Rowan students have all made their own individual Christmas cakes in their food tech lesson. Don’t these look incredible!

Wave CEO Rob came to visit us yesterday for Christmas Jumper Day and our Christmas dinner, and as you can see, he really got into the festive spirit!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us all at Wave Trust. Our academies will be back open to pupils on Wednesday 7 January.

Nine Maidens Gives. . . . Here is one of the Christmas hampers that was delivered to a local charity by our students today. A huge well done to everyone involved. We are a proud school in the @wavetrust.bsky.social family. . . 🤶 😊 🎅 👍 🎄 🧑‍🎓 😊

Wave Trust Autumn Newsletter is out! Giving an insight into the wonderful things we have gotten up to across Wave Trust this Autumn Term. Check it out by following this link to the news area of our website: www.wavemat.org/news-events/... #ThisisAP

Wow! A group of our pupils had their passing out parade from their 3 day course with the Phoenix Project. What an incredible achievement, they have been an absolute credit to Restormel. We are so proud of all of you and thank you to the brilliant staff at the Phoenix Project.

A fantastic week for our KS3 and 4 students at Skern Lodge, developing team skills, facing their fears, challenging themselves and showing great resilience.

It is feeling very festive at Glynn House this week. The pupils have been making Christingle oranges and Pomanders as well as decorating Christmas biscuits.

Many thanks to our premises team for all of their efforts in preparing the schoolhouse. New roof, walls, fixtures & fittings! 🙏

Here is the Annual GCHQ Christmas conundrum. . . Our super Maths dept stump us every year with this. It’s sort of a tradition here at Nine Maidens. . . 😁👨🏼‍🎓😊👍

We were delighted to welcome Paralympian, David Hill, to Restormel last week to support the official opening of our new outside space. David then ran an activity with pupils, ‘Capture the Flag’ on our new MUGA. There was tactic, healthy competition and skill on fine display for all.

Christmas cakes made by our students. . . 🎅 🎄 🎂 🤶

Super art work in year 11. 🖼️ 🧹 👩‍🎓 🏫 😊

All set up ready for the official opening of our outside space and MUGA, how exciting! Wonderful nibbles made by our wonderful pupils.

🎓 Torlands Academy at Plymouth University Our students recently visited Plymouth Uni for an inspiring look at future pathways & careers. Experiences like this support our medical provision by building confidence, motivation & aspirations. #TorlandsAcademy #FutureGoals #WaveMAT

As part of their Duke of Edinburgh award, Year 10 did some volunteering by cleaning up our local waterways. Using a hauling system, teamwork and a lot of effort we pulled out a huge amount of rubbish. These were collected by the council and taken straight to the recycling centre.

🎵 Cedar and Willow classes were treated to a wonderful afternoon of music with our fabulous Visiting Music Teacher, Kip, who led sessions on ‘storytelling and composition’ in each class. Here are Cedar class, composing and playing music based around their ‘Castles’ topic! 🎵

We enjoyed taking part in activities to raise awareness of Children in Need on Friday. Pupils took part in the ‘Challenge yourself to 25’ activities such as stacking 25 objects, some played Bear Pong, & some ran a cake stall to raise money. Well done all. Here are a few photos from our academies🧸

A wet but wonderful Forest School session today. We are so lucky to have use of our fantastic woods. Pupils built shelter from the rain, made a fire and enjoyed s’mores, explored the acres and were even met by some friendly horses on the way back to school.

A massive Nine Maidens thank you to Harry from Plymouth Argyle for working with our students today.

A huge Nine Maidens welcome to Cornwall Hospitality who are in school today cooking fresh sea bass with our students today. . . 🐟 🧑‍🍳 🥘 👍

Reflecting on a wonderful day yesterday. Here is a Year 10 group preparing to filet sea bass under the watchful eye of the inimitable Mark from Cornwall Hospitality. 🐟 🧑‍🍳

Our 15th annual poppy wreath being laid with the other 14. We started in 2011 & each student in the school makes a hand coloured poppy for inclusion on a wreath. We will remember them. . .

🥉We would like to extend our congratulations to George in Year 10, who did amazingly in his jujitsu competition this weekend. He was pushed up two age categories which meant he was against 16/17 year olds and still walked away with a bronze medal! Well done George and keep up the great work!🥉

Hannibal Gilbert(1934-2024) playing his violin at Nine Maidens c1944. Photo courtesy of his son Phil. . .

