Published:
7:14 AM February 11, 2021
Updated:
9:02 AM February 11, 2021
Pupils at Thomas Bullock Primary Academy in Shipdham have sent community postcards.
- Credit: Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
Primary school pupils have been working with a parish council to provide lockdown messages to their local community.
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary Academy and Shipdham Parish Emergency Council launched the Postcard for a Neighbour campaign.
Thomas Bullock Primary Academy headteacher Shannon O’Sullivan.
- Credit: Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust
Headteacher Shannon O’Sullivan said: “The pupils have very much enjoyed being part of this caring initiative and bringing a smile to people’s faces. Our children are thoroughly enjoying writing them and sharing with their community.”
Newark and Sherwood District Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council donate unused digital equipment to schools to enable homeschooling
| Updated: 10:22, 02 February 2021
Unused digital equipment owned by two councils are to be donated to schools.
Newark and Sherwood District Council is providing the schools with two or three laptops each to enable pupils to continue to learn from home.
Rushcliffe Borough Council has donated 20 devices to schools, including Robert Miles Infantsâ in Bingham, Cotgrave Church of England Primary, Candleby Lane Primary, Cotgrave, and Cropwell Bishop Primary schools.
Members of humanitarian response team at Newark and Sherwood District Council with laptops. Left to right: Sarah Husselbee, Nickie Anthony and Helen Ellison.
William Gladstone Church Of England Academy name change is âattempt to distort historyâ, says Newark MP Robert Jenrick
| Updated: 10:45, 15 January 2021
Newark MP Robert Jenrick has criticised a schoolâs decision to remove William Gladstone from its name, and says it should instead be focused on raising standards.
William Gladstone Church Of England Academy, Newark, is now known as The Kingâs Church of England Primary Academy.
The name change coincided with black lives matters protests. The family of the former Prime Minister, and Newark MP, had links to the slave trade.
The Kings Church of England Academy, Newark, logo. (43933291)
Mr Jenrick said Gladstone was one of the greatest figures of the 19th Century.
William Gladstone Church of England Primary Academy, Newark, officially re-brands itself Published: 06:00, 01 January 2021
A school has officially re-branded itself because of its former namesakeâs links to the slave trade, writes Elliot Ball.
William Gladstone Church of England Primary Academy, Newark, was named after the former Prime Minister and town MP whose family had links to the slave trade.
The school held a celebration day to mark the change of its name to The Kingâs Church of England Primary Academy.
Children hold their mementos and The Kingâs Scroll. Pictured with deputy head David Jane and head Sarah Clarke on the schoolâs re-naming day. Picture: Louise Brimble
Gorleston church puts on Christmas dinner St Mary Magdalene in Gorleston put on a socially-distanced Christmas Day lunch for those who would otherwise have been alone. Around 45 people gathered at Peterhouse Church of England Primary Academy which allowed use of its building to accommodate guests within the Covid-19 regulations. The Rev Matthew Price, vicar at St Mary Magdalene, told the EDP: We felt it was really important to provide a safe place for folk who weren’t able to be in a Christmas bubble. We believe Christmas is about Jesus coming to bring light to a dark world, especially this year, and we hope that we were able to be an expression of that light for the people who came and who otherwise might have had a very dark day.”