Class Act

Vision rewarded with £5,000 chance to make change

Thursday, January 21, 2010

"IT'S my new best friend," said 10-year-old Abigail Douglas wryly, as she hugged the giant cardboard cut-out of herself.

Minutes later, the six-foot version of little Abigail was being bundled out of the door of Vale Park, en route to Wistaston Green Primary and...

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Trio of schools are Class Acts

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

PUPILS and staff from three schools were today picking up £5,000 prizes after winning a hotly-contested competition in The Sentinel. The latest...

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Pupils Holden out for new social area

MOBILE DREAM : Holden Lane pupils Charlotte Kirkland, Amber Gregory, Abdullah Bilal, Courtney Fenton, Christian Keeling, Zina Ishmail and Chloe Prince.  Picture: Martin Brough

Saturday, December 05, 2009

CHILDREN want to transform a disused mobile classroom into a common room with space for studying and socialising. The portable building, split into...

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Pupils feeling shipshape about model Titanic idea

HISTORY LESSON: Raif Clarke, Isabella Kerr, Jordan Nixon and Indea Wood.

Friday, December 04, 2009

FROM the Spode crockery on the tables to Hanley-born Captain Edward Smith at the helm, the Titanic has always had strong links with Stoke-on-Trent....

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Pupils catch insect bug in garden

Pupils catch  insect bug in garden

Thursday, December 03, 2009

YOUNGSTERS who have worked to encourage wildlife to their school now want to attract insects that are as big as they are. Youngsters at Friarswood...

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School reaches for the skies with plane plans

Picture: Alex Severn

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

PUPILS who enjoy lessons in a decommissioned aeroplane have been thinking up ways to make classes even more unique. Children at Kingsland Primary...

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Nature calls with pupils' pond plan

EYES ON THE PRIZE: St Joseph's pupils Emily Clamp, aged nine, and Matt Ward, aged nine. Picture: Clare Jennings

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

PUPILS want to get back to nature – and they say the first step will be taming part of their school which has gone to seed. The nature area at...

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Class Act: School would translate prize into language aid

CLASS ACT IN ANY LANGUAGE: Pupils Izzy Kokot   and Weronika Nowik.   Picture: Phil Radcliffe

Monday, November 30, 2009

WHEN five-year-old Polish youngster Dominic Krol arrived at his new school, he was assigned Aiden Knapper as his official buddy. The pair play...

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Remember school's beginning at its end

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

PUPILS want to go out on a high when their school closes next summer by staging a celebration to mark its contribution to more than a century of...

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Pupils will mind their peas and cucumbers

GREEN FINGERS: Sutherland Primary School pupils  want to have a vegetable patch in their school grounds. Pictured are Brandon Price, aged nine  and Charlotte Rogers, aged seven.  Picture: Clare Jennings

Friday, November 27, 2009

SCHOOL pupils want to cultivate their business sense as well as their greens by creating a brand new vegetable patch. Youngsters at Sutherland...

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Class Act 2009 winner: St Thomas More Catholic College

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Students came up with the idea to have their own allotment to learn about growing flowers, plants and food produce.

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Class Act 2009 winner: Silverdale Primary School

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