Cheshire

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Halloween Fun For All

Trick-or-treating isn’t all there is to Halloween — it’s also a great chance for some familiar family activities, with a few twists. Every child and family are different, but luckily venues around the region have a wide range of different Halloween events on offer. Whether you’re looking for a quieter Halloween for younger children, or some real frights for the older ones, there’s something for everyone.

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New £60-million King’s School Campus is on Schedule

One year on from the ground-breaking of the new £60-million King’s School campus, it is on schedule to be completed by deadline day in May 2020.

The main structure has been finished with the roof already on the main academic building. Ground works on the grass and all-weather sports pitches is well underway and by Christmas work will begin on completing the internal work.

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The Girls of the North

It seems to be very much about STEM this year. The Reality Check team of the BBC News informs that in recent years A-level entries in science, technology, engineering and maths (known as STEM subjects) have increased by 15,500, a rise of 6%. Impressive A-level results in all subjects, achieved by students of Withington Girls’ School and Alderley Edge School for Girls, show that young women of Manchester and Cheshire also follow the trend of increased interest in science and mathematics.

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Get Wild this Summer

You don’t have to venture too far from home to explore the wonderful wildlife that this country has to offer. If you live in Cheshire or Manchester it’s all within an hour drive – parks full of deer, birds and badgers of the wetlands, otters spotted along the bank of the River Gowy, birds of prey and owls of Turbary Woods, and of course, Chester Zoo with 21,000 species of animals and tonnes of activities for the whole family.

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Stockport Grammar Pupils Excel in National Enterprise Challenge

A team of four business savvy Second Years from Stockport Grammar School have been named the fourth best team in the country at the Ryman National Enterprise Challenge. The team travelled to the iconic Wembley Stadium for the National Final. Alice Finnie, Alex Bloor, Brooke Richards and Amaya North had created ‘Skyler and Ranger’, a plastic waste fighting duo, to be the new mascot for Ryman.

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STEM under the Sky

Cheadle Hulme School takes part in Bluedot festival. Bluedot is the annual music, science and culture festival held at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre in Macclesfield. This year three students from the independent Cheadle Hulme School, are tasked with sharing their love of all things science and technology with youngsters attending the festival.

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Stockport Grammar Junior School Head Receives Queen’s Honour for Charity Work

The Headmaster of Stockport Grammar Junior School, Mr Tim Wheeler, has been awarded an MBE for services to charity and to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
In addition to his work at SGJS, Mr Wheeler has been the Chair of the Little Princess Trust, since 2011. The charity provides real hair wigs to children and young people with hair loss, and funds vital research into childhood cancer.

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