Category: schools

Lowdham Pre-School raises funds

FUNDRAISING has been going on apace at Lowdham Pre-School this spring, the organisers report, including the 21st staging of the ever-popular quiz ‘Brains of Lowdham’, to an Easter crafternoon. The money raised from Brains of Lowdham was instrumental in the development of the…

School reports: a mixed bag

LOCAL primary schools have had a mixed report in the latest government league tables, published today. While Woodborough Woods school has among the highest scores in the county, and Lowdham Primary has also achieved some respectable results, Lambley Primary is…

Welly walk raises hundreds

WOODBOROUGH Pre-School would like to congratulate the great effort put into its annual Welly Walk, held this year on 11 October. Luckily the rain stopped just before the start of the walk. A well-earned pit stop was enjoyed at Old…

Play groups are now parent-led

LOWDHAM and Epperstone playgroups have formed a new parent-led organisation, Lowdham and Epperstone Happy Tots, which organises meetings once a week in each village.  Sessions are held during term time every Monday at Epperstone Village Hall, and every Friday at the Women’s Institute…

The low-down on the hoe-down

LAMBLEY’s recent barn dance brought a bucking bronco, ten-gallon hats, and even a stray polar bear to the unlikely venue of Cottage Farm, here in the wilds of southern Nottinghamshire. Held on 2 July 2011 and organised by the Lambley…

Pearson victorious at sports day

LAMBLEY PRIMARY’s annual school sports day resulted in a very close victory for Pearson, one of the school’s four houses. Held on the playing field this afternoon, Wednesday 15 June 2011, the sporting celebration was unaffected by the rain which…

Barn dance to aid PTA funds

HOW MANY barn dances have you been to that are held in an actual barn? Not many, we’ll wager, but this year’s Lambley PTA hoedown provides an opportunity to correct that situation. Located in an working barn at Cottage Farm,…

Woodborough mobilises for village award

HAVING ENJOYED success in last year’s Best Kept Village award, Woodborough has set its sights on even greater glory in 2011. The organising committee has the ambition of winning the ‘Best in Notts’ category in addition to the category award…

Polar bear mystery puzzles Lambley

FOUND: ONE POLAR bear, answers to the name of Steve. Those arriving at Lambley Primary School this morning, Monday 9 May 2011, were surprised to see a large toy polar bear lashed to the school sign. Standing about 1.5m (4ft)…

Korean cultural exchange seeks student rooms

A LOCAL summer camp project which brings children from South Korea to Nottinghamshire for a period of study is looking for accommodation for its students. Isle of English is a three-week English language camp based at Salterford House in Calverton,…