Derby teenager Lucia receives award from Kingsmead School for learning life-saving skills after her grandmother has third heart attack
TEENAGER Lucia Horvathova has received an award from her teachers after learning skills that could mean the difference between life and death. Sixteen-year-old Lucia, who attends Kingsmead School, in Bridge Street, was inspired to take the first aid course after her grandmother suffered her third heart attack. Lucia learned how to perform hands only CPR […]
Students at Derby school Murray Park check out the world of work as they go behind the scenes at local Tesco store
PUPILS from a Mickleover school went behind the scenes at a local supermarket to check out career options and learn more about the world of work. A group of students from Murray Park School learned all about enterprise, employability skills, money management and teamwork during a tour of Tesco, in Kipling Drive. The pupils are […]
How Derby’s Derventio Housing Trust supports its residents during coronavirus crisis
Derby social landlord Derventio Housing Trust is handing out antibacterial wipes and disposable paper roll to people who are self-isolating across the city as it helps its residents to cope during the coronavirus outbreak. The trust, which is based in Boyer Street, has taken a number of steps to protect the welfare of its residents, […]
Think before you act – the advice from Derby’s leading self-help specialist Kul Mahay after Coronavirus outbreak is declared pandemic
A DERBY self-help specialist has urged the general public to start thinking with more clarity as the world deals with the coronavirus outbreak. The virus – known as Covid 19 – was declared pandemic by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) earlier this month, leading to panic buying by shoppers and the UK Government to announce […]
Year 11 students at Derbyshire secondary school still get their send-off as coronavirus brings their school year at Shirebrook Academy to an untimely end
Staff worked through the night to make sure Year 11 students got the end of year send-off they deserved when a Shirebrook school closed its doors to help curb the spread of coronavirus. Students, many in tears, signed each others’ shirts, left messages in commemorative books and attended a hastily organised leavers assembly, which was […]
Parents and carers of children at Derby special school St Giles are praised for going above and beyond during Coronavirus outbreak
PARENTS and carers of children at a Derby special school have praised staff for going above and beyond by offering a range of outreach support services after the coronavirus outbreak was declared pandemic. Those working at St Giles School, the city’s only special primary school, have also given parents and carers their work mobile phone […]
Derby students have the winning formula in fast and furious Formula One schools competition
Budding engineers from a city school won podium places at a regional racing competition after designing their own Formula One cars. A group of pupils from Murray Park Community School, in Mickleover, gave up their free time to prepare for the F1 in Schools challenge, a contest which takes place all over the world. The […]
Derby school pupils come face-to-face with life-size inflatable sea creatures as they learn about marine environment
YOUNGSTERS at a city primary school came face to face with a host of creatures from the deep - including an 8m-long minke whale and a leatherback sea turtle. Children at The Bemrose School, in Rowditch Avenue, were visited by a pod of incredible life-size inflatable sea creatures to help them learn about the marine […]
Anniversary celebrations and plenty of points as BASIS PROMPT sets up at PPC Live 2020
Staff at BASIS PROMPT were kept busy receiving 20th anniversary wishes and scanning CPD points when they set up their stand at the PPC Live 2020 event in Harrogate. The register is marking two decades of helping the industry uphold professionalism and raise standards, after it was set up as an independent body dedicated to […]
Government funded website and app to keep Derby parents and carers up to date on Coronavirus and curriculum as schools prepare for home working
A GOVERNMENT funded website and app which was launched in Derby earlier this year, is fast becoming the go-to place for parents and carers in the city, as schools temporarily shut following the Coronavirus outbreak. New resources and advice on the virus are being uploaded daily to the School Toolkit website and app to help […]