News and Events

Year: 2024

CCF Weapon training

2nd February 2024

In the last two weeks Lower Sixth Army section have had the pleasure of using the Dismounted Close Combat Trainer (DCCT),  a system using a computer simulated firing range used…

CCF RAF Flying

2nd February 2024

Yesterday, Rosa, Molly, Lizzie, Ben, Aiden, and Freddie in Middle Fifth, were extremely lucky with weather conditions for their flying trip to Boscombe Down (military Camp).  The cadets flew with…

Catalyst club – Economic

2nd February 2024

Mr Mackintosh hosted a session in economics for catalyst club. Supermarket Economics investigated the many tactics employed by supermarkets to maximise profits. Special offers, layouts , and strategies for getting the…

GCSE Religious Studies

1st February 2024

The Middle Fifth GCSE Religious Studies group has hosted several visitors recently. First, Jeremy Roberts explained his motivation and experiences whilst completing the Camino de Santiago and then author and…

Informal Brass Concert

1st February 2024

15 players from across the school took to the Music Hall stage on Wednesday in the Informal Brass Concert. Featuring nine trumpeters, three trombonists, a euphoniumist, a hornist and a…

MUN conference

31st January 2024

Participating in the MUN conference at Bristol Grammar School was a great opportunity for our pupils to develop their research skills and public speaking. There was a total of 43…

Comets club – Maths

31st January 2024

This week comets club headed to the senior school for “Combinatorics – The Art of Clever Counting”. Mr Bowler introduced compositions to the group where the pupils were asked to…

The making of Gugelhupf

30th January 2024

In German with the Lower Two we have been learning the months of the year and how to say when your birthday was. An optional homework was to make a…

Historical Association – Great Debate competition

30th January 2024

Harry in Middle Fifth won the local round of the Historical Association’s Great Debate competition held at Exeter Cricket Club on the evening of Monday 29 January 2024. The brief…

A wave of swimming awards won at Crediton

30th January 2024

We were incredibly impressed with Sebastian, one of our M5 pupils, this Saturday. At the Crediton Swimming Club presentation evening, Sebastian managed to scoop awards for: 1st place male in…