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(By Harriet, 14, Jill Dando News) Swimmers from Burnham-On-Sea enjoyed a fantastic start to the new 2020 season competing in the prestigious Somerset County Championships. Held at Millfield School, over 700 swimmers from 38 swimming clubs in Somerset took part in events over 4 weekends, with seven full days of
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A record-breaking class of 11 and 12 year olds have been praised for their incredible generosity. Some 30 Year 7 students at Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset raised £100 for mental health charity, In Charley’s Memory. They were asked by tutor Tina Burrows to raise as much
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By Jill Dando News Centre Katy Adams, of Castle Batch Primary School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, won the school’s ‘Heroes’ Award. Inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s TV programmes when aged 7, Katy has since organised litter picks most weekends and is passionate about reducing the amount of plastic on
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Amazing child reporters aged 10 and 11 got the chance to turn the tables on BBC TV journalist Tracey Miller. The pupils from Castle Batch Primary School Academy met Tracy during her time filming one of their stories at the school. They asked her what it was like to be
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By Jill Dando News Centre BBC TV film campaigning Kate, 8, after she wins award for inspirational litter picking Katy Adams, Castle Batch Primary School Academy, was filmed by BBC TV Points West after winning the school’s ‘Heroes’ Award. Inspired by Sir David Attenborough’s TV programmes when aged
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The brilliant Aden Morrissey of Robert Blake Science College has qualified for the Somerset ASA County Championships 2020 in the 50, 100 and 200 Freestyle. Aden and his team also won Silver in the latest relay races. It was his latest successes of many over the years since he started
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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
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Enthusiastic Hungerford students have smashed reading records in their literacy-boosting Word Wizards scheme. John O’ Gaunt Year 7 student Libbie Croft became a Word Wizard after beating her own reading target with a 120% increase while student Lillie Whiting broke her record with 104%. The ‘Word Wizards’ title has been
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Worle Community School - an Academy (WCSA) has had a remarkable transformation in record time since a damning report plunged it (as Worle School) into OfSTED Special Measures in 2016 - a new report out today says. The 2020 OfSTED report for Worle Community School - an Academy has praised
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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 is the first student ever from Worle Community School Academy to quality for the Cayley Olympiad competition.
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By student Gracie Davies of the Jill Dando News Centre Hundreds of people in the community were wowed by a spectacular performance of the Wizard of Oz. The three night spectacular show took audiences on a journey from Kansas to the Emerald city at Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare,
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Reporting by pupils at Jill Dando News Centre and Ashcombe Primary School Wonderful pupils celebrate as their amazing school now one of top in the nation. Ashcombe Primary School were one of the schools listed in the Real Schools Guide 2020 of the best schools around. It follows from last
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Over 2000 years ago, wise Athenian philosopher Plato urged people to ‘Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.’ Never were his words more needed than in today’s ‘deep dark age’ of social media. As in life, we see the best and worst of society on
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Jubilant students get offers at one of the world’s best universities Two sixth form students from The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset are celebrating after winning places at the University of Oxford after a rigorous application process. George Simmons will now read Economics and Management and Anya
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Worle students thrive in Future Chefs finals Two students from Worle Community School Academy excelled in a tough cookery competition similar to the BBC’s MasterChef TV series held at the regional finals in Taunton. Pictured left to right, Lorenzo Baranello, 14, and Ashdon Bailey, 12, had to cook their
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Inspirational Weston school break Foodbank school-collection record after donating 1 tonne “breathtaking” avalanche of Christmas goodies Big-hearted students, parents and staff at Priory Community School Academy packed hundreds of items for Foodbank into two vans. It broke all records for school giving across the area. Due to the unbelievable amount