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Online learning – any time, anywhere

cesynergy STUDENTS and teachers at Cockermouth School have been given access to an interactive online learning environment that provides anytime, anywhere learning.

Last updated 19 August 2009
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Bright and beautiful

STUDENTS from Workington Sixth Form Centre have produced a mural to be displayed in Workington town centre. The year 12 arts students have designed four colourful boards on the theme of pink, flowers and butterflies.

Last updated 19 August 2009
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Nuclear bursary for Laura

A WORKINGTON Sixth Form Centre student has been awarded a £1,000 bursary towards her studies next year. Laura Atherton was given the Nuclear Institution Bursary after she submitted a written application, attended an interview and gave a presentation on nuclear fusion to 35 people from the nuclear industry.

Last updated 19 August 2009
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Geoff Walker returns to Cumbria as new head of Cockermouth School

cocker head GEOFF Walker has been appointed headteacher of Cockermouth School and will take up his post from January 2010.

Last updated 25 July 2009
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Decommissioning? Leave it to us!

WEST Cumbrian students tackled the subject of decommissioning this month in a week-long seminar as part of the REACT Foundation's Into Engineering scheme.

Last updated 23 July 2009
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Firms join to give an engineering insight

cenelsthom eng STUDENTS from Wigton’s Nelson Thomlinson School were given a professional insight into the world of engineering this month.

Last updated 23 July 2009
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New chief praises that ‘can-do’ spirit

cemarkbowman CONNEXIONS Cumbria’s new chief executive, Mark Bowman, is getting to grips in his new role heading the county’s young people’s information, advice and guidance service.

Last updated 22 July 2009
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Out and about...

SUMMER is well and truly here, and for most young people the six weeks off school will be a chance to let their hair down and have some fun.

Last updated 22 July 2009
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Pupils dip their toes into the world of the media

cemedia02 WEST Cumbrian school students were given an insight into the world of the media when they had to produce their own TV show.

Last updated 22 July 2009
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Cockermouth School forges close links with Ghana

matrichardsss COCKERMOUTH School is to develop links with the Learning Field School in Akosombo in Ghana, West Africa.

Last updated 25 June 2009
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Cumbria maths conference at Cockermouth

CEJUGGLER SIXTH form students from across West Cumbria gathered in the Eco Centre at Cockermouth School this month for the annual West Cumbria Sixth Form Maths Conference.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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West Cumbrian primary pupils become mini-scientists

scient3 PRIMARY school pupils became mini-scientists for the day when they visited the Sellafield Centre to take part in science experiments.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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All change at the top for Connexions Cumbria

CEBOWMAN CONNEXIONS Cumbria chief executive Sian Rees left last month to take up a new post in the United Arab Emirates.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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Giving school students a bit of business know-how

mbcaldwell AN INNOVATIVE scheme run by the Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has given young people a new sense of business know-how.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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A taste of university life for 50 Workington pupils

cecarlystut CHILDREN at a Workington secondary school got their first taste of university life at a series of campus visits to the University of Cumbria in Carlisle this month.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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Outdoor fun on the curriculum

SAILING is very much a way of life at Windermere St Anne’s School. The school not only boasts its own lakeside RYA approved training centre, Hodge Howe, but has now incorporated an entirely unique course focused on the water for its Sixth Form students.

Last updated 24 June 2009
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