Tinies set own rules
IMAGINE a school where the pupils make the rules. Well look no further than Walney Central Nursery.
Learning archive
Learning September 2008
Colleges lead the way with new Diploma
THE new Diploma qualifications finally got under way in September, giving students in Furness the chance to be among the first young people in the country to work towards the GCSE and A-Level alternatives.
Urban den has green heart
A WILDLIFE haven which was once a piece of derelict land is proving to be a fantastic outdoor classroom for young nature lovers.
Meet the chosen six
THIS year 180 people applied for just six advanced apprenticeship places at a Barrow paper mill.
Furness school at centre of curriculum improvement work
PUPILS and teachers at a forward-thinking Furness junior school are at the centre of important curriculum improvements for children across England.
Academy - the debate continues
A PROPOSED academy for Barrow has been the most hotly debated issue in the town over the last 12 months.
School receives gold teaching standard
A SOUTH Cumbria school has become the first independent residential special school in the country to receive a specialist excellence award.
Springer style makes a planet-saving show
A WITTY Jerry Springer-style sketch had their classmates in stitches – and it also got the message across about helping to protect the planet.
- Keswick to Barrow entrants take on the challenge (8 comments)
- Raiders triumph over Workington: with video and pictures (2 comments)
- Walney baby shaker jailed for lying at a trial
- Shock as girl, five, finds drug pipe in Dalton playground (13 comments)
- Going the distance in the Keswick to Barrow to raise cash for good causes (1 comment)
- Barrow allotments price hike row may go to court (14 comments)
- Keswick to Barrow entrants take on the challenge (8 comments)
- Raiders triumph over Workington: with video and pictures (2 comments)
- Walney baby shaker jailed for lying at a trial
- Shock as girl, five, finds drug pipe in Dalton playground (13 comments)
- Going the distance in the Keswick to Barrow to raise cash for good causes (1 comment)
- Illegal off-road bikers pose threat to nature reserves (34 comments)
- Barrow MP steps aside on biomass meeting (28 comments)
- Taxi drivers ask Barrow Borough for fares to be increased (20 comments)
- Political wrangle over Barrow biomass public talks (18 comments)
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