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June 2022

  • 24/06/22

    Taunton Cricket Trip

    Hampshire moved to within two points of Somerset following a thrilling victory in this South Group Vitality Blast clash at the Cooper Associates County Ground. It was another classic T20 encounter between these two sides, with over 400 runs scored on a mild and muggy evening in Taunton. Somers...
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  • 23/06/22

    Year 8 Rounders Match Report

    The sun was shining, and we potentially had our last games of rounders for the Year 8 team. Our first match was against the hosts, DHSG. We knew this was going to be our toughest competition but nevertheless, the team’s determination was at a high. We started off batting and managed to...
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  • 23/06/22

    YEAR 13 STUDENTS DRESS FOR EXAMS

    We are incredibly proud of our Year 13 students who come to the end of their exams on Friday. Throughout, they have behaved with maturity and positivity and impressed us all with the way they have looked after themselves and each other. Yesterday, some of the Maths cohort chose to mark the occasion...
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  • 21/06/22

    Visits to Primary Schools

    Mrs Cooper and the Transition Team have been busy making visits to primary schools to meet the Year 6s who will be joining the Coombe Dean community this September as Year 7s. Each of the Year 6 pupils we are visiting are receiving a postcard, designed by current Year 7 Edith G. The postcards all...
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  • 21/06/22

    Armed Forces Day, Pete Ogburn’s Memorial Bench

    This Armed Forces Day, Pete Ogburn’s memorial bench will be unveiled at 3.30pm. The bench will be located near the flagpole above the Belvedere (wedding cake) almost opposite Elliott Terrace. Without Pete, the national network of Service & Veterans’ children would not exist and be...
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  • 21/06/22

    Year 7- 8 Cricket: You win some, you lose some!

      Year7-8 Cricket continued this week as we played Plympton Academy and DHSB. The boys were outstanding in their first game, opting to bowl first. Plympton scored 49 runs and we went into bat. Some of the best batting seen by Sam, Rahul, Hamad and Josh meant be scored 56 runs off of just...
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  • 21/06/22

    Year 12 students visit the University of Exeter

    Last Thursday our Year 12 students visited the University of Exeter Campus. We were greeted by Next Steps South West, along with current student Ambassadors, who also gave us an insight into what it is like to be a university student. We also had a quick look at student finance and how the stu...
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  • 21/06/22

    Duke of Edinburgh Award - Bronze Expedition

    This year's Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Expedition took place last weekend, where twenty apprehensive but excited pupils took up the final segment of their Award. The Southwest Coast Path was the main route, with the starting point at Jennycliff and finishing back there the next day. The w...
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  • 15/06/22

    Goosewell Sports Day ft Our Year 10 Leaders!

    Ten Coombe Dean Sports Leaders from Year 10 volunteered to assist with Goosewell Primary School's annual School Games Day yesterday. Tasks included: officiating, motivating, demonstrating, and guiding the children through ten different activities laid out around the track. Our pu...
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  • 15/06/22

    Fit and Fed - FREE Holiday Club Places

    Dear Coombe Dean Community, Does your family fit the following criteria? Children on benefit related Free School Meals Children on Child Protection Plans Looked After Children Children with Education, Health Care Plans Foster Children - Young Carers Children of recognised refugees...
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  • 14/06/22

    Science Practicals

    Our Year 7 are taking part in a trial run of a brand new Key Stage 3 practical assessment week, to be rolled out across Science next year. They have been taking part in lessons around planning investigations, drawing tables and graphs, and writing conclusions and evaluations - all while carrying out...
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  • 09/06/22

    Year 8 Rounders Match Report

    After a rushed start we had our first game against Plymstock School. We started off batting and the team were off to a brilliant start with them all making big hits, scoring Coombe Dean 8 rounders, and with highlight hits from Serafine and Heidi. It was now time for us to field, we had a brillian...
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