MUSICIANS, comedians, singers and dancers wowed their audience at an annual talent show. The Spinney Factor once again saw pupils from Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, put on a show to classmates, teachers and parents. Auditions were held in each class before…

STEWARDS Academy played host yet again to the Normandy war veterans and their families for a special afternoon of Remembrance, organised by English teacher and former Head Girl of Stewards, Emma Brigenshaw. Moving poetry in English and French, some written by the pupils themselves, stunning…

16-year-old Harlow College A Level student, Elliot, has been selected for the BBC’s One Show Rickshaw Challenge, following his involvement with Teens Unite, a project working with young people with cancer. A team of riders will cover a 470-mile journey from Land’s End to the…

NOT many foods can boast a day of celebrations in their honour, but Sandwich Day on 3rd November proves just how popular the sandwich is, and it is certainly a firm favourite at Kiddi Caru’s Harlow day nursery. To mark the occasion the children baked…

APPLICANTS for the position of head boy and girl were put through their paces at one Harlow primary school. Pupils keen to lead their peers at Little Parndon Primary School, in Park Mead, had to make their appeal for the job in front of the…

A TEENAGER has been praised by police for handing in a wallet containing hundreds of pounds – which was set to turn a homeless man’s life around. Charlie Manly, 15, found the wallet near Harlow Playhouse with £285 in cash inside. The Year 11 student…

STUDENTS at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School shared their cultural heritage with their peers through a series of assemblies to celebrate Black History Month, during which drumming, dance, song and traditional dress were presented by pupils. Year 10 performers Ruvimbo Mukachana and Zonelle Mupfayi…

THE head girl of a Harlow school is on a mission to recruit other teenagers to join the town’s youth council. Lucy Palmer, a Year 11 student at Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, has been a member of Harlow Youth Council for two years…

THE school hall at St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School in Tripton Road was packed out on Friday 16 October when students took to the stage for St Mark’s Has Got Talent. 42 acts auditioned for the finals, in which 15 competed for the winner’s…

ST MARKS West Essex Catholic school has once again topped the “traditional subject” table in Harlow. The English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is a performance measure for schools, awarded when students secure a grade C or above at GCSE level across a core of five academic subjects…

HARLOW teacher, Lewis Alderman is really relishing his first year as a teacher at Freshwaters Academy. This is Lewis’ first job after college but in conversation with him it is easy to see why he fits in with the Burnt Mill Academy Trust ethos. YH…

By Shannon Pinnock IT is with great pleasure for us as a school to be able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Marks Catholic School. The students and teachers were all joined to honour the growth and achievements that past and present students have…

STEWARDS Academy has added a new jewel to its crown with the opening of the new science block. Headteacher Rhona Murthar was joined by the chair of governors, Jeff Tarling in cutting the ribbon and open the state of the art two room block. The…

SARAH, a Year 11 student at Sir Charles Kao UTC has been nominated for the ‘WISE’ Girl Award, recognising her achievement in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Sarah, who joined the UTC as part of it’s first cohort in September 2014, is part of…