Summer holidays start now!

We hope you all have a lovely summer break, well done for a fantastic year and we look forward to seeing you all back in September!

Craft Club

Over the past year a new addition, Craft Club, has been taking place in the Discovery Centre.  Along with help form STEP and Mrs Trigg, students have had the chance to sign up for this exclusive club and try their hand at a number of different activities and skills, including clay, paper craft, sensory bottles, dream catchers and solar systems!

If you would like to join up next year please see Mrs Rice once the notice has gone out in September!

Shakespeare Exhibition last week

Last Friday saw a Shakespeare Exhibition being held in the Discovery Centre.  Students from years 7 and 8 have been working on a project in which they have to create their own Shakespeare related artefact, along with a write up of what it is and how they made it.  The centre was open at lunchtime for all students to view the pieces, as well as for staff to judge the winning entries!  Well done to all students, such a lot of work had gone into the projects and they looked fantastic!

Successful Year 6 taster day

Last Thursday the year 6 students who are joining Townsend in September all came in for a "Taster Day" with different session run throughout the day to show what life at Townsend is like.

Subjects students took part in included PE with a game of rounders, French (learning the alphabet), Art (drawing sweets), Media studies (learning media conventions and terms), Science (making Magnesium Oxide), Music (creating rhythms in groups), Drama (learning skills in games) and Food Technology, making cookies, which were given out to the whole group in the afternoon before going home.  Students also met STEP who work closely at Townsend, and were also reacquainted with their form tutors for an ice breaker session.

A big thank you to all the staff who supported and ran sessions on the day, and a huge thank you to Miss Scott who organised everything ready for the sessions.

We look forward to seeing all the year 6 students in their purple Townsend blazers in September!!  

SPORTS DAY results!

SPORTS DAY

A big thank you to all parents/carers who came in on Wednesday to support our students on another fantastic Sports Day. Luckily the weather came through and we were able to hold the event as planned.

All student performed fantastically across the events with a range of success stories leading up to a very close final score, with only 6 points between forms in some year groups, showing that every competitors scores counted greatly to the overall forms performance.

Results:

Year 7

	Girls	Boys	Overall
1st	Exeter	York	York
2nd	Canterbury & York	Durham	Exeter & Durham
3rd		Canterbury
4th	Durham	Exeter	Canterbury

Year 8

	Girls	Boys	Overall
1st	Canterbury	York	Durham
2nd	Exeter	Durham	Canterbury & York
3rd	Durham	Exeter
4th	York	Canterbury	Exeter

Year 9

	Girls	Boys	Overall
1st	Canterbury	Exeter	Canterbury
2nd	Durham	Canterbury	Exeter
3rd	Exeter	Durham	Durham

Year 10

	Girls	Boys	Overall
1st	Canterbury	Durham	Canterbury
2nd	Exeter	Canterbury	Exeter
3rd	Durham	Exeter	Durham

OVERALL WINNERS: CANTERBURY

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part. Just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." Pierre de Coubertin

Physical Education

CELEBRATION CEREMONIES

CELEBRATION CEREMONIES

We warmly invite parents/carers to attend the following Celebrations for your children.

All celebrations begin at 2pm

Year 12 Tuesday July 11th

Year 10 Monday July 17^th

Year 9 Friday July 14^th

Year 8 Tuesday July 18^th

Year 7 Wednesday July 19^th

MUSIC Summer Showcase - Thursday July 13th 7pm

MUSIC

Summer Showcase - Thursday July 13th 7pm

Tickets are available priced £2 or £1. They can be bought from the Office, from Music or on the door. Please lend your support to what is shaping up to be a really exciting event, and a great way of showcasing all the great work done in Performing Arts this year.

SPORTS DAY FRIDAY JULY 12th

SPORTS DAY FRIDAY JULY 12th

All students will take part in our ‘school games day’ on Wednesday July 12th starting at 12.00. Currently the weather looks like it may be hot so students advised to use sunscreen lotion, to wear hats and to drink plenty of water. Shelter from the sun and water will be available on the day. Should the weather suddenly change from sun to rain students should be prepared for normal lessons as well.

Parents/Carers are invited to this school event and any past student who wishes to attend must do so either by arrangement with Mrs Pennifold Head of Physical Education or accompanied by a parent/carer. All visitors should sign in at the table by the large canteen under the covered way. Thank you.

We have attached the schedule of events for the day to parentmail. Please see additional information under the Sports heading in the Subject Area

YEAR 7 Celebration picnic

YEAR 7

Celebration picnic

On Wednesday we are holding form picnics on the lower field (weather permitting, in form rooms if wet) to celebrate the first year at Townsend. Students should have signed up to bring in an item to food or drink to share with the form. Students may also wish to bring their own sandwich, a picnic rug, outdoor games and sun cream.

NEW INTAKE EVENING THURSDAY JULY 6TH

NEW INTAKE EVENING THURSDAY JULY 6^TH

On Thursday 6^th we welcome our new Year 7 students for Sept 2017 with their parents/carers. If you have any unwanted uniform please do drop it off into school before this date so we can make it available to our new families who may be interested. If you by any chance are able to assist with our new Intake Evening on Thursday from about 5.30-7.00 we also would be very grateful for your help. It is very welcoming for nervous parents/carers to see friendly faces who can reassure them about what life is like at Townsend! Please contact the school office and leave your details for Miss Lingwood.