Education
LAST term, Year 2 pupils at Cooks Spinney put on an amazing performance involving swashbuckling pirates and fearsome mermaids! The pupils and teachers rehearsed every week, singing songs, practising their lines and refining their dance moves all ready for a show stopping performance. The children…
RECENTLY, Roydon Primary Academy’s Year 6 Environment and Well-being Prefects wrote to FORSA the Parents Teaching Association requesting for a fern plant for every classroom in the school. The children have since received the fern plants and have brightened up everyone’s day. Amelia, in Owl…
PUPILS from Tany’s Dell Primary signing choir performed at the Water Gardens Christmas Lights turn on. The children performed White Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Jingle Bells and We Wish You A Merry Christmas. They were invited to perform the Christmas songs by the…
ENGLAND beat Jamaica 55-45 in a dominant second-half display in the first of their three-part series in London. The Roses trailed at half-time before finding their rhythm in the third quarter to turn the game around. Harlow’s Jo Harten was in imperious form, dominating from…
SCHOOLS have been told to reintroduce masks in communal areas for staff and pupils in Year Seven and above because of concerns over the Omicron variant of Covid reports TES. The new recommendation came in an email sent out to heads today following a national…
CHILDREN and parents across six schools in Harlow, will have access to a family practitioner from mental health charity, Place2Be, thanks to a £25,000 grant from Essex Freemasons. The family practitioner will work alongside parents to support and strengthen their confidence and parenting skills. This, in…
WHEN the England Netball Vitality Roses step out on court for the Vitality Roses Reunited Series this afternoon, they’ll have the names of people who have inspired and helped them to get to where they are today printed on the front of their dresses. The…
PRIMARY and secondary school aged children can now learn more about dementia and take part in dementia related activities thanks to the Essex Healthy Schools Programme. One in three young people know someone living with dementia. This could be a grandparent, parent, family member or…
A HANUKKAH Party is set to be held in Harlow Market Square. Full details on poster.
RECENT figures have shown that, since 2015, the Government has invested £22,936,254 to improve Harlow school buildings and facilities through the Condition Improvement Fund. The fund is aimed at upgrading local school facilities to ensure that every young person in Harlow has the opportunity to…
WELL done to the St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School pupils that have been given Jack Petchey Awards. All three pupils work has underpinned the ethos in the school regarding hard work and service to the community. Well done to Mary, Simon and George.
A HARLOW primary school has been told it “requires improvement” following a recent government inspection. Ofsted visited the school between September 14th and 15th, 2021. The report has detailed what the school needs to do better. Leaders do not have a well-sequenced reading curriculum that…
TANY’S Dell are celebrating a successful trip to Harlow Bowl. Pupils from the Enhanced Provision for Deaf Children competed against other schools in Essex. They came second and so were presented with a medal and a certificate each. They also were awarded a trophy to…
ESSEX care provider ECL has achieved industry recognition at the East of England Great British Care Awards for their successful Inclusive Employment Service, which has now helped over 100 adults with learning disabilities to secure paid work. ECL’s Inclusive Employment Service was established in partnership…
REMEMBRANCE plays a key role at Stewards Academy. In addition to permanent displays around the academy site and their new Remembrance Garden, they seek ways to honour the fallen at this time of the year too. This year pupils had assemblies delivered by Subject Lead…
