A PRIMARY school in Dorchester enjoyed a creative day of interactive and educational activities - finishing the day with an impressive rocket launch. Pupils at the Prince of Wales School were entertained by a day full of creative activities including coding, designing, inventing and making/firing paper rockets using a high pressure launch system. Head teacher of the Prince of Wales School, Gary Spracklen, said the day was a success and hoped that it would inspire children to pursue more creative ambitions. Mr Spracklen said: Everything we do here at the school is about ensuring that our children are inspired to learn, by making learning fun and enjoyable, children achieve so much more. A passion they discover today could become their livelihood tomorrow, if not make them a few friends and the world a better place.
Montgomeryshire Senedd candidate Russell George has said there is a strong case for keeping Churchstoke s school open, and raised concerns over holding a consultation into its closure during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Conservative politician, who holds the Montgomeryshire seat in the Senedd going into next month s election, was speaking while on the campaign trail with former Conservative leader William Hague in Welshpool on Tuesday. Churchstoke is one of a number of rural schools in Powys which are in line for closure. Local parents have launched a petition aimed at saving the school from closure, with more than 1,400 people having signed so far.
A social housing project which is the first of its type in Powys has been completed. Pave Aways Building Contractors has handed over seven energy efficient Passivhaus homes in Sarn to Powys Council after completing the £1.3 million development. The homes – four two-bedroom bungalows, two two-bedroom and one three-bedroom houses – have all been certified to Passivhaus standard, the method of advanced low-energy construction. The properties were built with heat recovery units to use excess heat that is produced to warm the properties, thereby incurring lower heating bills. Each home also has 4.2 KW of solar panels to generate electricity. Pave Aways also built the county’s first ever Passivhaus school for the council – the new Welshpool Church in Wales School that was finished in November last year.
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