Pupils and staff from Poole Grammar school have shown their support to wildlife in Dorset by donating £660.84 to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s (DWT’s) Urban Wildlink Appeal in support of DWT’s most ambitious conservation project, The Great Heath Living Landscape. A non-school uniform day was organised by student, Adam Hinks,...
The Jewish Chronicle warns that the dismissal of Prof David Miller is ‘just the beginning’
The Israel lobby appears to be readying for a campaign to root out leftwing academics in the UK critical of Israel’s continuing oppression of the Palestinian people – echoing its efforts against the previous leader...
Plans for the relocation of the Oakdale Learning Centre to a Skills Shop campus in the town centre of Poole will be discussed at Cabinet on Wednesday 11 November.
The Adult Skills and Learning service currently use the Oakdale Learning Centre. It is one of 60 Skills and Learning sites...
With the world finances in such turmoil and uprisings in so many Eastern countries it is easy for important pieces of news to pass us by as happened this week when this headline appeared. 'School starting age should be raised to six to prevent long-term damage to brighter children'...
Racial injustice is "baked into our curriculum", a teacher who complained about a history textbook has said.
Hannah Wilkinson, who mentors A-level pupils in Durham, objected to a question about Native Americans, which asked if their "treatment" had been "exaggerated".
She stated it was "problematic" because the "starting premise" was an...
A Dorset sixth-former has led a drive to support a pioneering medical research programme that is helping to find a cure for Coronavirus. Tristram Waters, an 18-year-old Computer Science student at Bryanston School near Blandford, researched and developed a plan to capitalise on the School’s computing resources to support...
Dorset-based business leaders and young people will be coming together at Weymouth College this Friday for a one-of-a-kind networking and informational event, intended to provide businesses and students an insight into the benefits of providing and undertaking an Apprenticeship. The Apprentice Fair is a joint collaboration between Weymouth College, the...
Liz Myles, the new Principal of Weymouth College has announced that 20 A levels will be offered from September 2013 and 30 from September 2014. Following yet another successful year for student achievement (99% pass rate) the decision has been made to re introduce an aspect of student learning...
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week and our libraries are promoting Reading Well for Children, a new reading list to support children’s mental health and well-being.
Reading Well for Children, created by The Reading Agency, is a list of 33 titles aimed at children aged 7 – 11.
The books provide advice and stories to support children’s...
Schools and keeping children at home
From tomorrow (Monday 23 March) our schools will only be open for those children that absolutely need to attend.
We appreciate that this will be hard for many families, as many parents work or have other caring responsibilities. We also know that school is such...
