Pupils at a Derby special school St Giles wear odd socks to mark Anti-Bullying week
PUPILS at a Derby school brightened up the classroom and celebrated their individuality by wearing odd socks to mark Anti-Bullying week in the UK. St Giles School, in Hampshire Road, held a week of activities centred around friendship with staff and children encouraged to wear odd socks to acknowledge what makes them unique. They created […]
Why The Borrowers are looking forward to Adventures in Wonderland thanks to book donation at Bemrose School in Derby
BOOKWORMS at a city school are looking forward to getting stuck into 60 new books thanks to a donation from a leading publishing house. Children at The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter New Road, have been given the selection of non-fiction and novels by Penguin Random House to encourage the youngsters to develop a love of […]
Date confirmed for 140th Derbyshire County Show as organisers prepare to make 2020 their biggest and best one yet
A DATE has been confirmed for one of the county’s best-loved events, which will celebrate its 140th anniversary in 2020. The Derbyshire County Show will return to the Elvaston Showground next year on Sunday, June 28 and plans are well underway to make it the most successful one yet. More than 11,000 people attended the […]
Boccia player Rachel Ross aims for national glory with Great Britain Paralympic team after charity Remap step in
A Nottinghamshire boccia player says her dreams of representing her country at international level have been reborn after a local charity designed a special device which will allow her to take part in competitive matches. Rachel Ross, who lives in Eastwood, has set her sights on playing for the Great Britain Paralympic team after the […]
Shirebrook students Ben and Angel seek a better life/work balance as they’re voted head boy and girl at Shirebrook Academy
TWO students at a Shirebrook school have made it their pledge to create more of a life/work balance for their peers after they were voted in as their school’s head boy and head girl. Ben Madeley and Angel Robinson say they want to rework Shirebrook Academy’s lunchtime and after-school clubs because groups for older students […]
East Midlands funeral directors Gillotts on what changes might have to be addressed in the future as funerals become celebrations of life
Anthony Topley, a partner at East Midlands-based Gillotts Funeral Directors, talks about the call for funerals to become a celebration of life. Gillotts have branches across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire and Anthony began his career in the funeral profession in 1986 when he began working with his father-in-law John Gillott, known as Jack, who owned and […]
Aston Academy pupils help raise thousands for local hospices as part of annual Master Cutler’s challenge
A GROUP of students from a South Yorkshire secondary school have been given an award for their fundraising efforts, which saw them raise almost £2,000 for Rotherham Hospice. Year 10 students from Aston Academy, in Aughton Road, Swallownest, were joined by pupils from sister school Swinton Academy – a fellow member of the ACET Trust […]
Aston Academy pupil Caitlyn Hawley set for Mexico trip representing Team GB
A talented schoolgirl from Rotherham will head to Mexico next month to represent Great Britain on the international stage. Fifteen-year-old Aston Academy student Caitlyn Hawley, from Treeton, is an acrobatic gymnast who performs as part of a trio. In November – just three weeks before her 16th birthday – Caitlyn will compete for Team GB […]
Swinton Academy pupils to take on UK’s top talent in STEM competition at Rotherham attraction Magna
PUPILS at a South Yorkshire school will go head-to-head against others in the UK on a unique engineering project which they will present to industry leaders at Magna next year. Representatives from Workwise – a nationwide employer-led initiative which supports the development of young people, so that they have the knowledge and skills for employment […]
Listerdale Junior Academy enlist the help of pint-sized parking buddies in wage on war outside Rotherham school
COLOURFUL life-sized models depicting children dressed in school uniform are helping youngsters at a Rotherham school win the war on bad parking. Listerdale Junior Academy, in Beech Avenue, have recently taken delivery of two Parking Buddies; aluminium bollards dressed as fake pupils, wearing their Listerdale school uniform. Named ‘Liz’ and ‘Dale’ by students at the […]