Derby restaurant launches Christmas-themed cocktail menu ahead of party season – and a FREE grotto for little diners
The odds on it being a merry Christmas in Derby have just increased after COSMO launched a festive-themed cocktail menu. Diners to the award-winning city centre restaurant can enjoy a Mince Pie cocktail – a mixture of vodka, cream and fruity mincemeat flavouring – or, if they’d prefer something a little sweeter, then the Candy […]
Shirebrook principal is invited to Ofsted after calling for it to be scrapped
A Shirebrook school principal who publicly called for the education watchdog Ofsted to be scrapped has been invited to a meeting – to help it decide how to change for the better. Mark Cottingham, principal of Shirebrook Academy, described the organisation’s set up as “deeply flawed” in his regular column in the Mansfield Chad earlier […]
Derby County footballer gifts city special school a birthday surprise
Derby County footballer Bradley Johnson has provided a Derby school with a special birthday treat as they prepare to celebrate their 60th year. St Giles School, the city’s only special primary school – based in Hampshire Road, will mark the occasion with a fun fair and a 1950s-themed tea party. There will be a special […]
Former Great Britain tennis professional is star guest as Rotherham school prove #ThisGirlCan
An ex-professional tennis player from Sheffield will join over 150 girls from across South Yorkshire as Aston Academy prove just how inclusive sport can be. The all-female event, which will take place in Aston-cum-Aughton Leisure Centre next door to the Rotherham school, is being held to promote positive body image in teenagers. It is inspired […]
Inspiring futures at Derby school as it builds on careers offering
PUPILS studying construction have enjoyed work experience on a building site in the school grounds as part of a new initiative to ensure students are equipped for the world of work. Students at Murray Park School, in Mickleover, have been working with Wates Construction which is building a new £8m classroom block on the Murray […]
Cross country runners race to Derby school for annual contest
A city school organised the annual National Deaf Children’s Cross Country Competition which saw runners from across the country competing for medals. Six schools took part in the contest, which was held at Markeaton Park and organised by Royal School for the Deaf Derby, in Ashbourne Road. Pupils from the Derby school supported the event […]
Bake Off takes a biological turn at Murray Park School in Derby
FUTURE scientists at a Mickleover school put biology under the microscope with a series of activities including forensics, dissection and a Bake Off competition. More than 150 budding biologists at Murray Park School, in Murray Road, spent a week carrying out experiments and taking part in competitions designed to foster a further interest in the […]
Science and technology bus stops off at Derby school
Forensic science and fingerprint patterns were two of the topics put under the microscope by students from a city school when they spent the day on board a converted bus. The vehicle, which was brought to The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter Road, by the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Collaborative Outreach Programme (DANCOP), is cleverly laid out […]
Lubrizol puts its faith in a new generation as it gets set to recruit record number of placement students
Hazelwood company Lubrizol is preparing to increase its investment in young people by preparing to take on a record number of temporary placement students next year. Lubrizol, based in Nether Lane, is already preparing its recruitment campaign to attract its next crop of students after it equalled its highest-ever intake in 2018. The company currently […]
Swinton Academy students support church’s Poppy Memorial Trail marking 100 years since the end of WW1
Beautiful hand-made tapestries produced by students at a South Yorkshire school to commemorate the end of the Great War, have gone on display at a Sheffield church. Year 10 pupils studying GCSE Fine Art textiles at Swinton Academy, in Mexborough, were invited to produce and exhibit work at St Nicholas Church, High Bradfield. The wall […]