Derby school pupils learn how to restart a heart thanks to emergency services volunteers
Firefighters, police officers and a hospital theatre nurse helped to give hundreds of children vital life-saving skills after a Derby school hosted a huge first aid training day. Every pupil in years nine and 10 at The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter New Road, took part in the World Restart a Heart campaign, which is now […]
Derbyshire chemical company Lubrizol lends it support to community projects using nature and words to boost mental health
Two East Midlands projects which aim to boost people’s mental health have been given a boost by Derbyshire firm Lubrizol after it donated money to help them get their ideas off the ground. Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, Belper, gave the money as part of its involvement in a bi-annual event called Hard Heads and Hang […]
Swinton Academy celebrate national languages day with a Great European Bake-Off for cancer charity, Macmillan
Students at a Rotherham school have been practising their linguistic skills – and serving up tasty treats in aid of a national cancer charity. To mark European Day of Languages, which is celebrated annually by primary and secondary schools in Europe, staff and students at Swinton Academy held several activities to raise the profile of […]
Eco-conscious Swinton Academy pupils use recycled materials to create show-stopping scarecrow for annual festival in Rotherham
TALENTED pupils from a South Yorkshire school showed off their artistic side by using recycled materials to create a scarecrow for an annual festival. Swinton’s St Margaret’s Church opened their scarecrow festival to residents, businesses, schools and community groups. And, after winning the competition last year with their ‘Stephen Hawking’ scarecrow – a model of […]
Scientist who sells eggs to raise money for charity given award by Derbyshire chemical company Lubrizol
A scientist who sells her freshly hatched chickens’ eggs to raise money for charity and gives up her free time to promote STEM subjects to young people has been handed a prestigious company award. Trish Standen, a technology manager at Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, Derbyshire, has been named this year’s winner of the firm’s Christine […]
Swinton Academy students are the new stars of Yorkshire Wildlife Park marketing campaign
You can expect to see a lot more of students from Swinton Academy after they were chosen to front a new marketing campaign by the award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Year 7 pupils visited the UK’s number one walk-through wildlife park as part of their English studies with a select few, who had 100 per cent […]
Aston Academy teacher pulls on his running shoes for student Harrison Walch who is recovering from life-saving stem cell transplant
A ROTHERHAM teacher has raised hundreds of pounds for the hospital which is currently taking care of one of his pupils. Fifteen-year-old Harrison Walch, who attends Aston Academy, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in April. He has been receiving intensive chemotherapy at Sheffield Children’s Hospital since and, in August, he underwent the stem cell […]
Derby special school is officially recognised by national autism charity for their hard work
A DERBY special school has been praised by a national charity for supporting children and young people with autism and giving them access to a variety of community projects. St Giles School, in Hampshire Road, are now an official Autism Accredited School after meeting the requirements and standards set by the National Autistic Society, the […]
Rotherham junior school is recognised by national Government scheme for commitment to sport
A SOUTH Yorkshire junior school has been given national recognition for their commitment to sport. Listerdale Junior Academy, in Rotherham, have been awarded the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2019-20 academic year following a hugely successful year of sport. The Year 5/6 boys’ school hockey team were crowned South Yorkshire champions while the […]
Residential road in Rotherham is closed for the day so that Listerdale Junior Academy pupils can enjoy clean air and play on their scooters
LISTERDALE Junior Academy has become the first school in Rotherham to close the roads surrounding it in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and encourage more pupils to walk, scoot and cycle ahead. Ahead of ‘Walk to School’ month, the South Yorkshire school, in Beech Avenue, worked with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire Travel […]