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West Mercia Police providing updates to carers to keep kids safe on line
West Mercia Police helping kids stay safe online
8:20am Friday 8th July 2011
WITH the increasing use of the internet by children, criminals are constantly finding new ways to expose them to real danger.
Which is why West Mercia Police has launched a new e-safety bulletin service, providing timely updates to parents and carers in Redditch, Bromsgrove and Droitwich from a trusted source.
Working with the Local Authority, the campaign will be communicated through schools, and parents/carers are being asked to visit westmerciabulletin.org.uk to sign up.
Teddybears’ picnic raises £250 for deaf charity at St Mary’s school in Runcorn
Teddybears’ picnic raises £250 for deaf charity at St Mary’s school in Runcorn
Jul 7 2011 by Oliver Clay, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News
IF RESIDENTS went down to the woods this week they might have found pupils from a Runcorn school having fun for charity.
Saint Mary’s Primary School pupils in Halton Village held a teddy bears’ picnic, raising £250 for the National Deaf Children’s Society.
The Year 1 students chose the cause because one its class members has hearing difficulties.
Holt Hall is saved for children with learning difficulties and disabilities
New lease of life as Norfolk County Council revamps Holt Hall
Steve Downes, Education Correspondent
Friday, July 1, 2011
6:00 PM
Holt Hall Environmental and Outdoor Learning Centre.
A Norfolk field studies centre is enjoying a new lease of life, just over a year after it was threatened with closure.
Holt Hall Environmental and Outdoor Learning Centre escaped the axe last year when Norfolk County Council looked set to remove funding from it and Wells Field Study Centre.
It was reprieved, and now the council has spent £43,000 to upgrade its facilities to make it more accessible and user-friendly for children with learning difficulties and disabilities.
