Category: schools

Murray Park summer school is a hit with new starters

Smiles all round at Murray Parl summer school which supports new pupils with transition

Almost 300 children from 34 different primary schools were invited to attend a week of activities at their new secondary school to make new friends and get a taste of their new academic life through a summer school initiative. Through a carefully curated mix of academic workshops, team-building exercises, and creative projects, pupils transitioning into year 7 […]

Derby teachers dig deep to help local families get through the summer

Lisa Roe, a pastoral assistant at the Bemrose School, packs a food hamper into a car for delivery helped by Sebastian Horvath, 15, Grace Orieoluwa Idowu, 15, and Stan Khan, a behaviour and attendance officer at the school.

Staff at a Derby school are set to give up their spare time to deliver food hampers to families living across the community to help them through the cost-of-living crisis during the summer. The hampers, which contain everything from tinned vegetables to cornflakes to pasta, will be handed out to the households this week after […]

Derby school strikes gold with prestigious accreditation

Pupils at The Hardwick Primary School in Normanton proud to be accredited as an Oracy Centre of Excellence by Voice 21

A Normanton school is one of only 24 in the UK this year to receive a “gold-standard” accreditation for pupils’ speaking and listening skills – despite just 4% using English as their first language. Hardwick Primary School, located on Dover Street, has become the first school in the city to receive this accolade for its […]

Mum organises Birmingham to Derby scooter challenge in memory of her superhero son Sam

Little Sam Liew, who died when he was just five years old.

DEVOTED mum Rachel Liew is turning her personal tragedy into a beacon of hope by organising an epic charity scooter challenge to raise £50,000 and awareness for the devastating condition that took her son’s life. Rachel’s son Sam was a vibrant and loving five-year-old when his life was tragically cut short by Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy […]

National final spells success for Hibbah as she shows her Spanish skills

Hibbah Tahir made it to the finals after beating 70,00 other students

A Harry Potter fan from Derby showed off a magic spell of a different kind when she travelled to the University of Cambridge for a national Spanish language competition. Hibbah Tahir, 12, who described the experience as like visiting Hogwarts, finished third in her age category for her Spanish skills when she competed in the […]

Pupils help devise a campaign about school attendance

CHILDREN across the city have contributed to a campaign about school attendance which was launched this week at an annual conference.  Pupils from schools including City of Derby Academy, Chellaston Academy, Hardwick Primary and Bishop Lonsdale Church of England School worked on the campaign about the positive reasons for attending school. It is part of […]

The Bemrose School pupils enjoy trip to science centre, thanks to DTSA 

Pupils from The Bemrose School took part in interactive workshops at Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham.

PUPILS from a Derby school experienced first-hand the wonders of science with a trip to the Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham.   Sixty Year 4 pupils from The Bemrose School, in Uttoxeter Road, took part in interactive workshops where they learned about explosive liquids and made their own “emulsion” paint, participated in activities that brought […]

School cleaner Mary finally retires – aged 81

Cleaner Mary Irwin finally retires from Murray Park School aged 81

OCTOGENARIAN Mary Irwin is hanging up her feather dusters after working for more than a quarter of a century as a cleaner at a Mickleover school.   Mary, who is 81 years old, has finally decided to retire from her role at Murray Park Community School after an impressive 26 years of dedicated service. She initially […]