Latest news and articles from the Lighthouse Schools Partnership.
Wraxall CE Primary School pupils took part in the annual '30 Days Wild' project, led by the Wildlife Trust. The children challenged themselves to complete the 30 challenges - making artwork, creating and exploring habitats, being at the heart of nature.
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Teachers at St Mary's CE Primary School are celebrating the creative talents of their pupils by launching a virtual art gallery.
Whitchurch Primary School Pupils loved meeting and learning about the animals they met from a recent visit from Chloe's Mobile Farm.
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Year 5 Portishead Primary pupils created some fabulous Lighthouse sculptures as part of their Design and Technology curriculum.
Yatton Infant School’s Governing Body is consulting on reducing its Planned Admission Number (PAN) from 90 to 60 in September 2023.
High Down Schools Governing Body is consulting on reducing its Planned Admission Number (PAN) from 90 to 60 in September 2023. This would mean that the school would admit only two Reception classes from September 2023, instead of the current three.
Eco teams across our three secondary schools Gordano, Backwell and Chew Valley have joined forces in working together towards achieving our target to bring greenhouse gas emissions across the Trust to net zero by 2035.
A meeting was held in November with student representatives from the Environment teams to discuss and share ideas on helping the Environment and plans for the future.
Gordano pupils have been working extremely hard to launch their whole school tree planting project. 140 free trees from the Woodland Trust were planted around the school, providing wildlife with vital habitat and food, and connecting students with the natural world around them. The Eco Team also launched a new student environmental award to encourage and celebrate students environmental awareness and participation.
Backwell pupils ensured their food waste was collected by GENECO and turned into biodiesel, paper is recycled and sourced from sustainable sources and held assemblies on environmental issues. They are working on setting up a second-hand uniform scheme, replacing filament light bulbs with LED, and working towards their Eco-schools Green Flag Award.
Chew Valley School Pupils created travel guidelines for lowering the carbon footprint of all school trips, completed the EduCCate Bronze Award, planted 108 trees, and even appeared on BBC News to highlight their environmental achievements.
Chew Valley School Year 9 pupil, Bluebell Powell, has won a competition to design a technical t-shirt for this year’s Chew Valley 10k and Virtual Chew Valley 10k.
Congratulations to our Christmas Card Competition winners! Sam, George and Keeley from Flax Bourton CofE Primary School and Emily from the Whiteoak Academies.
Congratulations to Portishead Primary School who have been awarded The Good Diabetes Care in School Award.
As a result of their on-going commitment to supporting the environment and recycling work, High Down Schools have been awarded the Viridor Cup from Portishead in Bloom for the best school composting initiative.