We hope our pupils and staff are enjoying a rest and autumnal activities this half term. Perhaps try pumpkin carving like these pupils at Wave North Cornwall APA? Primary pupils enjoyed cleaning & carving their pumpkins while being supported by secondary pupil leaders. Great Teamwork. #ThisisAP

Celebration cake for our school. There's the old school bell. It was rung on site today br Mr Nurhonen, headteachers in 2000.

Today's the day we celebrate 150 years of our school.

Some of our Year 11 Glynn House students went to HFC yesterday morning and were treated to a backstage tour to give them an insight of different career opportunities in the world of theatre and performance. Thank you to the Hall for Cornwall for the experience!

Year 11 Science practical today.

Some colourful results from testing foods for different nutrients at our Truro College Science practical sessions today with Emma M. Almost all the colours of the rainbow 🌈

Making wings for GCSE Art today....

We LOVE our library ❤️📚 We are so proud of the developments in this space. Pupils access our library with purpose, care and joy ☺️

Cedar Class have been developing their sketching skills through careful observation of a variety of plants, seeds and bulbs. Look at their wonderful art work! We are very proud of them all!

Our Primary pupils have been working with Devon County Council looking at reducing waste and recycling. They collect a days worth of rubbish from the site and completed an audit together! What great but smelly work!!

Follow this link to find out more about the 150th birthday celebrations taking place at our @ninemaidensapa.bsky.social on Friday 24 October 2025🎉 www.wavemat.org/news-events/...

Harvest Loaves. Just look at these amazing creations from pupils in cooking lessons today. They smell as good as they look. Well done all, excellent effort and skill 🤩🥖

Today is World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme is “Access to Services.” Signposting to some fantastic services and resources to help with mental health on our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/wave... Let’s be kind to ourselves and look out for each other. #WorldMentalHealthDay

Eco Club completed a School Waste Audit with Devon County Council. Our students weighed all of our recycling, then all of our general waste. It was really interesting to see what a good job we are already doing but also highlighting our next steps as a school to reduce, reuse and recycle.

150th anniversary celebration 24th October 2025 from 12-2pm. All past students & members of staff welcome if you are local & simply want to see the improvenents & investments made by @wavetrust.bsky.social recently, we'd love to see you.

Thank you to Cornish Tea & Coffee who met with year 11 pupils today as one of our employer encounters. Pupils heard all about the mastery of coffee making and then were able to experience making their own drinks using the wonderful coffee machine that was transported in. Fabulous ☕️🫖

Our secondary pupils have been exploring SFX make-up during some of their vocational lessons. This week they have been using special effect wax to create wounds. They have learnt how to blend into the skin and create a blood like effect using face paints.

Well done Ewan, who took part in a recent story writing competition with Neuronest! 👏 . . . . 🌟 Raise Your Voice Competition – Winner Announcement! 🌟 🏆 Shape of Story Award goes to Ewan F. 👏 Please join us in celebrating Ewan for this fantastic achievement!

We are thrilled that Glendinning Academy have been selected as a Lead School for Music by Devon Music Education Hub. Congratulations to all at @glendinningacademy.bsky.social Read more about the initiative here: www.wavemat.org/news-events/... #ThisisAP #devonmusiceducationhub

Pupils have started planting fruit trees in our nature space. We are so proud of how this area is developing, our pupils love it already. Watch this space for further updates!

Nine Maidens v North Cornwall today in the beautiful sunshine.😎

Happy National Teaching Assistants’ Day! 26 September 2025 Thank you to our amazing support staff who go above and beyond for our young people ❤️ #ThisisAP #NationalTADay

Fantastic day for RDA students visiting the construction workshop at Stansfield. Look at this amazing tool box which has been made by one of our students.

We are delighted to have been selected as one of Devon Music Education Hub's new Lead Schools for Music in recognition of our outstanding music education provision! We're looking forward to playing our part in delivering the aspirations of the DfE’s National Plan for Music #DepartmentforEducation

We are sad to report that our Wave Medical Provision, Torlands Academy in Exeter has been targeted by vandals. Please see news article written by Lewis Clarke for more information and our plea to the local community for help. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...