April1pm – 3pmTUESDAY 5th April10am – 12.30pmYEAR 11MATHS1:1 FRENCH - ARiggGEOGRAPHY- SDK/ NXP/ AJFBUSINESS – ABB / KJBSPANISH – NZP1:1 FRENCH - ARiggENGLISH(ENGLISH LITERATURE )TUESDAY 5th April1pm – 3pmHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE / CHILDCARESPANISH - IBBWEDNESDAY 6th April10am – 12.30pmARTTEXTILESHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE3D DESIGN – AXD – drop inGCSE PECOMPUTER SCIENCEMUSICCOMPUTER SCIENCE3D DESIGN – AXD - drop inGCSE PESOCIOLOGY – SDSMUSIC3D DESIGN – AXD – drop inSCIENCEWEDNESDAY 6th April1pm – 3pmTHURSDAY 7th April10am – 12.30pmTHURSDAY 7th April1pm – 3.00pmYEAR 12 /13YEAR 12- SPANISH – IBBYEAR 13 – BTEC SPORTYEAR 13 – BTEC SPORTYEAR 12 -DRAMA AXCYEAR 12 – PHYSICSYEAR 12 CHEMISTRYYEAR 12 MATHSYEAR 12 DRAMA – AXCYEAR 12 – SOCIOLOGY – SDSYEAR 12 – PHYSICSYEAR 12 CHEMISTRYYEAR 13 MATHSYEAR 12 – DRAMA – AXCYEAR 13 – BUSINESS – ABBYEAR 12 /13 – 3D DESIGN - AXDYEAR 12 – DRAMA – AXCYEAR 12 /13 – 3D DESIGN - AXDYEAR 12 /13 – 3D DESIGN - AXDYEAR 12 /13 – 3D DESIGN - AXD
“Students have recently studied Democracy andfollowed the basic election rules to vote for theirModern Britain Council members.“Students went through the process of puttingthemselves forward for election, compiling their manifestos and then asking their peers to vote fortheir chosen candidates.Modern Britain councilmeets for first timeThe College’s first ever Modern Britain Council made up of students from Years 7 and 8 - has had itsinaugural meeting.“Modern Britain is a new curriculum subject introducedat Key Stage 3 for students to understand Britishvalues in today’s society,” explained Mrs Burn who,along with Mr Campion, co-ordinates Modern Britain inthe College. “Students will have the opportunity to studya range of topics which cover Diversity, Tolerance,Democracy, Mutual Respect, Rule of Law and Enterprise.“We decided to set up a council to ensure our studentshad a way of raising awareness of the ideas in ModernBritain and to empower them to promote the issuesraised within the College and its community.”“What better way of introducing the topic of democracythan holding a vote to decide who the council memberswould be.” The council - made up of nine students will meet at least twice every term. “We’re not lookingat boring stuff about celebrities,” said Year 8 studentPhoebe. “We are looking at real news and what is goingon in the real world - it’s going to be really interesting.”Fellow council member Colbie said: “I’m lookingforward to knowing more about what’s going on in theworld and exploring how diverse the world is.”The council had their first meeting with Mrs Hannaford,Mrs Burn and Mr Campion in the College’s conferenceroom on 28 January 2016.“They are looking at organising a Multicultural dayinvolving the community, as well as developing acurriculum enhancement week trip based on theModern Britain topics,” said Mrs Burn.“They are very excited to work on their objective ofpromoting Modern Britain at the College.”Spotlight and the weather - by clicking onhttp://bit.ly/sdccschoolreportaimee. Aimee describedit as “a day I’ll never forget”. You can read all ourSchool Reporters’ work by clicking onhttp://bit.ly/sdccschoolreport16 as well as watchour four special BBC School Report films made byour students including one about our new studio schoolScott College.BBC School Report 2016Our reporters had a brilliant BBC School Reportnews day making the news for real and evenpresenting on Spotlight. BBC School Report givesstudents aged from 11 to 16 the chance to make theirown news reports for a real audience. 30 Year 7students took part reporting all day on topics includingyoung carers and careers in Creative Industries andJack, Aimee, Daisy and Maisie got to spend theafternoon at the BBC studios in Plymouth appearingon television and radio. You can read Aimee’s reportabout their exciting day as reporters and presenting Watch:Welcome to BBC School Report 2016See the rest of our BBC School Reportfilms and read our student reporters’articles by visiting our special webpage athttp://bit.ly/sdccschoolreport16
