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Ilkley schools special photo focus

4:48pm Friday 2nd November 2012

Animal magic painting contest

Recruits enjoy calm before going to war

12:23pm Friday 28th September 2012

This picture comes from a postcard of October 1914, showing new Army recruits – possibly from Ilkley – at Bovington Camp in Dorset.

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Horsforth brothers find winning formula

9:01am Thursday 26th April 2012

Two brothers found a family formula for success when they took the top prize in a national chemistry competition.

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Otley schoolchildren go for gold with Olympic display

8:10am Thursday 26th April 2012

Children in Otley have been getting into the sporting spirit of the 2012 Olympiad – by forming human Olympic rings.

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Game on in Dubai for Prince Henry's sporting stars

8:37am Thursday 5th April 2012

Some of Otley's finest young sportsmen and women have begun an eight-day trip to Dubai.

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Computers are Apple of teacher's eye

8:47am Thursday 29th March 2012

It may be traditional to give an apple to the teacher but at one Horsforth school it’s the children who are getting the goodies.

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Getting to school on time - in a helicopter!

12:40pm Monday 19th March 2012

A Wharfedale schoolboy was walking on air when he found out how he'd be travelling to school this week.

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St Mary's strikes gold in approach to sport

12:30pm Friday 16th March 2012

St Mary’s Catholic High School, Menston, is to become a Youth Sport Trust Gold Partner School for its commitment to PE and school sport following a recent review and inspection.

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Pool children dig in to help celebrate Queen's Diamond Jubilee

12:30pm Thursday 15th March 2012

Children have helped get Wharfedale’s Royal Diamond Jubilee celebrations off to an environmentally-friendly start.

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PHGS students put their artwork on show

11:09am Thursday 15th March 2012

Striking works by young Otley artists have gone on display at two venues in the town.

Pool children are first in swimming gala

10:36am Thursday 8th March 2012

Young Wharfedale swimmers have been celebrating scoring a double success in an annual gala.

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Children lay down the law at Horsforth primary

8:29am Thursday 8th March 2012

People parking dangerously or inconsiderately outside a primary school were brought to book when pupils turned ‘mini-cops’ for the day.

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One good turn . . .

9:50am Sunday 4th March 2012

Students at Guiseley School got a taste of life in industry when they tried their hands at using a lathe.

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Otley schoolchildren celebrate first birthday in four years!

8:46am Thursday 1st March 2012

A pair of Otley schoolchildren have celebrated their birthday for the first time in four years.

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‘Hair wig go’ for a very good cause!

10:20am Thursday 1st March 2012

Children at a Wharfedale school have been really letting their hair down for a good cause.

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Oxbridge places for two Wharfedale students

11:17am Thursday 23rd February 2012

Two Wharfedale students are celebrating earning places at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

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Otley school's athletics team are best in Leeds

12:50pm Saturday 18th February 2012

Young athletes from Otley are celebrating being crowned “best in Leeds”.

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Young Guiseley engineers rise to Morley firm’s buggy challenge

8:38am Thursday 16th February 2012

Bosses at a well-known engineering firm headed to school to back a diploma course and encourage pupils to take up apprenticeships.

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Froebelian pupils’ funds boost for Paralympic athletes

8:50am Sunday 12th February 2012

Primary school pupil Kaitlin Smith got her knitting needles out to help raise money for Paralympic athletes.

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Bramhope pupils thrilled to meet hero Palmer

8:35am Thursday 9th February 2012

Children from Bramhope Primary School met their sporting heroes when they enjoyed a morning with the England Rugby Union team.

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Bramhope Primary ranked outstanding by Ofsted

10:40am Saturday 28th January 2012

Bramhope Primary School has been rated outstanding in an inspection by Ofsted.

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Building fun in Froebelian School playground

9:50am Thursday 26th January 2012

Youngsters put on their hard hats to help build a playhouse at their school.

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May the dance be with you, say staff and pupils at Ghyll Royd

11:17am Thursday 15th December 2011

The force was with staff and pupils at a school enjoying a range of activities and events in the build-up to Christmas.

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Neverland comes to Horsforth School

11:30am Friday 9th December 2011

The magic of Neverland came to Horsforth School when students wowed audiences with a three-night run of Peter Pan.

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Otley pupils' culinary skills put to the test

4:10pm Thursday 8th December 2011

Young chefs in Otley have had their culinary skills tested in an Otley Rotary Club competition.

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St Mary's musicians aim for finals

11:52am Thursday 8th December 2011

Young musicians from a Menston school won cash prizes and places at the regional finals of a music competition.

