What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Baton Rouge Majorettes Troupe are actively fundraising to ensure their members can take part in upcoming competitions. They have been bag packing at B&M in Hunslet and at the beginning of June one of their supporters, Amy Wright, is undertaking a sponsored 15,000 foot skydive. The group reuse old
The Cricket season may not start until April, but it’s a year round sport at Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club. The club play in the Bradford Premier League (Championship A) and the secret of their success lies in their coaching. Working with youngsters from 5 upwards – they run u9, u11,
Many teenagers would rather choose social networking sites, cinema, friends and even exercise above revision. Yet Year 11 students from Cockburn School in Beeston have engaged with a host of innovative approaches to prepare students for their recent GCSE English Literature exams. It all started in the Autumn term with
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week on the Save Our Beeston Facebook group. David Dodson has posted some arial shots of the area taken with his drone, including this shot of Beeston Cemetery
Here’s our video report from Cockburn School‘s sell out Christmas show, Hairspray:
Specialist School in the Performing Arts lets its hair down and dance the night away as Cockburn School presents Hairspray the Musical Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score, Hairspray gets Cockburn School in South Leeds to its feet, aerosol-style. You’ll tap your feet to
What does Cockburn School’s decision to convert to an academy tells us about what’s happening in education? I was one of a select number of people at Cockburn’s public meeting this week when the Headteacher and Governors set out their reasoning for the change. Elsewhere in the country over the
Twenty parents and community members attended a meeting at Cockburn School to discuss the school governors’ intentions to convert the school to Academy status last night (19 October 2015). The meeting heard a presentation from Headteacher David Gurney explaining the school’s reasons for considering conversion. He stressed that the change
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing
More than 20 community heroes who go the extra mile to help others, will receive a very special award at White Rose Shopping Centre on 23 October. For the third consecutive year, the Glassroom at Cockburn School is producing a hand-made glass trophy and, once again, it will have a