Noran visited all the schools involved in the Proud Past Bright Future, growing up in Nechells project this afternoon to check up on the progress of the trees that were planted in the school grounds back in April. The trees have been well cared for by the staff and pupils at our local schools and…
Today the Dynamic Dolphins from Nechells, St Clement’s and St Vincent’s entered Dolphins Den at Smurfit Kappa SSK. The children have been working throughout the year on making their schools and their community Safer, Cleaner and Greener. The culmination of their work was a visit to the boardroom at Smurfit Kappa SSK where they presented…
The parent and child family learning group enjoyed their last session in the sun today, the group met in the conference room to watch a slide show of their trip to the donkey sanctuary in Sutton Park last week. The group then moved into the outdoor play area to let off some steam and then…
Students from Heartlands Academy have been learning all ablut Play in the Parks. This four week training progeamme will lead to a qualification in play and will allow the student to be volunteer at the Play in Parks summer fun in Bloomsbury partk which runs from Monday 5th August to Friday 16th August week days…
The FiNs enjoyed a very special afternoon tea at Heartlands Academy this afternoon. The students had prepared a spectacular spread with delicate sandwiches, mini quiche and prawn pastries, followed by ice cream cup cakes, roulade with strawberry or lemon filling, freshly baked scones with delicious strawberry jam, clotted cream and fresh strawberries, there was also…
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The Allotment has been suffering in the soaring temperatures and some of the produce had to be harvested earlier that we would have liked. The potatoes had a very poor yield despite the fantastic show of leaves above ground never mind better luck next year!
The introduction to computers course is now in the second week of the six week programme. Carol the tutor from Birmingham Adult Education is very pleased with all the learners and the progress they have all made so quickly – well done everyone!
Nechells Parents Forum enjoyed a Maths class today with Ian Teffer. Ian has been working closely with staff from our Zone schools on a Numeracy Project to help our children with their progress in Maths. This session was for parents to learn about games you can play with numbers to help your child develop their…
The digger has started work on moving all the surplus earth from the site. Â The old trees have been removed these will be replaced when the work is nearing completion and will include a small orchard to complete our allotment area.