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South Essex College remind students about littering as wardens are set to increase powers to snare teenagers

STUDENTS at the South Essex College campus in Grays have been reminded not to litter as environment wardens based across the road may be armed with new powers to fine them.

Woodside Academy breathe life into Clean Air Day

WOODSIDE Academy welcomed councillor Brian Little, Ferhan Khan of Thurrock Transport and members of Public Health and Road Safety on Clean Air Day to support children in spreading the message to switch off your engine when not moving.

Thames Estuary artists come together to learn silk painting in Purfleet

Artists from along the Thames Estuary come together to learn Silk Painting in Purfleet! TWENTY artists and community groups from Southend to Kew have come...

Woodside Academy wins design prize in Artistry of the Estuary competition

THE winning design of the Thurrock Primary Schools’ “Artistry of the Estuary” crown was announced at a prize-giving event at Essex Wildlife Trust’s Thurrock Thameside Nature Park (TTNP),

Chop and Chat: Flavours of the Med come to Purfleet!

WIDEN your culinary horizons, learn new skills and meet other people in your area with similar interests on a new summer cookery course being held at Purfleet Primary Academy School

Book bonanza for the Gateway Primary Free School

THE Friends of the Gateway Primary Free School PTA (GPFS PTA) have recently purchased another £1700 of school books suitable for all ages, to add to their library in the Upper Heart Space.

New reading scheme for Herringham Primary students

HERRINGHAM Primary Academy recently launched a new reading scheme for Year 6 pupils, named My Book Blog. The scheme was introduced initially to this...

Celebration evening at South Essex College

SOUTH Essex College celebrated student success at last night’s annual awards evening. Students, their families and staff attended the Celebrating Success event at the College’s...

Celebrations at Bonnygate Primary as they receive high praise from Ofsted

BONNYGATE Primary school has been highly praised by government education watchdog Ofsted. The South Ockendon school was inspected on May 17th and 18th with the...

Sparkling Angels Pre-School praised by Ofsted

A PRE-SCHOOL based in Linford has been praised by the government watchdog Ofsted. The inspection at the school based at Linford Village Hall took place...

Thurrock Adult Community College: Making a Splash in the style of David Hockney

You will learn how to create engaging paintings by adapting some of Hockney’s techniques for your own paintings.

Thurrock theatre group to host fundraiser for Edinburgh Festival appearance

RENDERED Retina are a theatre company from Thurrock, and winners of the LET award 2017, who are holding a fundraising event to get their new show ‘Form’ to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year.

High praise for Stanford-le-Hope Primary by Ofsted

STAFF and pupils at a Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School and Nursery are ending this academic year on a high after they were rated “Outstanding” f

Thurrock schools celebrate achieving Artsmark award

CHILDREN from five Thurrock schools took part in a day of dance, singing and theatrecraft at High House Production Park to celebrate their success...

Tilbury Pioneer Academy receives high praise from Ofsted

OFSTED inspectors visited the Tilbury Pioneer Academy in late April and judged it to be ‘good’ in every category. This is the academy’s first...

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