Dear parents/carers, The weather thankfully held out last night for our outdoor Summer Sessions concert. Huge appreciation goes to Mr Simm and Mr Bottomley for putting on a showstopper, and also to Mrs Bellamy and Mrs Satterley for their help and piccolo playing! It was great to see so many families and staff supporting our…
Dear parents/carers, We have had a very busy week of exams and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the Year 11 students for the way they have conducted themselves. We have had excellent attendance at our morning breakfast workshops and students have shown real perseverance and maturity in the exam halls. Feedback…
Dear parents/carers, It’s been a short, sunny and successful week at NAC! Our Year 12 Performing Arts students gave a great performance in their Unit 3 Group piece workshop last Friday, which was a great achievement considering it is a very challenging unit. Congratulations to all those who took part and thank you to Mrs Bellamy…
Dear parents/carers, I hope you have had a good week. Some lovely news to start with – following a monologue writing workshop led by Papatango Theatre Company in November where our GCSE Drama students had their monologues published and acted out by professional actors, we have recently received the news that our very own year…
Dear parent/carer, In last week’s update, we completely forgot to share with you how our ski trip went during the Easter holidays – thank you to the parent who pointed our omission out! Over Easter we took 45 students to France for a week’s skiing. We are really pleased to report that the snow was…
Dear parents/carers, It has been a really positive first week back and good to finally feel the sun after a very wet Easter break! A lot has been happening in our Sixth Form – at the end of last term our year 12 Geographers had a fantastic urban field trip to Totnes as part of…
Hi everyone, Even though it has been a short week, we have still managed to cram a lot in! Speaks volumes for the number of opportunities our students have and how committed our staff body is – even when we are on our knees ?. A big thank you to Charlotte and the languages team for…
Dear parents/carers, Thank you to all those parents/carers who attended the Ivy Education Trust Music event last night at Newton Abbot College. It was great to see children from year 2 to 10 participate in such a creative evening and inspiring to listen to all the songs they had written themselves about their local area….
Dear parents/carers, We’ve had a really busy sporting week with a number of fixtures. The year 11 boys’ football team started the week showing amazing resilience playing against Teignmouth in the South Devon cup with only 10 men – but coming away with a 3-0 win to take them into the next round. The football…
Dear parents/carers, I hope you’ve had a good week. It’s been another very busy and rewarding week at NAC. On Wednesday we hosted an alternative sports festival primary event with over 190 students from our feeder primary schools. Once again, our Sports Leaders who led the event were incredible ambassadors for the college and role…