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By Jill Dando News Pupils have bombarded a headteacher with applications to become Jill Dando good news reporters. Brilliant children at Ashcombe Primary School In Weston-super-Mare, Somerset are queuing up to become reporters of good news in the Jill Dando News Centre. Two years ago before lockdown, they became one
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By Jill Dando News Good news hounds have been combining pen and tech brilliantly to find positive stories. Dozens of good news reporters were producing brilliant journalism across a UK county again this week. They were using both the latest technology of journalism and media alongside traditional old school pens
Sport
By Jill Dando News Awesome Ava, 9, walks England rugby team out before watching Twickenham spectacular see them beat world champions in final minutes. Awesome Ava 9, was mascot at an incredibly historic world rugby match at Twickenham - 115 years since the debut of the first ever black England
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By Jill Dando News More than 5000 brilliant students aged 2 to 18 and 750 staff in eight schools marked Children in Need with charity fundraising. Students from primary and secondary schools in The Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) in Somerset did a variety of fundraising activities including non-uniform day. The
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By Jill Dando News Awesome Ava, 9, is to walk the England rugby team out at Twickenham alongside the grandson of the first ever black player 115 years ago and the son of England’s first ever black captain. The superb Somerset pupil is to be mascot at the incredibly
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Report written by: Kiaran, Amber and Maria, aged 12 Photo by Josh, 15 Jenson Pullen, of Worle Community School Academy, in Weston-super-Mare Somerset was interviewing Marcus Nel, the current Clifton and Zimbabwean rugby player, as part of Jill Dando News when he got the surprise gift. Jenson plays for Hornets
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By Liam Drury, Jill Dando News A teenage school eco warrior was been wowed after receiving a personal handwritten letter from his hero global TV gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh. Inspirational Archie, of Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has received a personal letter and signed autograph from TV
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By Good News Post Mentors are being sought to help young people flourish, bring hope and make Weston-super-Mare in Somerset a kinder and safer place to live ROC WSM aims to build safer and kinder communities in Weston-super-Mare and Worle over the years to come. Now they have received thousands
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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