Pupils at Millfields Primary and Nursery in Nantwich had a ball when they celebrated the school’s 50th birthday with a party that crossed the generations. Ex teachers Connie Jones, 78, and Angela Lloyd, 83, (pictured) joined youngest pupils Tia Smith and Isaac Knight in cutting a birthday cake.
The governing body at a Nantwich primary school is one of only six in Cheshire East to achieve a national award. Millfields Primary School and Nursery has been awarded the Governor Mark – a national Governors Association quality standard.
Youngsters in Nantwich are learning about life at a school in Kenya through a film made by the pupils themselves. Children at Millfields Primary School and Nursery watched a film created by pupils at Lions Hill Primary near Nakuru town during a recent exchange visit.
Nantwich schools are to host a workshop to help parents keep youngsters safe from the dangers of the internet. The Nantwich Education Partnership (NEP) is to stage the one-off CEOP event at Wyche Primary School.
Two African school teachers are visiting Nantwich to learn best practice from a local primary school. The Kenyan teachers are spending several days with staff and pupils of Millfields Primary School on Marsh Lane.
A Nantwich headteacher who has overseen the biggest rise in attendance over the last year, has paid tribute to his staff. Andrew Ross, head at Millfields Primary on Marsh Lane, said new “Attendance Award” weeks have helped to improve figures dramatically.
The new Children’s Minister Edward Timpson joined in the celebrations as a Nantwich primary school buried a time capsule. The Crewe & Nantwich MP was invited by Millfields Primary and Nursery on Marsh Lane to bury the capsule to be opened in 100 years.
Teachers from a Nantwich school will be swapping Cheshire for East Africa to take part in an international twinning scheme. Millfields Primary and Nursery earned a place on the Connecting Classrooms initiative for its commitment to teaching students about global issues.
These are some of the potholes plaguing a busy road in Nantwich, leaving community leaders fearing for children’s safety. Residents, headteachers and town councillors are calling for Cheshire East to carry out urgent repairs to Marsh Lane.
Pupils at a Nantwich primary school will no longer have to explain lost or scrunched up letters to mums and dads. Staff at Millfields Primary and Nursery School are ditching the paperwork and embracing technology to talk to parents.
A Nantwich primary school that Ofsted criticised for “weak teaching” four years ago, has shown excellent improvement. Inspectors who visited Millfields Primary School and Nursery stated “weak teaching identified in previous years has been eliminated.”
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