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Crowcroft Park School Fayre

9th December 2011

New Directions recently attended the Christmas Fayre at Crowcroft Park Primary School in Manchester. The famous Penalty Shoot Out was a huge success with pupils and staff alike. Various events were held throughout the day including henna mehndi, eyebrow threading and facial massages. There were food stalls, tombolas and lots of goodies on sale. The […]

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Christmas Fayre at Penyrheol Comprehensive School

Penyrheol Comprehensive School at 16th December Head of Business Studies has set up a Christmas Fayre between the hours of 3.00pm to 4.30pm. Pupils have created Christmas gifts, cakes and decorations in order to sell to staff, pupils and parents. A good business work ethic and a very Merry way to start the Christmas period. […]

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Funding boost for Ysgol Gynradd Tonyrefail

In order to meet the increasing demand for welsh language medium education in RCT, the Welsh Assembly Government have announced that £11m is being set aside to enhance capacity at Ysgol Gynradd Tonyrefail. In addition to this another £5m has been allotted to fund the building on an additional WLM school somewhere RCT. This […]

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Deriview Primary Ugandan Fundraiser

1st December 2011

Mrs Teague and the team at Deriview Primary School have been busy raising money for their partnership school in Uganda called Rukungiri! So far they have raised over £750 towards a new water filtration system, and they aim to raise another £750 to reach a grand total of £1500. The new filtration system will ensure […]

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Donation to local school

As part of our upcoming move to new Head Office premises, The SEN team have been able to help out a local school with a donation to their IT Suite of 10 monitors and keyboards. Queens Hill Pupil Referral Unit in Newport will be the grateful recipients and all of the SEN team hope the […]

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War Hero Peter Dunning returns to Wallasey

24th November 2011

Afghan War hero, Peter Dunning returns to his old school St Marys Catholic College in Wallasey for an annual prize giving. Peter Dunning spoke of his experiences whilst on service in Helmand Province and discussed his tragic injuries of losing both his legs in a land mine explosion. He referred to his hard work and […]

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New Directions Help Downend School

23rd November 2011

New Directions Education’s Bristol Branch are preparing to help students at a local secondary school prepare for the world of work. Branch Manager Gez Parker will be helping students at Downend School brush up on their skills during a mock interview session where he aims to turn into New Directions very own Alan Sugar!! Gez was qouted […]

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Tree Planting Project

Pupils at Ysgol Esgob Morgan, St Asaph are to take on a new project of planting trees in the school grounds. A “community tree pack” that contained 420 native trees was supplied to the school by the Woodland Trust. This project comes as the school attempts to create outdoor learning areas by attracting wildlife and […]

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New School in Connah’s Quay

Flintshire County Council have announced plans to open up a new school in Connah’s Quay. The £7.5 million project will replace Custom House Lane Junior School and Dee Road Infants School and will be named Ysgol Cae’r Nant/ Brookfield Primary School. The new site is set to open in September 2012 and will accommodate 360 […]