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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
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Exclusive by Good News Post THE "grandmother" of a Somerset school has celebrated 60 years of marriage and nearly 45 years of service by having the entire staff room kitchen named after her. [sfv_video_show] The hugely popular Nadine Garbett started working at The King Alfred School
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By Charles Hewlitt, 17, Jill Dando News Incredible Somerset charity has bounced back from the Covid19 lockdown to expand into two new towns to help thousands more young people with their mental health. In Charley’s Memory are expanding their work from Burnham and Highbridge, into Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater to
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By Jill Dando News An inspirational teenager working at a thriving nursery is taking the next steps in her education after helping children in Fiji After leaving Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, Cam Stevens went on to complete her level 3 apprenticeship in August last year. She then
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Music can help beat anxiety, stress and even depression. The King Alfred School Academy student Samara, 16, explains how music has been magic for millions during the Covid19 lockdown. From Rap to R and B, Disco to Jazz, Classical to Rock, music is the universal language of the world. Through
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Everyone feels down from time to time. The Covid19 crisis has us all more on edge and struggling to be positive. But there are happiness habits that we can all introduce to boost our mood. Here are a few. (by Dawn Carey of the rapidly expanding mental health charity, In
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By Jill Dando News Centre Katy, of Castle Batch Primary School Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset won the BBC award on the back of her school’s ‘Heroes’ Award. Inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s TV programmes when only 7, Katy is passionate about reducing the amount of plastic on the streets.
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A new group has been launched to build safer and kinder communities in a UK town - with £4000 already on offer for budding entrepreneurs ROC WSM aims to build safer and kinder communities in Weston-super-Mare and Worle, Somerset over the years to come. Now they already have £4,000
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By Good News Post reporter Kiera Shoemake, 18. St Anne’s Church Academy’s latest staff member is Maggie the new school therapy dog. The primary school in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset welcomed the five-month beautiful white and brown “cavapoo”. Mrs Few and Maggie did eight-weeks of Zoom puppy training lessons. The