Teignmouth Community School has an enviable success record in the annual Ten Tors, and this year proved to be no different for the teams in the 35 mile and 45 mile categories.

The 35 mile team, led by Peter Bilham, were magnificent and broke the school record by a massive 20 minutes.  The 45 mile team, led by Freya Tomlinson, had the toughest route on the course and despite a bad foot condition suffered by one of the team and the fact that several other teams on that route pulled-out, they managed to finish 20 minutes before the deadline.

Following on from their gardening success in exhibiting at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show last year, pupils working at the Centre of Appropriate Learning (CAL) at Teignmouth Community School have once again been selected to display their efforts at the most prestigious horticultural show in the world, from 22-26 May.

Mill Lane held an OPAL Science Activity Day on 26 April which was jointly organised by Jean Gitsham from Mill Lane and Alison Smith, a scientist from Plymouth University whose work is part of  OPAL (Open Air Laboratories)  which  is linked to the Natural History Museum and other universities.

The children all took part in 2 activities, searching for mini-bugs and pond dipping, in the school’s wildlife area which turned out to be rather wet and soggy after the recent torrential rain. 

I’m sure by now that you will have heard that there was a fire at TCS last night.  It was located in the Technology area and thankfully contained to two teaching areas, the metal and wood resistant materials classrooms.  The fire investigation officer ruled out foul play almost immediately and at this stage believes that the cause could have been electrical.   Thankfully no one was injured and the area of the fire was completely unoccupied.  A significant concern at the time was the damage to student coursework pieces in Technology, Art and Photography that may have resulted.

Exeter City manager Paul Tisdale met Teignmouth Community School Principal Tony Gray before Saturday’s crunch Exeter City home game with Walsall to mark the start of the new partnership between the football club and school. The partnership will deliver a football and education development programme which will take its first intake from September 2012, with trials taking place on 19 May. 

Trial Day 1 - Saturday 19th May from 11:00am – 1:00pm

The first trial day for the Exeter City Football Development Squad will take place on Saturday the 19th of May at 1100 at the school on the grass pitches.  On the day you will need to bring full training kit including shin pads, football boots and a large drink for refreshment.