MRS Gliddon has been extremely busy lately organising this year’s ‘HCC Bake Off’ to raise money for the Devon Air Ambulance Trust.

While the theme was ‘Be a Hero’, this was relaxed for the younger students, who were just encouraged to bake a cake for the competition.

Zeus House took the decision to raise money for this excellent cause after they very kindly supported the Road Safety Day in June. It’s no coincidence that the HCC bake off took place in the week of the ‘Bake off for take-off’ campaign run by the charity.

The results of the students’ hard work were on view and on sale after judging took place on Thursday, September 22. In total 16 students took the challenge to support the Devon Air Ambulance Trust’s ‘Bake off for take-off’’ campaign and got into the kitchen to break out the flour, eggs, icing sugar and piping bags and get baking for a good cause.

National Air Ambulance Week is an initiative created by the Air Ambulance Association to celebrate the work of local air ambulances giving them a national voice and an opportunity to promote the work they do at a local level. It took place from Monday, September 19, to Sunday, September 25.

The school was overwhelmed at the standard of the entries and was extremely grateful and proud of the students who entered this competition and put in so many hours of hard work — not to mention the costs involved to create these sensational cakes.

Judges — Paul Hollywood (Mr Scott) and Mary Berry (Mrs Kennedy) ably assisted by head of house, Mrs Cobbledick, deliberated long and hard (and ate lots of cake!) and eventually came up with the winners.

Mrs Kennedy said: “We have been amazed by the high standard and creativity that the staff and students have achieved. There have been some good, original ideas based on the theme of ‘Be a Hero’.”

The winner was Gaby Moran, with second going to Alisha Squirrell, third to Grace Harman and fourth to Rosie Davies.

There was also a staff competition with plenty of entries.

This time it was Mrs Hutchings who came out on top, followed by Ms Iles, Ms Woodhead and Ms Johns.

The winning cakes were raffled off and the other cakes were sold to very grateful staff and students.

Thanks were expressed to the students and staff, Mrs Gliddon, Mr Scott, Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Cobbledick, for enabling this fundraising event to take place.