Author: Samantha Lauren King

Year 6 pupils at a Somerset school recently hosted an annual Christmas get-together for local pensioners. The pupils from Brookside academy in Street served tea to 100 guests during an afternoon of entertainment and socialising, with a buffet also on offer. The event, funded by Street parish council, has become an important part of the […]

Children at Oak View academy in Cheshire have recorded a cover of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday to help to fund a speech and language therapist at the school. With numerous children starting at the school’s nursery well below the national average in communication, a school governor decided on the novel way of […]

The annual Christmas Eve BBC radio broadcast of carols from King’s College, Cambridge marks the start of the festive season for many, but the young choristers in choirs across the country work tirelessly for weeks before the celebrations. There are 44 specialist choir schools across the UK that combine regular choir practice and performances with […]

A group of year 4 pupils in Nottingham had a taste of what Christmas might have been like 500 years ago when they made a school trip to nearby Wollaton Hall. Pupils at The Elms junior school dressed in traditional Tudor costume and celebrated a historically accurate Christmas – albeit an early one – at […]

A Gloucestershire primary school has been awarded a Space Education Quality Mark for its space-themed curriculum. Awarded by the European Space Education Resource Office, Longborough Church of England primary school was presented with a silver award to recognise its continuing commitment to using space in the classroom. The school’s 39 pupils have spent more than […]

Wargrave House school and college in Merseyside is a new centre of excellence for teaching personal finance. The specialist autism school became the 100th named centre after taking part in the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG) centres of excellence programme, part of the Young Enterprise charity, supported by financial journalist Martin Lewis of Money Week. […]

Sue Brown, this year’s outstanding higher level teaching assistant (HLTA), recently received her national award from Andrew Mitchell MP at a ceremony in Westminster. Brown, who works at Malcolm Sargent school in Stamford, Lincolnshire was nominated by colleagues for her work in supporting pupils with special needs, running sporting events and delivering art lessons. After […]

The stage musical Wicked has been voted the best theatre production for schools in the 2016 School Travel Awards. The awards, which are voted on by teachers and education visit coordinators, aim to showcase the best venues, attractions and companies for school trips. Teachers nominated Wicked as a production that “excites, inspires and entertains”. It […]

Parsons Green prep school in west London has been recognised for its creative teaching in science, technology, engineering and maths. Earlier this month, the Independent Schools Association (ISA) awarded the school its annual award for outstanding provision in STEM for projects such as growing rocket seeds, which astronaut Tim Peake then took into space on […]