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Exwick Heights Primary School Art Club brighten up Exeter Foodbank’s new home

Pupils and staff at Exwick Heights Primary School , part of the Ted Wragg Trust are delighted to be the very first school to have taken up the challenge of providing Exeter Foodbank with some artwork for their new home in Cowick Street.

Members of the Art Club at the school put brushes to paper and created some colourful paintings for the foodbank to put on display. The foodbank’s new venue is brilliant but with white walls and grey floors throughout, it did need some cheering up!

Exwick Heights has a thriving Art Club and places a real focus on creative, as well as...

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University of Exeter introduces Digital Internship Scheme for students

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 05/28/2023 - 7:28am

The University of Exeter has welcomed nine students from a variety of faculties and subjects on its Digital Internship Scheme through its Student Campus Partnership.

The interns will take up the role of Digital Strategy Communication and Engagement Assistants and will support the Digital team with communication and engagement activity for the Digital Strategy and any of its associated products, services, and events, especially those related to the student experience and digital upskilling.

The University of Exeter first launched its 2030 Digital Strategy last year and...

Bikeability in Devon - 100,000 and counting!

More than 100,000 children in Devon have now received Bikeability cycle training.

The impressive milestone has been reached after 17 years of the scheme being run in the county by Devon County Council.

West Exe School pupil Beatrice Stothert is the 100,000th Bikeability trainee in Devon. To celebrate the occasion, she was presented with a certificate by Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for cycling.

Beatrice, aged 11, gained her Bikeability Level 3 award. She said: “I was really surprised to hear that I was the 100...

St Luke's Life to the full

St Luke’s Church of England School students live life to the full

Authored by Emma.Darke
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2023 - 7:42pm

St Luke’s Church of England School has recently been graded good by a recent SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) report, with the Inspector commenting on how the school’s vision of ensuring all students live life to the full motivates and energises all students and how the school’s values enable its community to live well together.

The SIAMS inspection, which took place prior to the Easter break, plays a significant part in Church Schools and is used to consider how well a school uses its Christian distinctiveness, the inspector comments “Pupils and...

How The Royal Ballet School Helps Primary Schools Teach Dance Through Primary Steps on Demand

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Fri, 03/31/2023 - 1:11pm

While dance is a mandatory component of the curriculum for all UK primary schools, many schools have little-to-no dance provision. This lack of resources is more likely to affect less affluent areas, where several schools don’t have the funding, resources, or curriculum capacity to teach dance effectively.

Fortunately, The Royal Ballet School is helping primary schools overcome this challenge with a flexible online programme that gets children dancing from £3 per student: Primary Steps on Demand.

This is how the on-demand programme makes it easy for primary schools to...

Dunsford Community Academy goes green in hope of Eco-Schools award

Dunsford Community Academy in Exeter has launched a series of environmental initiatives as the school progresses to winning its first Eco-Schools Green Flag award .

The prestigious Eco-Schools programme, which was launched in 1994, requires schools to follow a seven-step framework designed to empower young people to make a difference in their school. As part of the school’s action plan, it has launched a dedicated eco-council, led by Julia Balfour, the former Head of Ecology for the Royal Parks, who has previously worked with Sir David Attenborough.

Pupils have already...

Tips for 11+ Verbal Reasoning Prep: Make your child succeed!

Authored by BHTNews.com
Posted: Mon, 03/27/2023 - 6:46am

It's no secret that our kids are under immense pressure to perform well in their 11+ exams. As parents, we have the difficult task of helping them prepare and face the exam with confidence and ease. For many students, Verbal Reasoning can be a particular challenge.

I know from my own experience how daunting it can get. As a parent and tutor, I've had the privilege of helping many students to pass their 11+ Verbal Reasoning exams with flying colors. From this knowledge, I'd like to share some top tips for preparing for this particular assessment.

It's no secret that the...

Local housebuilder and Exeter College cement relationship with donation of 10,000 bricks

A local housebuilder has cemented its relationship with the next generation of construction professionals at Exeter College, thanks to a substantial donation of 10,000 bricks for education and training purposes.

The special delivery from Persimmon Homes South West was marked with an event at the College’s state-of-the-art construction facilities in the company of local apprentices and the leader of Exeter City Council, Cllr Phil Bialyk.

The bricks, enough to build a three-bedroom house, will be used by students at Exeter, and forms part of Persimmon’s commitment to...

Thumbs up for leading housebuilder giving students opportunity to sample careers available within construction industry

Students from four schools in Exeter have been given the chance to learn more about the construction industry and the career opportunities available to them thanks to an event hosted by Persimmon Homes South West.

On Thursday, students from West Exe, Isca Academy, St James School and St Lukes Church of England School visited Persimmon South West’sAshworth Place development in Exeter as part of the 'Jump into Apprenticeships!' project.

The pilot project aims to raise the profile and understanding of apprenticeships and technical education to young people, as well as...

Banksy Champions Children’s Art Classes Launching in the Exeter Area

Globally renowned Graffiti artist Banksy said he was ‘blown away’ by art work produced by pupils at a Brighton art school that has recently launched in Lympstone and Exmouth. Bansky, who’s recent murals feature on Ukrainian postage stamps, went on to say that he was ‘wowed’ by the classes and that all the pupils were brilliant and had a bright future in art ahead of them.

Artroom was established in 2008 by former secondary school teachers Sebastian Dewing and Alison Horton and has become the leading provider of art classes for 6 - 16 year-olds in the Brighton and Hove area....

What is the Duration of European Medical Tuition

What is the Duration of European Medical Tuition?

Authored by Nik90
Posted: Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:12am

Information is a center piece of future accomplishment as a medical expert. Indeed, to be a specialist in this specific profession gives you numerous benefits and recognition, yet it goes hand in hand with a lot of responsibility and duties.

As a doctor, you will be that individual who saves human lives and deals with patients' well-being. Therefore, quality training and devotion to that calling is an unquestionable necessity.

Medical universities overall show something similar, yet medicine courses in Europe are 6 years, in UK 5 years, and in the US and Canada - 4 years...

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