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Devon Adventures: Combined Cadet Force & Duke of Edinburgh Activity Week
Six students attended the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Summer Camp and combined it with their Duke of Edinburgh Award. This is the story of their week: “On Friday afternoon, we…
All schools are not equal
For all the glossy pictures and impressive looking facilities, for military families in particular, it is what you don’t see in the school brochures and prospectuses that is perhaps most…
Community Activity and Service
IB has been on the curriculum at Taunton School for 10 years and CAS (Community Activity and Service) is a cornerstone of the programme. Talking to IB students highlights the…
Sleeping rough for charity
Have you ever had to sleep rough? Hopefully not, but some of our students had such an opportunity last Friday by taking part in the “Big Sleep Out in Taunton”,…
The Power of Positivity
We are now well into exam season and some students (take a bow, Upper Sixth IB) have already wrapped up theirterminal assessments, although others must wait until after half term…
Antigone – 'No Tragedy'
On Wednesday and Thursday, our Taunton School drama students delivered fantastic perfomances in their production of Antigone, by the noted playwright Sophocles. It was a dramatic and passionate play that…
Netball tour at Disneyland Paris
During the last week of the Easter holiday, eleven U14 netballers travelled to Disneyland Paris for the annual International Netball festival. The first morning was spent in Disneyland, exploring the…
Language trip to Spain
Fourteen students – a mixture of Year 10 and Y12 – spent five days in the town of El Puerto de Santa Maria in Southern Spain at the beginning of…
Welcome back @Thone
What a way to begin the Summer term and to welcome the children back to Thone House. Having returned on Sunday evening, it has been wonderful to have the sun…
A Commotion in the Ocean
Welcome back to the Nursery and TPPS Summer Term and hopefully some sunny weather too! We definitely have some wonderful sunflowers emerging in Year 2 inspired by the tale of…