SCHOOL NEWS: Determined young students take on key roles at Holyrood
Posted: 22nd September 2016
HOLYROOD Academy headteacher, Matt Collins, is delighted to announce that Katherine Locke and Seamus Curtin have been appointed as this year’s Head Boy and Head Girl at the secondary school in Chard. Mr Collins said: “This is such a fantastic opportunity for our Sixth Form students. They were put through a rigorous interview process last term and are both were very…
SCHOOL NEWS: Spiffing time at Fleet Air Arm Museum
Posted: 22nd September 2016
MORE than 100 children from Neroche Primary School near Ilminster were evacuated from the school after listening to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s broadcast that our country was “Now at war with Germany.” To begin the Junior’s Second World War topic, all of the children and staff from Years 3 to Year 6, made gas mask cases and dressed up in 1939 period dress for…
SCHOOL NEWS: New starters at Shepton settle in
Posted: 20th September 2016
THE new reception class children at Shepton Beauchamp Primary School are settling in well to their surroundings. We would like to thank the school for sharing this great photo with us of the new reception children. We hope they have a great time at school.
SCHOOL NEWS: What did the Romans do for us?
Posted: 20th September 2016
PUPILS at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster were transported back in time when they were treated to a visit by John Smith who is affectionately known as the Roman Man. John was able to bring to life the Roman era for pupils in Lower Key Stage Two who are currently doing it as a school project. He was able to tell them about the dress, weapons, soldiers and everyday…
SCHOOL NEWS: Greenfylde celebrates the work of Roald Dahl
Posted: 20th September 2016
PUPILS at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster have celebrated the anniversary of what would have been the 100th birthday of much-loved children’s author Roald Dahl. They took part in a number of activities on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, from painting peaches, to designing new chocolate bars, and the day culminated in some Year Fours reading news from The Dahly Tale at…
SCHOOL NEWS: Imaginations run wild thanks to Roald Dahl
Posted: 13th September 2016
CHILDREN at Neroche Primary School near Ilminster enjoyed a splendiferous day celebrating all things Roald Dahl - celebrating a 100 marvellous years since the author’s birth. Neroche’s School Council raised an impressive £168 during the day to support the Roald Dahl seriously ill children’s charity. Connel Boyle, headteacher of Neroche School based at Broadway, said:…
SCHOOL NEWS: Greenfylde will need YOUR votes for Tesco funding
Posted: 13th September 2016
GREENFYLDE First School in Ilminster is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. The supermarket has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative, which see grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to environmental and greenspace projects. Three groups in each of Tesco’s 416…
SCHOOL NEWS: Expansion for Holway Park School in Taunton
Posted: 13th September 2016
FAMILIES in South Taunton have been given cause to celebrate thanks to the expansion of a primary school in Somerset’s county town. Somerset County Council’s £1.1million scheme to bring four new classrooms – and 120 much-needed additional school places – to Holway Park Community Primary School in Taunton completed in time for the new school year. The authority’s…
SCHOOL NEWS: Neroche wins award from the Speaker of the House of Commons
Posted: 7th September 2016
NEROCHE Primary School has just learned that its own children’s School Council has won a National Award from the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, in the Speakers School Councils “we made a difference” award category. Over the past year the children of Neroche Primary School at Broadway chose to support Ilminster’s Food Bank as their chosen charity for the…
COLLEGE NEWS: Students raise cash for the Samaritans
Posted: 31st August 2016
HAIRDRESSING students at Yeovil College have been a cut above the rest after raising £160 for the Samaritans. Suzanna Coleman, lecturer for hairdressing at Yeovil College, said the students that took part in the fundraising event have been studying on Level 1-3 programmes. “As well as our regular customers all students had to invite customers into the salon for a styling…
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