A Birmingham year 7 has landed a dream family holiday worth £600 after winning a regional literacy skills competition for schools. Kirsty Duggins, age 12, of Smith’s Wood Sports College, Solihull, came out on top in a public vote on the website of competition organisers Everywhere Travel for her dream …
Read More »VEX Robotics UK National Championships 2015
For younger students, there is the VEX IQ Challenge which is specifically for KS2 and KS3. The IQ Challenge is based on its big brother but uses smaller robots made with the tool-less VEX IQ system. Just like in the VEX Robotics Competition, the robots need to be able to …
Read More »West Midlands pupils vie for dream family holiday prize
Eight excited Year 7s from schools across Birmingham and Solihull are vying for a dream family holiday prize worth £600 after winning through to a regional competition final. But they need your help – because a public vote will now decide which pupil will be whisking their loved ones away …
Read More »Sign up now for the National Academic Challenge!
As an online competition that challenges participants to engage in research during a designated time frame, the National Academic Challenge (NAC) is an upcoming 3-phase event designed to help prepare students in Key Stage 3 and above for all the challenges of today’s job market. Some aspects that make …
Read More »China beckons for winners of Chinese Speaking Competition
Ten talented students from four UK schools are preparing for the trip of a lifetime to China after winning the final of the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition – which was held at the British Museum on Monday 9 February. As part of their prize, the winners will walk …
Read More »Celebrate Casio’s five years lamp-free at Bett with 15 projectors to be won!
As Casio Projectors celebrates five years of being lamp-free at Bett 2015, attendees to the exhibition are being given the chance to win five of the revolutionary Laser & LED Hybrid projectors per day from 21st – 23rd January 2015 to enhance their learning environment. To win, all you have …
Read More »Piping Championships are back with a twist
Young musicians are set to put the wind up Scotland’s bagpipe playing heritage. Scotland’s top young pipers and drummers are starting to gear up for the world’s largest schools pipe band competition – which this year comes with a twist. The Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships (SSPBC) features an innovative …
Read More »Announcing the great BETT giveaway from Contact Group
Contact Group, BETT Finalist – ICT Company of the Year (£1m-10m) is celebrating its short listing in style by inviting visitors to its stand A250 to score a hole in one for their chance to win an iPad mini! But the good news doesn’t stop there – for your chance …
Read More »Cambridge University Press and SATIPS join forces to get children writing
As handwriting re-joins the national curriculum this year, Cambridge University Press has teamed up with SATIPS for this year’s National Schools’ Handwriting Competition. From 1 September 2014, school students in the UK from the age of six have been required to learn how to hand-write letters and other documents. From …
Read More »What are the issues pupils care about? Enter the School Stickers’ ‘MY Sticker’ competition!
The School Stickers’ ‘MY Sticker’ competition launched this week giving pupils the opportunity to highlight issues close to their hearts. The competition invites pupils to design a sticker promoting a local cause, campaign or issue they feel passionately about whether it be anti-smoking, drugs, bullying, racism or pro healthy eating or …
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