Prom LaunchYear 11 students took to the catwalk to launch theClass of 2016 Prom - with the help of Amica Bridal.The Prom is Friday 1 July at The New Continental Hotel.Carriages arriving from 7pm - 20 a ticket.Students served up ataste of FranceA group of French students had a French lessonwith a difference when they attended the press launchfor the new children’s menu at Le Bistrot Pierre.The Year 7 students have been studying breakfast,lunch and dinner vocabulary as well as restaurantrole-play as part of their French lessons so theywere very keen to put their knowledge into practicein a real-life French restaurant.The students’ first challenge on arriving at therestaurant - which is in Plymouth’s Royal WilliamYard - was finding as many French postcards (whichhad been placed around the bar area) as possible towin a prize.The lucky winner was Jay - who was presented with avoucher for a meal at the restaurant with his family.Jay said he was “very pleased” to have won.Students were givena tour of the kitchenbefore being giventhe chance to askquestions inFrench to theFrench-speakingwaiting staff. Theyalso got to try outnew activity packscontaining gamesand words inFrench.“They found itnerve-wrackingbut great fun,”said Languagesteacher MissFreeman.Are you on Twitter?Follow us @stokedamerelccIt’s a great way to keep up with newsand announcements from the CollegeDid you know you can tell Ofsted what youthink about the College at Parent View?Follow this link http://bit.ly/sdccparentviewor scan this QR code – it only takes a couple ofminutes to leave your feedback and we reallyvalue your opinion
Fun day raises hundredsfor Sport ReliefStudents came to College in their PE kit last week toraise hundreds of pounds for Sport Relief - with onestudent raising 85!“The number of students who paid 1 to come to schoolin their PE kits or Sport Relief tops really blew me away,”said PE teacher Miss Le Page, who organised the Sportrelief day on 18 March 2016.Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief,in association with BBC Sport, which brings together theworlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to helpvulnerable people in both the UK and the world’s poorestcountries.The latest event has so far raised more than 55m.Students taking part were able to enjoy a session in theSports Hall where two 50ft obstacle courses and abungee run had been set up.“The Sports Hall was an amazing space to be on Friday,”said Miss Le Page.“It was fantastic to see so many students of all differentages, enjoying themselves while raising money for anwonderful cause.“We haven’t finished counting all the money raised fromthe Mufti Day and mile runs but our highest fundraiserso far is Toni in Year 8 who managed to raise anastonishing 85.”Contact us:Stoke Damerel Community CollegeSomerset Place, Stoke, Plymouth, PL3 4BDTel: 01752 556065Fax: 01752 562323Email: info@sdcc.netWeb: www.sdcc.netLevel 3 GamesMr Hammond took a group of 23 sports leaders to theLevel 3 Games to help run the county’s biggest indoorathletics event at the Life Centre. The Level 3 Games arefor all the teams who won or came second in their regionsmaking the atmosphere highly competitive.The leaders worked incredibly hard and one of the seniorgames organisers said our student sports leaders are “acredit to your school - they are brilliant”.Mr Hammond
of all activities by looking at our website www.sdcc.net With every good wish to you and your family for a Happy Easter Yours sincerely Mrs C Hannaford Principal A Trust School Stoke Damerel Community College Newsletter A High Performing Specialist School Last day of Easter term : Weds 23 March Clocks go forward: Sun 27 March
