Croquet may seem a rather rarified sport but a group of Plymouth students have been learning the finer points of the game as part of a pioneering US project to reconnect Alzheimer’s patients with the world around them.
James Creasey and his brother Andrew from 'Through Hoops To Hope' came to Stoke Damerel Community College on Tuesday (15 October 2013) to teach students how to play...
Staff at a Plymouth secondary school will find themselves doing more than the odd double take this academic year after six sets of twins started in Year Seven.
The 11-year-olds joined Stoke Damerel Community College on Tuesday [3 September 2013] and their arrival has practically doubled the number of twins on the roll.
Staff are unable to recall any previous year group ever...
Plymouth's future appears to be in safe hands as the next generation of planners have proved.
The Council's planning services ran a competition for school pupils to come up with an imaginative design proposal for North Cross near the railway station.
Currently a roundabout for pedestrians and cyclists between the city centre and the station, the competition was aimed to get...
Staff at a Plymouth secondary school got a rare chance to step in to a fire fighter’s boots for the night after winning a drill evening at a recent fundraising event.
As part of The Fire Fighters Charity 70th Anniversary celebrations, a charity May Ball was held in Saltash to raise funds for the RNLI and the Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline charity, Sunflowers.
Plymouth is set to become the country’s first dementia friendly university, furthering its commitment to improving the lives of those affected by the condition
A strategy is now being implemented which is designed to make staff and students more aware of the condition and the needs of those with it.
This will initially involve specialist training being provided for managers and...
