Schools in Crediton have joined together in a major arts project and will display their creations in a special ‘pop-up’ exhibition in the town after Easter.
Pupils from Landscore Primary School have been working on a project using mosaics as well as teaming up with students from Queen Elizabeth’s Community College’s art and English department to make prints.
Children from Haywards Primary School have been using ceramics in their project.
All their creations will go on show with other work in textiles and photography by older people in the town at an exhibition...
The ESO almost doubled in size recently as it welcomed members of St Michael’s orchestra to join its weekly rehearsal.
The children experienced being part of a full strength symphony orchestra as they teamed up to perform the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony as part of the school’s work on the BBC Ten Pieces project, to friends and family.
Music Co-ordinator and Reception Teacher at ethe school, in South lawn Terrace, Heavitree, Sarah Sowden said: "What a success, parents and children alike loved it. The children were buzzing when they left. It was a great...
Chancellor George Osborne is expected to use his Budget speech to call for an extension to school days.
Schools will be able to bid for funding for extra activities like sport and art.
Mr Osborne's will also pledge that every school in England will be removed from local authority control.
Schools will either have to have converted by 2020 or have an academy order in place by then.
For any school that fails to have a plan in place, the government will take on radical new powers to intervene and ensure academy conversion takes place.
A common statistic quoted is that 1 in 3 or 4 of us in Britain will experience some form of mental ill health in our lifetimes. A worrying figure and this level of incidence in almost any other illness would be always at the top of the health agenda. But mental ill health has traditionally been a hidden illness, in part because it can’t be seen. But there are also major issues of stigma associated with being ‘mental’.
People with experience of mental and emotional distress are as varied as people with any other condition, and the appropriate treatment, or road to recovery, is also...
The first bricks in Exeter Cathedral’s Big LEGO® Build will be laid next week at a special ceremony to launch the project.
The Bishop of Exeter Robert Atwell will be joined by the winners of a Devon-wide schools’ competition to get the epic LEGO build underway, just in time for half term.
The final model, made up of 300,000 LEGO bricks, will be an impressive 3.6m long, 2m wide and 1m high.
Everyone is invited to get involved in the build and for every £1 donated people can add a brick to the model. February half term will be the first opportunity for members of the...
It may not be very far from Bristol to mid Devon. But it’s a big cultural shift to move from the headship of a large urban primary in Bristol to the leadership of three village schools in mid Devon. However, that’s just what John Jolliffe has done.
He’s just moved to mid Devon to take up the executive headship of Newton St Cyres, Cheriton Fitzpaine and Thorverton primary schools. He spoke to us about what he calls his ‘new adventure’.
John Jolliffe lived in Bristol for 20 years and was a headteacher there for 14 years. But, with their children grown up, he and his wife, who...
To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship week (16th -24th November), Exeter’s students and business professionals were invited to an inspiring development evening of Young Enterprise.
This business development event was held on the 18th November at St James School in Exeter, with delicious food for the networking afterwards sponsored by FRESHA.
The audience were treated to presentations from three of Exeter’s most inspiring, innovative and enterprising business professionals, featuring Wayne Pearce Centre Director of Princesshay, Student Entrepreneur Konstantin Deslov and Polar...
The ICE Awards, Exeter, is now in its fourth year of celebrating the most Inspirational Children in Education.
The winners were aged between 9 years and 18 years old, with the majority coming from schools in the the Exeter area (list below).
The purpose of the ICE Awards is to celebrate the unsung heroes in our schools, and the winners this year were made up of students that had either achieved something unique, been an inspiration throughout the school, shown outstanding generosity or kindness in their community, overcome adversity or shown courage through life’s...
Educated Recruitment are inviting all teachers to an open day at The Seven Stars Hotel, Alphington Road, Exeter on Thursday 29th October from 12pm – 4pm.
This will be a fantastic opportunity for teachers of all experiences to meet our team and register your interest for supply teaching work within Exeter and the surrounding areas.
So why not pop along and see Marie and Emma for a drink and some nibbles and see how Educated Recruitment can help you!
As an independent agency, we ensure to maintain the local feel and endeavour to build solid professional relationships...
