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By Schools Correspondent live from the Good News Room at Herons’ Moor Teen reporters from Priory School have been training up the next generation of journalists at Herons’ Moor Primary School in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Poppy and Isabella, both 13, and Rosie, 12, swapped notebooks for mentoring roles as they ran
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By Oliver, 15, Good News Room at WCSA Students from across Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare have joined together in an effort to tackle hate crime. The campaign is led by the school’s student leadership team, who have taken on one of the recently established North Somerset Youth Parliament’
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By pupils age 9 and 10 at Heron's Moor Good News Room Janet Williams visited Herons’ Moor Academy to speak to pupils about her career in journalism and the hobbies she enjoys in her spare time. During her visit, Janet explained that she is a member of the
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By Sophia,10, Amelia, 10 and Zuzanna, 10 Good News Room at Heron's Moor Academy Janet Williams, a journalist, visited Herons’ Moor Academy to speak to Year 5 and Year 6 pupils about journalism and how it has changed over time. During her training, there were very few
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By Poppy, 13, Good News Room at Priory Community School Academy This year’s Children’s Mental Health Week takes place from 9 to 15 February 2026, and in the current climate it is more important than ever. With growing pressures from peers, social media, poverty and education, young people
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By Caleb, Year 9, Good News Room Clevedon Every Tuesday, students at Clevedon School, North Somerset, meet to discuss and plan their eco-projects. At the moment, these projects include planning bike maintenance lessons, improving the school’s use of solar energy, and preparing for the annual Green Shift Festival. Students
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By Isabella, 13, Good News Room at Priory School Academy In Year 10, for GCSE English, students are required to complete a Speaking and Listening exam. Students in the Edvocate Programme are chosen based on their outstanding performance during this exam. They are then given the opportunity to perform their
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By Jill Dando News Ashcombe Primary School has successfully restarted its Good News Room six years after first setting it up, following a special training visit from Nigel Dando as part of The Good News Post’s Jill Dando News Network. The Weston-super-Mare school in Somerset originally launched its Good
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By Schools Correspondent A former Weston Mercury reporter, who once worked alongside Jill Dando, has inspired the next generation of young journalists through a live school Good News Room. Janet Williams, who began her journalism career at the Weston Mercury around the same time as Jill Dando, visited Herons’ Moor
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By Megan H, Year 8, Good News Room at Clevedon School Did you know the reason why some people have red hair? People have red hair because of variations in their MC1R gene, which controls the balance of two types of melanin (pigments) in their hair and skin. Specifically, a
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By Truth, Good News Post Malawi Reporter This week, Truth Gondwe, a trained journalist with the Jill Dando News Centre in Mzimba, Malawi, met three young journalists from Mnjiri Secondary School in Mzimba: Asiyatuh, Prisca and Comfort. The meeting aimed to encourage them in both their education and their journalism
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By Sarah OGorman, Schools Correspondent Truth Gondwe, 28, inspired by Jill Dando and the Good News movement, is now studying Journalism at the Malawi Institute of Journalism in Blantyre, southern Malawi in Africa. Truth said: “As I embark on my degree programme, I’m excited to build on the skills
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By Evie P, Liv M and Juno S, Good News Room at Clevedon School We love turtles, and this year we are championing them because plastic pollution along our beaches can seriously harm turtles and their habitats. The life of a turtle begins when a mother turtle lays her eggs,
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Evie and Juno, Year 8, Good News Room at Clevedon School Last month the atmosphere in the Clevedon School hall was warm and welcoming as people from the local community began to fill the seats. Ria (Year 8) and Caleb (Year 9) introduced themselves and welcomed Mary Colwell to the
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By Niamh, H, Year 12, Good News Room at Clevedon School The Clevedon School Student Academy has been working hard this year to create a better eco‑future for all. Our three main projects have focused on energy conservation, improving the school grounds, and providing more opportunities to recycle waste.
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By Ava A, Year 10, Good News Room at Clevedon School Talent in ballet is unlike any other dance style. Thousands of young girls and boys compete each year for places on vocational schools’ associate programmes, full-time training courses, and holiday intensives. I am an aspiring young ballet dancer who