Boys at Papplewick School have once again been awarded a coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag with Distinction.
The Eco-Schools Green Flag is an international accreditation that recognises efforts to raise environmental awareness amongst young people, whilst taking action to make the school more sustainable. Papplewick has now retained its status as an accredited Eco-School, following their achievement for the 2023 academic year.
The Eco-Schools programme was established in 1994 and is now delivered in more than 70 countries across the globe. The programme prompts young people to explore a variety of environmental issues, including climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. Pupils are then empowered to plan and deliver environmental actions in their school, local community, and beyond.
Read more: Papplewick Wins International Green Award With Distinction
NEW SEASON, NEW SPONSOR! On September 9th, the new football season starts for this year’s Berks County Junior Teams.
To coincide with this, Berks County FC are extremely proud to announce a brand new sponsor for our Juniors– The Evolving Mind.
Our football Club will field 35 competitive teams in the 2023/24 season spanning all ages from six-year-olds to adults. Our Girls, Women, Boys and Men have all been training hard for the last few weeks preparing for a tremendous season ahead.
The Evolving Mind are proud to sponsor the 30 teams in our growing Junior section.
Co-Founder, Robert Viney, said: “We are excited to be working with Berks County FC and very pleased we’re able to become sponsors of their Junior teams. Being part of the local community is a key focus for us all at The Evolving Mind so working with Berks County FC, themselves a true community club, is a perfect partnership”.
Read more: New Season New Sponsor for Berks County | Autumn 2023See BBC Report - Backlash sparks delay over rail ticket office closure plans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66705508
The Report says that the public consultation (which eneded on September 1st 2023), received a record 680,000 responses - meaning that Transport Focus and Travelwatch have been forced to request an extended deadline for considering the comments, from 6th to 31st October. Watch this space!
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Year 11 pupils at St George’s Ascot are celebrating their best year yet with impressive GCSE grades across the board demonstrating strong ‘value added’ once again.
The girls have outperformed the School’s GCSE results achieved in 2019, the national benchmark for this year’s results with nearly a quarter of all grades at grade 9. 38% of grades were 9-8, 61% of grades were 7 and above, and the top grade 9 has been awarded to St George’s pupils more than any other grade.
Deputy Head Academic, Jeremy Hoar, commented “We are immensely proud of all of our girls who have achieved outstanding grades across every subject which are above and beyond their baseline predictions, something for which St George’s is renowned.”
These headlines are, of course, made up of numerous individual successes. Particular congratulations go to Emily Arbutnott, Rosie Dangerfield, Anya Hagen, Leila Mount, Orla Smith, Amelia Wells, Olivia Wells, who all achieved a clean sweep of the highest grades 9-8 (A*).
Read more: St. George’s Ascot Celebrate Their Best GCSE Results to Date
Papplewick are the very proud recipients of the Alice Rose Award for 'Innovation in Education' together with Saint Ronan's School.
This very special award is extremely poignant in that it was created in memory of TE's co-founder Alice Rose who sadly passed away in May 2022, and it is thanks to her brilliant vision, her positivity and inspiration that Talk Education has grown into the huge success story it is today.
In honour of Alice, the judges selected the two schools that embody the qualities Alice was most passionate about - a school where children are allowed to be children, one that supports growth and learning but allows them to climb trees and get muddy knees, where confident, nurtured, happy children enjoy their childhood. The winner was chosen by the whole TE team, as well as Alice's husband James and their three young boys.
Headmaster Tom Bunbury said " I cannot tell you how honoured we are to receive this Award -Alice was a great visionary in the world of education and I am proud that we shared such similar views about the way forward in educating boys - Talk Education is driven by her beliefs.'
Read more: Papplewick Are Proud Recipients on Alice Rose Award for Education InnovationTravelling around the borough is much easier with the My Journey Bracknell Forest website.
My Journey gives you information on walking, cycling, buses, trains, electric vehicles and community transport across the borough of Bracknell Forest, as well as a helpful journey planner tool
Jatindra Auluck - Garden in Bloom Winner 2023 in the Ascot & Sunninghill Ward
Almost 300 nominations for this year’s Garden in Bloom competition
Prizes have been awarded in this year’s Garden in Bloom competition.
There were almost 300 nominations this year for the contest, which is organised by the Royal Borough.
The winners and runners up in each ward were presented with a rosette and the winners with a £20 Braywick Heath Nursery voucher. All nominees received a certificate.
Any garden visible from a footpath or road was eligible for entry and nominations were made by residents, passers-by and by councillors in their own wards. The competition was judged by councillors on a ward-by-ward basis.
Read more: Ascot & Sunninghill RBWM Garden in Bloom Winner 2023 | 300 Nominations!