Education: Secondary
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…
PASSMORES students will be cycling at a London 2012 venue as part of the inaugural Schools Festival at Lee Valley VeloPark and Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre. Passmores Academy students will try cycling at Lee Valley VeloPark which hosted the London 2012 track cycling…
YEAR 3 pupils at Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, enjoyed a full day in character as they worked with visitors History Off The Page. While children acted as slaves, teachers became shopkeepers and stallholders, as they followed a storyline and reacted to…
THE adventure of a lifetime took them to Accra, Ghana, where they took part in community projects and sightseeing activities. The students had spent many months fundraising to fund their trip and gathered clothes, stationery and educational supplies from friends and family to donate to…
CHURCH Langley primary has received a glowing report by Ofsted. The school received a “Good” report but many believe that the school is very close to “Outstanding”. The report states: 1. As the school has grown in size, leaders have sustained good teaching so that…
CHILDREN will soon be able to enjoy learning in a hidden forest within their school. A long forgotten wildlife area in the grounds of Cooks Spinney Primary School, in Cooks Spinney, Harlow, is having new life breathed into it. An overgrown pond has been rediscovered…
ARE you community-minded and have a couple of spare hours a day? If so, how about becoming a lollipop person? Essex County Council is recruiting school crossing patrol officers across the county to fill vacancies at established crossings. The three Harlow schools are Latton Green,…
SHE may only be small, but Kayleigh Tyler is kicking and punching above her weight. The karate kid – just four belts off her black belt – scooped gold and silver medals at the United Martial Arts Academy dojo in Croydon. At the event, the…
THE first day at school included a dinner date with mum and dad for these Harlow pupils. Reception pupils at Freshwaters Primary Academy, in School Lane, invited their parents in to school for their first day to enjoy lunch together. The 45 children, now entitled…
BURNT Mill Academy, in First Avenue, had to open up its playing fields for parking to accommodate the numbers of people who poured through the door. More than 500 welcome packs were handed out and two talks given by headteacher Helena Mills were full to…
PUPILS, parents and staff at Passmores Academy in Tracyes Road were in celebratory after an impressive set of GCSE results. Principal, Vic Goddard said: “Everyone at Passmores is delighted our second best results ever with 60% of students gaining 5+A*-C with English and maths and…
