The Ilfracombe Magazine - October 2019

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THIS MONTH...

Head to retire

P10 - Sharon Marshall announces her plans to step down as headteacher at Ilfracombe Academy

Let there be light

P18 - £12,000 worth of new lights to illuminate the sea front

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Quote of the Month...

“October is about trees revealing colours they’ve hidden all year.

People have an October too.”

JM Storm

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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR...

Autumn is here - the leaves are changing colour and there’s a welcome chill in the air (well, it’s welcome for some). While Halloween and Bonfire Night celebrations will soon be upon us, there will be some more excited about another upcoming event - dare I mention the C-word yet (that’s Christmas, just to be clear)! While I’ll admit that I am always the first to scoff at supermarkets stocking their festive wares now, it does secretly get me a little bit excited. It won’t be long now!

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academy headteacher to step down

The headteacher of Ilfracombe Academy has announced that she plans to retire at the end of this academic year.

Longstanding head Sharon Marshall revealed the news to parents in a newsletter issued in September.

The popular head paid tribute to staff and pupils at the school, saying it had been a “real privilege” to work with them all.

Mrs Marshall said she had decided to give a long period of notice to assist in finding her replacement and will leave at the end of this term in Summer 2020.

Here’s her letter to parents in full: “I am writing to let you know that I will be retiring at the end of this academic year and that the school will shortly be going out to advert for a new Headteacher.

“My reason for giving such a long period of notice to the Directors is so that the school has plenty of time to firstly appoint a successor at a time when recruitment can be challenging, and secondly so that there can be a well-planned handover of responsibilities.

“It has been a real privilege to work with such a committed team of staff, students who are enthusiastic

and positive, and to have support from parents and so many areas of our wider community. We have all made a very positive start to term. Year 7 have made a great start in their new school and the other year groups have had a very purposeful and businesslike first few days. You may have seen in the press that

we were really delighted with our summer results which showed significant progress at A Level and some of the best progress we have seen at GCSE too. “We have exciting plans in place for this year too and I look forward to working with everyone for one final year at The Ilfracombe Academy.”

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New lights will illuminate sea front

Ilfracombe will be getting brighter this Autumn thanks to more than £12,000 worth of new lights. The new lamps and LED colourchanging lights are set to be installed at the town’s sea front and on the southern slopes gardens to mak the area even more visually appealing.

The lights have been paid for by North Devon Council who agreed to release £12,269 for the project at a recent meeting of its Strategy and Resources Committee.

The money has come from a pot of what is called Section 106 funding. This is

money paid to the council by developers as part of the planning conditions of planning applications.

The money can only be used for certain things, but is used primarily for public open space projects.

The funding was designed to aid projects which will help to improve open spaces, with Chulmleigh also receiving £26,183 for a new adventure playground.

Ilfracombe’s new lights, which the council say will “lighten, brighten and modernise” the sea front and southern slopes will start to be installed in the

autumn (work may have even started by the time we go to press). It is hoped that the new lighting will encourage more people to use the open space after dark by making it a safer and more attractive place to visit.

Leader of North Devon Council, Councillor David Worden, said: “Section 106 funding, made as part of major planning applications, allows the council to give back to our communities in a meaningful way.

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Equally, any performer needs an audience, so whether or not you perform, you’ll be very welcome. There’s no admission charge on Open Nights – we just pass the pot round for donations towards expenses of running Shammick Acoustic. The evening is quite informal and starts around 8pm. It’s hard to believe that it’s well over six years since Bob & Gill Berry last gave a concert at Shammick Acoustic – and it’s been far too long!

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WHIP-CRACK AWAY! CALAMITY JANE RIDES ON IN TO THE LANDMARK THEATRE

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Joanie Baxendale as Calamity & Billy Buckingham as Wild Bill Hikock This month Small Pond Productions returns to the Landmark with their ‘all singing- all dancing production of the classic musical ‘Calamity Jane’.

Hot on the heels of their recent productions of The Sound of Music and Oliver!, Calamity Jane promises not to disappoint, with a highly talented cast working hard in rehearsals to bring this family favourite to the stage.

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