Posts Tagged ‘ school ’

Falmouth pupils’ nativity special: PICTURES

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January 6, 2013

The Packet was out taking pictures of school nativity plays over Christmas. Were your little ones pictured playing their part.
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Mullion school Christmas show is a sell out

Sell out performances greeted Mullion School’s Christmas production this year as over 100 students performed to an enchanted audience.
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Downderry school moves pupils out to repair flood damage

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January 5, 2013

Flood damage at a Cornish primary school will mean a disruption to the start of term next week.All but one of the rooms at St Nicolas Church of England School in Downderry were flooded following the landslip which affected the village on December 22....
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Teacher jailed for abusing boy

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January 4, 2013

A former teacher at a Somerset school is jailed for 10 years for 16 counts of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy.
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Cornwall’s first butchery school

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January 4, 2013

What is claimed to be Cornwall’s first butchery school is set to open its doors this month.
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Help us to save lives and get 100 ‘defibs’

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January 3, 2013
Help us to save lives and get 100 ‘defibs’

THE CORNISHMAN is today launching a campaign to get 100 lifesaving defibrillators into schools, communities and public places.Working alongside Penzance's Ronnie Richards Memorial Charity (RRMC), the Heart Start campaign is aiming to secure funding for...
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Pupils ‘to get grades’ after fire

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January 2, 2013

Pupils whose work was destroyed in a fire at their school will still be awarded grades, an examination board says.
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Views sought on proposed Penryn primary schools’ merger

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January 1, 2013

Penryn parents and carers will be asked for their views next month on a proposed new primary school for the town.
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‘Lightning’ school to stay shut

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December 29, 2012

A school will stay shut for the first two days of the new term after it was devastated by a fire thought to have been caused by a lightning strike.
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Lightning ‘may have caused fires’

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December 27, 2012

Fires at a hotel in Bournemouth and a school in Lytchett Minster may have been caused by lightning, the fire service says.
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Kids and parents polish off fish pie

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December 27, 2012

PARENTS and Mousehole residents enjoyed a slap-up stargazy pie supper at the village's primary school as part of a project involving pupils. Chef Sanjai Kumar cooked 80 individual fish pies with the help of children on Monday, December 17, marking the ...
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Head teacher who saw school go from ‘strength to strength’ to retire

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December 27, 2012
Head teacher who saw school go from ‘strength to strength’  to retire

THE head teacher of a west Cornwall primary school is retiring after nine years of service, which saw it go from "strength to strength".Ludgvan School, which currently has 170 pupils, has become one of the top performers in Cornwall under the stewardsh...
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Grace wins MP Dan’s Christmas card competition

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December 21, 2012
Grace wins MP Dan’s Christmas card competition

A WADEBRIDGE PRIMARY ACADEMY pupil has won the top prize in a competition to design MP Dan Rogerson's Christmas card.Grace Pritchard's design features a surfing Father Christmas promising to "Deliver your presents dreckly."The North Cornwall MP inv...
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Schoolgirls are friends for life

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December 21, 2012
Schoolgirls are friends for life

A GROUP of friends are still in touch with one other more than 70 years after they first met as new pupils at the former Bodmin Grammar School.The ladies meet up a few times a year and this Christmas enjoyed a meal together at the Slades House In...
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Primary school league tables published: Compare schools online

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December 19, 2012

This year’s primary league tables have been published, showing a gap between performances of schools in the Falmouth, Penryn, Helston and Lizard area.
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Three injured in school bus accident near Wadebridge

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December 19, 2012
Three injured in school bus accident near Wadebridge

Three people were injured after a school bus carrying 11 children crashed in Cornwall. The driver of the bus was airlifted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro following the collision with a van near the Royal Cornwall Showground at 8.30am yesterday...
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School bus driver hurt in crash

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December 18, 2012

A school bus carrying 11 children crashes in Cornwall, leaving the driver injured.
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Reports ‘delaying Ofsted verdict’

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December 18, 2012

An Ofsted report into an Isles of Scilly school will not be issued until other investigations are completed, the BBC understands.
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Broadcaster Nick Baker opens new teaching laboratory in Cornwall

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December 17, 2012
Broadcaster Nick Baker opens new teaching laboratory in Cornwall

Broadcaster and naturalist Nick Baker has opened a new state-of-the-art teaching laboratory in Cornwall, which will help encourage children to engage with science. The Really Wild Show presenter, who studied Biology at the University of Exeter, vi...
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Cornwall surf therapy project gives a major boost to disabled youngsters

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December 17, 2012
Cornwall surf therapy project gives a major boost to disabled youngsters

A Cornish project which uses surf therapy to help disabled youngsters is producing impressive results, a survey has found.The Wave Project, a community interest company set up to provide free lessons, said the majority of children who completed a cours...
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All smiles for fantastic St Mary’s School fair: Pictures

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December 15, 2012

It was all smiles when St Mary’s School in Falmouth held its autumn fair.
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