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By Jill Dando News Helen Burge, Deputy Chief Operations Officer at the Priory Learning Trust in Somerset attended the launch of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy at the National History Museum. She was representing the UK School's Sustainability Network Operations Group, having previously contributed as
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By Jill Dando News The 50-feet square area at Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset will be a magnet for wildlife. It will be full of insect-attracting plants, insect hotels, bird and bat boxes and a vegetable garden with potential trees and a beehive to come. The area
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By Jill Dando News The unique, groundbreaking, eco-boosting PreLoved Prom scheme at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset allows students and residents to access clothing for free. Hundreds of quality dresses and suits are donated from across Britain up to the value of £450. The clothing can also
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By Jill Dando News Olivia, 16, of The King Alfred School Academy, in Highbridge, Somerset, has made it onto Oxford University’s MasterClasses to prepare for medical school. Olivia left Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset in September after an amazing five years including being founding reporter of Jill
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By Jill Dando News The brilliant Virginia in Year 10 at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, contacted Principal Jacqui Scott to say that she would like to help the community. Then she singlehandedly wrapped 15 boxes of goodies for Easter and delivered them to the local St Peter’
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By Charlotte and Eleanor, Year 10, The King Alfred School Academy, Jill Dando News Amazing Emily is officially one of Britain’s best young mathematicians after shining at elite maths gatherings at Oxford and Cambridge. The King Alfred School Academy student won a place alongside the 59 other best women
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By Jill Dando News One of Britain’s biggest space experts wowed student astronomers with an excellent talk on the sun, moon and stars. Dr Robert Massey the Deputy Director of the Royal Astronomical Society visited Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. He further inspired the students with sensational
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By Jill Dando News A high-flying high judo competitor is also excelling at his school. Balaz, a Year 9 student at Worle Community School Academy, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset recently finished 7th in a national judo competition. He has also made student of the week with a massive number of 557
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By Jill Dando News A Jill Dando news story about award-winning chefs has been covered by the Media. The story by Somerset County Gazette and Bridgwater Mercury showed how the brilliant students from The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset excelled in the Rotary Southern Region Young Chef Final.
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at Pawlett Primary School Academy in Somerset are used to excellent outside learning in their beautiful grounds. Now they have been enjoying a variety of activities in their Explorer’s Club. They enjoyed ‘Invisibility potions’, the stick phone and even a Pawlett Monkey World. Earlier
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By Jill Dando News Jill Dando good news reporters have seen a TV’s Apprentice style Boardroom in a state-of-the-art HQ while getting top tips from cutting-edge business leaders. The reporters aged 11 to 14 at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare Somerset were invited to the Ascot Group expansion
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By Jill Dando News Jill Dando’s first newspaper, the Weston Mercury, has covered a brilliant story found by reporters finding good news stories in her memory. The Weston-super-Mare newspaper in Somerset covered their story about an inspirational 13-year-old girl who one day wants to find the cure for Alzheimer&
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By Jess, 11, and Dylan, 10 Some 27 amazing pupils aged 9,10 and 11 have started finding positive and inspirational news from across the school, community and world. Headteacher John Clark at Ashcombe Primary School In Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was wowed after receiving dozens of pupil applications to become Jill
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Written by Joshua Keyes , Aged 16. Jill Dando News Student editor and Sports reporter. An ambitious non-league team saw two of their players score two hat-tricks in one match - an incredibly rare feat. In beautiful early spring sunshine, Weston-Super-Mare AFC smashed Hendon FC in the Southern Premier Division South
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By Jill Dando News A Gold Medal winning Paralympic Champion who has scaled Kilimanjaro on his hands and knees has inspired hundreds of pupils at a school. The incredible Aaron Phipps visited St Anne’s Church Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset to tell them that anything really is possible. He did his
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By Jill Dando News Prolific Dayle Grubb - who one season was a higher goalscorer than Bale, Messi and Ronaldo across Europe - and Sonny Cox both scored three goals in Weston AFC’s 6 0 drubbing of Hendon. Two hat-tricks in a match is incredible rare and follows on