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Parents in Exeter rally against the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Defending alternative education and parental rights

Parents rally against the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Defending alternative education and parental rights #ChildrensWellbeingBill Parents are set to gather on 8th March 2025 in Bedford Street, Exeter (and major cities across England, including London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham). This coordinated rally aims to protest the proposed bill. This deeply concerning piece of legislation threatens educational freedoms and prioritises data collection over children's actual well-being.

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (CWSB) is being presented as a...

Secrets You'll Need to Know to Never be Stressed Again

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Wed, 09/19/2018 - 11:03am

Are you having problems with managing stress in college? For students and professionals, it is quite difficult to stay stress-free since they have a lot of work to do. The world we live in full of challenges, and to survive here, everyone is required to work hard and for long hours. It is possible to manage the day-to-day works without being stressed and tensed. How can I do so? You just have to remember the following things.

Listen to the music

One of the best ways to deal with stress in college is to listen to the music. It is okay if the work burden is too much or you...

How to throw the best garden party for your kids’ graduation

Graduation day is one of the most important events in your kids' lives. To show your kids that you're proud of them and to give them even more confidence for the future challenges in life, you should throw an amazing party. However, to keep within budget, you can choose to use your own garden. By making a few tweaks it'll become a spectacular and magical place for fun and entertainment. Use the School Colors as the Party Theme

The party's theme will be reflected through the entire arrangement of your garden. You can use your kids' school colours and integrate them into the theme....

Prestigious Army Scholarship awarded to Exeter School Sixth Former

A prestigious Army Scholarship has been awarded to an Exeter School Sixth Former.

Upper Sixth Former Hope Evans is the recipient of a Sixth Form scholarship which means she has a guaranteed place at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) following university.

Army Section Senior Cadet Hope plans on studying Medicine at university and said she was delighted at the opportunity.

"I have wanted to be in the Army since a young age and been aiming for this for a long time so I am very glad," she said.

The Army Officer Scholarship Scheme (AOSS) is offered to high...

‘Hee-Hawesome’ education visit to Exeter school

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/19/2018 - 1:17pm

Children at Redhills Primary School in Exeter enjoyed a different kind of learning experience before their summer break with an educational visit from The Donkey Sanctuary. Carl Wholey, national schools education manager at The Donkey Sanctuary and Rachel Page, education officer at the charity began the morning session with an interactive assembly. Carl says: “The children at Redhills Primary School were really enthusiastic and very keen to hear about the work we do at The Donkey Sanctuary.” Carl continued: “We talked about understanding donkeys and their behaviour and spoke about the ways...

Cranbrook gears up for Tour of Britain

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 08/14/2018 - 12:12pm

Young people across Cranbrook have brought new meaning to the term ‘recycling’ by creating an eye-catching and colourful town-wide public art display from old bikes.

In all 14 bikes have been painted, decorated and placed around the town – and now visitors are being challenged to find them all. The bikes have been decorated by members of the Cranbrook Youth Group, Youth Genesis and students from Cranbrook Education Campus and St Martins Primary School, with each bike painted in the colours of one of the competing teams. It’s all part of preparations for when the Tour of Britain...

Cranbrook Education Campus pupils represent East Devon at national STEM event organised by E.ON

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/11/2018 - 6:51pm

Two pupils from Cranbrook Education Campus joined around 60 other Year 7 and 8 students from across the country at a five-day residential course provided by E.ON and designed to inspire tomorrow’s bright sparks to consider a career in a field of STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. All the pupils at the educational event attend schools which have previously taken part in an E.ON Creative Conductors workshop, which is designed to help pupils’ understanding of electricity, conduction and circuits. A group of Year 7 pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus participated in the...

Newton Abbot students get ‘Marine in 15’ in cooking masterclass with the Royal Navy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:14am

Students at Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college were put through their paces when a Royal Marine Chef visited to lead an energetic cooking masterclass.

Year 10 and Year 12 students of South Devon University Technical College (UTC) received a lesson in healthy cooking from Colour Sergeant Mike Beaton. Founder of the popular Marine in 15 videos which have received over 13,000 views on YouTube, Mike put the students through their paces in a blood-pumping cooking masterclass in the college’s Challenge Arena.

Known as the ‘Mary Berry’ of the Royal Marine Commandos, Mike...

University of Exeter University Challenge team speak of their excitement after competing in the iconic TV quiz show

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 07/29/2018 - 11:17pm

The University of Exeter’s University Challenge team faced the “intimidating gaze” of Jeremy Paxman and an intense atmosphere as they competed in the iconic TV quiz show.

The competitors - Jess Brown, Simon Waitland, Danny Lay and Will Klintworth – took on the University of Warwick on the BBC2 show. Despite building an early lead the team were pipped to the post by Warwick by 165 points to 150 but could still have a chance to progress in the play-off round.

Having been selected following a written exam, the team prepared for the competition by watching old episodes,...

Devon school gets full marks for getting more pupils walking, cycling and scooting to school

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/19/2018 - 3:32pm

Pupils, staff and teachers at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Newton Abbot received the Sustrans Bronze School Mark award at a special celebration event last week (Thursday 12 July).

The prestigious award is given to schools that have worked hard to bring about organisational, cultural and behavioural changes which help the school community choose to travel in more active and sustainable ways.

As part of the Devon Active Travel to Schools project which is delivered by Sustrans and funded by Devon County Council through the Access Fund, Sustrans has been working with...

Flybe crew goes back to school

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 07/16/2018 - 7:15am

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, headed to its local school, Cranbrook Education Campus yesterday (11th July 2018) with an enthusiastic team to inspire the next generation of recruits with a talk on aviation-related careers. Some 150 students aged 11 to 14 enjoyed getting up close and personal during an interactive talk with some of Flybe’s pilots, cabin crew and engineers who gave interesting insights into how they qualified for their particular role, the training they received, explained their own individual path to joining the airline – and what their day-to-day jobs involved....

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