For the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, children from Middle School represented Combe Pafford School at Beacon Quay, Torquay, where Torbay came together to remember those who sacrificed everything 80 years ago as they landed at beaches across Normandy to begin one of the largest invasions in human history.
The pupils on the year 9 entry level pathway learn about renewables, non-renewables and radiation. We were very fortunate to go on a trip to Hinkley point C to put learning into a real-life context.
I can't contain my excitement when I think back to the Year 7 Wales Residential trip! It was an incredible adventure filled with heaps of fun and thrilling activities.
Science week 2024 kicked off with pupils immersing themselves into the VR world by exploring the Solar system from the cold spaces of Neptune to the canyons of Mars and ending up in the hot flares of the sun!
Lower and Middle School had a fab Friday afternoon jamming along to an interactive musical gig on 1st March . Lady Nade and Holly Carter, an award-winning musical duo, visited Combe Pafford to perform for us. We enjoyed listening to them sing 'You are my sunshine' and 'You've got a friend in me' before we were handed out the shaker eggs and percussion instruments! Suddenly, the children were a part of the show, dancing and singing, shaking and banging, adding their own unique rhythms to the mix! What a fabulous performance!
On Wednesday 28th February, Combe Pafford School were lucky enough to welcome Muhutiny Sivasothy AND Saranjit Kaur to our Whole School Assembly to talk about their faiths.
We shared a fun assembly on Friday 17th November in order to raise funds for Children in Need.
Mr Davey targeted the teachers in assembly to various challenges involving water balloon catching, chilli doughnut roulette and prune juice/ tabasco drinking. Pupils selected the teachers to complete the challenges by putting loose change into various buckets.
Jenny’s cakes were a huge hit at breaktime and pupils looked fabulous in the their Pudsey/ spotty outfits.
We managed to raise over £400 as a school. Thank you for supporting our fundraising efforts!
Turning Heads, in partnership with the Food Alliance, have put together a family meal support offer for any family in receipt of FSM or who might be struggling this holiday with the rising cost of living.
They have 4 recipes that you can choose from during the holiday. YOU CAN CHOOSE 2 RECIPES EACH WEEK.
These recipes can either be collected from them or they can be delivered to you free of charge to any TQ1 or TQ2 postcode.
You just need to contact them via email or text/phone and place your order. They will then either deliver or you can collect from their community kitchen in Plainmoor.
Deliveries and collections will take place on 19th / 20th and 21st December and then again on 28th & 29th December.
If you have a large family, they can add extra!
Their social supermarket is also open during half-term where you can shop for £5 and get up to £30 worth of shopping, they will also be offering free lunches to any family and you can order recipe bags through their online store https://www.turningheads.org.uk/community-kitchen/
RECIPES and CONTACT
admin@turningheads.org.uk telephone: 07817777739
Does someone rely on you?
If you support a family member or friend, then you may be an unpaid Carer. Join us!
Paignton Library Saturday 18th November 2023 10.00am – 2.00pm (with Library’s Christmas Market)
Celebrating Unpaid Carers and helping Carers to prepare for their future Everyone welcome! There are information stands, Health, Adult and Children’s Social Care Services, free tasters for all and free refreshments for unpaid Carers, children’s activities, cost of living and mental health support, legal advice and much, much more.
For further information nearer the time: Website: www.tsdft.uk/Carers Facebook: TorbayCarers signposts@nhs.net Tel: 01803 208455
PATH, the Torbay Homeless Charity, received 120 pairs of socks donated by Combe Pafford School
The Community Kitchen are running free family cooking sessions every Tuesday / Wednesday and Thursday from 4pm until 6pm. These last over 4 weeks, and families can come and cook, eat together and play games and you can take home recipes to cook from home. This is lottery funded and costs the families nothing - anyone can attend.
They also deliver recipes that can be cooked at home. For a family of 4/5 they can order 2 mains and 2 desserts from them for £9. These are delivered free to anyone living in TQ1 and TQ2.
GCSE Results Day 2023
