SCHOOL NEWS: On the run for cross country at Holyrood
Posted: 10th November 2016
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard welcomed 143 local primary school pupils to compete in the annual cross country event held in the academy grounds. The children raced against one another in their respective categories and were led around the courses by the very enthusiastic Liam Wollington and Kenan Dunn from Holyrood’s Sixth Form. The talent of such young children was clearly…
SCHOOL NEWS: Government congratulations for Neroche over reading results
Posted: 31st October 2016
STAFF and pupils at Neroche Primary School near Ilminster have been left over the moon after the school received a letter of commendation from the Government. The school has been praised by Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb MP, for its success in reading. All children in Year One for five-to-six-year-olds take a national test scoring their reading words…
SCHOOL NEWS: African drums rumble on!
Posted: 24th October 2016
THE infant children of Neroche Primary School near Ilminster have spent the past seven weeks exploring all things African as their main topic. Throughout the term the children enjoyed African Cuisine, learned about key African Folk stories and poems, created traditional African Masks and experimented dying fabrics and creating African Batik patterns. The big end of the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Autumn fun with the children from Sunny-Ile
Posted: 24th October 2016
THE Sunny-Ile Pre-School children in Ilminster have had great fun at the Ilminster Recreation Ground in the autumnal season. Pre-school leader Cheryl Herrick said: “The children collected lots of leaves and had lots of fun throwing them up into the air! “We found so many autumn objects from horse chestnuts to conkers – giving us plenty to talk about and to ‘show and…
SCHOOL NEWS: Cheryl is the new chaplain at Wadham
Posted: 23rd October 2016
A NEW school chaplain has joined the team at Wadham School in Crewkerne with Cheryl Govier taking over the role from Tracey Hallett. Cheryl was born and brought up on a farm in Devon, where her parents are still farming. She completed a degree in Sport and Exercise then travelled for four months exploring Australia and New Zealand. On return to the UK she settled in…
SCHOOL NEWS: Cheryl is the new chaplain at Wadham
Posted: 23rd October 2016
A NEW school chaplain has joined the team at Wadham School in Crewkerne with Cheryl Govier taking over the role from Tracey Hallett. Cheryl was born and brought up on a farm in Devon, where her parents are still farming. She completed a degree in Sport and Exercise then travelled for four months exploring Australia and New Zealand. On return to the UK she settled in…
EDUCATION: Sixth Form info evening at Holyrood
Posted: 20th October 2016
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard will be holding its annual Sixth Form Information Evening later today (Thursday, October 20, 2016) from 6pm where students and their parents will be able to learn more about an exciting new range of academic and vocational courses for 2017. A Holyrood spokesman said: “Come and meet our students and staff to learn about the full programme of…
SCHOOL NEWS: It’s obvious – pupils who cycle should wear a safety helmet
Posted: 6th October 2016
PARENTS of pupils at Swanmead Community School in Ilminster are being urged to make sure their children wear safety helmets when cycling to school. The school has noticed a significant increase in the number of children cycling and using scooters to get to school. The increase has been welcomed at Swanmead although it has seen the bike shed at the school become rather…
SCHOOL NEWS: Doors are opened at Wadham
Posted: 30th September 2016
WADHAM School at Crewkerne welcomed more than 100 prospective students and their parents to the recent Open Evening. Amongst those visiting on Monday (September 26, 2016) were a number of parents that had been pupils themselves at the school, as well as students whose elder siblings were or had been at Wadham. The majority of visiting students were from the partner…
SCHOOL NEWS: Unlocking the secrets of the BFG
Posted: 29th September 2016
A THIRD of children from Neroche Primary School took park in Ilminster Library’s Summer Reading challenge. The children were set to task to read at least six books and “unlock the secrets of the BFG.” Sixty-one children from Neroche School, which is based at Broadway near Ilminster, read an impressive 384 books over the summer! Each child who completed their six-book…
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