SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Living history project as Pen Mill celebrates 120 years
Posted: 5th May 2015
THE Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy in Yeovil has been turning back the clock to help celebrate its 120th birthday. The school held Victorian-style lessons on Friday (May 1, 2015) and dressed in period costume for the day. The children cooked Victorian recipes and held a birthday party on the school field accompanied by music from Bucklers Mead Academy band. PHOTO -…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: On the run with Holyrood Academy
Posted: 2nd May 2015
PUPILS from Holyrood Academy’s feeder primary schools took part in an inter-area cross country event at RNAS Merryfield at Ilton. Organisers posed a challenging course for runners with long grass, ruts and a wooded section. Holyrood’s representative squad was based on the results from its local cross country races held on the Academy’s Chard site to mean pupils from…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: When I Grow Up writing competition
Posted: 2nd May 2015
WAR Horse author Michael Morpurgo will be selecting the winners of a creative writing competition being run by a South Somerset charity set-up in memory of a talented 13-year-old schoolgirl. The competition being organised by the Jemima Layzell Trust is open to all children in three categories – ages 6-9, 10-14 and 15-18. Jemima was just 13 when she died of a ruptured…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Sporting success for Holyrood duo
Posted: 1st May 2015
HOLYROOD Academy students Kitty Wells and Ben Fenton from Chard have represented Somerset in sporting success. Kitty Wells has played football for Somerset for the past six years, training weekly with other squad members from schools across Somerset. In her position as centre-forward for the U16 team, she has made a fantastic contribution throughout the season, scoring…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Holyrood dancers provide a Thriller
Posted: 1st May 2015
HOLYROOD Academy’s first-ever dance troupe competed at the Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership School Games held at Millfield School. This newly-formed team at the Chard academy was encouraged by Richard Evans, the sports development manager at Holyrood. He wanted to help Holyrood’s keen dancers to excel and showcase their talent to the county. They performed a…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Classical experience for Westfield students
Posted: 21st April 2015
SIXTY-FOUR students from Westfield Academy in Yeovil went to see Madame Butterfly at the Royal Opera House at the end of last term. The Opera House put on a schools matinee for each production and schools can apply for tickets which then go into a ballot. Westfield was delighted to win tickets! A Westfield spokesman said: “The whole day was fantastic and thoroughly…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Westfield students treated like celebs on trip to China
Posted: 20th April 2015
WESTFIELD Academy students in Yeovil have returned home from an amazing trip-of-a-lifetime visit to China. They flew from Heathrow and arrived in Chengdu after a long flight and very little sleep! They then went on a long bus journey from Chengdu to Emei where Westfield’s partner school, the Sichuan Bright Foreign Language School, is situated. En-route they visited a…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Baby and Toddler Goods Sale
Posted: 6th April 2015
THE Cygnet Pre-School at Ilminster will be holding a Baby and Toddler Goods Sale on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in the town. The sale will be held at Greenfylde First School, Ilminster, from 10am to 12noon with plenty of baby and toddler clothing and equipment available to buy. If anyone would like to sell clothing, books, toys or any other baby or toddler equipment –…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Success for Yeovil College netball team
Posted: 3rd April 2015
THE Under-19 netball team at Yeovil College is celebrating after coming top of the Association of Colleges Sport South West Cat 3A North Division league. Captain Kelly Coombes, 17, of Sherborne, Fiona Wilson, 18, of Yeovil, Lucy Flyn, 18, of Martock, Lizzie Harrison, 17, of Templecombe, Ashley Hentschel, 18, of Yeovil, Karla Wilson, 18, of Martock, and Jordan Adler, 18…
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: New 3G pitch officially opened at Westfield Academy
Posted: 24th March 2015
WESTFIELD Academy was delighted to welcome Yeovil Town player and former student, Chris Weale, as the special guest for the official opening yesterday (Monday, March 23, 2015) of its brand new 3G artificial pitch. The £280,000 facility, which was funded with generous support from South Somerset District Council, is just one of several major new developments at the school…
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