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Cotswold school appeals to community to help raise £350,000 for essential development work
10/12/2020
Swell C of E Primary School gained headlines across the UK, India, France, Brazil and Portugal after launching its Swell Christmas Raffle in November, but is now appealing to the local community to buy tickets before the draw on 16th December.
The raffle, which offers a signed Fender guitar from Coldplay as its coveted prize, has sold 6,000 tickets to date, but the school is hoping to sell all 20,000 tickets on offer to really kick start its fundraising campaign to raise money to build an extension and replacement toilet block, originally added to the small village school in the 1960s.
The raffle, which offers a signed Fender guitar from Coldplay as its coveted prize, has sold 6,000 tickets to date, but the school is hoping to sell all 20,000 tickets on offer to really kick start its fundraising campaign to raise money to build an extension and replacement toilet block, originally added to the small village school in the 1960s.
Schoolchildren's drawings up in lights at Cheltenham hotel
06/12/2020
At the Queens Hotel in Cheltenham, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The 1st December saw the launch of the Christmas advent projections on the hotel’s Georgian façade, running from 4.30pm to 10.30pm each evening.
In collaboration with local partnership project, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), that helps young people in the area thrive, the Queens Hotel team has partnered with 13 local schools* to create a Kindness at Christmas advent calendar that showcases artwork from 24 primary schoolchildren*.
In collaboration with local partnership project, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), that helps young people in the area thrive, the Queens Hotel team has partnered with 13 local schools* to create a Kindness at Christmas advent calendar that showcases artwork from 24 primary schoolchildren*.
Winning Christmas card designs raise money for local causes
25/11/2020
Four students from Chipping Campden School have helped raise several hundreds of pounds for Campden Home Nursing and the school’s new Performing Arts Campaign by designing Christmas cards which have sold like hotcakes!
Coldplay donates signed Fender guitar to help small Cotswold school
20/11/2020
Coldplay, one of the most famous rock bands in the world, has donated a signed Fender guitar to a small village school in the Cotswolds as a prize in its Christmas raffle.
Swell C of E Primary School, in the north Cotswolds, which has just 29 pupils, has opted to make 2020 a year to remember, not forget, by hosting the huge online raffle to raise vital funds.
Swell C of E Primary School, in the north Cotswolds, which has just 29 pupils, has opted to make 2020 a year to remember, not forget, by hosting the huge online raffle to raise vital funds.
Major improvement programme completes at Bourton Primary
18/11/2020
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary Academy has welcomed pupils into their new classrooms following the completion of a major programme to expand and improve facilities at the school.
The academy, which is situated in the picturesque Cotswold village, has now moved into its new Early Years and Reception classrooms in the final step of the £1.8m, three-phase construction programme, expanding the school so it can admit 45 children per year.
The academy, which is situated in the picturesque Cotswold village, has now moved into its new Early Years and Reception classrooms in the final step of the £1.8m, three-phase construction programme, expanding the school so it can admit 45 children per year.
A framework for the performing arts in the North Cotswolds
20/10/2020
A crucial phase of the development of the Performing Arts Centre in Chipping Campden has been completed this week, with the final section of the steel frame now finished.
Chipping Campden School (CCS) is creating a new performance centre that will transform arts education in the North Cotswolds and be a much-needed community asset. The project is set to be completed in time for the next academic year.
Chipping Campden School (CCS) is creating a new performance centre that will transform arts education in the North Cotswolds and be a much-needed community asset. The project is set to be completed in time for the next academic year.
Cotswold-based charity and school have designs on Christmas!
03/10/2020
Campden Home Nursing and Chipping Campden School are excited to announce a joint fundraising project.
A Christmas Card Competition, sponsored by Cotswolds’ printing group, Vale Press, will be open to all students at the school and will raise funds for the local charity and the school’s new Performing Arts Centre.
A Christmas Card Competition, sponsored by Cotswolds’ printing group, Vale Press, will be open to all students at the school and will raise funds for the local charity and the school’s new Performing Arts Centre.
All-inclusive playground provides valuable space for children with disabilities
24/09/2020
Something truly wonderful happened during lockdown for the pupils at Paternoster School in Cirencester: work on a fantastic new inclusive playground was completed in time for the new school year.
The project was driven by the Friends of Paternoster School, a dynamic group of parents who worked tirelessly to raise the funding from local businesses, Cotswold District Council, and national and local charitable organisations.
The project was driven by the Friends of Paternoster School, a dynamic group of parents who worked tirelessly to raise the funding from local businesses, Cotswold District Council, and national and local charitable organisations.
Performing Arts take centre stage in Chipping Campden
30/06/2020
Delivering a Performing Arts Centre to Chipping Campden takes a step closer this week.
