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By Jill Dando News Jacob of Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset won the high-profile 2020 Micro Max British Championship for those aged 8 to 11, after 12 months of competing to qualify. The youngster will now head to Portugal in January for the Rotax World Finals, representing
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By Jill Dando News The kind-hearted The King Alfred School Academy students students in Highbridge made the cardboard boxes in their design technology lessons to give to local key workers, parents or relatives who are keyworkers and helpers in the community. Local sweet shop, Burnham’s Sweet Shack, helped provide
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By Jill Dando News Happy Weston-super-Mare pupils can now enjoy their new ‘Cosy Corner’ for reading after the first stage of their new library was completed Castle Batch Primary School Academy have two very comfortable big chairs as the centrepiece alongside a brand-new library area along with hundreds of exciting
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By Jill Dando News The Priory Learning Trust in Somerset introduced its Reading Programme to further encourage a love for reading for its 4 to 18 year olds and the scheme is working brilliantly. Students at Worle Community School Academy, Priory Community School Academy and The King Alfred School Academy
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By Jill Dando News Thousands of families have been viewing inside one of the fastest improving schools in the south west. The forward thinking Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare hosted its first ever ‘Into the Light’ events for hundreds of families to tour their fantastic facilities. The tours gave
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By Good News Post Dave and Penny Hynds lead the new ROC WSM which aims to build safer and kinder communities in Weston-super-Mare and Worle over the years to come. Formed in February just before Covid19 lockdown, their organisation has seen hundreds of volunteers offer their time, giving food and
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By Jill Dando News Sharon Boneham of Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset ‘Braved the Shave’ for Cancer Research and Little Princess Trust and has already smashed her £400 target, and the money continues to come in. Sharon, a design and technology teacher, discovered she has breast cancer at
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By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare has installed two electric car chargers - building on its huge reputation as an award-winning eco-school. Earlier this year they won a prestigious award for environmental travel to school with enthusiastic students picking up the prize. They already have electric
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By Jill Dando News The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset will showcase its impressive campus and inspirational culture via 16 short state-of-the-art videos. The videos, using drones, and other high-tech gear, will allow families, parents and carers to see just why the academy is proving so popular. It
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By Jill Dando News Dozens of families have been viewing one of the fastest improving schools in the south west. Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare hosted its first ever ‘Into the Light’ events for families to tour their fantastic facilities. Prospective pupils, parents and carers can have guided tours
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By Jill Dando News A school’s new £200,000 hotel-quality toilet block has been named after a 16th Somerset resident and Queen’s courtier who invented the world’s first ever flushing toilet The Sir John Harington toilets were officially opened at The King Alfred School Academy by students,
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By Joel, 12, Jill Dando News Will Cooper, aged 16, has just left Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset after a fabulous five years. Incredibly he started taking photos at the age of 11, and encouraged by the school, he has now stacked up hundreds of photo shoots, not
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By Good News Post People age 26 and over can now access new mental health service after Covid19 surge in demand for affordable counselling An inspirational mental health charity has launched its new service aimed at the 26+ age group after a huge demand from siblings, parents and grandparents In
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By Good News Post Organisations and groups in North Somerset that support mental health can get a £10,000 funding boost following the launch of a grant scheme. The money is part of a new pot of £45,000 being offered by North Somerset Council as part of Healthier Together,
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By James, 17. SAS soldier turned adventurer Bear Grylls is keeping the nation active at a time where obvious challenges have hurt people’s physical and mental health Described by TV presenter Piers Morgan as ‘the most enthusiastic man in the world’, Bear Grylls is encouraging the nation to develop
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By Jill Dando News People with the postcode BS22, BS23, BS24, and BS29 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset can soon have a My Grand Pier resident card to celebrate 10 years of the Grand Pier and over a Century of history. The Grand Pier is known worldwide and holds millions of memories