SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Bingo fun at Huish

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Bingo fun at Huish

Posted: 22nd March 2015
HUISH Primary School in Yeovil will be holding a night of Easter Bingo on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, with doors opening at 6pm and “eyes down” at 6.30pm. Entrance will be £1 for adults and 50p for children and bingo books will be priced at 50p each. Refreshments will be served before the start and during the interval. There will be plenty of Easter gifts to be won during…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Spring concert at Preston School

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Spring concert at Preston School

Posted: 20th March 2015
PRESTON School in Yeovil will be holding its annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, April 22, 2015. It will be free to attend – but reserve your tickets in advance from the school office on 01935-471131. The concert, which will be held in Preston’s main hall, starts at 6.30pm. Preston School, which is also a business and enterprise academy, is situated in Monks Dale, Yeovil.

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Great week for budding scientists

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Great week for budding scientists

Posted: 20th March 2015
BUDDING scientists at Bruton School for Girls have been taken to the stars and back and learnt how to programme robots to do their work as part of National Science Week. A varied programme of activities to tie in with National Science Week demonstrated how science links in to so many possible future careers has hopefully inspired a few more girls to consider science…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Boxing clever for drama at Holyrood Academy

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Boxing clever at Holyrood Academy

Posted: 17th March 2015
STUDENTS at Holyrood Academy in Chard were inspired in their studies by a visit from the London-based Box Clever Theatre Company. Box Clever specialises in producing artistic workshops that are an imaginative and radical way of bringing contemporary theatre to young people. In preparation for an English project on Shakespeare next term, Year Eight students were keen to…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: School in a Bag and Help for Heroes backed by Westfield Academy in memory of teacher

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGE: School in a Bag and Help for Heroes backed by Westfield Academy in memory of teacher

Posted: 16th March 2015
WESTFIELD Academy students in Yeovil raised more than £2,000 in a charity cycle challenge which saw them riding the distance from Lands End to John o’ Groats. The event was held in memory of Mike Bennett, a member of staff from Westfield, who sadly died last year. A group of senior prefects decided that they wanted to hold an event to both remember Mr Bennett and leave a…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Chard Area Schools Concert hits the right note

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Chard Area Schools Concert hits the right note

Posted: 16th March 2015
YOUNG singers and musicians gathered at Holyrood Academy in Chard last week for a feast of music. The Chard Area Schools Concert 2015 on Wednesday (March 11, 2015) featured performances from Ashill Primary School, Neroche Primary School, Manor Court Primary School, Buckland St Mary Primary School, Combe St Nicholas Primary School and Redstart Primary School. There were…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Robotics challenge at Stanchester

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Robotics challenge at Stanchester

Posted: 14th March 2015
ROBOTICS was the order of the day at Stanchester Academy in Stoke-sub-Hamdon when students were able to get hands-on experience with new technologies. Stanchester welcomed representatives from AimHigher and Bournemouth University yesterday (Wednesday, March 11, 2015) to lead robotics workshops with selected Year Eight students. A Stanchester spokesman said: “This was an…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Rugby success for Neroche and Buckland teams

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Rugby success for Neroche and Buckland teams

Posted: 13th March 2015
FEEDER primary schools for Holyrood Academy in Chard took part in an excellent Under-11s tag rugby tournament. The competition was hosted at Holyrood in conjunction with Chard Rugby Club, and was officiated by Holyrood students alongside rugby club coaches. A fantastic entryof 11 teams contested at the event which meant that over 100 local primary children were involved…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Fun day ahead at Oaklands

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Fun day ahead at Oaklands

Posted: 9th March 2015
FUNNY Faces will be the theme of the day at Oaklands Primary School in Yeovil on Friday, March 13, for the 2015 Red Nose Day. Face paint will be in abundance with children going to school with “funny faces” – plus a £1 donation each for the Comic Relief funds. If you are holding an event for Comic Relief or making your faces funny for money – let us know at the Yeovil…

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Disco success at Oaklands

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES: Disco success at Oaklands

Posted: 6th March 2015
A DISCO held at Oaklands Primary School in Yeovil raised a profit of just over £500 for the school’s Parent Teacher Association. A school spokesman said: “Thank you to everyone who came and to the PTA and staff members who made it possible.”

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