Wrexham news

Photograph Competition for St Josephs High School in Wrexham

9th November 2011

The Forest Stewardship Council UK (FSC UK) is running a photographic competition to celebrate 2011 – The International Year of Forests. St Joseph’s High School in Wrexham have announced that pupils attending the school will have the opportunity to enter the competition by submitting seasonal photographs taken in FSC certified forests or of FSC products. Under 11’s […]

Wear it Pink

4th November 2011

Staff at Acton Park Primary School recently took part in a ‘Wear it Pink’ day where they were required to attend work wearing as much pink as possible in order to raise money for breast cancer. The school’s website has numerous pictures of everybody that took part. New Directions would like to say a big […]

Halloween Hits Darland High School

The Friends of Darland High School is a committee that has been newly established with the aim of improving the experiences and future choices of the schools’ students. Raising funds help purchase various items of equipment for the students to use during school hours. The Friends of Darland High School recently presented a Spooktacular Halloween Disco […]

Ellesmere Primary School Achieve SEN Silver Quality Mark

19th October 2011

Good news at Ellesmere Primary School in Shropshire. The school received a letter from David Taylor, Corporate Director of People’s Services at Shropshire Council, to congratulate them on achieving the SEN Silver Quality Mark. There were a number of areas identified as being of particular merit such as the ‘careful monitoring and tracking of pupil […]

Shrewsbury School takes part in ‘The Tucks’

A big event will be taking place this week as the whole of Shrewsbury School will be competing in a traditional race called the ‘Tucks’. The event will see over 700 pupils, 100 teaching staff and 30 grounds staff taking part in the 3.5 mile race which starts and finishes on the football pitch in […]

Christmas Card Competition for Ysgol Llandrillo

14th October 2011

Darren Millar, the Welsh Conservative Assembly Member for Clwyd West, sets up a constituency wide competition each year for pupils across Wales to design a Christmas card. Ysgol Llandrillo in Rhos have announced that their school will be participating in the competition. This year the pupils will design pictures based on the theme ‘Christmas Dinners’. The winning picture […]

5×60 Initiative for Ysgol John Bright School

Pupils in secondary schools across Wales are experiencing a new method in the way sport and physical activity is delivered. 5×60 is a Sport Wales initiative that has been set up in order to achieve the Welsh Assembly’s target of 90% of pupils at secondary schools participating in 60 minutes of physical activity 5 times […]

New Equipment for Ysgol Pendorlan

5th October 2011

Ysgol Pendorlan have thanked everybody who donated Tesco vouchers to the school this year. Due to the high volume of vouchers collected the school were able to order a new ‘Log-Box’ which is a piece of equipment that allows the children to collect data with its in-built sensors to record and measure light, temperature and […]

Shrewsbury School Go Musical

Shrewsbury School have announced that their lunchtime concerts will be taking place each Friday in the Chapel. The concerts are no longer than 30 minutes and are open for anyone to attend with no entrance charge. The concerts are a good opportunity for the school’s musicians to perform in public and are followed by light […]