DLP News
College doing well!
Posted on February 1st, 2012
“While it is pleasing to see Dawlish Community College doing well in the league tables we will continue to focus on meeting the needs of every individual student in the school.
By having high expectations, challenging all abilities of students to reach their potential and providing fantastic support to our students we have…
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Students rise to the challenge
Posted on January 27th, 2012
Fifteen more able Year 7 students recently attended a superlearning workshop at Dawlish Community College’s Red Rock Centre.
The workshops provided opportunities for students to demonstrate team building skills and a wide range of problem solving and lateral thinking techniques.
Events included transporting a ping pong ball for 50 metres without touching…
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Painting at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Posted on January 23rd, 2012
Two Year 9 students, along with their teacher Mrs Emily Parr, Head of Art at Dawlish Community College were given a fantastic invitation to go along to The Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter to work and learn from one of the major exhibitions ‘The Road to Rome’, with which the…
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Cakes Galore – Christmas Cooking Club
Posted on January 17th, 2012
Another successful Christmas cooking club took place at Dawlish Community College last term. 13 year 7 students and 1 year 8 student took part in the 6 week club, which included making their own Christmas cake and covering it with marzipan and icing. The students also had to decorate the…
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Dawlish Community College Technology Specialism Awards
Posted on January 16th, 2012
The College hosted it’s third Specialism Awards ceremony where students from across the College received individual recognition for their performance within the specialism curriculum areas of Mathematics, Science & Design Technology.
The awards were presented by Dr Anna Nicholson, (a former student of the College), who also presented a brief overview…
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Another “Good” OfSTED grading for Dawlish Community College
Posted on January 16th, 2012
Dawlish Community College is delighted to announce that in an inspection by OfSTED shortly before Christmas the College achieved a “Good” grading.
The College was inspected in the two areas of Student Achievement and the College’s capacity to continue the recent significant improvements that we have made. The College is proud to report that we achieved a “Good” grading…
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The Countdown London 2012
Posted on January 10th, 2012
The Countdown has started!
DLP Schools will be working closely to put on a range of exciting events during the build up to London 2012.
To start things off, teacher Kit Hardee and 6 Motions from Exminster Primary School have written and performed this fantastic song.
It was recorded and mixed…
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Support for Fairtrade
Posted on January 4th, 2012
Take a step for Fairtrade in 2012 begins with Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February – 11 March 2012.
Schools can help farmers in poor countries to make a living by bringing Fairtrade into school during Fairtrade Fortnight.
You can see the Fairtrade Foundation Action Guide for Schools below, best viewed in full…
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Expressive Arts Christmas Showcase 2011
Posted on December 12th, 2011
The Expressive Arts Department at Dawlish Community College welcomed students, parents and visitors to their annual Christmas showcase which included musical, dance and drama performances and featured an exhibition of willow figurative sculptures.
The audience were treated to a wide range of soloist performances by Key Stage 3 and 4 students followed…
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Students get on their bikes to take on the Haldon trails
Posted on December 8th, 2011
Year 9 Foundation Learning students braved the chilly elements to tackle the 6 mile blue cycle challenge trail at Haldon Forest.
The young riders were made up of students from Teign School, Teignmouth Community School, Ratcliffe School and Dawlish Community College. This bike project involves understanding bike safety, riding skills…
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