Author: Samantha Lauren King

The latest technology has turned pupils at a primary school in Kent into digital eco-warriors who keep the area around their school clean. Using a free environmental reporting app, pupils at Bapchild and Tonge primary school identified rubbish and overflowing bins near their school. Susannah Butcher, eco-school leader at the school, said: “It was an […]

A competition is aiming to revive the dying art of letter writing by encouraging pupils between the ages of 5 and 16 to say thank you by post. Organised by the University of Birmingham’s Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, the project aims to boost children’s well-being. In previous years, the awards have attracted over […]

A school in Cumbria hopes its new “quirky” library will get more pupils interested in reading. With Harry Potter-inspired furniture, cardboard cut-outs of Gandalf and Shakespeare, and even a resident cat, the new, creative space at Chetwynde free school in Barrow has been designed to spark the imagination of pupils (and encourage them to spend […]

A Bristol pupil’s first-aid lessons at school helped her to recognise her father was experiencing the early signs of a heart attack. Mia Downs, a 14-year-old pupil at Bedminster Down school, realised that her dad’s chest pains were serious and called an ambulance. Doctors later said that Stephen Downs was having a heart attack. All […]

Things got spooky at one Bristol academy, as students rode bikes decorated with Halloween decorations into school, as part of an effort to encourage pupils to be more active. Despite it being a week ahead of the appointed day to trick and treat, pupils at Minerva primary academy adorned their bikes and scooters with skeletons, […]

Ormiston Bushfield academy in Peterborough is collaborating with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to host a specialist Saturday music school. The academy, part of the Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), launched the collaboration as part of the organisation’s aim to get all its 25,000 students involved in a range of cultural, outdoor and sporting […]

Seven pupils from The Dukeries academy in Nottinghamshire recently spent a month in the Peruvian Andes. Forming part of a team of 21 that included three teachers and a camp leader, the pupils aged between 16 and 17 worked to improve the local infrastructure to benefit disadvantaged residents. The team – assisted by local professionals […]

A Surrey primary school has had an outbreak of some rather unusual creepy crawlies in its playground. The creatures, which include a caterpillar, dragonfly, bee and family of snails, are all intricate mosaics created by reception pupils at Folly Hill infant school, the smallest infant school in the Farnham area. With the help of local […]

A scheme to get year 12 and 13 students to come up with innovative ways of solving challenges in the transport industry is underway. The Innovate TfL scheme from Transport for London will test students on everything from their creativity and presentation skills to project management abilities. Students at Uxbridge College in Middlesex won last […]