Last Friday, Ben come home with his first creation from design and technology class, which turned out to be a coat hanger. He designed it and screwed it on and did some of the cutting but was finished off for him by the teacher as they had run out of time in lessons. He seemed […]
Ben started secondary school at Ivybridge Community College on Monday 7th September but only had the Monday and Tuesday that week, due to new covid regulations whereby the school had a staggered start for all years. His first full week was the week after but he had to stay in his year bubble which meant […]
On the 14th October, Ben had his first parents evening at Ivybridge CC. Obviously, due to the covid-19 pandemic, things were a little different than normal, so they held a virtual parents evening instead. We had to book a time via the school app for when we could meet his form tutor (Miss Shillabeer) online […]
During our weekend away in Liverpool, we learnt what secondary school Ben had got into and, to our relief, it was our number 1 choice – Ivybridge Community College!! Yippee!! The email with the confirmation was sent out at about midnight on the Sunday night, so Kelly couldn’t sleep until she had the email, as […]
Last night, we filled in Ben’s Secondary School application form and we have all (finally) decided on Ivybridge CC as the 1st choice, with Tavistock as the 2nd and Eggbuckland as the 3rd. It was a hard decision as Ivybridge is far and away the best school, and Ben’s preferred choice, but it costs £63 […]
