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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
High school honoured with award
A high school has been recognised for its students' work within the community. Tottington High School has been honoured with Shaw Education Trust's Community Engagement Award. During the academic year, students have been involved in a range of community projects, including the spreading of festive cheer to staff and patients at Fairfield Hospital through the singing of Christmas carols and the delivery of presents. Students also undertook enrichment activities with residents at Abbeywood Residential Care Home, and donated a range of items to the Porchbox Appeal. The school played an important part in the dual ecological and historical project to redevelop Whitehead Gardens in Tottington. Working in partnership with Tottington Civic Pride, a VE Day celebration party for residents was arranged. Students supported the Tottington Litter Pickers in cleaning up the environment (Image: Supplied) Students helped to maintain the local environment in conjunction with the Tottington Litter Pickers. Fundraising also took place for Liv's Trust, a charity set up in memory of former Tottington High School student Olivia Campbell, 15, who tragically lost her life in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. Chair of trustees for Shaw Education Trust, Andrew Meehan, thanked all members of the trust. At Fairfield General Hospital, students sung Christmas carols, delivered Christmas cards and presents, and fundraised for the hospital (Image: Supplied) Personal development teacher Neil Wilson said: "This award is a testament to the amazing work that our students undertake in the community, and we would like to thank all of our community partners for their continued collaboration and support. "We look forward to establishing further community partnerships and continuing to support our students to become the changemakers of the future." More information about Shaw Education Trust is available at
BBC News
12-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
Train carriage converted to library opened at Derby school
A train carriage has been converted into a library for pupils at a special school in Derby. The 1974 rolling stock, which was built in Derby and used for parcels and passengers, was transported by police escort from Burton-on-Trent to Ivy House School, in Littleover, last year before work began to convert it. The library, which includes the carriage's original chairs and outside is a departures board announcing Derby Railway Station's live train information, was officially opened by Googlebox star Baasit Siddiqu on teacher George Turner said it was now "a pristine and beautiful converted library". Mr Turner added: "It came on a massive HGV. We had to line it up perfectly and it got tilted and slid across onto the tracks. "It was a little bit hairy at times. We were concerned it might not go on the track, but it did. "It started as an old parcel carriage. It use to have seats in one end, and the other side was cages and containers."The departures board on the platform was bought online and can be linked to provide information from any station in the UK. Mr Turner said it had been "a huge community project" and school staff were "blown away" after they were "inundated" with offers of help from people and added volunteers helped to move the train, lay the tracks, convert the inside, paint the exterior, and add vinyl to the Sadiqiqi, who also works in education, said it was "brilliant"."You can tell it is an absolute labour of love," he added. "It is such a lovely, lovely space for them." Ian Armstrong, executive head teacher for Shaw Education Trust, told the BBC students "loved" the new said: "Because of our children's special educational needs and complex health, the vast majority of them struggle to get out in the community and experience some of the normalities that we take for granted. "We know lots of our students have never been up to a train, been on a train, so it was fantastic opportunity to come and learn in one."
