Author: Samantha Lauren King

A 77-year-old has gone back to his former primary school to teach pupils about school life in the 1940s. Rob Harknett was a pupil at Roydon Primary School in Essex between 1945 and 1953, and shared pictures and anecdotes from his time at the school with current pupils during a history lesson. His visit came […]

The UK Space Agency is calling for schools to come up with innovative ways satellites can improve life on Earth for a chance to win a share of £50,000. The annual SatelLife competition – now in its second year – asks young people aged 11 to 22 to come up with new ways satellites can […]

Pupils at a Norfolk secondary school were instrumental in setting up a programme to network with inspirational women during lunch breaks. Ormiston Victory Academy has been inviting a series of professional women to talk about their respective fields during working lunches, offering career tips and advice, with a particular focus on issues affecting women. The […]

A service dog stabbed while protecting his handler has visited pupils at a Lancashire primary school to help them with a creative writing module. Year 6 pupils at St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School had been learning about Finn the German shepherd, who was stabbed in the head and chest in the line of duty, and […]

Harris Academy students are spearheading an awareness-raising campaign after starring in a TV segment presented by Jamie Oliver on the detrimental effects of energy drinks. Seven year 10 pupils from Harris Academy South Norwood, selected for their passion for the drinks, appeared in a recent episode of Channel 4’s Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast […]

Two Staffordshire secondary schools have teamed up with the NHS to encourage their students to make healthier lifestyle choices. The Whole Population Health project is being piloted at Thistley Hough Academy and The Hart School, in partnership with the University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS trust, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS trust and the […]

A charity is encouraging teachers to put forward pupils in care for its annual writing competition. Applicants will be asked to submit a 500-word piece of writing to Coram Voice on the theme of who or what makes them proud. The work can come in the form of poems, short stories, raps or newspaper articles. […]

Students and staff at an Essex secondary school are helping new mothers and their premature babies bond more quickly through a knitting project. Forest Hall School students and staff have been giving up their spare time to knit and weave wool “bonding squares”, which will be donated to the neonatal unit of St Thomas’ Hospital […]

A weekly after-school club is encouraging pupil-premium students to make digital art to express their emotions, improve mental wellbeing and promote self-confidence. The ‘Game of Memes’ project at London’s Eltham Hill School gets students to make ‘memes’ and other forms of digital art, on a topic of their choosing, which are then sent to Wales-based […]