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…
SCHOOL NEWS: Imaginations run wild thanks to Roald Dahl
Posted: 13th September 2016
CHILDREN at Neroche Primary School near Ilminster enjoyed a splendiferous day celebrating all things Roald Dahl - celebrating a 100 marvellous years since the author’s birth. Neroche’s School Council raised an impressive £168 during the day to support the Roald Dahl seriously ill children’s charity. Connel Boyle, headteacher of Neroche School based at Broadway, said:…
SCHOOL NEWS: Greenfylde will need YOUR votes for Tesco funding
Posted: 13th September 2016
GREENFYLDE First School in Ilminster is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. The supermarket has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative, which see grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects. Three groups in each of Tesco’s 416…
SCHOOL NEWS: Greenfylde will need YOUR votes for Tesco funding
Posted: 13th September 2016
GREENFYLDE First School in Ilminster is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. The supermarket has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative, which see grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects. Three groups in each of Tesco’s 416…
SCHOOL NEWS: Wadham students told the world is their oyster
Posted: 9th September 2016
WADHAM School celebrated the achievements of its students at St Bartholomew’s Church in Crewkerne on Thursday (September 8, 2016) evening. Headteacher David Derbyshire introduced proceedings and thanked the students for their endeavours and congratulated them on their achievements. “It really has been a standout year for academic achievement at Wadham,” he said. “In the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Wadham students told the world is their oyster
Posted: 9th September 2016
WADHAM School celebrated the achievements of its students at St Bartholomew’s Church in Crewkerne on Thursday (September 8, 2016) evening. Headteacher David Derbyshire introduced proceedings and thanked the students for their endeavours and congratulated them on their achievements. “It really has been a standout year for academic achievement at Wadham,” he said. “In the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Neroche wins award from the Speaker of the House of Commons
Posted: 7th September 2016
NEROCHE Primary School has just learned that its own children’s School Council has won a National Award from the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, in the Speakers School Councils “we made a difference” award category. Over the past year the children of Neroche Primary School at Broadway chose to support Ilminster’s Food Bank as their chosen charity for the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Neroche wins award from the Speaker of the House of Commons
Posted: 7th September 2016
NEROCHE Primary School has just learned that its own children’s School Council has won a National Award from the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, in the Speakers School Councils “we made a difference” award category. Over the past year the children of Neroche Primary School at Broadway chose to support Ilminster’s Food Bank as their chosen charity for the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Fantastic results at Wadham School
Posted: 25th August 2016
WADHAM School in Crewkerne is celebrating its best GCSE results for many years with a massive ten per cent jump in performance. Figures from today’s (Thursday, August 25, 2016) results show Wadham has gone to 63% for the traditional measure of five GCSE passes at A-C grade, including Mathematics and English from last year. There was also a 16% increase to 71% in the…
SCHOOL NEWS: Fantastic results at Wadham School
Posted: 25th August 2016
WADHAM School in Crewkerne is celebrating its best GCSE results for many years with a massive ten per cent jump in performance. Figures from today’s (Thursday, August 25, 2016) results show Wadham has gone to 63% for the traditional measure of five GCSE passes at A-C grade, including Mathematics and English from last year. There was also a 16% increase to 71% in the…
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