May 20, 2012

Are you in the Green Lane Club?

Taking care of the vegetables at the Green Club

  What’s the greenest club in the Heatons? The Green Lane Club!  After a visit to the Green Lane allotments, where children and teachers alike got the chance to meet the gardeners, pick the fruit, eat vegetables fresh from the earth and (best of all!) munch on luscious fresh strawberries, the reception class at Norris [...]

St James Independent School – where your child can flourish

2 small children reading with teacher at St James School

It can be difficult sometimes to find the right school for your child.  You want them to do well academically but not at the expense of their emotional development.  You expect them to be cared for as an individual, but you understand their need to feel part of the greater community.  You want them to [...]

Spanish Flavour for local School

Paella 3 small

An amazing Spanish day (un día Español asombroso) was held at Tithe Barn Primary School to celebrate its partnership with the Felix Plaza Ramos School near Malaga in Spain. La Casona Spanish Restaurant on Shaw Road, the official sponsors of the partnership, allowed their chef Jesus Diaz to cook a huge paella for 250 children [...]

Norris Bank Primary School judged ‘outstanding.’

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Another Heatons success story with the news that Ofsted’s recent inspection of Norris Bank Primary School judged the school to be ‘outstanding.’

Paupers Wood

Paupers Wood

Many of us talk a good game about wanting to make a difference. Last month I met Mary MacLachlan, an inspirational mother of two who ditched the talking and took action to make a profound and positive difference to her community. How? By investing time and money in a small hidden area of urban woodland [...]

Recent Arrivals in the Heatons

Lily Mae Bullas

Meet some of our newest Heatonians!