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By Archie, Esmai, Lillie, and Enid, Jill Dando News Correspondents @ Worle School. The next generation of Jill Dando New journalists are being trained at her former school Worle School in Weston-super-Mare Somerset. The new, ambitious Year 7s aged 11 were inspired to join the Jill Dando News Centre after an
Charity
By Oliver Masley, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent As the co-founding partner of Koolskools, the UK’s only fairtrade school uniform company, which obtained its fair trade licence in 2010, he achieved his ambition: to build a successful fair trade clothing brand designed to support vulnerable cotton farmers and clothing
Music
By Oliver, 13, Oscar, 13, and Rupert, 12, Jill Dando News Correspondents A top UK conductor and composer has inspired further the students of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Creative Conductor and top UK Composer David Ogden encourages students to go for their dreams and ‘get on and
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By Jill Dando News A massive fundraiser will take place this Friday 2nd Feb, as family and friends of Evie Ruck seek to raise £20,000 to help set up a cafe in her memory A whopping £12,780 has already been raised towards the plan by Evie’s family
News
By Jill Dando News The Year 11 team at Worle Community School Academy, Weston Super-Mare, Somerset beat off the challenge of top local team Bristol Brunel Academy with a four goal avalanche. Captain Logan Harvey will now lead the team out against Devenport High School for Boys (Plymouth) in the
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By Jill Dando News Friends and family of an “outstanding, kind, happy, polite and perfect” student who died have launched a project to set up a subsidised café and restaurant opposite the Bristol Royal infirmary in her memory The brilliant Evie, 16, passed her GCSEs at Worle Community School Academy
Education
By Oliver, 13, Jill Dando News Correspondent Emma Britton, a former BBC Radio Bristol presenter and Jill Dando News Centre patron, is training up students to be brilliant public speakers. Emma visited Worle Community School Academy in Somerset to introduce a Public Speaking Training Scheme. WCSA is the former school
Climate
By Zoe, Year 9, Jill Dando News Inspirational student Jack Clark of The King Alfred School Academy 6th form, in Highbridge, Somerset got a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party to celebrate King Charles III Coronation. He was previously of Worle Community School Academy,
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By Jill Dando News Oliver, 12, of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset carried off the Jill Dando News Journalist of the Year award at a glitzy ceremony. Earlier in the year, he and other reporters made headlines by securing an interview with MP John Penrose. He helped discover
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By Jill Dando News Hundreds of children aged 8 to 18 have been writing real-life positive good news stories since the start of Jill Dando News in 2017. Uniquely, they write real-life news from Jill’s home town and county of Weston super Mare and Somerset, but also across the
Climate
A UK eco campaigner backed by Alan Titchmarsh has been appointed in a unique three person Head Boy and Head Girl team. By Jill Dando News Archie Matthews, Lily Hulbert and Ginny Rulli-Gibbs are the new Head Boy and Head Girl team at of Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare,
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By Jill Dando News Dozens of student helpers from Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare showed off their excellent facilities and outstanding campus at their annual open evening. Visitors were able to enjoy a range of fun activities across the academy, listen to excellent musical performances by students and enjoy
Sport
By Jill Dando News Year 11 student Jack Reynolds at Worle Community School in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset is fishing for the England team. He was competing against Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the Sea Angling Liaison Committee (SALC) Home Nations Championships 2022 which were held in Weymouth. Jack was selected to
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By Jill Dando News Students Olivia Finch and Jack Clark of WCSA interviewed Somerset’s Weston super Mare MP John Penrose. They covered issues on climate change and associated problems accelerated by COVID-19. Both the students have years of experience of interviewing, despite their age of 15. Olivia was one