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BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Improvement works at Guernsey school ahead of merger
Improvement works will be carried out at a Guernsey school campus ahead of a merger in September, Les Varendes High School, in St Peter Port, will be merged with La Mare de Carteret High School, which is currently based in of the merger, building work is taking place to create additional teaching and locker space, and to improve plumbing, electrics and Tomlin, Les Varendes High School principal, said she was "looking forward to welcoming" all the merged schools' pupils in September. "The upcoming programme of works will be better matched to our requirements and increased numbers so we can continue to strive for excellence," she work taking place includes new fencing and capping the school's swimming pool to create a "multi-functional space". What work is taking place? The work includes:New fencingReplacement windows and doorsConverting some existing science classrooms into general classroomsAdditional lockersNew doors to separate the hall and stage, providing additional teaching spacesCapping the swimming pool to create a new multi-functional space for teaching, meetings, dining and a social spaceChanging rooms updatesDevelopment of an Inclusion Space and a base for the Communication, Interaction and Autism Service (CIAS)Moving staff room to accommodate new inclusion and additional needs spacesUpdates to cabling and Wi-Fi infrastructureReplacement of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and heating (MEPH) systemsParts of the old Sixth Form Centre will be used to accommodate the Youth Commission, the Sexual Health and Relationships Education (SHARE) team and the Guernsey Music Service.
BBC News
27-01-2025
- General
- BBC News
Artist plans veterans project ahead of Liberation Day in Guernsey
An art teacher in Guernsey is planning a project to honour veterans ahead of Liberation Bailey, a fine artist and teacher at Les Varendes High School and the Sixth Form Centre, is best known for her memorial has only moved to the bailiwick recently, but has worked with the Royal British Legion in the past, publishing books of her drawings with all the proceeds going to the Bailey said she was hoping to do a similar project in the island honouring local veterans. She went to a veterans' breakfast in Guernsey with the Royal British Legion, getting ideas on how to showcase the former members of the armed Bailey said: "Now I feel it is my chance to highlight our veterans and the amazing job that they do, continue to do, and have done."I get a huge amount of satisfaction from knowing that I bring joy to people that perhaps would have never smiled again."She added: "They gave up their yesterday for us to have a tomorrow. We have to remember that and never forget it."
