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BBC News
17 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Richard Branson praises East Yorkshire school's £5 entrepreneurs
Sir Richard Branson has praised pupils at an East Yorkshire school for their entrepreneurial Primary School, near Brough, has been involved in the "Make £5 Grow" programme since the scheme, pupils come up with a business idea and are loaned £5 to set it up, with the aim of returning a the years, more than 240 pupils from the school have taken part, with ideas including homemade jewellery, artisan soaps, candy floss, ice creams, and breakfast tuck shops. Writing on his blog, Sir Richard, who is one of Britain's best-known entrepreneurs, said it was brilliant to see more than 200,000 students from about 3,000 schools had taken part in the programme since its launch in said he had "loved" reading about the projects at Newport Primary School, which demonstrated why entrepreneurship should be taught in schools. "Their involvement began when a planned school trip to Northumberland was cancelled due to Covid restrictions [and] the school set up a school camp-out, which grew into a larger entrepreneurial project," Sir Richard said."The students have since experimented with various business ideas, including car washing, homemade sweet treats, ice creams, making arts, crafts, and jewellery."Describing the experience of setting up a business, one pupil said: "The best part was seeing people love what we made."The scheme is run by Virgin Money, which Sir Richard founded in O'Connell, the school's head teacher, said the children had been "empowered" by the programme because it had "planted the seeds of confidence, creativity, and community-mindedness that will serve them far beyond their school years". Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Breakfast clubs 'indicative of society', says head
An Essex primary school headteacher said a national free breakfast club scheme for pupils is "indicative of society". The clubs have been launched at 750 schools across England, providing thousands of parents with half an hour of free morning childcare as part of a trial that will run to July, ahead of a national rollout. More than 20 schools in Essex are taking part in the pilot, including Newport Primary School near Saffron Walden. Its headteacher, Amy Wareham, said it was "absolutely vital" for pupils to have a proper breakfast. Newport Primary School already runs its own breakfast club, but the government scheme provides an additional 30 minutes of childcare, enabling the breakfast club to start earlier in the morning. Borbala Anderson, who dropped her daughter Livia off, said the scheme would be "a huge help", especially once she returns to full-time work. "I think it's very crucial for her to have a good breakfast because she's quite a picky eater," Ms Anderson told the BBC. "Making sure she gets the right start for the day - cereal, a nice sandwich, some fruit - it can really kick-start a good day for her as well." Ms Wareham said that of the 160 pupils at Newport Primary School, around 30 had registered to use the new breakfast club, compared to five or six who used the school's own one. "There was a demand for an earlier provision - we have some families that work in London, so they can get on the train and get into town," Ms Wareham said. "Sadly, I think more and more families have two parents that are working, so it's a change and a shift in society and the way the families are set up, and it's come to schools to support families with that." She added: "In the middle of all that is a little boy or a little girl who has to come to school without any breakfast. That's not their fault, they don't do their weekly shop, they don't organise those sorts of things. "How can you concentrate on your timetables, learning your phonics, doing your writing, taking part in a PE lesson if you've got an empty stomach?" Guidance sent to schools taking part in the pilot scheme said they would receive a set-up payment to cover equipment and material, but Ms Wareham told the BBC that her school had not received this. "We need to be able to have that funding because we already have very stretched budgets," she said. Her comments echoed those of Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, who said prior to the rollout that funding for the breakfast club scheme "isn't sufficient". But the government said the clubs had "an important role to play in the government's commitment to remove the stain of child poverty". Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, said: "Free breakfast clubs are at the heart of our Plan for Change, making working parents' lives easier and more affordable, while breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Free breakfast clubs to open at 750 schools Department for Education Newport Primary School
BBC News
23-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Essex school breakfast clubs ‘indicative of society' says head
An Essex primary school headteacher said a national free breakfast club scheme for pupils is "indicative of society".The clubs have been launched at 750 schools across England, providing thousands of parents with half an hour of free morning childcare as part of a trial that will run to July, ahead of a national than 20 schools in Essex are taking part in the pilot, including Newport Primary School near Saffron headteacher, Amy Wareham, said it was "absolutely vital" for pupils to have a proper breakfast. 'Kick-start' Newport Primary School already runs its own breakfast club, but the government scheme provides an additional 30 minutes of childcare, enabling the breakfast club to start earlier in the Anderson, who dropped her daughter Livia off, said the scheme would be "a huge help", especially once she returns to full-time work."I think it's very crucial for her to have a good breakfast because she's quite a picky eater," Ms Anderson told the BBC."Making sure she gets the right start for the day - cereal, a nice sandwich, some fruit - it can really kick-start a good day for her as well." Ms Wareham said that of the 160 pupils at Newport Primary School, around 30 had registered to use the new breakfast club, compared to five or six who used the school's own one."There was a demand for an earlier provision - we have some families that work in London, so they can get on the train and get into town," Ms Wareham said."Sadly, I think more and more families have two parents that are working, so it's a change and a shift in society and the way the families are set up, and it's come to schools to support families with that."She added: "In the middle of all that is a little boy or a little girl who has to come to school without any breakfast. That's not their fault, they don't do their weekly shop, they don't organise those sorts of things."How can you concentrate on your timetables, learning your phonics, doing your writing, taking part in a PE lesson if you've got an empty stomach?" 'Breaking down barriers' Guidance sent to schools taking part in the pilot scheme said they would receive a set-up payment to cover equipment and material, but Ms Wareham told the BBC that her school had not received this."We need to be able to have that funding because we already have very stretched budgets," she said. Her comments echoed those of Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, who said prior to the rollout that funding for the breakfast club scheme "isn't sufficient".But the government said the clubs had "an important role to play in the government's commitment to remove the stain of child poverty".Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, said: "Free breakfast clubs are at the heart of our Plan for Change, making working parents' lives easier and more affordable, while breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
