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By Oliver, 12, Jill Dando News Incredible students are striving to achieve the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh award by showing array of skills and character traits. Dozens of Year 9 students have been working vigorously to achieve the prestigious bronze Duke of Edinburgh award. To reach this, these endeavouring Worle
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Priory Community School Academy has been shortlisted for a prestigious award recognising excellence in the education sector. Staff from the Weston-super-Mare school in North Somerset will travel to Royal Garden Hotel in London tomorrow for the grand finals. The 2022 Education Business Awards, sponsored by Churches Fire & Security continue
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By Tamsen, 14, PCSA, Sasha, 14, TKASA, and Lewis, 14, WCSA, Jill Dando News Students from The Priory Learning Trust interviewed Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose and discovered his passion for bees, beehives and huge respect for 20th Century hero Nelson Mandela. Young reporters from Worle Community School Academy, Priory Community
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By Juozas and Kieran, 12, Jill Dando News Students from Jill Dando News were inspired with the good news that the world’s first ever ‘SEE MONSTER’ is heading to their town. Yet this is no ordinary Hollywood-style ’monster’. It is unique monster size oil rig to put Weston-super-Mare on
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By Jill Dando News Five students from one sixth form have won prestigious places at an Oxford University summer school. Olivia, Taj, (pictured) Kizzie, Thomas and Freja, of The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset, have made it onto Oxford University’s prestigious Summer School Residential course. Olivia left
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By Jill Dando News Two students who represented Britain at COP26 alongside Prince William and Sir David Attenborough are now inspiring younger ones at one of the country’s best sixth forms. Jack Clark and Olivia Finch featured on national TV news in Glasgow COP26 in November shortly after leaving
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Amy, 12, Jill Dando News at Priory Community School Academy Music has brought joy to millions for thousands of years. It is no different with the annual Eurovision Song Contest which each year is aired to the world, bringing joy and solidarity. But this was also a big message of
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Exclusive, by Oliver, 12 and Jake, 12, Jill Dando News An MP at the centre of news headlines will give an exclusive interview to Jill Dando News on Thursday - thanks to 12 year old reporter Oliver. Oliver, 12, of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset secured the interview
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Exclusive, by Oliver, 12 and Jake, 12, Jill Dando News Five students are officially the world’s best after winning a stunning gymnastics gold medal. With a great passion for gymnastics, Nicole, Maria, Niamh, Lottie and Megan competed in a team of 5 and secured a gold medal in their
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By Jill Dando News Meet big-hearted brilliant Tilly, 11, who has won an award for her selfless kindness helping desperate survivors of Tsunami’s and other disasters across the world Tilly of Worle Community School Academy student in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset has been supporting the charity Water Survival Box. She helped
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Work is now underway for a University-style extension to The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset after a rapid increase in numbers over the past few years. The extension will allow for more meeting rooms and offices, study zones and communal and cafe areas for students. The Sixth Form
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By Jill Dando News Super Archie, 15, of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, has won the prestigious Mayor’s Youth Award for his amazing eco and community work. Weston Mayor James Clayton presented Archie with the award. He said: “As Mayor I decided to create the mayor's
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By Jill Dando News Some two million young people now have access to a confidential new text messaging service. ChatHealth enables young people, aged 11-19, to text a School Nurse confidentially to ask for advice on a range of issues, from mental health and relationships, to bullying, self-harm and exam
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By Jill Dando News Helen Burge, Deputy Chief Operations Officer at the Priory Learning Trust in Somerset attended the launch of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy at the National History Museum. She was representing the UK School's Sustainability Network Operations Group, having previously contributed as
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By Jill Dando News The 50-feet square area at Worle Community School Academy (WCSA) in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset will be a magnet for wildlife. It will be full of insect-attracting plants, insect hotels, bird and bat boxes and a vegetable garden with potential trees and a beehive to come. The area
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By Jill Dando News The unique, groundbreaking, eco-boosting PreLoved Prom scheme at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset allows students and residents to access clothing for free. Hundreds of quality dresses and suits are donated from across Britain up to the value of £450. The clothing can also