Pupils at a Nantwich school celebrated Science Week with a visit from Kidzkitchen and a hospital engineer! Youngsters at Wyche Primary School blew up balloons with vinegar and bicarbonate soda; made their own butter; sucked up egg yolks with bottles and experimented with floating eggs.
MP Edward Timpson is calling for more businesses in Nantwich and Crewe to take on an apprentice. It comes as new figures show 1,340 people started an apprenticeship in the towns last year, boosting the economy by £2.6 million.
A number of schools in and around Nantwich will be hit by the national teachers strike tomorrow (March 26). The latest list issued by Cheshire East Council shows several schools will either be closed or partially closed because staff will be involved in strike action.
A former Brine Leas pupil from Nantwich has run a half marathon for charity – with a toilet seat around his neck! And John Wallace was flushed with success on completing the race, which he did to raise money for better sanitation in Nepal.
Eight Nantwich-based students are to join environmental projects abroad as part of their summer training. The Reaseheath College students, on a conservation and wildlife course, will gain experience in eco-tourism, environmental and woodland management during a four-week work placement.
A Nantwich primary school is calling for past pupils and staff to join in their 50th anniversary celebrations. Millfields Primary School and Nursery first opened in January 1964 but the official opening took place in May that year.
An award-winning Nantwich company has been chosen to feature on the BBC1 programme Rip Off Food which is presented by Gloria Hunniford. KidzKitchen, run by Wybunbury mums Tracey Cooke and Gill Fox, will be showing viewers across the UK how to make simple, healthy breakfasts for children.
A Nantwich college’s bid to find the region’s best Year 9 baker is hotting up as the semi-finals draw to a close. The 45 entries which made round two of Reaseheath College’s Year 9 Schools Bake Off Competition have been whittled down to 10 finalists.
Primary schools across Nantwich and Crewe are to share £1.7 million of funding to boost sports provision. The money is part of a £150 million a year commitment by the Government under the Primary PE and Sport Premium, until 2020.
Budding young entrepreneurs at a Nantwich school enjoyed a taste of life in the retail world. Pupils at Wyche Primary and Nursery School took a hands-on approach to learning about business and enterprise.
Two equestrian stars offered an insight into the Olympic sport during a masterclass in Nantwich. Hundreds of fans turned up to watch Geoff Billington and Bob Ellis at Reaseheath College’s Equestrian Centre.
Hundreds of families flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich to enjoy the first of two lambing events. Spring has arrived early in the college’s lambing sheds with the arrival of the first lambs of the season.
A family support group in Nantwich is raising thousands of pounds to take children and their parents or carers on a residential. Chatterbox, based at Malbank School, is already halfway to its target to fund the special weekend to Menai in the summer.
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