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By Jill Dando News The Head Girl of a school that is officially one of the nation’s best for maths has released a teaching video for younger students Worle Community School Academy was recently named one of the top performing Hegarty Maths schools in the country, ranking in the
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By Jill Dando News The Priory Learning Trust schools in Somerset have been marking Anti-Bullying Week with a range of activities to promote kindness and thinking of others, along with schools across England. Pupils and students aged from 4 to 18 took a stand against bullying and discussed how by
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By Jill Dando News Brilliant The King Alfred School Academy students in Somerset have achieved the rare prestigious Duke of Edinburgh gold award - just weeks after leaving the sixth form. Catherine Tolley, Katie Bea Robinson, Lilly Keeley Watts and Amber Dinham are pictured left to right after finishing their
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By Jill Dando News The brilliant Louise and Sophie, who are Year 7 students at Worle Community School Academy, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset were made students of the week for exceptional character and hard work. The forward thinking academy rewards students across the school regularly for their studies, determination, kindness and
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By Jill Dando News Green-fingered pupils at a brilliant Weston-super-Mare school in Somerset have made the most of the wonderful November weather by planting bulbs. The St Anne’s Church Academy Year 1 pupils have been planting spring bulbs in their flourishing gardens as part of a partnership with Bulbs4Kids.
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By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset hosted hundreds of teachers and youth ambassadors for the Youth Climate Summit on Tuesday - one of just a few schools to be chosen for the annual four day summit. UK schools united to learn and make pledges for
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By Jill Dando News This week millions of people observed the traditional two minutes' Remembrance Day silence from their homes at 11am. And Lily, 13, of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA), found her excellent performance of the Last Post beamed to thousands more in their homes via BBC Points
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By Jill Dando News Over 5000 students and 700 staff in six schools of The Priory Learning Trust have been paying their respects on Remembrance Day The schools across Weston-super-Mare, Highbridge in Burnham and other parts of Somerset all held a two minute silence to remember the war dead. Worle
Mental Health
2020. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a year, hasn’t it? From the Coronavirus Pandemic, to the Black Lives Matter Movements, to the Australian Bushfires, it’s all been an awful lot to get our heads around. But, our country has come together stronger than ever. Throughout these
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By Tamsen, 12, of Jill Dando News Ruby Minty is now Head Girl and Tom Harding is Head Boy at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. They are now rolling out a new reward system for students across the school, and plan other initiatives throughout the year. Ruby, who
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By Jill Dando News Jake Caulfield, Head of Year 9 at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, has already raised over £725 and wants to raise the awareness for mental health in men. He is doing a “Mo for a Bro” and is currently doing a physical challenge of
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Cinema review by Amy, age 16, of The King Alfred School Academy Tenet is a UK-US collaboration film from Warner Bros. and Syncopy Inc. following an unnamed protagonist in his effort to prevent World War Three. This action-thriller spy-fi film, directed by Christopher Nolan, attempts many filming techniques that haven’
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Wi-Fi expert who is helping millions prepare for a post COVID-19 world gets highest number of YouTube views at prestigious American conference Dan Jones, Head of Maven Consultancy in Somerset, spoke at the prestigious Wireless Technology Forum. (which can be seen on YouTube via CWNPTV by searching for Designing Wi-Fi
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By Jill Dando News The Priory Learning Trust schools in Somerset raised nearly £13000 for their Charity of the Year, In Charley’s Memory, alongside raising multiple thousands for other charities. This week TPLT CEO Neville Coles presented ICM Operations Director Dawn Carey with a cheque to support their incredible
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By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy will host the Youth Climate Summit on Tuesday (10 November) - one of just a few schools to be chosen for the annual four day summit. The ambitious Weston-super-Mare academy will host hundreds of teachers and youth ambassadors in an event designed
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By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has purchased radioactive sources with thousands of pounds of grant money to enhance the teaching of Radioactivity in their GCSE science studies. They already have cutting edge equipment and inspirional teachers for their science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects