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By Jill Dando News One of Britain's most proactive and award-winning young environmentalists is to run the global social media on work experience with the UK Schools Sustainability Network (UKSSN). Jack Clark, along with Olivia Finch, featured on national TV news in Glasgow COP26 in November, representing UK
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By Oliver, 12, Jill Dando News A world unique good news centre is celebrating its 5th birthday next month. Jill Dando News is to celebrate five years of children and young people finding and writing good news in Jill’s memory, on Thursday 7th July. Since its beginnings, well over
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By Jill Dando News Five-year-old Bella J Dark from Weymouth, Dorset stunned her family last year when she told them she was going to write a book. Fast forward to a year later, Bella has become the world's youngest author. Her first book titled 'The Lost Cat&
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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
Climate
By Jill Dando News Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union have hit their lowest level since 1990, bringing good news to millions. The fabulous statistics were released in official EU data reported by the European Environment Agency to the UN. The news is a welcome boost to campaigners
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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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By Jess, 11, and Dylan, 10 Some 27 amazing pupils aged 9,10 and 11 have started finding positive and inspirational news from across the school, community and world. Headteacher John Clark at Ashcombe Primary School In Weston-super-Mare, Somerset was wowed after receiving dozens of pupil applications to become Jill
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By Jill Dando News A Gold Medal winning Paralympic Champion who has scaled Kilimanjaro on his hands and knees has inspired hundreds of pupils at a school. The incredible Aaron Phipps visited St Anne’s Church Academy, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset to tell them that anything really is possible. He did his
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By Jill Dando News The incredible Museum of the Moon' exhibition uses NASA imagery to recreate an amazingly realistic impression of the moon's surface. It is now touring the UK and is currently at St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton, Somerset before moving on to Northwich, Cheshire
schools
By Jacob Kemp, 17, Jill Dando News International Women’s Day was marked at The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset through a series of social media posts. It was coordinated by the Head of Geography, Catherine Owen. A thread of posts on Twitter celebrated female members of staff
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By Jill Dando News Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset have been completely overwhelmed with donations from students, families and staff for a collection for Ukraine. The photo shows the school staff room which has been the central point for the collection at WCSA. Full story to follow from
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By Dawson, 15 Taj, 16, a Year 12 student at The King Alfred Academy (TKASA) in Highbridge, Somerset, is heading to a prestigious summer school at Harvard University. TKASA Sixth Form has a 100% pass rate, with 80% going to Russell Group Universities, and increasing numbers heading to Cambridge and
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By Jill Dando News The King Alfred School Academy in Highbridge, Somerset organised a dress down day to show support for Ukraine. Students aged 11-18 and staff donated £1 and wore blue and yellow items of clothing – the colours of the Ukrainian flag. They raised £1200 in one day. RELATED:
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By Tamsen and Mia, 13, Jill Dando News Students reached Number 3 in the world for their Christmas-themed stories, photography and artwork in the 6th edition of the Priory Community School Academy Christmas Stories series. The book out of the Weston-super-Mare school in Somerset reached no.3 in the top
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By Amy, 12, Jill Dando News World football hero Marcus Rashford has backed the giving out of hundreds of copies of his book You Are a Champion to students at Christmas. Students at Priory Community School Academy In Weston-super-Mare Somerset are giving out hundreds of copies of his motivational book