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Dear Parents/Guardians

I write to thank you for your support over thispast term.

I hope that students new to the school in Year 7have settled well and that the school has provedto be all that you hoped that it might when youchose to entrust your children with us inSeptember.

It has been a very busy term with visits for Year 7to Okehampton and further afield to Poland. Ourfirst two Curriculum Immersion days have offereda programme including the following;-

Year 7: Okehampton Residential Buckfast Abbey Business & Language

Year 8: Eden Project Fit for Life B&E

Year 9: Orienteering / Big Pit Play in a day

Year 10: Lulworth Cove/Hestercombe Maths & English

Year 11: English & Maths Science

The vast majority of students in Year 11 sat theEnglish IGCSE examination in November. Manythanks go to colleagues in English and the supportgiven by others who have made a significantcontribution to the efforts of our students tosucceed.

Can I thank you for your support with AcademicTutoring day. We hope that our combined effortswill ensure that your son/daughter are ambitiouswith their schooling and determined to achieve.

My time at the Taunton Academy has come to anend. I am grateful for the support I have receivedduring this period and wish the new Head of theAcademy every success in her new post.

I do hope that you all enjoy a very restful andenjoyable Christmas break and would like to takethis opportunity to wish you all a very happy andsuccessful New Year.

Paul Scutt, Headteacher

NEWSletter

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGESLaNGUaGeS DaYIn order to celebrate the National Day of Languages on 26thSeptember there were various activities on offer. All staff wereencouraged to welcome classes from a choice of 26 differentlanguages, original activities were organised for language lessonsby the MFL department and tutor groups took part in a FormQuiz on languages in order to win themselves a French breakfast.

congratulations to:8SG who won the French Breakfast!

cUrricULUM DaYStudents from 7SK, 7CGK & 7JIB worked together in forms tocreate a pitch for a French Bastille Day themed meal for 100guests at the Castle Hotel. They prepared the budget, designedthe menu and entertainment for the evening and presented theirpitch to a team of judges in both French and English –congratulations to 7CGK who won the competition!

FreNch cLUBFrench club has been busy this term, moving from language games,to preparing for Languages Day, creating activities on French foodsto teaching to primary students and most importantly, stagingtheir own short nativity play in French! After Christmas we areconsidering a taster of Spanish for a term – watch this space!

French/ Spanish Club – Monday 1.20-1.55 in L1 (all welcome!)

KS3Year 7 students have made a great start to their LanguageLearning, working on giving personal information and descriptions– this has culminated in some impressive celebrity assessmentsthis term! Year 8 have been working on Food & Drink andrecently undertook their Chef assessments using their newvocabulary.

Year 9 students are currently undertaking a French GCSE styleWriting Controlled Assessment to complete the work they havecovered this term on the topic of Holidays. In January they, andcurrent Year 8 students will have a half term of Spanish untilFebruary – this will give them an idea of a new language whichthey may well wish to choose at KS4 – booster sessions will beavailable for those students who wish to take Spanish GCSE inthe Spring and Summer Term for Year 9.

KS4Good luck to Year 11 students who will be undertaking their firstSpeaking Controlled Assessments in January (worth 15% of theirfinal grade) – they have a few weeks to catch their breath beforepreparation for the second of these tasks in the following term.A reminder too that a third Writing Task will be undertaken inMarch 2015.

chateaU D’eBBLiNGheM MaY 2016Thanks to all parents for the initial and interim deposits for thestudy visit to France in May next year. Following the recent eventsin Paris we have taken advice from the Foreign Office and ourtravel company NST who both state that trips after 22ndNovember 2015 may continue as originally planned. We will ofcourse, continue to follow the situation and keep parentsinformed if there are any changes to our current plans. The finalpayment date is 29th January 2016.

charitieSIn 2014/2015 we raised a total of £3,000 for

our chosen charities (Cancer Research, St Margaret’sHospice & Think Amy). Well done to everyoneinvolved.

This year’s chosen charities are Think Amy, CancerResearch UK and Elliots Touch.

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PoLaND triPYear 9 and 10 students visited Krakow, Poland as part of theirReligious Education course. 23 students visited a range of sites inthe Krakow area to experience and find out more about theHolocaust and the treatment of Jews during the Second World War.

