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(By Henry Jones, 10, and Jasmine, Jill Dando News) Castle Batch Primary School Academy has introduced a new way of teaching personal, social and health education through the much aclaimed Jigsaw programme. Items have been delivered to each class which include a chime bar, a cat toy and a jigsaw
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It’s an endless conversation with my friends, family and teachers. What university degree do you want to do? Are you even going to university? Where do you see yourself in 20 years? And to be honest, I don’t know. I’ve always liked to be a bit ahead
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Jubilant Woolavington Village Primary School pupils and staff are celebrating after they won a prestigious award They won the 'New to Apprenticeships' award at the recent Somerset Apprenticeship Awards 2020 after taking on five fantastic apprentices last September. Pupils at the small, friendly and ambitious Somerset school have
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(By Jill Dando News) Big hearted school staff have delivered hundreds of pairs of science goggles to a hospital to use during the coronavirus crisis Science teacher Baylea Charles from The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge is pictured collecting the goggles before taking them to Musgrove Park Hospital in
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(Jill Dando News reporter Grace is pictured reading 'Rose Rivers' by Jacqueline Wilson) Our Jill Dando News reporters have been sharing their ideas for surviving and thriving in these unusual times of the coronavirus pandemic. This week it is Tamsen, aged 12. 5 Top Tips for surviving and
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(Story and photo by Jill Dando News reporters) Amazing students learning resilience and literacy with an inspirational Bear Grylls book Brilliant year 7 students at Priory Community School Academy have been reading Mud, Sweat and Tears' by adventurous legend Bear Grylls. The book traces Bear's life, career
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(by Liam and Jill Dando News) Students from Worle Community School Academy in Somerset excelled during a Pi recall competition. Albin Alex in Year 11 was the eventual winner racing through an impressive 195 digits of Pi to claim the top prize, a £30 Amazon voucher. The Pi competition challenged
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(By Liam and Jill Dando News) Talented students were praised after returning from a hugely successful performance at the Highbridge Arts Festival. The King Alfred School Academy students won medals for a range of amazing achievements at the 73rd annual Highbridge Festival Of The Arts. They were part of the
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Latest Apple trees planted across a county in memory of one its most inspirational former residents More apple trees are being planted across Somerset in the memory of the county’s very own Jill Dando, who lived and studied locally before becoming Britain’s best TV journalist. The latest ones
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(By Lacey), 13, Jill Dando News Pupils and staff at a Weston primary school have thanked Sainsbury’s and TK Maxx for an amazing generous gesture of food and supplies. Sainsbury’s gifted St Anne’s Church Academy at West Wick 20 big bunches of flowers one for each staff
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(By Liam and Jill Dando News) Inspirational student shows off dogs at award-winning Crufts in her latest success since battling ME and raising thousands for charity Amazing Priory Community School Academy student Makayla Nunn, 16, took part in the world-famous dog competition Crufts. The opportunity arose when she was asked
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(By Jill Dando News) An outstanding student has secured a place on a prestigious fast-track accountancy programme. Jack Murphy, pictured left with other brilliant students at the sixth form of The King Alfred School Academy, in Somerset will take up a place on the highly prized Bishop Fleming Accountancy programme.
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Bella Febry, 19, aims for World Championships in America after a massive success expansions of her dance school. The former Priory Community School Academy student, pictured centre, has her sights set on taking her team to the World Championships next year after excelling in the industry. She has gone from
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(By Harriet, 14, Jill Dando News) Swimmers from Burnham-On-Sea enjoyed a fantastic start to the new 2020 season competing in the prestigious Somerset County Championships. Held at Millfield School, over 700 swimmers from 38 swimming clubs in Somerset took part in events over 4 weekends, with seven full days of
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News and journalism has been my life.I learned to read as a child on tabloid newspapers hanging around our home and have been a news addict ever since. In the mid 1990s I became a newspaper reporter and have interviewed thousands of people, incidents and events. I covered the
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A record-breaking class of 11 and 12 year olds have been praised for their incredible generosity. Some 30 Year 7 students at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset raised £100 for mental health charity, In Charley’s Memory. They were asked by tutor Tina Burrows to raise as much