PUBLISHED: 16:42 18 December 2018 | UPDATED: 16:42 18 December 2018 Bethany Wales Joseph Dwyer, eight, and Jaime Wells, nine, with their classmates, children from Badger Class and Oak Class at Spooner Row Primary School, celebrate their Christmas entertainment being rescued by Wymondham High Academy. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Copyright: Archant 2018 When a sinking floor forced a primary school to cancel their Christmas production, a local high school leaped in to save the show. Children from Badger Class and Oak Class at Spooner Row Primary School, sing a song from their Christmas entertainment after it was rescued by Wymondham High Academy. Picture: DENISE BRADLEYPupils at Spooner Row Primary School were billed to perform their production Five Gold Rings on December 12 at their local village hall on Station Road, Spooner Row, after weeks of rehearsals.But disaster struck when the venue had to cancel the show just days before as the floor in the hall had … [Read more...] about The show must go on! Primary school production saved by local high school
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Councillors say figures show decline in attendance at Stirling’s high schools
Opposition councillors say recently published figures show attendance at Stirling’s high schools is on the slide. The average attendance rate over all Stirling’s high schools has dropped in each of the past four years - from 92.8 per cent in 2014/15 to 92.1 per cent in 2017/18. Only one school - Dunblane High - has a higher figure now than in 2014/15, going from 95.4 per cent to 95.7 per cent, maintaining its position as the secondary school with the highest attendance. Bannockburn High School has the lowest rate of all the schools at 89.6 per cent, and is the only school to perform below 90 per cent, having done so in each of the last four years. In the rural areas Balfron High School has gone from 94.4 per cent four years ago to 92.8 per cent in the last full financial year. McLaren High in Callander meanwhile is now sitting at 92.4 per cent - down from 94.5. The figures were released at last Thursday’s full meeting of Stirling Council following a written question … [Read more...] about Councillors say figures show decline in attendance at Stirling’s high schools
Council bans primary parents from using car park at nearby high school
Parents of primary school youngsters have hit out at the council for stopping them from parking at a nearby high school. They say the Bellsmyre campus’ parking area is “not fit for purpose” and have instead been using the car park at Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School. But on December 7, West Dunbartonshire Council officers advised parents and guardians that they could no longer use the car park - despite previously being issued advice that the area could be used. The campus, which encompasses both Aitkenbar and St Peter’s primaries, sits opposite the newly built OLSP building on Howatshaws Road. Despite being told the high school care park would be open to the wider community, council officers now say the car park is for the sole use of high school staff and parents. Furious parent, Mary Anne McCulloch told the Lennox Herald: “Bellsmyre campus car park is not fit-for-purpose due to the amount of staff and parents and guardians sharing it. … [Read more...] about Council bans primary parents from using car park at nearby high school
Vaping booming in U.S. high schools, survey finds
Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use. It was the largest single-year increase in the survey's 44-year history, far surpassing a mid-1970s surge in marijuana smoking.The findings, released Monday, echo those of a government survey earlier this year. That survey also found a dramatic rise in vaping among children and prompted federal regulators to press for measures that make it harder for kids to get them.Experts attribute the jump to newer versions of e-cigarettes, like those by Juul Labs Inc. that resemble computer flash drives and can be used discreetly.Trina Hale, a junior at South Charleston High School in West Virginia, said vaping - specifically Juul - exploded at her school this year."They can put it in their sleeve or their pocket. They can do it wherever, whenever. They can do it in class if they're sneaky about it," … [Read more...] about Vaping booming in U.S. high schools, survey finds
Kind-hearted North Bromsgrove High School students heading to Peru to help build school
A GROUP of teenagers from North Bromsgrove High School will be embarking on a trip to Peru to help build a school for disadvantaged youngsters. Isabel Cotterell, 16, Eve Stockley, also 16, and 15-year-old Amelie Taylor are three of the seven who need to raise £4,300 each to make the trip possible. The group will head out to Moray next July as part of the venture with Camps International. Once there they will work putting in water systems and piping and planting trees. Isabel said: “I want to help people less fortunate than ourselves. “I’m really excited about going.” Eve added: “I want to help people in these rural communities, “I have never had the opportunity to do something like this before – it’s the chance of a lifetime.” And Amelie said: “There are a lot of simple things which we take for granted in the UK. “It’s all about making a difference.” The girls have already raised £7,000 of the … [Read more...] about Kind-hearted North Bromsgrove High School students heading to Peru to help build school