Year 7 pupils and parents: Join us on Tuesday 26th September 9.15 to 10.15pm for our annual Macmillan Coffee morning. It will be a great chance to meet some of the staff, donate to a fantastic charity and also eat plenty of cake!
Please register your interest here https://forms.office.com/e/L09b4dsnKZ
Our Year 11 pupils have been celebrating a collection of superb results. The long wait for results following the last exam is always a tense time for everyone, but this morning has seen both relief and jubilation.
We are proud of the hard work and commitment our year 11 pupils showed when completing their key stage 4 studies culminating in the exams.
We wish everyone good luck as they embark on their next steps post-16 many of whom have chosen to study at our Sixth Form. We look forward to hearing about their future successes.
Congratulations to all of our Year 13 students who collected their A Level Results. Good Luck in your future endeavors!
Madeleine (Right) is off to read Psychology at Lancaster University and Emily (Left) is off to work at Aston Villa Football Club, coaching teams.
Chanel (Left) going to study Law and Criminology at University of Derby and Havana (Right) will be taking a GAP year before starting her University in 2024
A Level Results will be available for collection on Thursday 17th August 2023 from 8am – 10am from room G9
GCSE results will be available for collection on Thursday 24th August 2023 from 8.30am – 10.30am from the Sports Hall
Members of staff will be on hand to provide support and guidance to students who require it.
If you wish for any other person (including family members) to collect your results on your behalf, you must give written authorisation to school before results day, this can be done via email to enquiry@decschool.co.uk.The person collecting the results will need to bring a form of ID with them.
If you do not collect your results or make other arrangements your results will be available for collection when the school reopens in September. No results will be given out by telephone under any circumstances.
The 8th annual Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School Mathematics adventure trip to Wales took place this week. 80 students and 8 staff made the 4 hour trip to Manorbier on the Pembrokeshire coast for 4 days of adrenalin packed activities. Accomodation varied from land pods, bell tents, glamping pods and indoor dormitories. Pupils and staff enjoyed coasteering, body boarding, rock climbing, bush-craft and archery, even torrential rain did not dampen the fun!
Students got to spend time on the beach and enjoyed swimming in the sea. On Wednesday evening, pupils were shuttled to Tenby to embark the famous Caldey Island boat tour where they saw seals, puffins and other marine life. Pupils were then given free time to try local delicacies including fresh fish and chips and homemade ice-cream.
Pupils battled it out on our quiz night, which involved five round of questions and a dance off! The evening was then topped off by a big game of football and traditional toasting of marshmellows.
Well done to all pupils and staff for a fun-packed and courageous few days; everyone really pushed themselves outside of their comfort zones. A real highlight was when Harry T was presented with the overall award for effort and offered two weeks of work experience with Clive and his team next year!
Quotes from pupils:
“This week in Wales was very fun. I really enjoyed my time. It was very active and I could be creative. The activities were brilliant and I would definitely go again”. Hayden B
“I had a great time. The activities were really fun, even though the weather was not great” Emma M
Sweden, Italy, Peru
We are delighted to announce that, for the third year running, Matrix Academy Trust has had another successful Turing bid.
The Turing Scheme is the UK government’s programme to provide funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world. It supports Global Britain by providing an opportunity for UK organisations from the higher education, further education, vocational education and training and schools sectors to offer young people life-changing experiences.
This year, pupils in Year 8 from across Matrix schools will be visiting Sweden. Year 10 will be exploring ancient history in Italy. Year 12 students will be travelling around the world to Peru.
We chose ‘Far From Home’ as the name of our 2023-24 Turing project because we are committed to promoting an international outlook with our pupils. For our young people to be successful, we need to do whatever we can to broaden their horizons - and one way of doing this is to take them ‘far from home’. We will be making sure the pupils who are selected to go on these visits will be those that will benefit most from them.
More information about these opportunities will be shared in September.
Read our report on last year’s Matrix visit to Japan here: https://matrixacademytrust.co.uk/japan/
Find out more about the Turing scheme here: https://www.turing-scheme.org.uk
Special congratulations to Mischa D in year 7 who competed on the 10th June in the Power Gymnastic Trampoline English Championships Qualifiers. She won both the individual and synchronised routines. She also won the regionals and will be competing in the inter-regionals in September. Well done Mischa, we will all be cheering you on!
This weekend she visited Telford International Centre for the English Championship finals on July 15/16th in the synchronised trampolining and individual trampolining competitions. She came 1st in the synchronised trampolining and 2nd in the individual trampolining events. We are very proud of you Mischa, well done from Exeter, and the wider DEC community.
On Thursday 13th July, some of our Music students performed at the School Proms Concert at the Symphony hall in front of over 1500 people and other Primary and Secondary schools. It was an amazing occasion and a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their talents with the steel pans. They have been working extremely hard towards this event and they all did themselves, the school and their parents proud. Well done!
We will be holding a few open events this year to give all prospective Year 7 parents and pupils the chance to come and visit us. These events will give you a little insight into what is means to be a pupil at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School and give you the chance to ask any questions you may have.
Open Evening will take place on Thursday 14th September 2023 4pm - 8pm
Open Mornings in September will take place between Monday 2nd - Friday 6th October 9:15-10:10am.
Our Open events are always extremely busy. To keep the flow of people moving and minimise large gatherings we are staggering entry times.
Tickets MUST be booked in advance or you will not be permitted entry. A ticket must be booked for every person attending, including any children. As tickets are limited, please support us by booking only the number of tickets you need and keeping your party as small as possible.
We are holding our very first, Early Help Coffee morning here at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School. Our first coffee morning will be on 14th July 2023, running from 9.30am to 11.00am. We will have a number of community connectors coming on the day, who work for Early Help and they will be on hand to support and discuss things such as the cost of living, money advice, parenting support, advice on uniforms and clothing, sexual health and mental health. Register for your place now!
More info: https://decschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Early-Help-Coffee-Morning.pdf
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West Midlands B30 1UL
Contact Number: 0121 464 4040
enquiry@decschool.co.uk
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