Fish has proved to be a popular choice for students from Christchurch secondary schools who are taking part in this year’s Food Festival cookery challenge, organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust. The cook-offs, run in each of the borough’s secondary schools, produced three finalists who all cooked fish. Sponsored by Christchurch Rotary Club, the…
In partnership with Bournemouth University and the Freshwater Biological Association River Laboratory, Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is holding an event on Wednesday 6 April at East Stoke Fen nature reserve near Wool, to showcase the tiny but vital organisms that live in the wetland.
Witchampton First School held its annual Easter bonnet parade around the village on the last day of term. In Easter bonnets these children were the grandest on parade. For many years Witchampton First School – one of the smallest in East Dorset – has welcomed Easter by parading through the village. It was an ‘eggsellent’…
Primary school pupils across Christchurch have been visited by representatives of Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and have tried their hand at cooking healthy recipes from the countries they’ve been studying. All seven primary schools in the borough were included. Children at St Joseph’s School and Somerford School got a chance to cook some healthy…
The Bournemouth-based HR solutions company, Purple HR, is encouraging sport at Heatherlands Primary School and have sponsored the local school’s football team, providing new kits in the school’s colours. Purple HR has seen significant growth over the past few years and as such, Mandy Fitzmaurice, the managing director of the company will be giving back…
During her teaching career, Shirley Gould has had 104 end of terms. But after 35 years, the West Moors Middles School assistant headteacher is breaking up for the last time.
