CHILDREN, parents and teachers gathered in church to celebrate harvest. The harvest festival at St Peter’s Church was attended by the community of Roydon Primary School, in Epping Road, Roydon. Headteacher Gill Doyle said: “We celebrate harvest each year at school and at our local…

By Siobhan Wood CHAIR of Harlow Council Ian Beckett came to Passmores Academy to be interviewed by three year ten students who are campaigning against antisocial behaviour as part of their Citizenship GCSE. The students, Ben Chadburn of Stile Croft, Jack Golding of Bishopfield and…

By Matt Critchell ABBOTSWELD, Latton Green and Longwood primary schools have appointed a new executive head teacher. The NET Academies Trust have appointed Mrs Jo Coton, who is already head teacher at the Coppice primary school in Redbridge, she will take up her new position…

FROM scaffolders to bricklayers and roofers to lecturers – around a hundred people turned out to support local apprentices, work experience students, college tutors and employers, as they were honoured at a special celebration event held at Blake’s Golf Club. The awards evening was organised…

YOUNG Essex pupils made special presentations today (Wednesday 15 October) to a panel of Essex County Councillors about the best way to spend £250 at their schools. The challenge was part of Local Democracy Week (Monday 13 October to Sunday 19 October) to help young…

Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, has an apple theme running through it all year round, with its behaviour management system and class names using apples for inspiration. The apple themed day, however, saw children use the apple as the basis for written…

By Siobhan Wood ACTRESS Gillian Wright, best known for her award winning performance as Jean Slater in EastEnders, today ran three different drama workshops for students at Burnt Mill Academy. Gillian, 54, worked with Steven Berkoff in his play Religion and Anarchy in 2013 and…

ESSEX County Council is looking for new School Admissions Appeal Panel members – a crucial role in ensuring a fair admission process. Cabinet member for Education and Lifelong Learning, Cllr Ray Gooding said: “This is a great opportunity to be part of something that can…

THE Shakespeare Schools Festival is coming to The Playhouse, Harlow on Wednesday October 14th. The SSF is a charity that has featured on BBC Breakfast and is the UK’s largest youth theatre group. They travel across the UK working with thousands of secondary, primary and…

CHILDREN arrived at school to find a mysterious giant egg had appeared. Following an emergency assembly, pupils at Little Parndon Primary School, in Park Mead, Harlow, were tasked with investigating where the egg had come from. Each class then took the egg theme and used…

STEWARDS Academy was thrilled to have been asked to bring along year 7 pupils to speak at a conference at the Ickworth Hotel organised by The Prince’s Teaching Institute. The occasion was the first time that the prestigious national organisation has organised a conference aimed…

YOUNG Essex pupils will be presenting a panel of County Councillors with the best way to spend £250 at their schools next Wednesday as part of Local Democracy Week (Monday 13 October to Sunday 19 October). Primary and secondary school students will get to grips…

A TEACHING school has been launched this month in Harlow to create outstanding teachers for across the country. Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, has been appointed as one of just a handful of teaching schools in the country. With its own teaching classified as…

HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, visited the Sir Charles Kao University Technical College (UTC) last week after it opened its doors on the Harlow College site last month. The MP spent the morning at the College, sharing an assembly with the UTC’s students, taking part in…