No.1 Royal Crescent in Bath is celebrating Christmas this year in true extravagant Georgian style! From the dining room table groaning under the weight of teetering sugar sculptures and decadent puddings, to the highly-scented dried oranges hanging in the Servants Hall, visitors are in for a real festive treat. No.1 Royal Crescent will be sumptuously...
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New Periodic Table display inspires students at Royal High School Bath
The Science Department at Royal High School Bath has introduced an exciting new Periodic Table, displaying samples of real elements in box frames, to inspire interest in the sciences for many years to come. Students can now see what actual samples of things such as gallium, bismuth, rubidium or tellurium look like. The Table is...
Barre Studio opens in Bath, offering low-impact exercise with classes for mums
It’s great news for mums of all ages that the Barre Fitness Studio has opened in Bath, offering a range of highly effective using low-impact exercises, with workouts to support clients in all stages of life – including mums, mums to be and peri-menopausal mums.“The Barre Method is a blended workout, fusing elements from the...
Norland Nannies and Holland Cooper support local charity First Steps Bath
Bath-based specialist early years higher education provider Norland has collaborated with fashion house Holland Cooper to support local early years charity First Steps Bath. The two organisations have together donated 20% of the proceeds from the sale of the Holland Cooper Hudson Changing Bag to the Bath-based charity to support its free meals project for...
Bath Strings Academy launches chamber music programme and Christmas workshop
The Bath Strings Academy is launching is Chamber Music Programme and its family-friendly Sparkling Strings Christmas Workshop. Chamber Music Programme “Join us on Monday evenings for a unique opportunity!,” said Ruth O’Shea, one of the co-directors at The Bath Strings Academy. “Chamber music means playing music in small groups, often with just one player per...
Bath City FC’s Family and Foundation Day to take place on 11 November
Families are being invited to the Bath City FC Foundation Family and Foundation day on Saturday 11 November at Twerton Park in Bath. There will be face painting, an ice cream van, a fun shot speed game run by Foundation coaches, cross bar challenge and demonstrations on the pitch of some of the activities the...
BaNES Youth Groups arrange a youth-led mental health event
by Maddie, one of the young organisers BaNES Youth Groups worked together to arrange a youth-led mental health event on Wednesday 11 October, the day after World Mental Health Day. The team organised several workshops and a panel of young people and professionals to discuss options and experiences around mental health. The event ran from...
Kingbury Green Academy tap dancer brings home World Champion title
13-year-old Kingsbury Green Academy pupil Poppy has again danced her way to the top, bringing home a coveted gold medal from the IDO World Tap Dance Championships in Germany, a week-long event with over 1,400 competitors from 20 different countries. Poppy competed in two dances and was awarded medals for both; she won the silver...
Kingswood School welcomes inspirational speaker for mental health talk and run
To help mark Mental Health Awareness Day, Kingswood School in Bath invited Ben Smith to talk to students about the challenges in his life that led him to take on the challenge of running 401 marathons in 401 days, raising over £330,000 in the process. Throughout his talk, Ben talked openly and honestly about his...
Hartbeeps Bath highly successful franchise is for sale
Hartbeeps in Bath is now available to buy, with the hugely successful franchise offering a great opportunity to take on an established and respected business. Hartbeeps groundbreaking baby multi-sensory franchise classes began over 20 years ago, offering carefully created and unique ‘age/stage’ programmes to support babies, which also providing an enriching experience for their grown-ups...
Sweaty Mamas exercise classes for mums where baby comes along too
For new mums who would love to return to exercise, Sweaty Mamas classes across West Wiltshire have a great solution. Aimed at mums who are looking to get back into exercise after birth, it is a unique and effective way to exercise with your child. This means that there’s no need to organise childcare, with...
Year 4 pupils at Heywood Prep in Corsham begin a digital journey
All Year 4 pupils from Heywood Prep in Corsham recently embarked on an exciting digital adventure as they each received a ‘Surface Go’ device, courtesy of the school. Being given these devices marked the beginning of a transformative period in their education, one that promises to unlock a world of knowledge, skills and opportunities, all...
Ultimate Dinosaurs, the hit stage show, is coming to Komedia Bath!
How much do you know about dinosaurs? What was the biggest dinosaur ever? What sound did Tyrannosaurus Rex make? If you love Dinosaurs – those huge, awesome animals that once roamed the earth – then come to the most up-to-date dinosaur show for young people in 66 million years, Ultimate Dinosaurs with Professor Ben Garrod,...
Trinity First School in Frome celebrates Good Ofsted rating
Pupils and staff at Trinity First School in Frome are celebrating following their very successful Ofsted inspection recently. The school has retained its ‘Good’ status, with many positive aspects of school life highlighted during the inspection and in the subsequent report. The report notes that ‘pupils cherish the many memorable learning experiences provided’, and identifies...
Multi-activity Camp coming to Bath Cricket Club over October half term
A Multi-Activity Camp is being held at Bath Cricket Club over the October half term to give children aged 6-11 the chance to enjoy a range of activities, including sports, arts and crafts, and cinema club. The club will also be running Football Frenzy mornings for children in key stage 2 (Years 3-7), which will...
Children challenged to keep reading all year round with the Story Adventurers’ Club
The Story Adventurers’ Club is a new reading challenge offered by Wiltshire Council libraries, aimed at inspiring four to 16 year-olds to read for pleasure all year round. The challenge was launched in Wiltshire Council libraries during Libraries Week (2-8 October) and aims to build on the momentum of the council’s popular Summer Reading Challenge...
High Littleton Primary pupils celebrate success in summer learning challenge
Pupils from High Littleton Primary School have been celebrating their success after taking part in a nationwide Maths and English Challenge. 36 children at the BANES primary received awards following their participation in the Annual DoodleLearning Summer Challenge – a popular initiative designed to motivate pupils during the school holidays and prevent summer learning loss. More than 18,000...
Banging the drum for music as therapy at RUH children’s ward
Some of the youngest patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust can now make their hospital visit less worrying and more entertaining by trying out a new selection of musical instruments. The Children’s Ward now has two ukuleles, a large drum, bells and other percussion instruments, all thanks to funding from the...
Free October half term events for young carers in Wiltshire
Carer Support Wiltshire will be running activities during October, including over half term, especially for young carers. These activities will give young people who help to care for someone an opportunity to take some time out alongside other young carers. The activities include axe throwing and archery, team building challenges and cookery workshops. All are...
Goughs family law team recognised as a leaders in prestigious Legal 500
This is the sixth year running that Wiltshire-based law firm, Goughs Solicitors, has been ranked as a leading law firm by the prestigious Legal 500. The firm’s team of family lawyers has once again proven that its experience and dedication is second to none, while its Private Client and Real Estate departments both received exemplary...
Father Christmas’ Grotto is coming to Milsom Place in Bath
Create festive memories and watch as your little ones’ faces light up when they visit Father Christmas’ Grotto in Bath this year and meet the man himself, along with his elves in their workshop, at Milsom Place in Bath. All visitors will be able to enjoy a magical experience, receive a gift and meet Father...