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Kids cycle a million miles to save their parents' fuel

Children from across the UK saved parents more than £368,000 in fuel costs in the three w... more


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Wednesday, 18 Apr 2012

Our shields are to be exhibited in the National Gallery

One of the finished shields

Exciting news for Wychwood CE Primary school! Shields made by Year 5 are to be exhibited in the ... more


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Tuesday, 3 Apr 2012

Are school holidays too long?

Nottingham city council has announced plans to cut school summer holidays to four weeks instead... more


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Monday, 2 Apr 2012


We made cakes and biscuits to raise money for Fairtrade Fortnight

During Fairtrade Fortnight, our school decided to make and sell a delicious assortment... more


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Thursday, 29 Mar 2012

We created a Globee

Two of our teachers, Helen Hackett and David Williams, met David Sinclair of Globee at the NEC&rs... more


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Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012

Should best friends be banned in school?

Some primary school teachers are banning their pupils from having best friends, saying everyone... more


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Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012


Heavy schoolbags are causing back problems

Experts have warned that the weight of heavy schoolbags is causing irreversible damage to child... more


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Friday, 16 Mar 2012

School music lessons aren't good enough

School inspectors Ofsted say that almost a fifth of music lessons taught in schools aren’t... more


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Wednesday, 14 Mar 2012

We wrote and released our own book!

A group of 11 talented Year 9 students have managed to come together and release their ... more


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Tuesday, 13 Mar 2012


Homework guidelines scrapped

Michael Gove, the man in charge of Education, has scrapped official homework guidelines.  more


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Tuesday, 6 Mar 2012

Parents 'expect schools' to teach children morals

A new children's leader says that working parents are relying on schools to help raise their chi... more


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Tuesday, 6 Mar 2012

Secondary school places announced

Today, children up and down the country will be finding out where they’ll be going to sec... more


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Thursday, 1 Mar 2012


We won the Climate Week Challenge!

We won the Climate Week Challenge! Last year, our school took part in the competition and the challenge was to come up with a green idea to save or make money.

Last year, over 130,000 school children and office workers took part in Britain’s big... more


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Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012

We turned our school dining hall into a fabulous restaurant

Late last year, St Mary Magdalene School changed their ordinary school dining hall into a fabulou... more


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Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012

We helped First News at the BETT exhibition in London

On Thursday 12 January the Publishing Team at Oakhill Primary School – Harry, Ella, Anwar,... more


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Thursday, 23 Feb 2012