The group visited Shindler’s Factory, the Salt mines, a tour of Krakowcastle, the Jewish quarter and a visit to both Auschwitzconcentration camp and Auschwitz Birkenau death camp where anestimated 1.4 million people were killed.

Louise Southgate, Head of Religious Education and trip organisersaid “This is the sixth time we have run this trip and the impact doesnot lessen one bit”.

Steve Summerill, Deputy Head who took part in the visit, added “Itis important for our students to have the opportunity to understandthe horrors of the Second World War in a first hand way, the visitto Auschwitz Birkenau was particularly powerful”.

Year 10 hiNKLeY PoiNt triPAt the end of November Year 10 triple scientists went on an allday trip and tour of the Hinkley Point B power station.

Students were given a quick safety briefing and a bit of informationabout how Hinkley functions before we started a two hour tour.

During the tour students were shown the top of the nuclearreactor, the control room and turbine hall. One of the tour guideswas a retired engineer of the plant and was able to explain thefission process in incredible detail.

Students were incredibly well behaved and had an enjoyable time.Well done to Marceli for his well thought out questions!

writiNG coMPetitioNSam Cunningham has won a prize in the Richard Huish writingcompetition, The Brunner Prize.  This prize has a monetary valueand he was up against all the schools in the area as well as the Alevel students as well.  He is invited to their celebration eveningwhere he will receive his prize and certificate.

Emily Robinson, George Hogben, Emma Colvin and Holly Wardwere also all commended for their impressive writing.  

Everyone who took part will get a certificate and comments fromthe judges.

PGce StUDeNtSWe have had six Exeter PGCE/School Direct students working with us this half term and they will be returning in January as part oftheir first placements. The students are Miss Coughlan (Dance), Mrs Shandley-Edwards (Science), Miss Stevens (Maths), Mlle Rousvoal(MFL), Mr Mason-Paull (Maths School Direct) and Miss Lowe (Science School Direct). All have settled in well and have been workinghard within their departments, including helping with the smooth running of Curriculum Day 2.

All Year 11 have had a 1:1 Careers Consultation and have an actionplan to follow. They have attended talks and college lunchtimedrop-ins and have been encouraged to attend open evenings andtasters at the local colleges.

Year 11 will complete their applications on Thursday 21st January2016 (Curriculum Day 3). These will be checked, collected and sentoff by the school to meet the college deadline of 30th January 2016.

Year 11 have all been offered a Practice Interview. They had toproduce a CV and complete a mock application form prior to theinterview. The experience and feedback was very positive from bothinterviewers and students.

Year 10 Work Experience 4th – 8th July 2016Work experience was launched in September and students shouldbe actively seeking placements. Please return outstanding medicalforms to Mrs D Dalling as soon as possible.

Year 11 careerS eDUcatioN iNForMatioN aDvice & GUiDaNce (ceiaG) NewS

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SPortS LeaDerSThe Sports Leaders Programme has gotten off to a flyingstart this year!

Sports Leaders from Years 8-10 have organised activities across4 primary school sports festivals. Additionally, our leaders havebeen assisting in running our own extra-curricular sportsprogramme and a select group of Sports Leaders have takenthe opportunity to volunteer at local primary schools’ sportsclubs.

Player of theSeason

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7 Poppy Pring Lexi ParsonsMarta

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8 Sophia Li Tejah Mossman Charlotte Johns

9 Abbi Parr Emma Canavan Izzy Benham

10 Emily RobinsonChloe

Cross-HenleyAnna Stephenson

11 Fahamina Hossain Ellie Clothier Ella Lamb

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David HellierJames Ellis-Taylor

Kieran DykeJay Hawkins

8 Charlie Brogden Toby Grabham Robert Rayson

9 Morgan Bishop Ethan Hogben Ben Rose

10 Callum Buchanan Easton Oyekan Louie Solf

11 Patryk Pienkos Matt Kingdom Artis Kokorevics

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Year 7 rUGBYThis year group have shown great commitment and potentialto Rugby, of which we haven’t seen at Fox’s for a while and Isay that with great regard for the current high standards weset ourselves. We have had a very good A squad who have won3 out of 3 area tournaments and finish the season as AREACHAMPIONS. Unlike previous years, this current group bringgreater external rugby influences than we have seen in recentyears which I only hope more students get involved with. Whatis equally important to our future success is to have a largeand committed squad and in our B and C squads we have notbeen disappointed. I don’t want to speak too early, but I havehigh hopes for this year group and if they maintain theirinterest and commitment, along with a few more starting toplay outside of school, I believe we have the potential tobecome a very strong side within the area.

