Staff and NHS nurse at Derby special school St Giles take part in viral TikTok dance made famous by Katy Perry for Children’s Mental Health Week
A DERBY special school has performed its own version of a dance made famous on social media platform TikTok to mark the end of Children’s Mental Health Week. Staff at St Giles School in Derby – the city’s only special primary school – have been busting a move to ‘Friday’ by Mufasa and Hypeman; the […]
Singing star River Hopkins urges teenagers to play more music as he prepares to release his latest song
An award-winning singing star from Shirebrook is urging his fellow teenagers to pick up a guitar or grab a microphone to boost their mental health during the ongoing pandemic as he launches his latest single, with proceeds going to Centrepoint; the housing charity whose patron is HRH The Duke of Cambridge. Sixteen-year-old River Hopkins says […]
Why technology means “Snow Day” is now no day – by Mark Cottingham, principal of Shirebrook Academy
It will undoubtedly come as a blow to many of our students, but among the many developments that have taken place during this pandemic, we can now add the demise of “the snow day”. This is – as anyone who can still remember their school days will recall – the one or two occasions in […]
Personalised letterbox gift company Colleague Box say a big ‘thank you’ to Derby business leaders as they look forward to a busy 2021
THE co-owner of personalised letterbox gift company set up during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic has thanked fellow business leaders for their support as she looks forward to a busy 2021. Natalie Bamford, together with husband, Adam, have released seven new ranges of their Colleague Box for the new year, including a Self-Care box, […]
Newton’s Walk Pupil Referral Unit invests in £15,000 in computer equipment for its vulnerable pupils during home learning
A primary school for children who have been excluded from mainstream education has invested £15,000 in buying computer equipment for pupils who are being home-schooled. Newton’s Walk Pupil Referral Unit, in Cedar Street, caters for 40 children aged between 7 and 11 years old and every pupil on role at the school is classed as […]
Derbyshire company Lubrizol raises record-breaking sum for British Heart Foundation with sponsored runs, bakes and quizzes
The coronavirus outbreak has not stopped staff at a Derbyshire company from running, baking and quizzing their way to raising a record-breaking sum of money for the firm’s chosen charity. Employees at Lubrizol, in Hazelwood, near Belper, have collected a total of £ 18,396 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) by organising and supporting a […]
Asda kickstarts Kingsmead School food bank for vulnerable Derbyshire families during coronavirus pandemic
STAFF at a Derby school have set up a food bank on site so they can distribute supplies to pupils’ families who are struggling financially during lockdown. Kingsmead School, in Bridge Street, is appealing for members of the public to support the initiative, which was launched with a £100 donation of supplies from Asda. They […]
The moment six-year-old Derby boy says his first word during homeschooling session, thanks to sensory aids and support from city special school St Giles
THE headteacher of a Derby special school has praised the “amazing” achievements of pupils who currently being homeschooled – and support given to them by their parents and carers – after one child said his first word during sensory water play and another wrote his name for the first time. Clive Lawrence, executive head at […]
Online teaching fuelling an increase in positive feedback from parents, says Mark Cottingham; head of Shirebrook Academy
Parents who are seeing their children being taught first-hand over the internet are getting in touch to pass on their thanks, creating a new digital entente cordiale between home and school, according to a Shirebrook head teacher. Mark Cottingham, principal of Shirebrook Academy, says that the return to online teaching during the current lockdown has […]
Hot House Music – not-for-profit organisation whose alumni have worked with Lewis Capaldi, Noel Gallagher and on Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine – expecting a busy 2021
A MUSIC school whose former pupils have gone on to work with chart-topper Lewis Capaldi and Noel Gallagher, is looking forward to continued growth this year after a record-breaking 2020. Hot House Music, a not-for-profit organisation founded in Derby in 2002, has schools across the UK with plans to open up branches in Singapore, Texas […]