Marine Academy Secondary

09/06/2026

🌈🧁 Support Gracie-Louise's Fundraising Journey! 🧁🌈
We are incredibly proud of Gracie-Louise Evans in Year 8, who is taking part in a Sponsored Rainbow Run this June to raise money for Children’s Hospice South West.
This charity holds a very special place in Gracie’s heart. Sadly, Gracie lost her cousin to sepsis in 2023 at the age of 12. During the most difficult days of his life, Children’s Hospice South West provided outstanding care, support, and compassion to the family. They have continued to support them ever since, and Gracie is determined to give something back to help other families who may need their services.
To raise even more money, Gracie will be hosting a Bake Sale on Friday 19th June 2026.
🍰 How you can help:
Please send in cakes, buns, biscuits, or other baked treats for the sale on Friday 19th June.
Bring some change to support the bake sale and enjoy a sweet treat!
If you are able to, please consider donating via Gracie’s JustGiving page and sponsor her Rainbow Run:
👉 https://justgiving.com/page/tracey-johnson-4
Every donation, no matter how small, will help Children’s Hospice South West continue their incredible work supporting children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
Thank you for supporting Gracie and this wonderful cause. 💚
🌈 Every step, every cake, every donation counts! 🌈

Help Tracey Johnson raise money to support Children's Hospice South West

31/05/2026

🌟 Welcome Back to the Final Term! 🌟

We hope all of our students, families and staff have enjoyed a restful half term break.

Tomorrow, Monday 1st June, we are looking forward to welcoming back our Year 11 and Year 13 students as they continue their exam season. We will see you at 8:27am.

Year 10 students studying Health & Social Care and Business Studies will also be in the Academy for coursework sessions between 10:00am and 3:00pm only.

All students attending tomorrow (Monday 1st June) may wear non-uniform.

We are excited to welcome the rest of our students back to the Academy as normal on Tuesday 2nd June as we begin our final term of the academic year.

We can't wait to see everyone back, ready to Aim High, Be Kind and Don't Give Up as we finish the year strongly! 💙

22/05/2026

✨ STUDENTS OF THE WEEK ✨

Here are our Students of the Week from the last two weeks! 👏🌟

Each week, our Year Teams nominate students who have truly demonstrated our Marine Academy Secondary values:

💙 Aim High
🧡 Be Kind
💙 Don’t Give Up

We are incredibly proud of these students for the positivity, resilience, kindness and effort they show every single day around the academy. Whether through their learning, supporting others, improving attendance, showing determination or simply being a fantastic role model — these moments deserve to be celebrated.

Well done to all of our nominees — keep being amazing, Team MAP! 🌟

17/05/2026

✨ A Huge Well Done to Our Year 11 & Year 13 Students! ✨

After our first full week of exams, we just wanted to say how proud we are of the resilience, positivity and determination shown by our students across Team MAP. 💙🧡

From early morning revision to walking into exams with confidence, you have represented our values brilliantly. 🌟

Good luck for the week ahead — keep taking each exam one step at a time, stay focused and remember how far you’ve already come. You’ve got this! 📚✏️

Keep going — we’re all cheering you on! 💪🍀

11/05/2026

MAP Beacon – where we aim high, lead with kindness, and never give up 🌟

We are so proud to reveal our completed lighthouse for the St Luke's Guiding Lights Plymouth project, beautifully painted by some of our talented students.

Named MAP Beacon, our design celebrates Plymouth and our local community with an underwater theme featuring sea life, the iconic Plymouth shrimp, the Red Arrows, our school logo, and a striking octopus wrapping around the lighthouse.🐙 The octopus reflects resilience, curiosity, and determination, linking closely to our school values of aiming high, showing kindness, and never giving up.

The Guiding Lights trail supports the incredible work of St Luke's Hospice Plymouth, helping raise awareness and vital funds for families facing life limiting illness across our community.

Please help us support this amazing cause by liking, commenting, and sharing this post to spread awareness. 💛

You can also find out more or donate here:
👉 https://stlukesguidinglights.com/

11/05/2026

Our year 10 Catering students recently took part in the Tunnock's Teacake Challenge! 🍫🌎

Using just one teacake, students were challenged to create and present a design inspired by the theme "Around the World in a Bite."

Students explored a range of ideas including climates around the world, travel, and even planets and space, showcasing fantastic imagination, creativity, and presentation skills throughout.

Here are just a few examples of their fantastic efforts. Well done to everyone who took part. 👏 🌟

11/05/2026

✨ STUDENTS OF THE WEEK ✨

Every single week at Team MAP, our Year Teams nominate students who have gone above and beyond in showing our school values:

💙 Aim High
🧡 Be Kind
💙 Don’t Give Up

Whether it’s outstanding effort in lessons, showing kindness to others, demonstrating resilience, supporting their peers, or consistently doing the right thing — we are so proud of the incredible young people in our community.

A huge congratulations to last week’s Students of the Week from Friday last week! 👏

Your positivity, determination and attitude do not go unnoticed, and you represent everything we are proud of at MAP.

10/05/2026

✨ Good Luck to All Our Year 11 & Year 13 Students! ✨

Wishing all our amazing Year 11 and Year 13 students the very best of luck as exam season gets into full swing tomorrow. 📚✏️

You’ve worked incredibly hard to get to this point, and now it’s your time to shine. Believe in yourselves, stay focused and remember to take each exam one step at a time.

Be proud of how far you’ve come already — your hard work and determination will pay off. 🌟

Stay calm, do your best, and remember… you’ve got this! 💙

We’re all cheering you on — good luck! 🍀

22/04/2026

☕ SEND Coffee Morning – Skills Group Visit

We’re pleased to share that on Monday 27th April, we will be welcoming The Skills Group to our SEND Coffee Morning.

They will be joining us to talk all about apprenticeships – including the different pathways available, how to apply, and what support is in place for young people with SEND. This is a fantastic opportunity for parents and carers to ask questions and gain valuable insight into post-16 options.

🕘 Time: 9:00 – 10:40am

As always, this is a relaxed and friendly space to connect with staff and other families over a coffee ☕

We look forward to seeing you there!

22/04/2026

Our Year 7 and 8 students had an incredible day getting hands‑on with coding and exploring real STEM career pathways thanks to the brilliant team at . From problem‑solving challenges to trying out industry‑level tech, students were fully immersed and inspired. A fantastic opportunity to aim high, build skills for the future, and see where STEM could take them next.