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Whites boss gives team talk to exam youngsters

11:31am Tuesday 14th May 2013

NERVOUS teenagers were given a pep talk by Bolton Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman as they prepare to enter the exam hall.

All the world’s a stage for Bard-loving pupils

10:06am Tuesday 30th April 2013

THE Department for Education need look no further than SS Osmund and Andrew’s RC Primary, in Breightmet, to find out the best way to teach Shakespeare.

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Head calls for radical reform of exam system

8:58am Tuesday 19th March 2013

THE headteacher of one of Bolton’s top schools has called for the exams watchdog Ofqual to be scrapped and replaced with an independent body following last year’s GCSE debacle.

Pupils join mini-march for fairer global trade

9:00am Tuesday 12th March 2013

THEY may only be primary schoolchildren — but they know they can make the world a fairer place.

School shares success with Danish visitors

8:56am Tuesday 5th March 2013

A PRIMARY school which has established a reputation for raising standards across the North West is now helping to do the same in Europe.

Young bookworms need reading help

9:00am Tuesday 26th February 2013

YOUNG bookworms are appealing for community volunteers to help them make their way through the many books in their new school library.

School’s careers advice reaches gold standard

8:57am Tuesday 19th February 2013

A HIGH school in Bolton has been recognised for providing first-class careers advice to its pupils — at a time when concerns have been raised nationally about the standard of careers education being offered to young people.

Young chefs mixing it in the kitchen

9:12am Tuesday 5th February 2013

CHEFS as young as five are creating quite a stir.

Children at schools catch the writing bug

8:56am Tuesday 29th January 2013

CHILDREN at St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School cannot wait to put pen to paper to write — be it filing a newspaper report, penning a film script or writing a review.

Primary sets stage for Baccalaureate

8:57am Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A PRIMARY school in Breightmet has attracted international attention for the way its children are taught.

Sporting chance for all . . .

9:22am Tuesday 15th January 2013

THE London 2012 Paralympic Games were the most successful ever.

Pupils are stepping into world of Shakespeare

8:51am Tuesday 8th January 2013

THE wheel has come full circle — and it is time for the masses to reclaim Shakespeare as their own.

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