Education

The number of children dealing with loneliness in counselling sessions has risen by nearly 10% compared to life before lockdown.

COME RAIN or shine, sport will soon be played in all weathers in Arborfield. The development of Farley Hill Primary School has reached another milestone, and its 3G sports pitch...

IN A BID to support students during lockdown, one local school is sending the message that everyone is #StrongerTogether. And to prove it, Maiden Erlegh School has made a new,...

THIS 11-year-old is putting her podcasting skills to good use with her latest lockdown project. Deshna Shekar, from Wokingham, has launched a new series of podcasts called Yellow Donut Stories...

CHILDREN at Emmbrook Junior School have walked more than 6,000km as part of The Conqueror Challenge project. For the last four months, students have been aiming to walk a mile...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Woodley teacher who has died as a result of covid. Victor Browne, who taught at The Bulmershe School for the past eight years, was...

SCHOOLS and parents will continue to receive the backing from Wokingham Borough Council’s leaders following the announcement of a new lockdown.  Over the weekend, leader Cllr John Halsall and his...

Primary schools across the Wokingham borough have been deciding whether to open after the Christmas break, or remain closed and switch to home-learning.

PRIMARY schools in Wokingham borough are making last-minute changes to their plans for the new term following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying earlier...

WOKINGHAM Borough Council says that it is working with schools to help them prepare for the new term. In guidance issued just before the new year, executive member for children’s...