News
Oct 22, 2015
Exeter to Become Centre of Excellence for Deaf Rugby
England Deaf RFU and Exeter Deaf Academy showcased a variety of Deaf Rugby talent at a special event on Thursday 22nd October, marking the first step towards Exeter becoming a South West centre of excellence for the sport. The launch event, at Exeter Deaf Academy on Topsham Road in Exeter, brought England Men and Women’s […]
Oct 21, 2015
Hair@theAcademy Student Update
Exeter Deaf Academy students who are training at Hair@theAcademy E2E (Education to Employment) have been making fantastic progress on their courses. Joel G and Benjamin are currently enrolled on the VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Women’s and Men’s Hairdressing. This qualification aims to give student’s the knowledge, understanding and skills to prepare for employment as […]
Oct 20, 2015
Family Law Co Skittles Night
On Friday 16th October, The Family Law Company held a Charity Skittles Night in aid of Exeter Deaf Academy. A team from the Deaf Academy, consisting of Rachel Carter, Amanda Denham, Ian Woolhead, Fiona Keen and Wayne Sayer made it into the final but narrowly missed out on the trophy! The night was a great […]
Oct 15, 2015
FarmWise
On 13th October Year 7 had the chance to get hands on with agriculture at Devon’s annual FarmWise event. The event was held at Westpoint Arena, Exeter. Our students joined hundreds more from across Devon to learn more about where their food comes from and the importance of farming in Devon. The day was split […]
Oct 14, 2015
Key Stage 3 English Update
This year we are doing expressive arts in Key Stage 3. We are learning; exploring film genre, making a magazine and drawing and painting portraits. After half-term, November 3rd, we are making a play with Paddleboat Theatre Company. In February we are performing a play at the Phoenix Theatre. In the summer term we will […]
Oct 13, 2015
England V Estonia Football Match
On Friday 9thOctober students from school joined the 75,427 attendees at Wembley to watch England take on Estonia in their 9th Euro 2016 qualifying match. Having the students in the crowd obviously made the difference England needed as the end result was 2-0 to England, keeping up their 100% record in the qualifying stages. A […]
Oct 9, 2015
Exeter Deaf Academy to Feature on Exeter Monopoly Board
We’re pleased to announce some very exciting news! Exeter Deaf Academy will be appearing on the new Exeter Monopoly board. The Deaf Academy will feature on the Chance square. A big thanks goes out to all those who helped with the campaign as it is because of you that Exeter Deaf Academy will be immortalised […]
Oct 6, 2015
Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant Trip
At Exeter Deaf Academy we believe in experiential learning. As part of the Key Stage 4 science curriculum students learn about how energy and electricity is generated and how generators and turbines work. Staff decided what better way to learn about this than to see electricity production in action, so a trip to Hinkley Point […]
Oct 1, 2015
Primary’s Stop Frame Animation Project
[https://youtu.be/UStZMDOq9s0,50%,300,right]Primary started a new topic on animation at the start of the new term. For this the students have been using the ‘I Can Animate’ app on the iPads. At the start it was all about showing the students the process of animation, having them build a car out of Lego and then getting them […]