November 2018 - Plymouth Academy of Creative Arts

Monthly Archive: November 2018

From Plymouth School of Creative Arts

Nov

Inspiring our students!

This week we have welcomed an entrepreneurial talk from the the Managing Director of the DBI (Diversity Business Incubator), Jabo Butera, and his inspirational wife Liliane Uwimana. They were invited to the assembly to relate their real life experiences by illustrating how ideas can materialise into business, partnerships and community organisations. By telling their story, […]

Nov

Co-Op and PTFA raise £12,076!

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We’re delighted to tell you that the PTFA has raised a total of £12,076.95 from the Co-Op Local Community Fund. The project we’re raising funds for is to improve the outside space, in particular to help contribute towards a roof garden. Co-op Members have raised an amazing £19 million for over 4,000 causes across the […]

Nov

Rhythm and Respect

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Plymouth School of Creative Arts are very excited to be working in partnership with Plymouth Music Zone as part of a music project called ‘Rhythm and Respect’. This project will run fortnightly until July 2019 and connects Year 10 GCSE Music students with older people in the community through a range of creative music-making opportunities. […]

Nov

Festive Clothes

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Swap or decorate at the PSCA winter craft fair on Saturday the 8th of December.

Nov

PTFA Vacancies

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Friends of PSCA, the Parents Teachers & Friends Association (PTFA) has been going since December 2013 and has raised over £30,000 for the school community. As a parent, guardian, staff member or friend of PSCA you are automatically a member of your PTFA! We have big ambitions to improve the outside space, including a long […]

Nov

Unwrapped, repackaged and repurposed. Wonderful fashion made by our students!

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Everyone is invited to join us for a Fashion Show spectacular on Tuesday 4th December at 6pm! Tickets cost £2.50 and are available from the Front Desk (please have the correct money if possible). This fantastic event has been created by the Year 10 Textiles Cohort, sponsored by TEC packaging and Next Steps Southwest (NSSW) […]

Nov

Slack Lining Thursday 6th December!

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There are still spaces on the slack lining– which starts on Thursday 6th December! We are delighted to announce a fun winter activity for the Making Waves Together project- that keeps us on dry land, in the warm and away from the wet- but will prepare us for the Spring when the water based […]

Nov

The 2km challenge

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On Tuesday, my year 8 girls PE group took part in a 2km challenge at Brickfields to raise money for Children in Need. All of the students demonstrated an amazing effort in not only taking part in the challenge but also in raising money for the charity through gaining sponsorship money. In total the students […]

Nov

A healthy active lifestyle

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Phase 4 students have been given the opportunity to go to McCauley’s gym during their PE lessons. Students have been able to experience different types of training as well as have a go at using the spinning bikes and a variety of different gym equipment. This is part of our vision in PE to encourage […]

Nov

Phase 2 Moonwalk

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Phase 2 have been taking part in the “Classroom to Moon Challenge” run by Plymouth City Council. A competition with other schools to see if we could collectively walk enough minutes over 4 weeks to get to the moon! Over the 4 weeks we covered a grand total of 154,437 minutes – walking, cycling or using […]