Youngsters in Nantwich faced their fears head on – when they handled exotic animals like snakes, tarantulas and scorpions!
Pupils and staff at Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley were treated to a special visit from Simon Airey, of Corner Exotics in Shrewsbury.
Angry parents in Nantwich are planning to protest in the town centre over proposed Government cuts to school funding.
Plans by Schools Minister Nick Gibb to introduce a new National Funding Formula could see Nantwich schools hundreds of thousands of pounds worse off.
Primary schools in Nantwich may have to cut teaching staff by 25% if the Government’s national funding formula plan goes ahead.
And some may be forced to cut back to a four-day week.
Reaseheath College students led the way when they fleeced the opposition and scooped top awards in a shepherds competition.
The Nantwich students were victorious at the Next Generation Shepherds contest, run by the Central Region of the National Sheep Association (NSA).
The headteacher of Brine Leas School in Nantwich has called an extraordinary meeting to outline the funding crisis it faces under the new National Funding Formula.
Andrew Cliffe has invited parents and community members to attend the “Future Funding of Brine Leas School” meeting on Monday February 13.
Pupils from Pear Tree Primary in Stapeley are celebrating after winning a trophy for the Nantwich Education Partnership Business Enterprise competition.
Youngsters from Year 4, who won through the initial school-based heats, headed to Brine Leas to face one last challenge.
South Cheshire College students have embarked on a moving visit to Auschwitz for the fifth year running.
Four students travelled to Poland to learn more about the horrors of World War II’s Holocaust through Nazi concentration camps.
Concerned school chiefs and politicians in Cheshire East have met with Government ministers to voice fears over the National Funding Formula.
They travelled to meet Schools Minister Nick Gibb after it emerged Cheshire East schools would face “difficulties” under the new formula.
Four former racehorses are being used to show Nantwich students a path to careers in the racing industry.
The British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre (BTRC) loaned four retired and retrained thoroughbreds to Reaseheath College as part of a pilot scheme.
The Glasheen Academy’s Street Dance classes are expanding across Nantwich after the team’s success in their first Street Dance Championship.
TGA will be delivering new sessions at Nantwich Primary Academy on Manor Road, starting in January.
Reaseheath College in Nantwich has hooked a first for the north west – by launching new qualifications for butchers.
Level 2 and Level 3 Butchery Apprenticeships now offered at the college have been redeveloped by employers supported by Food and Drink Qualifications (FDQ).
Wybunbury Delves staff are celebrating their latest Ofsted report that finds the school continues to be ‘good’.
Inspectors also highlighted the primary school’s “unique, nurturing and inspirational atmosphere”.
A Nantwich headteacher has blasted the Government after it emerged the new National Funding Formula could lead to big funding cuts for Nantwich schools.
Andrew Cliffe, headteacher at Brine Leas School, fears the NFF could see his school thousands of pounds worse off.
Recent Comments