News and Events
Weekly Bulletin - Friday 19th April 2024
Welcome back to the summer term, the sun has made an appearance and the evenings definitely feel brighter! This term is always a busy one with the start of the GCSE Exams, summer fixtures and college events comings at us thick and fast.
This week has flown by but we don't wish to miss saying thank you and congratulations to staff and students for events and activities that took place over the Easter Holidays. We had incredible international trips to Iceland, our annual ski trip to France and our Duke of Edinburgh students were put through their paces in wet conditions but all had an incredible time!! Thank you to all staff and students for going above and beyond over the Easter Break to provide our students with incredible experiences and making memories to last a life time. Thank you too, to all staff and students that supported and attended our GCSE revision sessions, we were delighted to be able to support so many of you during this time.
It has been lovely to see students learning in our new 'Govenek' building. Geography and Computing are based in this building and there is a fantastic toilet facility that is open plan and inclusive which children can use when in there and which we have allocated to Years 7 & 8 during break times. The Govenek Building is a learning environment that is state of the art and we have loved seeing students in the space and benefitting from modern facilities, just as they deserve. Our college dining rooms have been decorated and new furniture purchased to provide a better environment for social times, this has been received really well by students and they have been enjoying using these spaces. Contractors have also repaired the guttering and roof on the Creative Learning Building so that students and staff can move around the site with less risk on falling victim to leaks. Whilst this might seem trivial, we see too many students getting unnecessarily wet and cold from this.
As we entered this week, students have returned with smiles across their faces and have got stuck back in with college life. Our Year 12 students performed 'SAD CLUB' by Luke Barnes at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Thursday evening as part of the National Theatre Connections festival - a huge congratulations to them and huge thank you to all our staff involved, an incredible accomplishment. Students have sat Graphics, Art, Fine Art and Art Craft & Design Exams this week - well done to all.
As we have acknowledged, we are on a journey to a better Bodmin College. This term we will be spending time supporting students with upcoming exams and continuing with our journey to make all students ready to learn, respectful individuals who feel and be safe at Bodmin College. To do this we are benefiting from being part of CELT as senior leaders from across our secondary schools join our team to support us. We are introducing new faces to our students and staff as quickly as we can and we will be creating communications and forums in which you will be able to also. You will see us share more information about this as we progress into this term and ask for your voice in supporting our journey. Every parent and carer interaction we have supports us to improve and progress the college forward.
Rewards
It is important we acknowledge and reward all the positives that our students do, as it can seem that the focus is always on the negatives. This term we will be focusing on more of the positives and celebrating how good our students and staff are!!
You will have seen through our social media channels that we have been running a tutor group attendance competition this week with the winner being announced and celebrated on Monday!
College vacancies
We have a number of exciting job opportunities for people who wish to join us and support us at Bodmin. This includes temporary and permanent posts, full time and variable hours posts, offering people flexibility among the many benefits of working within a school trust. For information on job vacancies available within CELT please visit https://celtvacancies.co.uk
Two that will make a huge difference to our students are the posts of ‘ Link Co-ordinator ’ and the on-going recruitment of ‘Exam Invigilators’ for our summer exams series – please share these far and wide and feel free to contact us directly with any questions.
Summer clubs
This will be updated on the school website next week as we move over to summer sports.
NEW: Keywear Uniform Orders
Due to works being carried out on Church Walk Keywear have decided to take their annual leave from Tuesday 7th May and re-opening on Monday 20th May. All online orders will be completed on their return.
NEW: Bodmin Tennis
Calling all girls, here at Bodmin Tennis Centre we have a fun, social tennis course for you. The course is 6 weeks long which will include 6 weeks of tennis coaching, a tennis racket, set of balls, t-shirt and wristbands. The cost of this course is £35 and the course suitable for your age is Mondays 5-6pm starting April 22nd. Please see this poster or contact bodmin.tennis@gmail.com if you require further information.
NEW: Exeter Scholars Year 10 Residential (30th July - 2nd August)
Applications are now open for the Exeter Scholars Year 10 residential at the Streatham Campus in Exeter. These are free residentials (meals, accommodation and travel are covered) in which students get an exciting opportunity to experience university life, build valuable skills, and make friends. Students will focus more on building transferable skills through project work. Residentials will feature social activities and if students remain on the Exeter Scholars pathway up to Year 13, it can lead to becoming a Senior Scholar, resulting in achieving a Benefits package and a reduced offer at the University of Exeter: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/exeterscholars/
To apply, students will need to go to https://www.exeter.ac.uk/exeterscholars, and click on the ‘Apply’ tab. There, they will see the option for Year 10 and the ‘Year 10 Residential Pathway (South West & National)’ box. This will take them to this page - Residential Pathway (South West & National) | University of Exeter Scholars | University of Exeter. The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 24th May 2024.
NEW: Early Help Hub
Please see the Summer 2024 Newletter from Early Help, with top parentis and information on bitesize parenting workshops available.
NEW: Face Family Advice
NEW: CELT Podcast
A team of CELT staff are producing a podcast aimed at discussing online safety. It will be a weekly podcast available on a range of platforms and aimed at adults and pupils within all our school communities for a fixed time later this year.
They are looking for a catchy and memorable name for the podcast and need the students help!
The closing date for this competition will be the 26th April with the winner naming the podcast amongst other prizes.
Upcoming Events
Thursday 25th April
Year 10 Progress Evening & PPE Exam Launch