Last week, at the end of UK Parliament week, I was honoured to present a bust of Leicester suffragette, Alice Hawkins, to students at New College Leicester after they won an essay writing competition. I did this alongside Alice’s great grandson, Peter Barratt, and you can read coverage of the […]
On Friday I had a brilliant morning at Queensmead Primary Academy where I met students, was shown their amazing Edible Playground & answered questions from school council. I especially loved helping to plant some new honeysuckle, which is one of my mum’s favorites, as part of a new sensory garden.
Last week I really enjoyed the opportunity to get a tour of Castle Mead Academy‘s new building, and to talk to the Principal, Tom Hague, about the challenges of building a new school and its city wide catchment area.
I recently visited West Gate School, a school that supports 4 – 19-year-olds with a range of learning needs including moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism spectrum conditions. It was fantastic to catch up with Rhian Richardson, Head Teacher, and Brian Jones, Chair of Governors, about the challenges and brilliant work […]
It was fantastic to see democracy in action on Election Day for school council at Heatherbrook Primary last week. There were some fantastic manifestos and candidates …. good luck all!
On Friday I visited the fantastic Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy in Leicester. I met with the wonderful school council, and especially enjoyed hearing about their “every second counts” approach in learning and achievement. Without doubt, the best part of any week is visiting our schools in Leicester West. […]
It was lovely meeting with Yvie Woods, Paige Snow & Luc Honey who are doing Level 3 BTEC in Health & Social Care at New College Leicester. They are so passionate about their work and raised concerns about the lack of provision of proper infant CPR training to new parents […]
Last week I attended the opening of the amazing Walkers Re-play football pitch at the New Parks Hub in New Parks with Gary Lineker, Emile Heskey, and Abbie McManus, as well as other Leicester Legends and players from Leicester Women. The pitch, which has been funded by Walkers, is one […]
Last week I visited Stokes Wood Primary School and New Parks Adventure Playground who are both taking part in Leicester’s brilliant Holiday Activities and Food programme. At Stokes Wood headteacher, Jane Gadsby, and her team have been giving children such a great start to their summer with mud monsters, henna […]
Last Friday I had an amazing day visiting Leicester City Council’s Holiday Activities and Food scheme at Fosse Primary School and the Woodgate Adventure Playground. The City Council have been working with Premier Education UK at Fosse Primary and other schools across the city to provide lots of brilliant […]
On Friday I had a superb day being shown around the newly built Space Park Leicester where they are bringing together world class research & world leading industries to create jobs & skills of future. Space science is used in so many sectors (artificial intelligence, agriculture, cyber security, climate change) […]
It was fantastic to meet Jo Randall from Team Hub & Neetu Squire from Leicestershire Cares recently, and to hear of the great work they do. The whole team is doing amazing work to support the community in New Parks, with a big focus on children & young people, which […]