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Half-Term Family Activities

By The Yarner Trust Charity at 21:43 on 06/02/12

The Yarner Trust - Official Partner of the BBC's Hand On History Project Tuesday Feb 14th - Forest Skills: Woodland Creatures by the Fire Thursday Feb 16th - Tudor Bread Making Friday Feb 17th - Past Rhymes For full information please visit www.yarnertrust.org The Yarner Trust is a charity that has spent the last three decades introducing families to a more sustainable and creative way of living and we aim to give our visitors...
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By Bideford_ppl at 12:46 on 04/02/12

Video Conferencing With The Past This week the History Department have been video conferencing with the National Archives in Kew, London, to bring history to life. Harry Fairhurst, a WW1 soldier from the Barnsley Pals regiment, was beamed over live from Kew and Year 9 students were able to ask him questions about his experiences – of his Christmas spent in hospital recovering from trench foot, of...
Bideford College Reports Best Ever GCSE Results

By Bideford_ppl at 12:56 on 25/08/11

Bideford College (www.bideford.devon.sch.uk) reports its best-ever GCSE results today with the school's Principal, Veronica Matthews, attributing much of the increased success of the school to the superb new school building and facilities which have given local pupils and the teaching staff a school to feel proud to be part of. Ms Matthews reported that 13% more students achieved five A* to C grades (including in Maths and English) and...
Bideford College Students Get Their GCSE Results

By Bideford_ppl at 12:01 on 25/08/11

It was deathly quiet in the car park at Bideford College at 8am this morning - the deadline for the release of the school's all-important GCSE results. But what a difference an hour makes! By 9am the GCSE students (many with anxious parents) were filing in to the newly-built school hall pick up their exam results in person. Top scoring student was Meghan Townshend (pictured) who picked up a staggering 12 A grades; five of which were...
Hartland Primary School Library Opened by Author Nick Arnold

By dawnrw at 07:41 on 09/07/11

Yesterday was a great day for the children of Hartland Primary School. Not only did they enjoy their summer fayre but their new school library, which the children had worked hard to raise funds for, was opened by no less than children's author, Nick Arnold, the writer of Horrible Science books. Nick gave the children a lovely talk on useful things like libraries, teachers and cats - and how one should never confuse a...

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Instow school pot hole

By biddy_blogger

Click on this link http://tinyurl.com/472d82k Marion and...

By mariontuesday at 14:16 on 17/02/11

The Humungous pot hole in Rectory lane leading up to the school has been repaired! Do you think it had anything to do with the fact that the North Devon Journal were covering the story?
Doors Open at Bideford College Innovative New Eco School Building

By garyherring

£54m is a lot of money, but the new Bideford College will last for several decades, during...

By Hyperlocal at 09:38 on 07/09/10

The innovative new £54 million Bideford College eco school building in North Devon will open its doors to students for the first time this week. The new site is capable of accommodating up to 2,036 students and has taken two years to complete coming in on time and within budget. The futuristic and innovative environmentally friendly accommodation – which has already won two national awards for sustainability - has been...
Bideford Pannier Market Officer Ahmet Praised for Petroc Qualifications and Training

By Nunoo15

Ahmet is a credit to the Pannier Market and to Bideford Town. He is full of enthusiasm, and works...

By A_McCormack at 14:49 on 17/09/10

Bideford Pannier Market Officer, Ahmet Gurler, has been recognised for the impressive number of qualifications and training courses he has completed through Petroc. Ahmet completed the following qualifications: City & Guilds National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level 2 in Cleaning & Support Services; CIEH Level 2 in Principles of Manual Handling; Emergency First Aid – Appointed Person; and Ladder...
Free Films for Bideford School Children in National Schools Film Week

By omg_tbh

that's great - i'm glad it's Toy Story 2 they're showing not Toy Story 3 - i can just picture the...

By Hyperlocal at 08:51 on 04/09/10

Scott Cinemas in Barnstaple will be showing free films for Bideford primary and secondary school children during this year's National Schools Film Week. National Schools Film Week (NSFW) provides teachers and their students the opportunity to see a wide range of films at local cinemas entirely free-of-charge. The Festival's goal is to support classroom teaching by providing schools with a powerful experience for their students...
Bideford College Sixth Form Celebrate A Level Results

By biddy_blogger

A Level results not what you expected? Visit UCAS Clearing

By A_McCormack at 11:40 on 19/08/10

There were lots of smiling faces this morning as A & AS Level students ventured into the new Bideford College building for the first time to collect their exam results. 2010 saw another year of 'A' level results which has led to a large number of students going onto Further education and paving the way for their chosen careers. There were plenty of individual successes including three students gaining the new A* grade,...