Browsing all posts in August, 2009.
Community Force
Dozens of community conscious residents have attended a special meeting to recruit members for a new volunteer group.
Many of the people who went along to the meeting, at Wythenshawe Forum are already community champions in the area and they wanted to find out more, and sign up.
They met Manchester City Council Deputy Leader Councillor Jim [...]
Shellies Study Success
A record-breaking Wythenshawe student has been personally congratulated by Education Minister Ed Balls.
Fifteen-year old Shellie Shaw, from Newall Green High School in Wythenshawe, successfully achieved an NVQ Level 1 in Business Administration in record time and was presented with her certificate during a visit by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
Last [...]
Nuts and Bolts of the Academy
Pupils from Wythenshawe primary schools took centre stage at the new Manchester Health Academy for a bolt tightening ceremony.
Work started on the site of the new £19m Academy several months ago, and this week a significant construction milestone was marked when pupils join Academy sponsors (Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester City Council [...]
Friends of Parkwood
Local residents are invited to help Groundwork clean up Parkwood, Crossacres on Thursday 13th August 10.30am-3.30pm. Meet at the Longwood Road entrance. All equipment and light refreshments will be provided, but volunteers should take a packed lunch.
Groundwork will have chainsaw artist Andy Barton at Parkwood on Thursday 20th August 12 noon and members of the [...]
Science is Fun
A group of Year 10 pupils from the Aim Higher group at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Newall Green took part in the Evolution and Natural Selection event organised by Manchester Museum which is part of Manchester University. The event was to focus on revision but in the form of a game.
Staff from Manchester [...]
Creative Course Collection
The unique creations of the first jewellery and applied arts graduates from The Manchester College are now on display at Manchester’s Urbis Exhibition Centre.
The display features an amazing array of hand made, one off pieces, each with its own style and inspiration. Students were given an open brief to design and create jewellery pieces that [...]
Big Sing Raises The Roof
More than 2000 pupils from Manchester’s primary, secondary and special schools exercised their vocal chords at Manchester Music Service’s annual Big Sing event in the Bridgewater Hall.
Music and singing is high on the agenda in all Manchester schools and the event, which featured Brookway High School, brings pupils from over fifty schools across the city [...]
Pupils Notes Well Recorded
More than 1400 Manchester pupils from schools across the city had the chance to blow their own trumpet..and trombone..and clarinet..and tenor horn..and –play the violin…and ukelele - in fact a whole orchestra full of different instruments - at the Bridgewater Hall with the city’s famous Halle orchestra.
The pupils from 24 of the city’s primary schools, [...]
Gladiators Ready
Students from Baguley Hall Primary School performed excellently to win the Year 6 Gladiators Tournament between local primary schools at Newall Green High School.
Lydia Owen is pictured during the eliminator round, which Baguley Hall completed in the fastest time since the start of the completion.
Year 5 pupils from Baguley Hall also won the transition quiz. [...]
Parks Fly The Flags
It’s official; Manchester has more parks to be proud of than anywhere else in the country.
30 of Manchester’s parks and green spaces including five in our area have been named among the best in England and Wales, picking up coveted green flag awards, the national standard and highest accolade to be granted in this area.
Northenden,Riverside, [...]