SOUTH Essex College has joined a national initiative to help its staff and students support and connect with the local communities of Southend, Basildon and Thurrock.
AS the nation (and the world at large) begins to open up and life returning to near normal, St Thomas of Canterbury Church is looking forward to welcoming everyone to the 2021 Christmas Bazaar after a year of missing due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
A SCHEME in Thurrock is preventing children being excluded from school, including a ten-year-old girl who took a knife into school reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
OCTOBER half term saw Ormiston Park Academy (OPA) run their first Basketball Excellence Programme Camp. From Monday 25th to Friday 29th October, two sessions per day were held for players from school years 5 to 11.
NEARLY half a million more laptops and tablets will be made available to pupils stuck at home due to Covid disruption as part of a new £126m package announced by the government today reports the TES.
TWENTY-three Year 10 students from the Gateway Academy are mentoring some of the Gateway Learning Community’s Year 6 students in mathematics. The Year 10 students, many of whom are re-visiting the primary schools they previously attended, are showing great professionalism and commitment in supporting the younger students with their learning.
ORTU Gable Hall School were pleased to invite parents back to an exciting open evening event on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th October, with teachers and student representatives on hand to talk about what life at the school is like.
THE hard work and achievements of students from USP College Palmer’s Campus were celebrated at the annual Prize Giving Ceremony at the Civic Hall in Grays.
