Decoy School

Next time you’re on the school run, make sure you have a look at our new play equipment. Installation of the climbing equipment began on Monday morning and was completed on Thursday.

The children were fascinated to watch the holes being dug, the frame put together and then the amazingly bright blue flooring being laid.

It has been in constant use all morning so far!!

A huge thank you to Playline for their quick, professional service; and a huge thank you to the PTA and all involved with making this project a reality!

We would like to remind parents and carers that this equipment is not to be used before or after school.

On Sunday 12th May, 3 of our pupils took part in the South West Schools Ski Championships in Gloucester.

The team consisted of; Eve Boswood-Clark (Yr5), Izzy Drew (Yr4) and Jasmine Drew (Yr1).

Jasmine was, at 5 & 3/4, the youngest competitor there, and it was her first time in a competition, yet she successfully completed the downhill slalom ski course, the longest dry slope in England, all 3 times.

All 3 put up some great times, and finished in 7th place out of the whole South & South West & Wales.

Despite being only 10, Eve got the medal for 3rd overall in the girls Under 12s.

Eve competed in the National Summer League on the Saturday, coming 16th out of 32 in the Under 12s, and 55th overall, out of 140.

 

I’m sure you’ll join us in congratulating them on their achievement!

Well done!!

Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 football team who are the Teignbridge Schools League Winners 2013.

 

 

Decoy qualified for last week’s final as a result of winning their group. This was achieved by beating Canada Hill, Rydon and Highweek during the season as well as drawing with Chudleigh. In the final we played St Michaels Primary School. The standard of football in the final was extremely high. St Michaels started the game well but it was Decoy who took the lead thanks to an outstanding goal from Rocco Morgan; at half time we led 1:0. Decoy played sensational football at the start of the second half, a great run down the right from Matt Millar resulted in an opportunity for Luke Selley, who calmly passed the ball into the net. A number of further opportunities followed, however Decoy couldn’t find a third goal. With 3 minutes to go, St Michaels scored which set up a tense finale. However Decoy hung on for a deserved victory. The decoy team were delighted to receive the cup for the second consecutive season!

The Decoy A team are: Luke Selley (captain), Morgan Hargreaves, Matt Millar, Dominic Osborne, Owen Price, Rocco Morgan and Billy Green

Teachers at Decoy are always looking for ways to get the best out of children, so when Matt Brailsford from Coombeshead Academy offered to teach some Year 7 maths to a group of gifted mathematicians, they jumped at the chance. This is what he said about the group of 20 pupils:

Year 5 students participated in learning algebra through links between times tables. Students were incredibly well behaved and very enthusiastic. They were open minded and prepared to try new things and techniques they had not seen before. They completed the work in super-fast time and completed extension material. It was an enjoyable experience working with such a lovely group of very talented mathematicians in Year 5.

Well done to all those who took part – showing that when you ‘Have a go’, it is amazing what can be achieved.

We recently sent out a newsletter which listed lots of exciting events happening across the school this term.

 

There are so many things taking place so make sure you jot them down in your diaries to avoid missing something!

 

Below are the events, which can also be found on our website…

 

25/04/13
PTA committee meeting – 7pm
29/04/13
Bikeability week for Y5. (18 children chosen from a hat!)
06/05/13
Bank Holiday
13/05/13
Year 6 SATs week
20/05/13
Reception coffee morning – Maths
23/05/13
PTA school discos
24/05/13
Non-school uniform day in aid of the Special Care Baby Unit at Torbay hospital
27/05/13
Half term week
03/06/13
Non-pupil day
03/06/13
Year 3 residential this week
04/06/13
Reception classes – Parent/Teacher meetings
05/06/13
Reception classes – Parent/Teacher meetings
10/06/13
Reception coffee morning – Fundraising
11/06/13
First induction day for new Reception children
15/06/13
Summer Fete
18/06/13
Second induction day for new Reception children
20/06/13
New Reception children – meeting for parents – 6.30pm
25/06/13
Third induction day for new Reception children
26/06/13
Y3 and 4 Sports day – pm
27/06/13
Year 5 and 6 Sports day – pm
02/07/13
Reception, Y1 and 2 Sports day – am
04/07/13
Induction day – Newton Abbot College
08/07/13
Reception coffee morning – Avoiding stress in the Summer holiday!
08/07/13
Foundation Stage concert – 2.15pm
09/07/13
Foundation Stage concert – 9.30am
10/07/13
Induction day – Coombeshead
11/07/13
Induction day – Coombeshead
12/07/13
End of Year reports and information about new classes sent home.
16/07/13
Year 5 and 6 production – 2pm and 6.30pm
17/07/13
Year 5 and 6 production – 6.30pm
18/07/13
Pupils will spend time in their new classrooms
3.30pm – Open evening and presentation to Y6 leavers
22/07/13
Barbeque for our Year 6 Leavers.

23/07/13
Last Day of the Summer Term

Thanks for reading!