PDDCS members receive Peterborough Telegraph Awards

Last week, the Peterborough Evening Telegraph held their Education Awards. Local people are invited to nominate worthy canditates and the PDDCS is pleased to share the news that two youth members this year were recognised for their achievements. A summary of their nominations are below. Well done!

Chloe Peacock was also nominated in this category as despite many complicated medical conditions she has always been a delight to teach. Outside of school, Chloe took up her passion, gymnastics and through hard work and dedication she is now at Squad Level and frequently competes. She has won many medals ending last year as Junior Club champion and is hoping to get into the County Squad this year. Not content with this, she has recently taken up Taekwondo and has just passed her first grading.

Tara Forkin received a nomination for Best School/Pupil Contribution to the Community. She completed British Sign Language levels 1, 2 and 3 within 2 years. The Level 3 course (equivalent to an A Level course) was completed during her GCSE studies. With mentoring from a deaf BSL tutor, Tara was offered a BSL teaching post despite her young age, only 17. Tara has also been a very active member of the PDDCS for a number of years. She has been involved in various projects, including a Design Technology enterprise project creating and selling a range of promotional items. She also very courageously undertook a sky dive with two deaf peers just six weeks after her cochlear implant, raising over £4,000 for charity.