A school teaching assistant is celebrating after winning a top art award.
Trudy Harman, who teaches at Glemsford Primary Academy’s nursery, submitted a pastel drawing of her dog, Fergal, for the national Jackson’s Painting Prize.
She admitted she was shocked to discover she had been named the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Whether you are a student at home or still in a classroom or a staff member teaching remotely or opening a school building on Good Friday, we are working in unprecedented times.
I write this as most students enjoy the final few days of their Easter holidays and staff prepare for a new, but very different, school term.
I write this as we approach an Easter holidays, the like of which we have never experienced.
Some of our schools will remain open to cater for a handful of keyworker children – and I know they all want to do their bit to support others.
This is typical of the ‘above and beyond’ attitude displayed by all our schools during this time of great uncertainty.
Staff at Felixstowe Academy have answered an appeal to donate key medical supplies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The school has donated thousands of clear vinyl powder free gloves and safety goggles to support medical staff during the crisis.
Emma Wilson-Downes, headteacher of Felixstowe Academy, said: “We are delighted to lend our support to our amazing NHS at this time.
A Suffolk teacher has launched his own daily video to get the local community fit and healthy.
Tujan Sari, head of Key Stage 3 PE at Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill, today started his own fitness video on the school’s YouTube channel.
Tujan said: “I wanted to do something to try and keep everyone fit and active, regardless of your age or fitness.