Education

Every Key Stage One and Foundation child in Exeter is to receive a free, specially commissioned book about Rugby as a part of Exeter’s Rugby World Cup 2015 Legacy commitment.

Active Devon, Exeter City Council and other partners have been guiding the legacy programme in Exeter and firmly put children and families at the heart of their work.

“As a host city for Rugby World Cup 2015, Exeter has an important obligation to make the rugby world cup experience not only exciting but lasting for local people” said Louise Evans, Exeter’s Development Coordinator from Active Devon....

Schools in the South West are being invited to donate books to schools in rural parts of South Africa, as part of a competition to learn about farming in the country.

The 2015 Help a South African School competition asks children in years one through to 11 to learn about fruit farming and the difference it makes to the lives of families in South Africa, and to produce a collage of their learnings.

There are two top prizes of £1,000 for winning schools in two school year categories to spend on resources; there are also prizes for two second and two third placed schools....

From a video premiere at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) to a social media campaign encouraging members of the public to learn simple phrases in British Sign Language (BSL), Exeter Deaf Academy have been busy celebrating the 12th anniversary of when BSL was recognised as an official British language.

Tuesday saw the students’ first event of BSL Celebration Week (16th-22nd March) as they experienced their very own movie-style premiere at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) Courtyard. Joined by their families, friends, Deaf Academy and RAMM staff, plus...

Children from Princetown Primary School have enjoyed a unique opportunity to work with Dartmoor National Park and Animated Exeter to create a spooky animation based on one of Dartmoor’s legends.

The animation contains everything you need in a good film – a nasty witch, a hero and a spooky location.

The production began with Ashley Thorpe from Animated Exeter running three workshops with the Year 1 and 2 students, and together with their teachers, working through all the different stages of the film, including the storyboard, making the characters, writing the script,...