Derbyshire School Da Vinci Academy hatches ducks as people watch from around the globe
People from all over the world were able to say ey-up me duck to a brood of new-born ducklings after a Derby school’s webcam streamed pictures of the moment they hatched live on the internet. Ducklings hatching live on the internet and in front of the pupils of Da Vinci Acadmey. Hundreds of people […]
Project D shortlisted for Baker of the Year in the Baking Industry Awards 2021
Just three years ago, Matthew Bond was working as a landscape gardener and had never so much as cooked a meal, let alone baked a cake. But as a boy growing up in America, Matthew had dreamed of one day owning a doughnut store and was convinced the sugary snacks could be the UK’s next […]
Derby secondary school Murray Park announce exciting plans for multi-use games area in Mickleover
A Mickleover school has submitted plans for a multi-use games area which will complete a new half-a-million-pound sporting facility which will also be available to the community. Murray Park Community School hopes to create a multi-use games area, with three five-aside Astroturf football courts. Earlier this year work was completed on the first phase of […]
Royal School for Deaf in Derby restores precious painting back to its former glory
A Derby school has honoured its heritage by restoring a 20th century painting of its founder which has been described by experts as ‘priceless’. The Royal School for the Deaf Derby, in Ashbourne Road, is conserving a painting of Dr William Roe, who founded the school in 1893 to improve the lives of deaf […]
Derbyshire children’s charity fundraising campaign to take deprived children to the seaside in Skegness
A highly valued Derbyshire charity that has lit up the lives of thousands of disadvantaged children by taking them on holiday has launched a new fundraising drive as it celebrates its 130th birthday. Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre (DCHC) has officially launched its ‘One in a Million’ campaign to help it continue taking deprived children to the […]
Project D sponsors book about the famous “Belper Moo” through lockdown
A bakery which moo-ved the community during lockdown has helped immortalise a Derbyshire town’s quirky daily ritual in a book. The Belper Moo features a funny rhyming tale penned by local writer Carol Brewer all about the daily ‘moo’ practised by Belper residents during the three Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. Illustrated by Mair […]
Pupils at Derby’s Bemrose School enjoy a Zoom call with well-known children’s author Lisa Thompson
More than 170 students at a Derby secondary school got the chance to chat to a best-selling children’s author thanks to enterprising festival organisers. Lisa Thompson, author of renowned children’s titles The Goldfish Boy and The Boy Who Fooled the World, talked to the year seven students at The Bemrose School in an event made […]
Murray Park Community School pupils brighten up Derby community with flowers
GREEN-fingered pupils from a Derby school have added a splash of colour to Mickleover after growing all the flowers for the village’s floral displays and giving up their weekend to plant them. Students at Murray Park Community School, on Murray Road have grown all the flowers which are used in planters, hanging baskets and displays […]
Royal School for the Deaf caretaker Bob Webb retires after working at Derby school for nearly 50 years
Joiner Bob Webb, 74, is finally putting away his toolkit after being a fixture at the Royal School for the Deaf Derby for nearly 50 years – and he’s loved every minute. Here, he looks back at a career that has included close encounters with the royal family, a visit from Elton John and 9,666 […]
Derby organisation Sunshine Support helping teachers at Chellaston Junior School become experts in dealing with anxiety and SEN
A DERBY junior school is providing all its teachers with additional training to help them support the increasing numbers of children with anxiety and special educational needs. Chellaston Junior School is working with the Derby-based organisation Sunshine Support to help ensure every child at the Maple Drive school reaches their full potential. Teachers and staff […]