A celebration of over 300 years of service to children in Devon by 12 headteachers has been held by the county’s schools chiefs.
The leader of Devon County Council, John Hart, and the Cabinet Member for Schools, James McInnes, Chief Executive Phil Norrey and Head of Education and Learning, Sue Clarke, hosted the celebration for heads who left their schools during the current academic year after a lifetime of service.
Most were retiring but others were going on to work in other areas.
In all they have spent 324 years educating children across the county.
Musical Programme - The Perks Ensemble (Oscar Perks, Elliott Perks and Reinoud Ford:
Mozart Divertimento for String Trio in E flat major K 563; Francaix String Trio (1933); Beethoven String Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3
Bridport: Francaix and Beethoven
Thursday 3 September 2015 7.30pm, St Stephen's, High Street (opposite Marks & Spencer), Exeter. Box Office: 01392 667080. Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3LS. Tickets: £15. Concessions for students and children. Town car parks - Interval drinks. Disabled access
The recently launched Dartmoor Conservation Garden in Princetown is hosting a free talk and workshop Butterfly Conservation on Dartmoor on Friday 17 July between 12 – 3pm.
Jenny Plackett, from the ‘Two Moors Threatened Butterfly Project’ will talk about the work being done on a landscape scale across Dartmoor (and Exmoor), which aims to reverse the declines in three important UK threatened butterfly species: the Marsh Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary and Heath Fritillary.
Simon Phelps of ‘All the Moor Butterflies’ will then run a practical butterfly identification workshop...
Some 80 members of the South West Group of the National Service (Royal Air Force) Association and their guests gathered for a celebratory buffet at the White Ensign Club in Exeter in early June on the occasion of the Group’s tenth anniversary.
The local Group was established in 2005 with a nucleus of twelve members, while today over one hundred RAF National Service veterans are “on the books”. Nationally the organisation can boast a membership of over 2400.
The Group was recently represented by eleven members at the Armed Forces Day parade in Exeter.
A group of high achieving sixth form students from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, have graduated from a national project which aims to raise aspirations and the confidence of young people to pursue a career in law.
Twenty six students from the region participated in the University of Exeter strand of the Pathways to Law programme. They received a certificate of achievement on Wednesday 1 July at a celebratory event to herald their success in completing the programme. All of these exceptionally bright students are from state schools or colleges and most will be the first generation...
Applications are now open for groups in Devon to apply for grants of up to £3000.
Grassroots Grants up to £500, Connection Grants up to £1000 and Action Grants up to £3000 are available for projects that can prove they will have a positive impact on vulnerable young people and will help cut crime, especially anti social behaviour, substance abuse or school absenteeism.
Funding comes from money recovered from criminals via the Proceeds of Crime Act and seizure of assets. Chief of police for Devon, Chief Superintendent Paul Davies said “I’m delighted to be able to support...
Two of Devon’s most celebrated, artisan food producers have joined forces to create a new range of fiery gourmet pies. Available in the delicious flavours Tikka Tarka and Lady Naga, these novel pies are bursting with carefully blended spices guaranteed to get your taste buds tingling. A contemporary take on two traditional favourites, Okehampton’s Okemoor along with curry specialists, Boom Kitchen have created the perfect marriage between two of the nation’s most popular dishes. Not only are these pies delicious, they have just been awarded the highly commended Taste of the West Gold and Silver awards.
New research from restaurant booking platform, Bookatable.co.uk, reveals that the majority of British parents (78 per cent) believe there are a lack of food options offered to their children at restaurants, with the same unhealthy options like chicken nuggets and pizza continuing to appear on most children’s menus.
According to the findings, 59 per cent of British parents said they thought the food offered to kids in restaurants is unhealthy, dull and needs to be re-imagined.
Instead, 69 per cent felt restaurants put all of their focus into creating enticing adult menus...
The Montgomery Primary Little and Junior Starz* put on a spectacular display of Zumba at the school's annual Summer Fete, which was enjoyed by both children and adults.
JM DanceFit Zumba Kids classes, which allow children to have fun while improving both their confidence and fitness levels, are held in the main school hall at Montgomery Primary.
New children are welcome to join the Tuesday afternoon termly classes which are available to those who attend the school.
For further information and to book your child a place, please contact Johanna on 07739518587 or visit...
More than half (68%) of the people in Devon – an estimated 651,500 people – currently have, or have had, a family member or a close friend with cancer, reveals Macmillan Cancer Support today1. Earlier this year, Macmillan announced that there are currently 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK, which is set to rise to 4 million by 20302.
Overall, most people in Devon (76%) know, or have known, someone with cancer – whether a colleague, acquaintance, family or friend.
And worryingly, the research found that 34% of people – an estimated 247,500 people in Devon do...
