In this year when nothing has been able to be celebrated as might have been planned, Bromsgrove School had hoped to come together with the town of Llanwrtyd Wells to celebrate their combined history, 80 years on. At the start of the Second World War the Senior School was evacuated to this small welsh town and on September 20th 1940, Bromsgrove Junior School opened its doors with just 16 pupils. From...
Cycling
Staff at Taunton School have undertaken a gruelling non-stop 12 hour cycle ride to raise money for the charity, Save the Children. The “Staff Charity Fitness Challenge”, which involved cycling on a static gym bike in the front of school, commenced as the sun rose on Friday morning, finishing some 392km and 12 hours later. The aim was to cycle to “France” non-stop, with staff members pedalling as...
A group of King’s Ely Junior pupils, including four Ely Cathedral choristers, used their pedal power to raise more than £1,000 for good causes. Four members of Ely Cathedral Boys’ Choir - Thomas Perceval-Maxwell, James Barbrook, Max Black and Theo Almond - who are all pupils at King’s Ely Junior, cycled from King’s Lynn, Norfolk, to Ely, Cambridgeshire, on June 1st. The four were joined by...
A Bedford School student has been selected to represent Wales at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. Ethan Vernon was chosen to join the Welsh cycling track team and will compete in the individual pursuit, team pursuit and 1km races. After his selection was confirmed, Ethan said: “It has still not fully sunk in and won’t until I get there. My main aim this year is to break the world...