Construction work gets underway at Chipping Campden School to build a high specification centre, to be completed by Autumn 2021, for the benefit of the school and the local community.
Construction work gets underway at Chipping Campden School to build a high specification centre, to be completed by Autumn 2021, for the benefit of the school and the local community.
Westonbirt School to perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
08/08/2019
Westonbirt School will be performing its popular 'Ghostly Tales' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Students at the school near Tetbury have created a thrilling and spine-chilling show consisting of short stories from Victorian tales of the supernatural.
Students at the school near Tetbury have created a thrilling and spine-chilling show consisting of short stories from Victorian tales of the supernatural.
£2.8 million building work at Paternoster School is complete
04/12/2018
Four new classrooms and improved accessibility for pupils is just part of a package of building work that has got the seal of approval at Paternoster School in Cirencester.
Paternoster School provide support for children and young people aged two to 17 years with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
Paternoster School provide support for children and young people aged two to 17 years with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
Bourton primary school cuts the ribbon on improved facilities
27/09/2018
Bourton-on-the-Water Primary Academy has made the most of county council funding for much-needed expansion work at the school in the Cotswolds.
The new school facilities mean more space for learning and modern cooking, serving and dining areas for children. The school can return one of the rooms being used as a dining area back into a classroom thanks to a hall extension with a new kitchen and servery.
The new school facilities mean more space for learning and modern cooking, serving and dining areas for children. The school can return one of the rooms being used as a dining area back into a classroom thanks to a hall extension with a new kitchen and servery.
International Women’s Day – Westonbirt inspires women in leadership
08/03/2017
To mark International Women’s Day today (Wednesday), Westonbirt School's headmistress Natasha Dangerfield reflects on the two days she recently spent teaching at the Kate McGrath Secondary School for Girls in the beautiful but challenged Sierra Leone.
Revised designs for Chalford Hill Primary School
15/11/2016
Gloucestershire County Council is working with Chalford Hill Primary School to replace temporary classrooms and needs your feedback on revised designs.
The two temporary classrooms have been used for 28 years and are no longer suitable. The project also includes a new kitchen and playground.
The two temporary classrooms have been used for 28 years and are no longer suitable. The project also includes a new kitchen and playground.
World champion welcomed back to former school
13/05/2016
Students at Chipping Campden School warmly welcomed back former pupil and world champion rower Matt Gotrel on Wednesday (May 11) when he came to speak about life as a professional athlete.
The former international sailor is already a double world champion, having won back-to-back gold medals in the men’s eight in 2014 and 2015.
The former international sailor is already a double world champion, having won back-to-back gold medals in the men’s eight in 2014 and 2015.
Students learn the value of tourism
16/03/2016
Tourism officers from Cotswold District Council joined forces with the Cirencester Visitor Information Centre during English Tourism Week to brief students from Westonbirt School on the importance of tourism to the local economy and how marketing and promotion has evolved over the years.
New science laboratories for Chipping Campden School
13/03/2016
Work has recently started on a £900,000 new science building at Chipping Campden School.
A two-storey extension will provide two high quality laboratory spaces and a teaching training room to complement that of the existing science department. In addition, refurbishment of existing internal space will provide an additional demonstration laboratory.
A two-storey extension will provide two high quality laboratory spaces and a teaching training room to complement that of the existing science department. In addition, refurbishment of existing internal space will provide an additional demonstration laboratory.
Cirencester youth market for student entrepreneurs
03/03/2016
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is working with Cirencester College, Kingshill School, and Cirencester Town Council to organise a youth market on Wednesday, March 9.
The market will take place from 10am-3pm in the centre of Cirencester at West Market Place, behind the church.
The market will take place from 10am-3pm in the centre of Cirencester at West Market Place, behind the church.
'Slam' poetry day at Chipping Campden School
02/03/2016
Over 80 Year 8 students at Chipping Campden School enjoyed the novel experience of participating in a ‘slam’ poetry day as part of its enrichment programme for the academic year.
The event was hosted and led by professional poet and writer Giovanni Esposito, otherwise known as ‘Spoz’, a former Birmingham Poet Laureate who runs an interactive programme of poetry workshops throughout schools in the region.
The event was hosted and led by professional poet and writer Giovanni Esposito, otherwise known as ‘Spoz’, a former Birmingham Poet Laureate who runs an interactive programme of poetry workshops throughout schools in the region.
Gloucestershire young musicians hitting the right note at festival
01/03/2016
Gloucestershire Music has teamed up with the world’s largest youth music festival, Music for Youth.
This coming weekend (March 5th and 6th), youth music groups of all types, sizes and genres will have the opportunity to perform on the impressive stage at Cheltenham Town Hall.
This coming weekend (March 5th and 6th), youth music groups of all types, sizes and genres will have the opportunity to perform on the impressive stage at Cheltenham Town Hall.
