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National thank A teacher Day

thank you to our students, parents and colleagues for your
wonderful nominations to staff in all departments
throughout Ivybridge Community College. In what has
been an incredibly challenging year it is truly wonderful to
be appreciated.
the thank a teacher campaign recognises all staff working
in UK schools and colleges; school leaders, teachers,
teaching assistants, and all support staff such as lunchtime supervisors, caretakers, cleaners and administrators.
the thank a teacher Campaign is run by the teaching Awards trust which was established in 1998 by lord
David Puttnam CBe, to celebrate and recognise excellence in education.
the charity’s mission is to raise the profile of the teaching profession, highlight the positive impact teachers and
school leaders have in our society – with students, parents and the wider community, and show teachers how
much they are valued. they do this through the annual Pearson National teaching Awards and the thank a
teacher Campaign.
We’ve all had a great teacher. they show a real interest in who we are, listen to our thoughts, inspire us to learn
and encourage us to achieve our best, no matter what our goals are. the influence of a good teacher lasts a
lifetime.

News 5

Students inspired by Diana Award lgBtQ+ Inclusion Session

In May, Anti-bullying Ambassadors in Years 9 and 12 participated in a lgBtQ+ Inclusion and
Anti-homophobic, Biphobic, transphobic (hBt) training Session.
together with Rachel long, the College’s equality and Diversity lead, and Kelly Atkin, PACe
Keyworker, they attended the training session, which was facilitated by the Diana Award and
held virtually over Microsoft teams. the students participated in learning about how to
discuss topics around lgBtQ+ support and how to help other students who might experience
hBt incidents. there were only ten pilot sessions available, therefore the College was
delighted that our Ambassadors were lucky enough to take part in the training.
there were many comments from the Year 9 students who attended the training session
including, “the training was a crucial meeting that will help us all to blossom into more
accepting people.” “It was a fun interactive session that I thoroughly enjoyed, it was very
interesting and educational and I learnt a lot.” “this course was amazing, it taught me many new things to help
me deal with things when situations come up.” and, “I really enjoyed learning about stopping bullying and hBt
behaviour, as a member of the lgBt community I liked being more educated on helping my community.”
Whilst our Year 12 students commented, “I thought it gave a really good insight into being in another person’s
shoes and how I might help them.” and, “It felt really open and I could say how I felt. It was a good way to
interact with other people with the same views and a really good learning environment which was safe and
welcoming. It inspired me to do more!”
Kelly, added, “this was a very informative session, with some access to great support and inspirational ideas for
future campaigns for students to get involved with. It really brought students who are normally quiet and shy,
together, openly talking, laughing and sharing.”
our Diana Award trainer, Paul hanman, commented afterwards, “Wow! thank you not only for attending the
Anti-hBt Ambassador training session today, but for your amazing young people, truly fantastic you should be
proud of them for their wonderful open discussions and superb knowledge around this subject.”