BASKETBALL: Opening win of the season for Holyrood Academy
Posted: 27th September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy’s Year 7-8 basketball team from Chard gained a win in their first game of the new season. An exciting game ensued with Holyrood securing a well-deserved victory over The Park School from Yeovil. Holyrood dominated the first two quarters and gained an eight-point lead at the interval. In the second-half, The Park School back strongly and whittled away the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Go and find out more about Holyrood Academy
Posted: 27th September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard believes it is vitally important for parents to choose the right secondary school for their children. So Holyrood is throwing open its doors on Thursday, October 6, 2016, from 5.30pm for parents of prospective students to come and see for themselves what is on offer at the Academy in Chard. A Holyrood spokesman said: “We want people to come and…
SCHOOL NEWS: Go and find out more about Holyrood Academy
Posted: 27th September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy in Chard believes it is vitally important for parents to choose the right secondary school for their children. So Holyrood is throwing open its doors on Thursday, October 6, 2016, from 5.30pm for parents of prospective students to come and see for themselves what is on offer at the Academy in Chard. A Holyrood spokesman said: “We want people to come and…
SCHOOL NEWS: Determined young students take on key roles at Holyrood
Posted: 22nd September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy headteacher, Matt Collins, is delighted to announce that Katherine Locke and Seamus Curtin have been appointed as this year’s Head Boy and Head Girl at the secondary school in Chard. Mr Collins said: “This is such a fantastic opportunity for our Sixth Form students. They were put through a rigorous interview process last term and are both were very…
SCHOOL NEWS: Determined young students take on key roles at Holyrood
Posted: 22nd September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy headteacher, Matt Collins, is delighted to announce that Katherine Locke and Seamus Curtin have been appointed as this year’s Head Boy and Head Girl at the secondary school in Chard. Mr Collins said: “This is such a fantastic opportunity for our Sixth Form students. They were put through a rigorous interview process last term and are both were very…
SCHOOL NEWS: Spiffing time at Fleet Air Arm Museum
Posted: 22nd September 2016
MORE than 100 children from Neroche Primary School near Ilminster were evacuated from the school after listening to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s broadcast that our country was “Now at war with Germany.” To begin the Junior’s Second World War topic, all of the children and staff from Years 3 to Year 6, made gas mask cases and dressed up in 1939 period dress for…
SCHOOL NEWS: Spiffing time at Fleet Air Arm Museum
Posted: 22nd September 2016
MORE than 100 children from Neroche Primary School near Ilminster were evacuated from the school after listening to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s broadcast that our country was “Now at war with Germany.” To begin the Junior’s Second World War topic, all of the children and staff from Years 3 to Year 6, made gas mask cases and dressed up in 1939 period dress for…
SCHOOL NEWS: New starters at Shepton settle in
Posted: 20th September 2016
THE new reception class children at Shepton Beauchamp Primary School are settling in well to their surroundings. We would like to thank the school for sharing this great photo with us of the new reception children. We hope they have a great time at school.
SCHOOL NEWS: What did the Romans do for us?
Posted: 20th September 2016
PUPILS at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster were transported back in time when they were treated to a visit by John Smith who is affectionately known as the Roman Man. John was able to bring to life the Roman era for pupils in Lower Key Stage Two who are currently doing it as a school project. He was able to tell them about the dress, weapons, soldiers and everyday…
SCHOOL NEWS: Greenfylde celebrates the work of Roald Dahl
Posted: 20th September 2016
PUPILS at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster have celebrated the anniversary of what would have been the 100th birthday of much-loved children’s author Roald Dahl. They took part in a number of activities on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, from painting peaches, to designing new chocolate bars, and the day culminated in some Year Fours reading news from The Dahly Tale at…
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