STUDENT LOGINYear 7 Students of the Week
Lottie Kelly for continued excellent, effort and always trying her best and George Mann for continued excellent, effort and having a fabulous work ethic.
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Year 8 Students of the Week
Elliot for being a positive role model and supporting school events, and Harry for positive work ethic and winning the photography competition.
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Year 9 Students of the Week
Awarded to Kira and William for positive contribution to the school.
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Ms Lam’s Passion
Taunton Academy English teacher Ms Lam on her passion for public speaking. This article will feature in next month’s English Speaking Union’s magazine “Dialogue”. Nineteen years after winning best speaker at the regional finals of the Public Speaking Competition, Kat Marshall...
Explosive Homework
We’ve been impressed by some fantastic recent Geography home learning projects by Years 7 and Year 8, including explosive volcanoes and beautiful tourist guides for UK landmarks. Well done to all!
Year 7’s Outstanding Home Learning
Year 7 has been producing some outstanding homework. The photos show work by Emerson, Scarlett, Amelia, Alaia and Oliver. Harrison’s response to the ‘Myths and Legends’ unit in English ‘Mort D’Arthur’ was thoroughly enjoyed by his class. He modestly...
Two Tates Visit
Photos from our art and photography visit to London, including a boat trip and visits to the Tate and Tate Modern.
World Mental Health Day
Thank you to the Taunton School Nurse Team, which was in school last week promoting positive steps for students to look after their mental health. A school nurse is available each Tuesday lunchtime at their drop-in clinic for help...
DofE Triumph
We took 10 intrepid students out on the Mendips as the final element of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. They were met by staff at the top of Burrington Combe, with their equipment for the weekend on their backs,...
Four championship medals for Joe
Joe in Year 10 had an amazing experience competing in the Army Cadet Forces National Championships in Liverpool on 12th October. Nine regions from across the country came together to compete and Joe, a corporal with the Bishops Hull...
Black Belt for Nathan
Nathan in Year 9 is celebrating after achieving a black belt in Shōtōkan karate at the weekend. Nathan, who is 13 and from Norton Fitzwarren, has been working towards the sport’s highest grade since he was six years old, overcoming...
Talking Day
A group of Year 11 students took park in a Talking Day, run by The English Speaking Union, to prepare students to take part in a House of Lords Chamber debate. Ten students will go forward to prepare speeches and remarks...
GCSE Results 2019
The Taunton Academy continues to see improvements in the results achieved by its students. The overall pass rate has increased compared to last year with regards to most key measures, including those students getting grade 4 and above in...
Fabulous Cricket
Last week was a fabulous time for girls’ cricket at the academy. On Wednesday we played our first ever outside fixture (we have only competed in indoors competitions before). We fielded two teams for a lovely friendly game against...
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Audiences were treated to a magical phenomenon when they saw the excellent stage production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. The cast consisted of talented pupils in Years 7 – 10 who communicated Shakespeare’s first rate comedy to a really high...
SHARE
SHARE – Schools Health and Resilience Education – is currently working at Taunton Academy. It is running a ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ drop-in lunchtime session available to all year groups and has trained a group of student Well Being Champions. The ‘Tuning into Teens’ six week course for parents has also now started. There will be other opportunities to meet the SHARE team at parents’ evenings and future themed topic evenings.
Parents' Information
Parents’ Evenings
Parents’ Options Presentation
Parent’s Options Presentation 2019
Specialist Studies
Year 8 Specialist Studies Parents
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Attendance Matters
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Focus on attendance and punctuality
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Head's Message
This next half term promises as ever to be a busy one, with many enriching and enhancing activities taking place alongside the everyday wonderful learning opportunities. Year 11 students began their mock exams, a crucial time for them, enabling them to gain a clear insight into where they are in their learning and what they need to do next to be successful. With the new exam system geared up to test students’ breadth and depth of knowledge, it’s important to start this process early so students in all years are exposed to deep learning. They are taught the skills they need to retain information and to then apply it successfully. Working together, we can ensure that all our students achieve beyond their potential.
Mrs J Veal
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