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By Jill Dando News Brilliant pupils have been rewarded with a range of accolades during their end of year award ceremony. The fabulous pupils were presented with certificates and prizes at Castle Batch Primary School Academy (CBPSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Principal, Sally Taylor said: “Every single pupil deserved their award
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Evie, 11, Jill Dando News @ PCSA Amazing six year old Castle Batch Primary School student, Albie Groves, who was diagnosed with epilepsy this year, raised a whopping £885 from a fun run. His incredible feat of fundraising for the charity Young Epilepsy, far surpassed his original target of £200! A
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By Ellise, 21, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News Family Fund, the UK’s largest grant-making charity for families raising disabled or seriously ill children on the lowest incomes has just celebrated it 50th birthday. The charity began life in 1973 after a public campaign on behalf of children affected by
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Drama students at King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge have performed the first of several performances of their summer show this week to a packed audience. Based on the music of Queen, ‘We Will Rock You’ is set 300 years in the future in a futuristic and corporate world. The
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By Jill Dando News Brilliant Year 12 students from Highbridge’s King Alfred School Academy have taken part in a 12.6 mile beach walk from Burnham-On-Sea to Brean Down and back in Somerset to raise charity funds. The school’s annual Rag Week – ‘Raising and Giving’ – began on Monday
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By Jill Dando News Hundreds of people flocked to a superb school for their annual summer fair, with great fun and fundraising. More news to follow from Jill Dando news.
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By Samara,18, Mental Health Correspondent, Jill Dando News Last week, myself and our new CEO of Young Minds, Laura Bunt, were both interviewed live on Times Radio in order to forefront our ongoing End The Wait campaign, as well as giving me a chance as a young person to
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By Jill Dando News An entrepreneur who has run some of the world’s biggest companies has praised Rose, 11, and the hundreds of other Jill Dando News reporters Rose, 11, interviewed Harriet Green OBE who has run some of the world’s largest companies. Rose is part of Jill
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By Jill Dando News A diver miracously found someone’s lost iphone in the ocean and retuned it to them. Ocean cleanup founder Alex Schulze has collected plenty of cell phones from the ocean, but only one has turned on. “Most of the time, the [phones] are basically locked up
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By Evie, 11, Jill Dando News @ PCSA A school has achieved a prestigious accolade for its incredible work on character education. Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has successfully achieved the 'School Of Character' Quality Mark by the Association of Character Education. To win the accolade, students
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By Samara Siviter, Mental Health Correspondent, Jill Dando News Mental Health. A silent pandemic ripping through the country. A pandemic which is destroying the lives of our young people as we are continued to be denied the support we need, writes new Mental Health Correspondent for Jill Dando News, Samara.
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By Ellise, Disabilities Correspondent, Jill Dando News An incredible centre supporting children with difficulties has been hailed as life changing. Ellise Hayward said the Footsteps Foundation in Oxfordshire is ‘beyond incredible’ and makes a ‘real difference to children with disabilities’. Footsteps was set up in 2008 to provide intensive therapy
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By Jill Dando News Ron Richards, former Headteacher of Priory Community School Academy (PCSA) has been awarded a British Empire Medal for “Services to volleyball and the community in the South West of England” in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Mr Richards also now the Vice Chair of The
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By Jill Dando News Castle Batch Primary School Academy staff member Paula Sweeting and family and friends are holding a charity festival to raise funds for four important charities that have supported her daughter Danielle over the last 10 years. They have organised a ladies’ night, raffles and Danifest being
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Story and photos by Oliver Masley, 13, Jill Dando News Record numbers visited a community school as it opened its doors to prospective students, their parents and carers. In lovely summer weather, hundreds of people sampled the brilliant very large campus, excellent departments and facilities, as well as the amazing
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By Jill Dando news The Prince of Wales is touring the UK in his bid to beat homelessness. Prince William is speaking up to beat homelessness — just like his mum, Princess Diana, did. FULL STORY: https://people.com/prince-william-launches-homelessness-project-uk-tour-homewards-7553079 On Monday, the Prince of Wales visited Lambeth in south London