Year 11 BoYS rUGBYUnfortunately the start of our season was hugely affected by4 cancelled games. All the same, we have fronted up well, withsome great individual performances and some pleasing teamphases during the games, showing over the 5 years, studentsand collections of the squad have developed well. I hope theboys continue with some rugby outside of school and I’m suresome of them will do very well.

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Year 11 rUGBY FeatUre: viNNY GorDoN Vinny has been a Rugby success at ourschool since joining us. Last year hewas successful at County trials and isstill currently a member of theSomerset county squad. He has playedfor Taunton Rugby Club and is still a regular starter at U16’s.Along with this, Vinny was scouted a couple of years ago tobe involved with Bath Rugby’s development and coaching setup where he is still also playing.

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Fancy trying something new?! For the first timethis term Bishop Fox’s has been running an AmericanFootball club. The club is open to all on a Wednesdaylunchtime - justremember yourtrainers! We playa non-contact,tag-football stylegame. We arecurrently lookingfor more playersto get involved.

See Mr Grace or come along for more details.

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A massive well done to all those that participated:Josh Andrews Sam Baigent Hannah Barsby Natasha Carter Alyssia Chilcott Rebecca ChilcottCharlotte Colvin Henry Colvin Sarah Cooke Evie Cosgrove Samuel Cunningham Aimee DennisMarcus Evans Mollie Evans Anya Fear Asia Ferguson Albert Hacker Aston HendryGabrielle Horsman Siyu Huang Ellen Jenkins Anqi Leung Libby Macdonald Marie MandigalBelle Middleton Harvey Mills Ashlyn Mitchell Millie Moore Rowan Packer-Hughes Elise ParamoreLuke Pinguenet George Piper Hannah Price Dana Shapter Will Spooner Jess StrongAlice Vernon Jessica Wade Lanella Wall Bea Wilkey Meredith Willis Melissa WyattGiles Cosgrove Emma Colvin Henry Colvin Alisha Grabham Chris Grabham Will GrabhamChloe Gratton Lizzie Horsey Alex Hutchings Rosie Linsey Lucy Lodge Issy ModicaMolly Morgan Julie Tolson Tom Cave Glenn Keates Harrison Dummett Jack MerryJaymie Penny Ewelina Toczydlowska Mr S Bowditch Miss T Blackshaw Miss K Clarke Mrs K HodgsonMrs L French Mrs A Hutchings Mrs C Jerrett Mrs P Johnson Miss P Jury Miss C MallonMrs S Parker Miss E Ringwood Mr S Summerill Mrs E Strong Miss R Tabb Mrs C JerrettMrs C Nicholson Mrs M Sloman Mr Ledger Mr Thomas Fox’s Catering Team

MUSicchriStMaSIt has been a magical start to the school year in Music. Withcarol concert preparations beginning from day one it has beenan exciting countdown to see what festive show the MusicDepartment have mustered up this year. With tasterperformances taking place in front of Year 7 and a trip to singcarols at Calway House, all who took part were well preparedfor the eventual concert. Taking place at the beautiful St Mary’sChurch on the 7th December at 6:30pm, audience memberswere treated to a wide array of talent. From moving solos togrand band ensembles and the always brilliant Choir and StaffChoir it is safe to say, it was a cracking way to start the festiveseason.

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SCARY SCHOOL TOURSStudents at Bishop Fox's were treated to a terrifying Theatreexperience with sell-out performances of Scary School Tourson Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October, 2015.

KS3 & KS4 students lurked in corridors, levitated on stairs andlingered in classrooms to scare the life out of their poor,unsuspecting touring audiences.

The installation Theatre piece was put together by Dramateachers Miss Keedwell and Mrs Evans who wanted to engage newaudience members and try out a slightly different performanceventure to the usual school play.

