Education: Secondary
Primary school pupils thank our NHS heroes PUPILS at Purford Green Primary, Potter Street Academy and The Downs Primary demonstrated their love and support for NHS workers with a challenge unlike any they have ever done before. Whilst singing the chorus of the Queen classic,…
THERE is probably no more dynamic a headteacher or indeed executive headteacher than Allan Osborne at The Ongar Academy. Anyone who follows the school and its satellite primary schools on social media alone will know it is a blizzard of activity. So we thought we…
Essex Libraries eAudio and eBook users rise during COVID-19 lockdown THE number of people accessing eAudio and eBooks from Essex Libraries has risen during the COVID-19 lockdown. Book lovers accessing Essex Libraries eAudio and eBook service Borrowbox have increased by 22 per cent over the…
STAFF at Passmores Academy would like to thank all the staff at the NHS for all they are doing to keep us safe. This little video to shows just how much they are appreciated: Music credit: Music Credit // Somewhere over the Rainbow by Israel…
WE are really really enjoying all the stories of the day. Today’s story of the day is from Katherine Primary Academy’s Mrs Platt. She is reading “The Smartest Giant in Town” by Julia Donaldson.
A YOUNG man from Harlow wanted to cheer everyone up so he decorated his front wall. The plan was for George and his brothers to chalk each individual brick at the front of their house in The Dashes a different colour. The initial plan was…
Students will benefit from a six-figure investment in their school’s facilities. BMAT STEM Academy, in Harlow, has seen a raft of improvements to its building, thanks to a £510,000 capital grant from the Department for Education. A brand-new kitchen has been installed, as well as…
THE mental health of young people is being protected during the shutdown by a whole team of experts put together by their school. Burnt Mill Academy, in Harlow, has a pastoral and safeguarding team responsible for ensuring young people at the school are safe and…
IT IS heartening to see so many Rainbows of Hope across the town. Here is another selection. This beautiful rainbow can be seen outside Roydon Primary Academy. We noticed these two posters as we passed by Henry Moore Primary Academy in Church Langley Well done…
Blogpost by Lucia Glynn Head of Operations at BMAT THE call came from one of our Assistant CEOs, the second day after we returned from February half-term. Two pupils, siblings, at one of our secondary schools had returned from a skiing holiday in northern Italy,…
YOU know, when this is all over and it will be, people may well reflect and remember the little gestures that made a big impact. Indeed, in twenty years time, when students such as Madleigh are in their thirties, someone may google her name and…
A FORMER student has returned to her Harlow school to volunteer as a teacher during the Coronavirus shutdown. Daisy Perry left Burnt Mill Academy in 2015 with the ambition of returning to teach PE when qualified as a teacher. Since leaving, the former head girl…
COOKS Spinney Primary Academy teachers have produced a number of videos for their students. Today’s Spinney Story is read by the wonderful Mrs Blanking Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson
A HARLOW school has been awarded for its work to support young people who care for relatives at home. Sir Frederick Gibberd College, in Harlow, has been given a bronze Young Carers in Schools Award for its work to make sure students do not miss…
WE have dipped into Jerounds Primary Academy’s YouTube channel to see what we could find. Today, Mrs Wiltshire is reading the story of the wide-mouthed frog by Keith Faulkner. Quite a performance by Mrs Wiltshire. Do look in.
MORE than 6,000 pieces of much-needed personal protection equipment (PPE) have been donated to the NHS by a multi-academy trust. Doctors and nurses on the frontline tackling the Coronavirus infection have been urgently calling for extra PPE to help them to stay safe while they…
