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An author with more than 140 children’s books to his name helped children celebrate the opening of their new school library.

An author with more than 140 children’s books to his name helped children celebrate the opening of their new school library.

Teachers at a Whitehaven school have been praised for honing their classroom skills by successfully completing cutting edge training with an…

HUNDREDS of pupils across the county yesterday donned their Pudsey ears and took part n fundraising for Children in Need.

HUNDREDS of pupils across the county yesterday donned their Pudsey ears and took part n fundraising for Children in Need.

This week we hear from Whitehavens Hesingham School, who update us on how pupils and staff are adapting to lockdown learning. A second national lockdown for schools has seen teaching staff at Hensingham embracing the value of live lessons. Experience from the initial lockdown and special training sessions mean the Whitehaven primary school was able to tailor its offer to children from Reception to Year 6 when remote learning returned in January. Teaching staff have put an emphasis on li...

Schools don’t operate in isolation and Hensingham staff are keen for pupils to make connections with the wider community. Initiatives during the pandemic have seen children collecting for hampers for those in need; designing cards and pictures for patients at West Cumberland Hospital and Christmas cards for local care home residents. Headteacher Faye Eldon said: “We are at the heart of the community and we want our children to be interested in what is going on in their community and t...