England is alive with the sound of music in 2013 as the year marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976), the world’s most performed opera composer born in the 20th century. While the anniversary falls in November, events and activities will take place throughout the year and millions are expected to join Britten …
Pupils at Wellington School are participating in Operation Christmas Child this year. Over 85 gift-filled shoe-boxes from the school will be sent around the world, to give underprivileged children in many countries of the developing world a Christmas present. “I wanted our Year 7 and 8 children to learn about the value of giving, but …
Riders from Wellington School brought home the prizes when they competed at the National Schools Equestrian Association championships. Annabelle Jay, 14, took gold as the National Schools Champion and the Wellington team of four girls came a very respectable fourth in the entire UK. Annabelle was riding her pony October and they jumped an excellent …
Just 11 months after being rated Inadequate by Ofsted, Acting Head Rachael Bennett reports that Court Fields school has come out of Special Measures ,in a record time for any Somerset school to have managed for this transition back to normality. “We are absolutely delighted that, during a routine monitoring visit by Her Majesty’s Inspectors …
Traditional tales came to life at Sampford Arundel primary school as children and staff all dressed as a storybook character for the day. Puss in Boots, The Three Little Pigs and Robin Hood were all present along with several Red Riding Hoods a couple of grannies and enough wolves to make a small pack. The …
Last month Ofsted inspected Rockets Preschool which is based in Rockwell Green Primary School, and judged it ‘Outstanding’. The main points of the report stated that “the provision is outstanding, the quality of teaching is excellent, staff are enthusiastic and passionate in their work which motivates all children to successfully engage in purposeful learning.” “We …
Danny Nicholls ,10, from Wellesley Park school took a big step towards becoming a future BMX champion by claiming third place in his age group at the South West Regional Series 2013 Finals at Burnham-on-Sea last month. His success is the result of months of training and competition that started in April. Points gained from …
Year 10 students at Kingsmead School Wiveliscombe experienced careers ‘speed dating’ to help them build their knowledge of the wide variety of careers available to them upon leaving education. The school welcomed a number of industry representatives who gave their time to explain both what their employment involves and the training and qualifications needed for …
Martin Reader, headmaster of Wellington School, has made national media headlines by claiming that he’d experienced state schools reject offers of help from the independent sector because they were “politically opposed” to private education. Mr Reader was reacting to a speech at the annual Headmasters & Headmistresses Conference by Ofsted’s chief schools inspector Sir Michael …
Kingsmead’s staff and pupils have been highly commended by the influential British Council for their work in promoting a real sense of international awareness throughout the school . Kingsmead was praised for their commitment, creativity and innovative international work including running student exchange programmes to Zambia and Germany, award winning Skype language lessons to primary …
Would-be engineers from Wellington School won a competition at the Flybe Training Academy at Exeter Airport last week. Future Engineers was organised jointly by the University of Exeter, Flybe, The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm Museum. Ten boys and girls from Year 9 visited the Flybe Academy as part of an event designed to …
