Students at Winterstoke Hundred Academy were treated to a lesson with a difference, when Somerset-based rock band The Entitled Sons visited the academy to deliver four concerts playing their latest hits.
This featured in the Weston Mercury Print edition, please see below.
Eighty years on from the end of the Second World War, schools across the country are invited to take part in an extraordinary initiative.
VE Mail enables the voices of those who lived through and fought in the war to be heard once more — bringing their memories, courage, and victories to students and pupils across the country.
Joe Lemer from BBC Radio Bristol went along to King’s Oak Academy to find out more.
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Interview three
Nathan Richardson, assistant principal at John Cabot Academy in Kingswood, Bristol, said there was an “element of nervousness” among Year 11 students, but a “positive” mood overall.
To read the full story on BBC Bristol’s News website please click here.
Students at King’s Oak Academy got a hands-on taste of the world of work through a new pilot partnership being run with Clifton Coffee as part of its broader Future Workforce partnership.
The initiative is designed to empower learners by equipping them with practical skills and entrepreneurial know-how through the creation of their own student café.
To read the full story on The Good News Post website click here.
Summerhill Academy was delighted to welcome four top athletes from Pentathlon UK as part of an exciting new initiative to introduce obstacle course racing into the modern pentathlon.
The sport is undergoing a transformation, with obstacle course racing being introduced as the fifth event in modern pentathlon. Athletes will now face high-energy challenges such as rope swings, monkey bars, and the thrilling ‘tsunami wall’.
To read the full story on the Bristol Parent website click here.
A report has claimed that thousands of students are missing out on Religious Education (RE) even though RE lessons are compulsory in state funded schools.
One member of the House of Lords has called for greater support for schools arguing that RE equips young people with vital skills, including critical thinking, cultural awareness, and ethical reasoning.
ITV News West Country went along to City Academy to find out more.
Every morning, Chris Barratt, senior principal of Summerhill Academy in St George, stands at the school gate. After nearly two decades in education, this simple routine remains his favourite part of the day.
“As much as possible, it’s me on the gate,” he says. “That interaction – it’s one of the most important parts of being a headteacher.”
The school gates are the frontline of a strategic and human-centred approach to creating a positive school culture. Post-pandemic, persistent absence—defined as pupils missing ten per cent or more of school—has become a national concern.
To read the full story on the B24/7 website please click here.
Students at Winterstoke Hundred Academy were treated to a lesson with a difference when Somerset-based rock band The Entitled Sons visited the academy to deliver four concerts playing their latest hits.
To read the full story on the Weston Mercury Website click here.
Hans Price Academy is celebrating the outstanding achievement of Year 9 student Elliot Clothier in the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Intermediate Maths Challenge.
This made the front page of the Weston Mercury and the story was featured on page six.
15 miles, 11 schools, thousands of smiling children, hundreds of smiling staff, tens of smiling strangers, one chicken and one extremely proud aunt.
If you saw a team of superheroes following a giant chicken through the streets of Bristol this week, your eyes were not deceiving you – it was a school principal completing a charity run in memory of her four-year-old nephew.
This story features on two media websites.
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To read the Good News Post version click here.
