What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
What an amazing day Tuesday 18 June 2019 proved to be – all thanks to the children, staff and families at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School. Following weeks of rain, a break in the weather paved the way for children, staff and family to remember our treasured Mrs Cook (‘Cookie’), who
DePuy Synthes has an active CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programs which continually seeks ways to engage with the local community in which we are privileged to exist alongside. The allotment project came about after the company acquired a plot at Old Lane Allotments at the beginning of 2018. Initially just
DePuy Synthes acted as Father Christmas on Thursday (13 December 2018) bringing the generations together for Christmas dinner and carol singing. One hundred members and volunteers from the South Leeds Live At Home scheme in Beeston visited the DePuy Synthes factory on St Anthony’s Road and were greeted by pupils
Staff from Leeds-based airline Jet2 flew into Beeston’s Hugh Gaitskell Primary School to help Year 2 pupils with their current topic ‘Come Fly With Me.’ The children have been learning about the history of flight and how aeroplanes have developed over the decades. Two pilots: Captain Stephen Wakeham and Senior
Children in Key Stage Two at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School are taking part in the Google led ‘Be Internet Legends’ programme. Through the programme, children will be helped to be safe and confident explorers of the online world. The launch took the form of an interactive assembly promoting the values
Just before the Easter holiday, teams from four South Leeds schools came together to compete in a Poetry Slam. The event was held in the theatre at Cockburn School and gave children from three primary schools an insight into life in ‘big school’. Middleton Primary School were back to defend
Young engineers at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School showed off their inventions in the school hall this morning (16 March 2018). On Monday Year 5 had been set a challenge by new graduates from DePuy Synthes next door, to make device help doctors mend broken bones. They worked all week (British
As part of British Science Week, Year 5 of Hugh Gaitskell Primary School have been set an engineering challenge by staff from the neighbouring DePuy Synthes factory. Four graduates from DePuy, assisted by a skeleton called Boris, gave the pupils a full briefing this morning (Monday 12 March 2018). They
On Thursday 18 January I was lucky enough to be able to take a group of Year Six pupils from Hugh Gaitskell Primary School on a horse riding experience to Back Lane Stables in Farnley. First of all, the children had a tour of the stables and met some of
On Thursday 4 January 2018, children, parents, carers and teachers at Hugh Gaitskell Primary School in Beeston took part in an exciting end of Autumn term showcase, where children’s work was highly celebrated and praised. We all stepped back in time to World War II Britain, dressing up as characters