Category: 2016/17 Academic Year

Date: 1st November 2016

A Governors’ tea is held once a term for those students who have received 500, 750, 1000 and 1500 Merits. The certificates and badges are awarded to each student by a member of the Governing Board and the Head of House. Hosted by Mrs Sanders, we enjoyed meeting this term’s award winners. Mrs Baker, our…

Date: 1st March 2017

A Governors’ tea is held once a term for those students who have received 500, 750, 1000 and 1500 Merits. The certificates and badges are awarded to each student by a member of the Governing Board and the Head of House. Hosted by Mrs Sanders, we enjoyed meeting this term’s award winners. Mrs Baker, our…

A Governors’ Tea is held once a term for those students who have received 500, 750, 1000 and 1500 Merits. The certificates and badges are awarded to each student by a member of the Governing Board and the Head of House. Hosted by Mrs Sanders, we enjoyed meeting this term’s award winners. Mrs Baker, our…

Date: 23rd September 2016

Year 8 student Millie Ayres was awarded the most improved diver in 2016 at Plymouth Dive Centre. She is now ranked 10th nationally. Well done Millie on a fantastic achievement!

Date: 6th October 2016

We are thrilled to announce that on Thursday 6th October the school choir competed in the finals of the LaLa Choirs Devon School Choir Competition in Exeter. Competing against Devonport High School for Girls and Teignmouth Community School. This is the second year running that the choir has won – thanks to the hard work…

Date: 19th October 2016

Congratulations to Year 10 student Harrison Pascoe-White who last weekend won the South West BMX Racing Championships in the 14 year old category. Harrison races nationally and shows great dedication to the sport.  Over the years he has struggled with some nasty injuries, but his resilience has not deterred him from continuing in an Olympic…

Date: 18th November 2016

Rising Stars kicked off its programme for our KS3 Gifted & Talented PE students. The programme looks at different aspects of fitness in detail, with the first session focusing on Core Stability/Strength. Throughout this series of sessions we look at how each individual sports can benefit from a variety of training methods, and in turn…

Date: 12th December 2016

David Hill who competed in the Paratriathalon in the Rio Paralympic Games spent the day at our school on Monday 12th December. Students took part in several Paralympic sports including goalball and boccia with David as part of the Sky Sports Living for Sport Project. David linked his sporting success to the ‘6 Keys to…

Date: 15th December 2016

The Park Community School launched a reverse advent calendar to raise awareness and gain donations for Northern Devon Foodbank. Teachers presented facts and information to students to explain how Foodbank helps the local community. Then each day of December two students from every tutor group donated much needed items of food. On 15th December, Maths teacher/Charity…

Date: 9th May 2017

The Park Community School 45 mile Ten Tors team had a successful event with the whole team completing route U at 12:16 on Sunday. There were a few blisters but a great sense of achievement for them all. This is the fastest complete 45 mile team in recent memory, a superb effort by the team.…