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Pupils in Year 3 at Herons’ Moor Academy have been making the most of the recent sunshine, enjoying hands-on learning outdoors as part of their forest school sessions. The young learners immersed themselves in nature, building bug hotels designed to attract a wide variety of beneficial insects.

Herons’ Moor Academy’s newsroom of busy writers had the fantastic opportunity of working with top reporter Cheryl Dennis from BBC Points West. Cheryl shared her expertise and passion for journalism and gave some amazing tips for successful reporting, inspiring pupils to think like real journalists and develop

Year 4 girls from Herons’ Moor Academy recently took part in a national campaign aimed at raising the profile of girls’ participation in football. Pupils attended the North Somerset PlayHers Festival, where they spent the morning developing their football skills through a range of engaging training activities.

Teen reporters from Priory School have been training up the next generation of journalists at Herons’ Moor Primary School in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Poppy and Isabella, both 13, and Rosie, 12, swapped notebooks for mentoring roles as they ran a live Good News Room for 9 to 11-year-olds — sharing

Year 4 pupils from Herons’ Moor Academy enjoyed an unforgettable educational visit to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, a 100-acre, award-winning conservation charity and zoo. The North Somerset attraction is home to over 100 animal species, including elephants, rhinos, giraffes, lions, and bears, and the trip brought classroom

The practice room was rocking as pupils from Herons’ Moor Academy took part in engaging music lessons. These weekly lessons and practice sessions encourage teamwork, musicianship, and a genuine joy of music for pupils across the academy. A spokesperson said: “Music has a unique way of bringing

A former Weston Mercury reporter, who once worked alongside Jill Dando, has inspired the next generation of young journalists through a live school Good News Room. Janet Williams, who began her journalism career at the Weston Mercury around the same time as Jill Dando, visited Herons’ Moor Primary

Pupils at Herons’ Moor Academy have been delighted to welcome back their much-loved school tortoise, George, following the Christmas break. George has quickly settled back into school life and is enjoying plenty of gentle, hands-on attention from pupils, who have been helping to care for him under

Pupils at Herons’ Moor Academy have been studying the mysterious and fascinating world of ancient Egypt as part of their history curriculum. Year 6 historians particularly enjoyed working collaboratively to design and make their own shadufs, an ancient, hand-operated irrigation tool used to lift water from a

  Herons’ Moor Academy is proud to announce the launch of its newly formed pupil journalists’ newsroom, an initiative designed to give students hands-on experience in reporting, storytelling, and media production. Principal Georgie Tinker spoke with Charlie Taylor, presenter at BBC Radio Somerset, to share how the project is