Schools

A SQUATTER has taken up residence at a Chertsey school - much to the delight of the children.

A blue tit has made its nest in a high-tech bird box in the grounds of Pyrcroft Grange Primary School in Pyrcroft Road.

INSPIRED by the impending visit of the world's greatest athletes, children in Chertsey enjoyed a day of mini-Olympics last week.

Dozens of youngsters crammed in for a Fun Zone event at St Ann's Primary School in Free Prae Road where they did their best to emulate basketball hero LeBron James and tennis champ Roger Federer as they were given lessons in basketball and tennis, as well as other sports.

AN outreach programme of religious education drew to a close last week as primary school pupils visited their mentors at St George's College.

Children from St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School in Weybridge, St Anne's Catholic Primary in Chertsey, Holy Family Catholic Primary in Addlestone and St George's Junior School in Weybridge attended a mass at the college in Weybridge Road, Addlestone, last Thursday.

BEAUTIFUL gospel music filled The Barbican in London when the St George's College chamber choir gave an electrifying performance to claim a national title.

Singers from the Weybridge Road school in Addlestone won the senior section in Barnardo's Choir of the Year competition.

TWINS from Virginia Water have been offered the opportunity to attend the prestigious Yale University in America.

The private university, which is an Ivy League school based in New Haven, Connecticut, north-east of New York, is widely regarded as one of the best college's in the world.

AN OTTERSHAW nursery school has been recognised as one of the finest in the country as a result of its latest Ofsted report.

AN OTTERSHAW school has lent its support to a national campaign which aims to improve the communication skills of young children.

THE inspirational fundraising efforts of a schoolgirl have been rewarded after she was named an Olympic Torchbearer.

PUPILS from St George's College Junior School won the Heathside School Technology Challenge Cup on Thursday night (November 10).

Four students travelled to the secondary school in Brooklands Lane, Weybridge for the annual problem solving event, which pitched them against 25 other teams from across Surrey.

AN ADDLESTONE school was draped in darkness last week as students entered the murky world of shadow puppets.

Pupils at St Paul's Primary School in School Lane took part in an entertaining day of workshops and performances, learning the art of storytelling on Tuesday November 8.