Plymstock School

Plymstock School Open Evening – Tuesday 18th June at 6:15pm

rob_diment — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:19:45 +0000

You are warmly invited to attend to Plymstock School’s Open Evening on Tuesday 18th June. The evening will start at 6:15pm and will end at 8:30pm. We look forward to seeing you all there.

Summer Music Concert – 18th July 2013

rob_diment — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:22:52 +0000

The school’s Summer Music Concert will take place on Thursday 18th July, starting at 7:00pm. All are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.

Welcome to OFSTED

rob_diment — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:10:16 +0000

On Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th April Plymstock School will be visited by six inspectors. We would like to offer them a warm welcome to the school.

A letter has gone home today to parents and can be viewed HERE

There is also a parents’ guide to OFSTED that can be viewed HERE

Only TWO spaces available for Year 7 in September 2013!

rob_diment — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:00:21 +0000

We have only two places available for our Year 7 intake this September. If you are interested please contact Mr Diment, Deputy Headteacher on 01752 402679 to discuss.

Year 11 Prom Fair & Fashion Show

it1 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:17:20 +0000

Plymstock School will be holding a Year 11 Prom Fair and Fashion show on Thursday 28 February from 4.00pm.

The event will take place in the Galley and the New Hall with Bucks Fizz and Canapes on arrival.

Local businesses who have all kindly donated fantastic raffle prizes will be displaying all their Prom related products and there will also be product demonstrations prior to the 6.00pm start of the Fashion Show.

Students can purchase their tickets at a cost of £2.50 each from the HUB, which is also an entry into the raffle.

We hope to see you there.

Plym Schools launch a Student Union

rob_diment — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:20:11 +0000

Plymstock School, Coombe Dean, Heles and Ridgeway School have launched a new Student Union.

For further details click HERE

24 music gigs in 24 hours!

rob_diment — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:17:30 +0000

Plymstock School is happy to announce that we will be hosting musician Peter Crawford for a 20-30 minute gig on the 23rd April 2013. Peter is attempting to complete 24 music gigs in 24 hours to raise money for both Cornwall and Devon Air Ambulance Trusts. We wish him the best of luck and look forward to meeting him in April.

Happy New Year!

dfarmer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:15:11 +0000

We have now returned after the Christmas break and are looking forward to what 2013 will bring.

Last term was a busy one and ended with some great events including the GCSE and Post 16 Presentation Evenings and the Christmas Concert.

GCSE Presentation- Our very successful Year 11 of 2012 returned to receive their certificates and awards at their celebration event. Our guest speaker was ex-student and ‘The Voice’ star Vince Freeman who inspired and entertained us with his singing.
Post 16 Presentation- Due to our later in the month scheduling we welcomed back more of our students than ever. We celebrated successes and were motivated by our guest speaker Thom Hunt one of River Cottage’s ‘Three Hungry Boys’.
Christmas Concert- As usual this was at our local church and a record number of parents and members of the community joined us to celebrate the Christmas season.

SNOW!

With the forecast including colder weather over the next few weeks I would like to remind parents that Plymstock School will be open as usual unless weather conditions make it impossible for sufficient staff to make it to school. In the unlikely event that I need to close the school we will post information on this website. You will also be able to get information by listening to reports on Heart FM (97.0 FM) or Radio Devon (103.4 FM).

Book Bound reading blog goes live!

rob_diment — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:49:27 +0000

Welcome to Book Bound! This is the place where you are free to recommend, rave, or rant about books you are currently reading. Whether you are a parent, student or member of staff you can have five minutes of fame here!

We all know that Literacy is the key to success at school as all of our subjects require us to read and process information. In a recent BBC article it was suggested that students need to read, and understand what they read, for between 19 and 24 minutes a day in order for their skills to progress. “If they are reading and understanding for less than three minutes a day, they regress.” That means your skills will get worse! (Read the full article here)

Fortunately, we have shelves full of exciting books to make this FUN!

The purpose of the Book Bound reading blog is primarily for fun. However, it will also contribute to our efforts to improve Literacy. Its aim is to encourage reading, and conversations about reading, among staff, students and parents.

Building sustainable communities’ lecture at Plymstock School

rob_diment — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:47:14 +0000

We were delighted to host the Royal Geographical Society’s lecture on 15th November. Over 60 people from the city and the surrounding area listened to Associate Professor Stewart Barr from Exeter University. Stewart’s talk was on how we can build great places to live in that are sustainable in a world of global warming and declining oil supplies. Most of the audience were 6th formers and they enjoyed Stewart’s excellent story-telling, his involvement of the audience in the topic and the way he made us decide what we wanted for the future. Many thanks to Plymstock’s 6th form Geographers for not only attending but also serving refreshments to our guests.

Steve Oliver

Deputy Headteacher