Mentoring Plus is excited to announce the launch of its match funding campaign ‘Empowerment Through Creativity’. The award-winning local youth charity support children and young people struggling with education, family issues and wellbeing across BathNES. The campaign is raising funds to provide creative sessions and engaging workshops for small groups of young people to encourage...
Category: General news
Kingswood School Deputy Head announced as new Head of Dauntsey’s
Mr John Davies, Senior Deputy Head and Vice Principal at Kingswood School, Bath, has been appointed as the next Head of Dauntsey’s School in Wiltshire. He will therefore be leaving Kingswood at the end of the academic year to take up this role. Since joining Kingswood, first as Deputy Head Academic and latterly as Senior...
Sheldon students swap the classroom for the great outdoors
Students from Sheldon School in Chippenham recently visited the Brecon Beacons for a week of outdoor education and adventure activities. 48 students from Year 9 and 10 participated in activities including caving, canoeing, climbing, mountain walking and gorge walking at the Plas Pencelli outdoor education centre in South Wales. The trip was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...
Norland graduate launches Nanny Cooks to help parents with fussy eaters
For Holly Howard, her experience as a Norland Nanny has led to a passion for enabling parents and carers of fussy eaters to help their children to enjoy mealtimes. The result is Nanny Cooks, offering bespoke solutions to those mealtimes challenges for families across the region. “Since graduating from Norland College in 2019, I have...
Awdry Law marketing executive shares success story for National Apprenticeship Week
National Apprenticeship Week 2024 (5th-11th February 2024) is a government-backed initiative to highlight the increasingly important role that apprenticeships play for people and businesses. This week, the team at Awdry Law is celebrating its successful apprentice, Mia Davies, aged 19, who completed her Digital Marketing apprenticeship in August 2023 and was promoted to Marketing Executive...
Weston All Saints Primary School triumph at under 11s County football final
A football team from Weston All Saints Primary School (WASPS) emerged triumphant at the Somerset Larger Primary Schools under 11 County Finals last week. The team of nine boys and one girl will now head into the South West regional finals to represent Somerset. Hosted at Strode College, all 12 schools present earned their place...
St Gregory’s awarded prestigious International School Award
St Gregory’s Catholic College has once again been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of its repeated success to bring the world into the classroom through its links with schools around the globe. The International School Award recognises the remarkable efforts of the school to carry out exceptional work in international...
National and league netball success for Wells Cathedral School students
Seven students from Wells Cathedral School are developing their netball in the England performance pathway, with two representing their countries. Three pupils have been selected into one of Team Bath Netball’s regional hubs. The girls are training weekly with other Team Bath athletes and developing their skills and understanding, in the hope to represent Bath at NPL (National Performance League) standard...
Rites for Girls youth mental health programme to come to Frome
Children’s Mental Health Week from 5-11 February to highlight the escalating mental health crisis facing young people. Working alongside this is Rites for Girls CIC, a UK non-profit working to alleviate the suffering and distress of preteen and teenage girls, which is preparing to extend its outreach, launching 10 new programmes across the UK in...
Half term celebration of science, technology, engineering & maths at BRLSI
Learn how to skewer a balloon without popping it, take part in a rapid prototyping workshop and discover the life of a modern engineer at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution (BRLSI) ‘Brilliantly Engineered’ exhibition, which runs from 24-27 February 2024. After a successful 2023 exhibition, local engineering companies return to the BRLSI in...
Walwayne Court pupils enjoy a visit to Trowbridge Museum
Pupils from Year 5 and 6 from Walwayne Court Primary School recently enjoyed a trip to Trowbridge Museum and spent a fantastic morning discovering more about Ancient Greece. The children took part in an archaeological dig, made clay pots and dressed up as ancient Greeks. They particularly enjoyed re-enacting the battle between the Ancient Greeks...
Review – a family lunch at Flourish in Saltford
Ian Waller and his family enjoy a delicious lunch at a great venue There’s an awful lot to like about Flourish. Whether you’re visiting to enjoy the impressive farm shop, booked in for a workshop, planning to enjoy one of the many events or – like us – looking forward to a family lunch, it’s...
Wiltshire College and Council join forces to encourage a career in early years
Wiltshire Council is working alongside Wiltshire College and University Centre to promote a 10-week early years course. This unique partnership aims to create easier access to childcare professions. The programme will start in March 2024 and offer the opportunity for those with an interest in early years to gain a qualification and go on to...
Julia’s House invites families to take part in Easter Egg trail for children’s hospice
Families are being invited to join the hunt to help Easter Bunny and his toy friends find all of the lost eggs, in a fun-filled trail at Wilton House near Salisbury this Easter holiday. The Easter Bunny and the Lost Eggs Trail is being organised by the Wiltshire’s children’s hospice, Julia’s House. The family event runs from...
February half-term at the Roman Baths and Victoria Art Gallery
Head to the Roman Baths and Victoria Art Gallery this February half-term for a fun-filled week packed with activities for the whole family. At the Roman Baths, young visitors can find out what it was like to be a child in Roman times. Did Roman children go to school and what did they play with? Join...
New tap dancing and musical theatre school coming to Southwick and North Bradley
A brand new dancing school is coming to Southwick and North Bradley, aimed at teaching children from babies and toddlers up to 17 years and above the joys of tap and musical theatre. Fun-tastic Performers is the creation of Clarrissa Busson, a professional dancer and performer who trained at the Italia conti Academy of Theatre...
Bath teenager selected as Youth Ambassador for The Duke of Edinburgh Award
Luana Sasarman, 16, from Bath, who is currently doing her Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE), wants to show that doing a DofE Award can be rewarding for all young people after being selected as a Youth Ambassador for the charity. Luana, who attends King Edward’s School, joins a cohort of just 35 DofE Award holders aged...
Thrings Associate appointed co-chair of national family law committee
Thrings is helping to shape the future of junior practitioners in the family law sector with Associate Zhenja Cann being appointed co-chair of the Young Resolution National Committee. Founded in 1982, Resolution is a national organisation with members from across the Family Law sector that works towards delivering non-confrontational approaches to achieving better outcomes for...
RUH launches new screening test to identify heart problems in babies
Babies born at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are being offered a new screening test which can help to identify newborns with heart defects. Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening, which measures a baby’s blood oxygen levels, is currently being rolled out to babies born at the RUH’s Bath Birthing Centre and, thanks to...
Review – Beauty and the Beast at Saint Gregory’s, Bath
Reviewed by Sammy Corcoran, Year 13 Saint Gregory’s rendition of the timeless classic Beauty and the Beast moved seamlessly through comedic, heartwarming and even harrowing moments, keeping the audience entertained and moved for 90 minutes straight. The audience were so lucky to enjoy a showcase of talent from students across ages 11-18, and it was...
Wiltshire College Lackham Lambing Weekends will return this spring
Two fantastic family-fun weekends will be held at the Wiltshire College and University Centre’s Lackham campus, near Chippenham, in late March, with separate events taking place on Saturday 16th March, Sunday 17th March, Saturday 23rd March and Sunday 24th March. All events run from 10am-4pm, with last entry at 2.30pm. The events have proved hugely...