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By Jill Dando News Dozens of students and staff at an Academy Trust have now made 3500 face masks and are on their way to making 100 PPE scrubs and sets for the NHS and care homes. The schools of the Priory Learning Trust (TPLT) in Somerset have rallied together
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Two schools, students, parents and the community have been helping NHS nurses, carers and frontline staff fight Covid-19 by coming together to make urgent PPE including face visors. In an amazing community partnership and show of support for the NHS and workers during the coronavirus crisis, John O’ Gaunt and
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The cadets have this week sent birthday cards, poems and letters to Captain Tom Moore, the incredible WW2 veteran who is celebrating his 100th birthday today after raising £30 million for the NHS. They are all members of Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge Sea Cadets in Somerset. The youngsters, some who attend
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An Academy Trust NHS face mask making service has broken the 2000 mark. The Priory Learning Trust schools (TPLT) in Somerset have made over 2000 face masks to help the NHS fight the battle against Covid-19. The students aged 11 to 14 and staff have been making hundreds every day
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Burnham-On-Sea fundraiser Ed James has raised over £800 for Age UK’s Coronavirus Emergency Appeal by climbing 1,136 flights of stairs in his home during one day of the lockdown. Ed, who previously went to The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, had been due to take part in
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By Jill Dando News No Labels support group was launched in September at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Student leaders Jay, Jazmin and Jack worked with Mrs John to create a group to promote diversity and support the school’s LGBT+ youth. Now students take part in LGBT+
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By Jill Dando News team (Priory Community School Academy Principal Angelos Markoutsas (pictured right) with Head of DT David Clay and their 50 masks.) A Weston school Principal and head of DT have made 50 face masks for use by an NHS doctors’ surgery Priory Community School Academy Principal Angelos
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(By Liam Drury, Jill Dando News) Local supermarket help Police Cadets in community boost Asda have teamed up with the Weston-super-Mare Police Cadets to provide for the local community. The self-funded Police Cadets are all aged 14 and 18 and help to provide public safety within the local area. Asda
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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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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 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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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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By Jill Dando News Centre Incredible budding Einstein, aged 14, who is already being tutored by a Oxford University maths expert now joins Elite UK group of students in the final of a prestigious maths competition Thomas Duford (pictured left) is the first student ever from Worle Community School Academy
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The Melksham Oak Community School students were inspired by teachers who also dressed up for the occasion in the theme of famous and classic books. The activities included finding the titles of favourite books from their teachers, learning lessons from stories including The Ghost of Jacob Marley, Gandalf and The
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Dozens of pupils and children celebrated the launch of the latest Jill Dando News Centre in sensational early spring sunshine Popular radio presenter Emma Britton from BBC Bristol was special guest as dozens of Jill Dando reporters launched the latest centre at Pawlett Primary School Academy (PPSA) near Bridgwater. Reporters
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Hearing Good News has miraculous effects on our brains. Everyone needs more of it, especially in our current era of 24.7 saturation fear. So the Good News Post wants to expand. If you’re a head teacher in a school in any nation, we can help you set up