Tag: South Leeds Academy

Hannah won!

It was Thursday 12 November 2015 on a winters evening. Twelve children and their families gathered together at the Civic Hall in the centre of Leeds to find out who was going to be the new Children’s Lord Mayor of Leeds. Hannah Begum from Hunslet Moor Primary school south Leeds

South Leeds Roundup: Planting, parents and player escorts

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. 3,000 bulbs were planted today (18 March) thanks to Friends of New Forest Village with support from the Council, Asda and Barratts. Sc4L, the consortium that is building and refurbishing council

South Leeds Roundup: Engines; exhibitions and environment

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 with a question. Did you or a member of your family work at Hunslet Engines? If so Middleton Railway want to hear from you as they prepare

South Leeds Roundup: Mars, mums and mental health

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 with Beeston blogger Mike Wallis who has done a lovely ‘daft little watercolour’. Mars is so bracing is in the style of the famous Skegness poster. You’ll

Ofsted: South Leeds Academy is improving

Academy described as failing 18 months ago is removed from Ofsted’s serious weaknesses category. The South Leeds Academy, once described by the government as failing to provide an adequate education for its students, is celebrating after being removed from the serious weaknesses category following a visit by Ofsted inspectors in

South Leeds Roundup: Water, Witness and wasps’ nests

  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 with intriguing photos of Slung Low preparing for their water-borne version of Moby Dick to be performed at (on? in?) Leeds Dock next month. Tickets for

South Leeds Roundup: Sunsets, schools and supporters (but not supermarkets)

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Stephan Rushworth, a keen photographer, took this stunning shot of the the H2010 development on the river in Hunslet at sunset last Saturday . Speaking of photographs, Phil Kirby took a walk