Norse Commercial Services welcomed the new School Food Standards, introduced at the start of the 2015 spring term, and helped facilitate their launch in Norfolk at Costessey Junior School. The new standards give school cooks greater freedom to create their own menus while also ensuring pupils get the energy and …
Read More »Epson demonstrates savings with pedal power printer
Printing for the carbon agenda Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 councils in Scotland. It has a population of almost 150,000 and its Education Services team supports 120 schools. As well as looking after the build, maintenance and running of schools, the team also plays a lead role in …
Read More »School Minibus Leasing UK
At School Minibus Leasing UK we understand the difficulty in making the right decision when it comes to procurement of your a new minibus. As one of the leading suppliers of leasing products to education institutions, community groups and businesses, you can be assured that our comprehensive and pragmatic fleet …
Read More »Jacqueline Wilson asks schools to take a big step towards girls’ education
Best-selling children’s author Jacqueline Wilson has teamed up with Dr Helen Pankhurst, women’s activist and direct descendant of the leaders of the suffragette movement, to encourage UK schools to support girls’ education in developing countries. Wilson and Pankhurst are taking part in Walk In Her Shoes, an initiative to raise …
Read More »St Albans School Cross Country team sets new record in beating the best of the US Schools
The St Albans School Cross Country team recorded its greatest win in the Tri State Championships in Washington DC in October, winning both the Junior and Senior races for the first time. In the USA all high school races are run over 5km irrespective of age and gender; seven runners …
Read More »Sing Your Times Tables with Percy Parker
PC Unlimited User – now half price until the end of term, only £99.50 Also available for the iPad from the AppStore Running a special offer on the best selling CDRom in the run up to Christmas, Sherston Software are discounting “Sing Your Times Tables with Percy Parker”. The software …
Read More »Heathfield School saves money and cuts paper wastage
One of the UK’s leading, all-boarding schools for girls aged 11 to 18 years, Heathfield School is set within 36 acres of grounds in Ascot, Berkshire. Founded in 1899 by its first headmistress, Miss Eleanor Wyatt, Heathfield merged with fellow girls’ school, St Mary’s Wantage in 2006 to create a …
Read More »Take centre stage at BETT 2015!
Get the chance to win a suite of Epson products worth £7,500 for your school by participating in our competition… …and the top 5 entries will also receive £500 in cash Just show us how you’ve “Exceeded Your Vision” this year! At Epson, we never stop listening and working hard …
Read More »Introducing Scratch programming right from… scratch!
Last month Sherston Software announced that they were moving to a freemium business model for their online digital world for primary schools, Planet Sherston. The term “freemium” is a word of two halves – ‘free’ and ‘premium’ and is a business model used by many popular services such as LinkedIn, …
Read More »Move to Improve
Here, Bertrand Quenot, Managing Director at Elliott, looks at the benefits of a rentable classroom solution and why they can be an essential part of minimising disruption during refurbishment work. “The cuts in funding for new build programmes that were announced a few years ago left many schools having the …
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