Miss Keedwell says "We held auditions in the Summer Term withthe brief simply to 'scare us'. We were amazed by the studentsability to remain focused and use their imaginations and weregenuinely terrified by their auditions! We then worked with thestudents’ in the Autumn term to plan a route around school thatused the wonderful facilities at Fox's in creative, spooky ways."

Technical support from returning Fox's students with LED lightingand effects added a professional feel to the Tour.

Judging by the screams from the audiences (and that was mainlythe dads), the event was a great success, with students alreadyexcitedly preparing for next year's Frightfest!

triPSOne of the calendar highlights is the brilliant trips to a widevariety of Musicals and the start of term has seen a wide rangeof organised excursions planned. With the Year 7s once again,they have an exciting opportunity to watch the Lion King inLondon. This will allow many Year 7s the opportunity to witnessthe impressive stage puppetry of the production team, as wellas enjoy the recognisable film presented on stage. 

KS4 will have the opportunity to watch the Bodyguard atBristol. This iconic tearjerker, made famous by Kevin Costnerand Whitney Houston has been brought to the stage. It certainlywill be an evening where no dry eye will be in the house!!

Years 8/9 and 10 within the school also have the opportunityto watch the toe tappingly, beat moving hit musical of Hairspray.

extra cUrricULarNext term we are proud to be introducing a Samba, Brass andUkulele group to our extra curricular activities. The threedifferent groups will allow students of any musical ability to trynew instruments and learn a different skill whilst at school. Soif you fancy swaying to Hawaiian trees or dancing to the beat ofthe drum then ask Miss Wride for a letter. 

If you are interested in starting an instrumental or singinglessons then please come to the Music Department for a letter.Currently we cater to brass, woodwind, string, percussion andvocal lessons!

cUrricULUM DaYGreased back hair and electrifying performances took place inschool on the Year 9 Curriculum day on the 17th November.All those that took part joined in with lightening enthusiasm forthe day. A massive well done to all involved, and thanks to MissWride, Mrs Evans and Miss Absalom for putting on the day. It’s true to say we go together here at Fox’s!

FroM aLL oF US at the MUSic teaM have a MaGicaL chriStMaS BreaK aND we

wiLL See YoU iN the New Year!

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SiMS agora: Don’t forget online payments canbe made for all school payments e.g trips.

SiMS intouch: Please ensure we have youremail contact details for electronic communication.

eDeN Project viSit coMPetitioNSketches and Photography

cateGorY wiNNer   rUNNer UP Best Sketch Tegan Johns  Leo Cimpoescu

Best Food Jayden Vanstone  Tom Howe ingredient Best Dramatic Max Carp   Luke Pinguenet

Best colour Jessica Llewellyn  Max Carp shot Best Structure Peter Young  Jessica Llewellyn  & texture Georgia Jayden Vanstone o'Keefe style

Special award for Best Form entry for most participants: 8ER 

BriLLiaNt cLUB12 Year 10 students from Bishop Fox’s school visited OxfordUniversity as part of the University’s ‘Brilliant Club’.  The 12students have worked with world leading researchers toundertake a series of tutorials and seminars over 4 monthsfocusing on genetics.  The gifted and talented students undertooka Science based final assignment   at the level expected byundergraduates over this time and had this assignment graded byuniversity staff.  2 students gained a first class classification and 5further students gained an upper second.

Year 7 students at Bishop Fox’s attended a residential as part oftheir induction programme of starting school at Bishop Fox’s. 

Over 180 students attended the residential at AdventureOkehampton.  The students attended the residential with theirtutor group and tutor, enabling the students to develop a strongbond. 

Students took part in a wide range of outdoor activities such asGorge Scrambling, Archery, Grass sledging, Mountain biking, Highropes and crate stacking and of course the night walk onDartmoor. 

Steve Summerill, Deputy Head and trip organiser, said “Theresidential is an important part of the induction process at theschool. We have students from over 25 different primary schoolsjoining us. I was working with one  group made up of 10 studentswho all came from different primary schools. The opportunity tobond in a challenging environment enables students to thrive atour school and this experience enables our students to makefriendships that could last a lifetime’.

OKEHAMPTON RESIDENTIAL

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