Research into how web can help pupils - This is Nottingham

Research into how web can help pupils
This is Nottingham
English, maths and science teachers from The National School in Hucknall, Nottingham Academy, Nottingham Bluecoat School and Djanogly City Academy will work with secondary teacher trainees from the university's School of Education on the project.

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Juan Cruz appointed Director of University's School of Art and Design - Liverpool John Moores University

Juan Cruz appointed Director of University's School of Art and Design
Liverpool John Moores University
Juan is a practicing artist, with a studio at The Bluecoat. His practice-based research has regularly concerned itself with text and translation as a metaphor for visual representation, and as an embodied and performative process.

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Bluecoat School are triple cup winners - This is Nottingham

Bluecoat School are triple cup winners
This is Nottingham
BLUECOAT School beat Farnborough School 4-2 to take home their third cup in the U14 Boys' competition, having already won the City Schools' U15 and U13 Boys' Knock-Out trophies before the Easter holidays. The match was played in torrential rain at ...

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Chronically Absent Students Missed by School Reporting - New York Times

Chronically Absent Students Missed by School Reporting
New York Times
By Beth Fertig A new study finds up to 15 percent of American children are chronically absent from school, missing at least one day in 10 and doing long-term harm to their academic progress. The New York Times's Richard Perez-Pena reports on the study ...

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Schools Finals Night at Forest ground - This is Nottingham

Schools Finals Night at Forest ground
This is Nottingham
The evening ended with the finals of the Forest U14 Vase and Forest U15 Bowl competitions with teams from the Nottingham Bluecoat School taking part in both. Bluecoat U14s recorded a comfortable 7-1 win over Carlton-le-Willows thanks to two goals each ...

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Dickinson shines for Kent - This is Kent

Dickinson shines for Kent
This is Kent
During the event, held at the Blue Coat school in Horsham, the six Kent youngsters competed against teams representing Essex, Hampshire, Sussex, Middlesex and Oxfordshire. The victory was all the more satisfying as at the same event last year the Kent ...

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Ellesmere Port Catholic High School stages fencing tournament - Ellesmere Port Pioneer

Ellesmere Port Catholic High School stages fencing tournament
Ellesmere Port Pioneer
... with the final team matches held at Ellesmere Port Catholic High School. All the fights were very close and exciting. Despite some brilliant attacks from Oliver Berry and Fred Norman of the King's, the Bishops' Blue Coat team captain Marco Simioni ...

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Nottingham schools wait for cash to revamp tired old buildings - This is Nottingham

Nottingham schools wait for cash to revamp tired old buildings
This is Nottingham
Work is underway to transform some other schools. Bluecoat Academy's Wollaton Park campus is being reshaped to the tune of £12.6 million, while Farnborough School, in Clifton, is having a £17 million facelift. Now Building Schools for the Future has ...

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Merseyside Olympians: Steve Parry - Liverpool Echo

Merseyside Olympians: Steve Parry
Liverpool Echo
A native of Merseyside and educated at the Liverpool Blue Coat School, Parry first joined a swimming club in Woolton before moving on to swim for the Liverpool Penguins and also the City of Liverpool Swimming Club. He began taking his training more ...

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Diary dates - updated May 11 - Rutland Times

Diary dates - updated May 11
Rutland Times
FITNESS WITH LISA - Weekly 6.30pm, Legs, Bums and Tums, Aerobics, 7.30pm Bluecoat School, Stamford. Details - 07929 341042, www.fitnesswithlisa.co.uk HATHA YOGA - 10.15-11.45am, Class suitable for beginners and more advanced students, Barnsdale Lodge.

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