Schools & Colleges

The following schools have been closed due to poor weather conditions:

Pyrcoft Grange Primary School, Chertsey

Salesian School Chertsey

Stepgates Community School, Chertsey

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The girls at a Chertsey school were gasping with delight as they learned they would be getting a music masterclass from star of drum and bass band Pendulum, Rob Swire.

Pupils at Sir William Perkins's School in Guildford Road, were treated to the visit by the producer, writer and musician on Friday October 2.

A Chertsey school has been awarded a cash prize for being a finalist in the 2009 Rolls Royce Science Prize.

Stepgates Community Infant School, in Stepgates, has been given £6,000 by the firm to put a new science teaching project in place, and could win a further £15,000 in this national competition.

The school is spending the money it has already won on developing a science project which teaches pupils about recycling and sustainability, forces and movement and how plants and animals grow, through a variety of indoor and outdoor experiments.

Sarah Chard, special educational needs co-ordinator at the school, said: "We are delighted to have this opportunity to develop a project that will inspire our students to explore the exciting world of science through a multi-sensory approach.

"The project aims to ensure that the areas of study in science are more accessible to all children and enable them to communicate more effectively through a range of cutting edge technologies."

All the finalists' projects will be judged in October next year, and the winner will get £15,000 to spend on Science teaching as well as the chance to spend the day with the Red Arrows air display team.

ST Anne's Primary School has been awarded a £2,500 grant to reduce their carbon footprint.

The school in Free Prae Road in Chertsey was given the cash from BAA Heathrow towards recycling and new taps to prevent water wastage.

The school is already involved in a number of eco-projects including a sustainable garden where the children grow vegetables and paper recycling.

Year 7 at Sir William Perkins's School marked the end of their first summer exams at the Chertsey school by taking part in the annual Pyrcroft Picnic on June 12.

Having joined the school in September, settled in quickly, and now having taken their first school exams, they deserved some fun and relaxation on Friday, and were taken by their teachers to St Anne's Hill.

In a meeting of old memories and young minds, reminiscences and chatting brought 54 people together from different ages for a happy afternoon spent in Runnymede's Floral House Sheltered Housing Scheme.

Floral House manager, Sandra Plowright arranged with Dr Ingrid Harris, who teaches at Sir William Perkins's School, in Chertsey, to bring the two generations together, for the 20 students from the Sixth Form A-level Psychology group to come to the Centre in Fox Lane South, Chertsey.

Wake up shake up was the motto at an Addlestone school last week as the children took part in aerobic workouts before lessons started.

The pupils at St Paul's C of E Primary School, in School Lane, were led by a sports coach in a five minute session first thing in the morning, and each class did it two days a week.

The 'Wake Up Shake Up' campaign is aimed at both getting youngsters fit and healthy and waking their minds and bodies up before their lessons start for the day.

Donations are needed for an auction to raise money for a new swimming pool at Stepgates Community School, Chertsey.

The auction will be held at the school on March 12 2009, which will be conducted by Terry Wright from Wellers Auction House in Guildford Street, Chertsey.

A new breakfast club for school children in Chertsey has been launched this week.

Club 326, who have been running after school clubs for children aged between four and 11 since April 2004, have now extended the club to accept children before school.

Parents can now drop their children off at the club in the grounds of Stepgates School from 8am and then staff will walk the children to school.

Various venues in Chertsey are hosting art exhibitions to display pieces of work from children aged 3 - 18 years.

As part of the Chertsey Partnership of Schools, the exhibitions, with the theme, Links and Connections, are being displayed at Chertsey library from October 7 until Novermber 18, the out patients corridor at St Peter's Hospital between October 6 and October 27 and at St Peter's Church from October 8 to November 12.