RECEPTION pupils enjoyed their very first school journey. The 60 youngest children at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in Harlow, visited Pets Corner. During the trip, they tried pond-dipping where they saw fish and fish eggs, dragonflies and shrimps. Assistant headteacher Toni Hollows said: “The children also…

SHOCKED pupils arrived in school to find a murder scene in their classroom. Instead of panicking, Year 5 pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in Harlow, donned their overalls and launched an investigation. The year group has been studying Macbeth and on finding the murder scene,…

CHILDREN got a unique opportunity to watch the dress rehearsal of a West End show. A group of 60 Year 4 pupils from Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Harlow, were invited by Disney to get a behind the scenes look at the Lion King. The…

A SCHOOL which offers free music tuition to young people is bringing its lessons bang up to date with the arrival of Essex’s first rap tutor. Burnt Mill Academy prides itself on offering its students – often from deprived backgrounds – opportunities to learn to…

WE HOPE you have followed the journey that Burnt Mill assistant headteacher Shawki Bakkar has been on as he has trained to run the London Marathon. It has not been easy but he has been such an inspiration for so many reasons. Firslty, he has…

Students are going Positively MAD about their exams. YEAR 10 and 11 students at Burnt Mill Academy are pulling out the stops to ensure they give their GCSE exams the best shot. With just a couple of weeks until the exams begin, the school welcomed…

BMAT STEM Academy – formerly Sir Charles Kao UTC – works closely with businesses in and around Harlow to prepare young people for the actual career paths open to them. Working with a careers advisor, the school focuses on equipping students with the necessary skills…

A TRIP to Spain gave young students an opportunity to try out their language. Year 8 students at Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, took the three-night trip to Barcelona as part of their modern foreign language studies. The 39 students visited Camp Neu stadium, the…

HALF a million skips were achieved by youngsters in Harlow doing their bit for Sport Relief. The schools within the Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT) in the town were set the challenge of skipping 500,000 skips during the charity event. Throughout the day, a total…

YOUNG people from Harlow and Epping found their own genius as they began building their futures. The students from Burnt Mill Academy and BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, and Epping St John’s School, in Epping, came together for the first Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT)…

COCKROACHES, snakes and lizards were found in a primary school – much to the delight of pupils. Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Harlow, welcomed in the reptiles as part of its latest Wow day. The school gets enthusiasm for every new topic started with a…

A TEENAGER has devoted the last six years to fundraising in support of various causes close to the hearts of his friends and family. Matthew Hart was just nine when he took on his first charity mission and got the bug for helping those in…

ARTISTIC students from Harlow are among the few to be invited to contribute their work to a prestigious exhibition. Just ten schools in Essex have been selected to have their students’ work displayed at the Firstsite gallery in Colchester. The Britishness Project will feature work…

A WWII evacuee helped pupils to understand their history lessons. Year 5 and 6 pupils from Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, visited Imperial War Museum Duxford as part of their studies around the world wars. The 70 pupils followed an education trail around the hangars,…