On Saturday 15th October, Longcroft School and East Riding Youth Dance joined forces to pilot a Day of Dance. As an increasingly popular option for students at both GCSE and A-level, the day was aimed at students who want improve their dance skills and techniques in preparation for their examinations later in the school year. Jonathan Chapman, Assistant Headteacher and Director of the Performing Arts, explained: “There’s a lot of…
Children at Swinemoor Primary School had an afternoon of cooking as they held a Masterchef competition. Some of the classes were making healthy sandwiches using fruit and vegetables the older children were making puddings to tie in with their current theme of World War II. [nggallery id=1791]
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has taken a stance against teachers being threatened with legal action – simply for driving minibuses with a standard driver’s license. Graham said: “This is health and safety legislation gone mad. Hard-working teachers should not be afraid of being fined or receiving points on their driver’s license for taking children to geography field-trips or sports-matches.” Around half of all local authorities nationwide currently…
Action pictures from the yesterdays football featuring local schools Longcroft School and Performing Arts College and Beverley Grammar School. In total four games were played as local lads went head to head with plenty of pride at stake. [nggallery id=1778]
Longcroft School and Performing Arts College held their second Longcroft’s Got Talent evening. Contestants had taken part in previous rounds with the 18 acts being selected to perform on the finals night. The evening consisted of singers, dancers and musicians with the eventual winners being Connor & Fraser and Jess Lowery. [nggallery id=1777]
Students from Beverley Grammar School today held a coffee morning in aid of Cancer Research. The year 10 students arranged the Macmillan ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ event, with the help of their teacher Rebecca Coe. The coffee morning proved to be a success with staff and pupils queuing to buy the wide variety of cakes, biscuits, hot and cold drinks which students and teachers donated and baked themselves. All the…
Tickton Pre-School, based in the Village Hall at Tickton, opened its doors to all parents/carers for a coffee morning today to celebrate its recent successes. Not only was the Pre-School awarded “Outstanding” in ALL areas by Ofsted earlier in the year, it recently won 1st prize in a local competition by having a week of activities to celebrate communication. These activities have also helped the Pre-School reach the final stages…
Over the year the past school year at Longcroft School and Performing Arts College, Form 9.T (now 10.T) have been collecting money for their chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. They were initially given a target of £50, but this was soon exceeded. During Easter, Annabel Carrick and Kyrie Hobson held a ‘bake sale’. They saved up the money to pay for the ingredients and baked various cakes on 27th April…
90 year 11 pupils completed their Sports Leaders level 1 qualifications in the sunshine at Longcroft School this morning. They had opted to take the award in year 10 and this was their final assessment. About 300 year 2 3 and 4 pupils from St Mary’s Primary School and Molescroft Primary School came along to help. The primary pupils took part in Multi-Skills activities working their way round 10 stations…
Toll Gavel United Church preschool visited “Fresh n Fruity” on Dyer Lane as part of their preparation for harvest. 4 of the older children who attend the preschool along with some of the staff spent time learning about different fruit and vegetables and sampling kiwi. The shop manager Tracey Hartley also very generously donated to the preschool and the Church two large boxes of locally grown produce which will eventually…
The Inspire Hair and Beauty salons at East Riding College have been recognised as a Wella Professionals Centre of Excellence by industry leader Wella Professionals. The accolade makes the salons at the College’s Bridlington and Beverley campuses part of an elite group of educational establishments and has only been awarded to a select band of 30 colleges nationally that are achieving the high standards worthy of the award. Paul Oscroft,…
Pupils of St Nicholas Primary School in Beverley received a visit from Andy Ablett. Mr Ablett who is the Worshipful Master at Wilberfoce Masonic Lodge was at the school to present the friends of St Nicholas School with £1,700. The money was used by the school to help fund the installation of interactive whiteboards in all the classrooms. Sharrin Powers of from the Freinds of St Nicholas School said; “We…
New national funding rules aimed at getting people into work mean those on benefits can take courses for as little as £20 at East Riding College from this September. Late changes announced last week mean people aged 19 and over who are on a range of benefits get free tuition and will only pay a small administration fee and, in some cases, exam and awarding body fees. It means people…
East Riding College is celebrating its strongest set of GCSE results, with 76.3 per cent of entries passing at A* to C grade and an overall pass result of 98.5 per cent. The result is above the national average of 69.8 per cent and that for Yorkshire and the Humber, which is 65.4 per cent. The majority of people taking GCSEs at the College do so as an addition to…
The hard work of pupils and schools across the East Riding has been rewarded by record breaking GSCE results. With a few results still to be processed, schools within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council have seen the number of learners achieving five passes at A* to C grade rise significantly to 81 per cent, more than 10 per cent above the national average of 69.9 percent. The GCSE average…
Higher education students have given their East Riding College course a big thumbs up as part of a national survey. The National Student Survey, carried out by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, drew responses from about 265,000 final year students at 154 higher education institutions and 99 further education colleges. East Riding College students were full of praise for their course, with 87 per cent saying they were…
A-level students at East Riding College are celebrating after they all found out they passed their course today, with many achieving the highest grades possible. Those taking courses at AS and A2-level included some doing so as a standalone part-time course but most did so in addition to their full-time vocational course, such as a BTEC national diploma. Success stories included students who got A grade A-levels alongside a triple…
East Riding College students have secured an invitation to perform at the prestigious WorldSkills 2011 showcase event in London in October. The group of fashion, media and hair and beauty students – attending both the Beverley and Bridlington campuses – are joining together to put on a mixed media show in front of thousands of spectators at the ExCeL exhibition and conference centre in London. Their performance is a catwalk…