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Championing our environment

the College’s Sustainability group has been championing ‘No-Mow May’ and the
‘Random Acts of Wildness Challenge’ during June.
Around the College site there are some naturalised areas of long grass and
wildflowers. these are providing habitats for insects including bees and other
pollinators. everyone can help too by leaving an area of their garden to grow wild.
try it and see what you find by the end of the month, or leave it to flourish all
summer.
the Devon Wildlife trust’s Random Acts of
Wildness Challenge involved doing something
outside every day to get you into nature and
record it.

“We are very fortunate to have plenty of green space at the College, but we
are trying to improve this by planting trees and flowers and leaving some
areas to ‘re-wild’. this provides vital food and shelter for a number of different
species, many of which are under threat. green spaces are great for both our
mental and physical wellbeing and we have some amazing countryside on
our doorstep to explore.” Nick Paskin, Science technician.

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Pearson National teaching Award for
‘outstanding New teacher of the Year’

the College is delighted to announce that Rebekah harvey has won the
Pearson National teaching Award for ‘outstanding New teacher of the
Year’.
Rebekah was nominated by her Year 10 Mathematics students Antonia,
Charlie, holly and lolita, and they were delighted to hear that she had
won this award. they describe her as a “passionate teacher, who always
makes her lessons engaging, strives for the best from her students and has
inventive ways of teaching.”
lord David Puttnam, CBe, Founder of the teaching Awards trust said, “the
work of teachers has unique outcomes for the health, wealth and welfare
of every single person in this country. As a nation, we should be
fantastically proud of them.”

tony Biddle, Director of Mathematics added, “I would like to congratulate
Becky on receiving this award, we are all immensely proud of you! I would also like to thank the students who
have taken the time to nominate her, the effort they have made is very much appreciated.”