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St Mary's menston honours students' achievements

10:00am Saturday 26th November 2011

A presentation evening marked the achievements of GCSE students at St Mary’s Catholic High School, Menston.

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Artist Alan Flood visits Horsforth School

10:00am Friday 25th November 2011

His work is to be seen in London, Singapore and the Palaces of The Republic, Kazakhstan.  But for two days this month, Alan Flood was artist in residence at Horsforth School.

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Safety in the spotlight at Pool-in-Wharfedale

1:00pm Monday 14th November 2011

Some of Pool-in-Wharfedale’s youngest citizens have been learning all about “people who help us stay safe”.

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St Mary's teenagers enjoy Sicilian adventure

8:28am Thursday 10th November 2011

A group of students enjoyed the first part of an Italian job when they visited Sicily.

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Froebelian School devotes assembly to Halloween traditions

9:02am Thursday 3rd November 2011

Families, groups and schools celebrated Halloween throughout the district this week.

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Classes of the 1980s invited back to old school

11:09am Thursday 27th October 2011

Three decades ago these fresh faced youngsters were pupils at the Froebelian School in Horsforth.

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Shakespeare's young lovers praised at festival

10:24am Thursday 20th October 2011

Students from Horsforth School have won accolades at the Shakespeare Schools Festival with their contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet.

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Bramhope children bury time capsule

11:50am Sunday 16th October 2011

Children were helped by their MP when they buried a time capsule to mark their school’s 50th anniversary.

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Froebelian pupils meet HMS Aubretia veterans

11:29am Thursday 13th October 2011

Second World War veterans went back to school to talk about a warship celebrating a 70th anniversary.

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Guiseley School latest to be awarded Fairtrade status

9:35am Thursday 6th October 2011

Pupils and teachers have been celebrating after achieving a specialist status.

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Art from all ages on show at Ghyll Royd

8:28am Thursday 6th October 2011

Artwork by children at a Burley-in-Wharfedale School was recently exhibited alongside work by a notable amateur artist.

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Rugby festival lets schoolchildren give the sport a try

10:56am Thursday 29th September 2011

More than 100 boys and girls took part in the first Year Three Tag Festival for primaries at Bronte House School.

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Yeadon Westfield pupils dine out on menu challenge

11:36am Thursday 18th August 2011

Pupils at an infants school have been mixing it up in an end-of-term competition.

• Yeadon Westfield pupils grow the food for their school dinners
• Yeadon Westfield pupils put their skills on show
• Yeadon Westfield pupils in harmony with African music
• Fundraising is a piece of cake at Yeadon Westfield

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St Joseph's says farewell to retiring headteacher

12:06pm Thursday 11th August 2011

Children at an Otley primary school have said a fond farewell to their headteacher of the past four years.

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Guiseley School mystery solved

9:41am Thursday 4th August 2011

Children solved a murder mystery at Guiseley School as part of a week of summer activities in Aireborough.

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Pool footballers bring home inter-schools cup

9:00am Friday 29th July 2011

Young footballers in Pool-in-Wharfedale are celebrating winning the inter-schools Otley and District Football Cup.

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Aireborugh Rotarians present dictionaries to pupils in Rawdon, Yeadon, Horsforth and Guiseley

10:41am Thursday 28th July 2011

School children in Horsforth and Aireborough need never be lost for words after the gift of hundreds of dictionaries.

• Rotary dictionary gifts open new chapter on learning
• Aireborough Rotarians appoint new president

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Guiseley School sets up mock interviews for pupils

10:24am Thursday 28th July 2011

Students at Guiseley School were told “You’re Hired” after taking part in a mock interview day.

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Bright idea nets national award for PHGS

8:56am Thursday 28th July 2011

Talented art pupils from Otley are celebrating winning a national award.

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Froebelian children on song for success

11:20am Friday 15th July 2011

Children from The Froebelian School in Horsforth are singing for joy after gaining places in the Opera North Children’s Chorus.

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Something completely different for Guiseley students

11:31am Thursday 14th July 2011

Furniture made out of newspaper and an earpiece to translate any language were some of the innovations put forward by students at Guiseley School’s ‘Drop Down Day.’ Egg-throwing and welly-wanging were also on the agenda when the school gave pupils the chance to try their hands at something completely different.

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PHGS Students excel in science competition

11:23am Thursday 14th July 2011

Emerging Einsteins from Otley are celebrating taking both top spots in an inter-schools science competition.

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