Graham Parrington, a fitness instructor at the Holme Pierrepont Country Park gym, has been shortlisted at the National Fitness Awards in the Outstanding Achievement category. Graham competes regularly in UK calisthenics competitions, where is always the oldest competitor, vying for medals against … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2024
The Core Centre runners up at local awards ceremony
The Core Centre, based within the Working Men’s Club in Calverton, were recently crowded runners up in the ‘Outstanding Community Project’ Award at the Pride of Gedling Awards. Two of the amazing volunteers (Lisa and Jenny - photographed below) attended on Core’s behalf to collect the fantastic … [Read more...]
French School Teachers Discover Nottingham
A group of 50 teachers from schools across France visited Nottingham recently with a mission to discover what Nottingham has to offer it's school children and they were suitably impressed. Nottingham Host Families and Robin Hood aka Ezekial Bone have been working together to promote Nottingham … [Read more...]
It’s time to apply for your child’s reception or year 3 school place
Applications for September 2025 places are now open for children living in Nottinghamshire. If your child turns 5 between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026 or you have a child in year 2 in an infant school you can apply now. Parents have until Wednesday 15 January 2025, to submit their on-time … [Read more...]
It’s cool to be kind!
Many schools across the country have been marking Anti-Bullying week (11-15 November) but children and staff at Tollerton Primary School decided to look at things through a different lens by focusing on kindness through a whole-school project they called ‘It’s cool to be kind’. The youngest … [Read more...]
West Bridgford Dramatic Society installs solar panels funded by UKSPF
West Bridgford Dramatic Society (WBDS) has installed solar panels funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), enabling the club to reduce electricity costs and save energy. Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) allocated £12,600 of UKSPF to the West Bridgford Dramatic Society, who also provided … [Read more...]
Book donation helps at Edwalton Primary School
Edwalton Primary School has purchased a diverse selection of 80 inspiring new books for pupils to read after receiving £500 from Vistry Group. The donation encouraged the school to hold its first ever Edwalton Book Awards – with part of the money being used to buy all 42 shortlisted books for its … [Read more...]
Hurley’s Grooming Salon | Training Academy win award
At the Pet Industry Federation Awards (PIF) on Thursday 7 November, Hurley's Grooming Salon | Training Academy, who are situated in the heart of Lady Bay were crowned ‘Grooming Business of the Year 2024’. It was the second PIF Awards the business have attended after finishing as a finalist in … [Read more...]
Nottingham Panthers AJ47 jersey retirement
Nottingham Panthers host Fife Flyers on Saturday in the Elite League on what is sure to be a special and emotional occasion at the Motorpoint Arena as we retire the jersey of Adam Johnson. The ceremony gets under way at 6:30pm where we will be honoured to be joined by members of Adam's family, as … [Read more...]
Toot Hill pupils ranked in top 10 per cent of worldwide computational thinking challenge
Students from Toot Hill School in Bingham - which is part of the Nova Education Trust - have been ranked in top 10 per cent of pupils in a national computational thinking challenge. The Bebras Challenge introduces computational thinking to students and takes place in schools all over the world in … [Read more...]