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By Jill Dando News A fun cricket training programme is seeing pupils take up the sport at a Somerset School. Pupils at West Huntspill Primary School near Bridgwater and Burnham on Sea have been enjoying fun cricket training in a partnership with Somerset County Cricket Club https://www.somersetcountycc.co.
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By Jill Dando News Amazing Zanna, 5, has won a prestigious Young Writers competition. Her poem Spooky Nights will now be published in a book called Trick or Treat. Zanna is a pupil at Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset where she enjoys inspirational teaching and a brilliant
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By Jill Dando News Fabulous Jared, 12, has driven a generosity Christmas parcel wrap for families in need at Christmas. Jared of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, was the drive behind the wrapping of dozens of boxes for the partnership with the St Peter's Church Community Christmas
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By Jill Dando News Pupils got to meet Thunder the Robin mascot while quizzing a local footballer. The pupils at West Huntspill Primary School, East Huntspill Primary School and Pawlett Primary School Academy loved meeting Thunder the Robin and Bridgwater United FC player Nick Woodrow. Thunder is the mascot for
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at St Anne’s Church Academy https://stanneschurchacademy.co.uk in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset are donating large amounts of food and other goods to Foodbank as part of their reverse advent. Pupils at St Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset are big givers to charity
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By Jill Dando News Students are performing their amazing musical talents for their school’s big Christmas charity events Students at The King Alfred School Academy https://www.tkasa.org.uk in Highbridge, Somerset have been performing Christmas carols and songs via on YouTube as part of the charity spectacular.
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By Jill Dando News Inspirational pupils are thriving in reading and writing after enjoying dozens of new books thanks to a generous grant. Brilliant children at Ashcombe Primary School https://www.ashcombeprimary.com In Weston-super-Mare, Somerset have been enjoying their new curriculum-focused books, so generously funded by the Hargreaves Foundation.
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at St Anne’s Church Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset learnt lots about fuel, oxygen and fire in an exciting outside lesson. The school is passionate about forest school learning and last week the pupils were excited after the arrival of a Woodlands Trust pack to
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By Jill Dando News Pupils at Pawlett Primary School Academy in Somerset are reading dozens of books at school and home and relishing their next one! The books being read include Egyptian adventure, the Power Gut, and the Double Dork Diaries. The school is part of The Priory Learning Trust
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By Jill Dando News High-achieving students are thriving in their new library and popular book club. Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has re-launched a new library with an associated bookclub for the hundreds of new books. The book club meets after school with games, quizzes and activities based
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By Jill Dando News An academy has launched their charity "Reverse Advent" and "12 Days of Christmas" campaigns for the fourth year running The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset will see students perform a daily musical performance to be played on Sedgemoor FM. The
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By Jill Dando News An incredible post-Covid19 lockdown underpass nature transformation is brightening up the community for students and families. Residents have been telling us about their delight at the sensational art transformation of two underpasses near the popular Priory Community School Academy (PCSA), part of The Priory Learning Trust
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By Jill Dando News Mendip Green Primary School pupils and families raised nearly £1000 to go with the donation of £800. Last term the school had a special fundraising day to raise money for a defibrillator for the school. Thousands of people come on their premises every day and the
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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
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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 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