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It was great to be able to once more celebrate student successes in person this year.

Over two evenings, families were invited in to see students awarded for various accolades achieved in the academic year 2020-21. Lower-school students were given prizes for Endeavour, Attainment, and Progress, or the Aude Sapere award for personal achievements. Heads of House awarded these prizes with individual tribute messages.

For the upper school, students received subject specific book prizes (kindly sponsored by Wollens Solicitors). Books were chosen by departments, and inscribed with messages of congratulations to the deserving students. As well as the school awards and trophies, there were also special prizes for progress and Aude Sapere awards for contributions to the school, and these were accompanied with engraved glass keepsakes, handcrafted by Our Glass in Cockington.

Congratulations go to all prize winners, especially considering they managed to maintain such high standards of achievement through a year of disrupted schooling.

November鈥檚 Autumn concert truly was a celebration of all the fantastic music making that happens at 制服诱惑.聽 It was a great relief to put on our first concert in two years and the students really made the most of the opportunity.

The evening saw an eclectic mix of musical styles from students from every year group in the school, from the dramatic opening of the Drumming Group to the refined classicism of the Flute Choir.聽 Other highlights included energetic sets from the Year 11 and Jazz Bands and a debut performance by the Year 8 band.

Of particular note this year was the number of self-composed performances from the likes of Oscar Garbett, Tom Grogan and Zen Fyre Collective.

The evening ended with all of the instrumentalists coming together for a powerful performance of Prince鈥檚 鈥淧urple Rain,鈥� sung soulfully by Daisy Haslam-Ivens.

An evening of superb entertainment was dedicated to Sue Durant, until recently our brass teacher, who sadly passed away recently.

Year 12 biologists have been learning about cell ultrastructure at the beginning of their A Level Biology course. To bring their learning together, they have used stop-motion animation to show how cell organelles work together to facilitate cellular processes, in this case, the production of insulin. To animate this accurately, students had to think carefully about the process, the roles of individual organelles and how to best demonstrate this using animation. To follow up, students then wrote an accompanying description to help viewers understand what they are watching. Take a look!

We have teamed up with scientists at the Met Office this term to enhance the students’ understanding of climate change. All year 11 were given the challenge of thinking of a question about weather and climate to ask the scientists. The most interesting questions were then put to the scientists to answer.

The students that came up with the best questions were then filmed and the scientists returned their responses. The video was published on Instagram TV for the world to see.

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Enjoy this highlight reel of photographs from 2020-2021, including shots from the fantastic final week of summer term with Sports Day, House Activity Day, Torchella Music Festival, and The 2021 School Musical, The Great Gatsby, in the Manor Gardens

We are excited to be able to present our brand new musical, The Great Gatsby.聽

We are pleased to announce we have found a way to safely hold our annual musical – outside in The Manor Gardens, Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 July 2021, 7pm.

The students have been working hard to rehearse the school’s 30^th consecutive musical, and all within the restrictions on schools, rehearsing outdoors, in bubbles, often in the wind and rain throughout April, May and June!

It is very exciting then, that we can invite you to this year’s musical The Great Gatsby. This has been specifically written by school staff, using the famous novel, responding to the musical talents of the current students. The musical features a host of very familiar songs, arranged in a jazz fusion-style with something for everyone.

This outdoor show, in the idyllic grounds of The Manor, promises to be a magical evening. We encourage you to bring blankets and folding chairs, along with your own picnics and drinks. There will be no refreshments on sale, other than the interval ice creams, which are included in the ticket price. So you bring the wine, and we’ll bring the glitz and glamour of the jazz age, for what should be a memorable summer evening.

Tickets are on sale now via the online (priced 拢10 for adults and 拢8 for students, including an ice cream). You will get an acknowledgement of purchase, but no physical tickets. Your name will be added to a guest list for the show night chosen. Please purchase tickets before the chosen performance day. In the event of light, intermittent rain the show will go on, so bring an umbrella. If the weather is inclement, we will let you know the show has been postponed, and you will be welcome to attend the next performance.

Here is the latest edition of the school .

制服诱惑 House Names Announcement

Replacing House Names – embracing change, exciting opportunities, and the importance of house culture…

Red or Blue, Dobson or Clifford, Frobisher or Gilbert; throughout the school鈥檚 history you may be surprised to learn that we have now changed our House names on three separate occasions! Who knows if this will happen again in the future, but whilst some traditions will come and go, it is the culture that exists within each house that remains the most important part of our house system. We will continue to encourage leadership skills through prefect roles and responsibilities, and to build a sense of service through charitable fundraising events, or through work in the local community, and we will always celebrate individual talents and successes in various forms.

Each House has their own ethos, each with their own colour and crest, but all of them fostering a sense of belonging, camaraderie and community.

So, after many months of consultation and discussions, we are delighted to be renaming each house after a famous Devon landmark: Burgh, Dart, Fox Tor, Goodrington, Haldon and Rougemont. These House names now represent a new chapter in the school鈥檚 history and bring with them a host of exciting and new opportunities.

Celebrating individual successes is an integral aspect of life at 制服诱惑. In usual times, we would invite students and parents to Celebration Evenings; however, due to coronavirus restrictions, our celebrations took a different format this year, with gatherings in November for Upper-School Students, during morning registration.

Students in last year鈥檚 11 and 12 were awarded in a number of categories. Firstly, students were awarded specially selected book prizes chosen by Heads of Department and kindly sponsored by Wollens. Glass keepsake paperweights, designed by OurGlass, Cockington, were awarded for all-round progress by the end of year 11, or for excellence and contribution in the sixth form. We also awarded our special school-prizes, including Drama, Musician of the Year, and Triumph over Adversity.

The morning gatherings with years 11 and 12 complete our celebrations for academic year 2019-20, following similar events for the lower school. In all, nearly 200 students have been awarded prizes, a testament to their continued dedication and determination to succeed, despite the unusual challenges faced through the past year.

Enjoy a summary of the news from the last academic year in the most recent edition of the school magazine, Torquin.

You can also see the highlights of the year in this picture reel.