Schools/colleges

Local groups pulled together to leave a shared building spick and span as part of an annual clean up.

Nearly thirty members of the various groups that use St John's and Spring Grove Community Association Hall in St John's Road, Isleworth, were rewarded with tea and biscuits as they dusted, polished and tidied.

ISLEWORTH: Ramblers who fancy a twist on their standard Saturday walk are being invited to take part in a novel excursion.

The Hounslow Heritage Guides Association will lead a 90 minute circular walk on the history of smells, taking inspiration from tv series Filthy Cities, which looked at the country's grimy history.

A PRIMARY school will lose a well loved teacher this July, who served in the classroom for a staggering 37 years, writes Rebecca Lewis.

Mary McLarnon, 59, of St Margaret's, Twickenham, taught at The Blue School on North Street, Isleworth for almost four decades.

ARTY pupils are getting ready to wow audiences at a school play with a twist.

Girls at Gumley House Convent School of St Johns Road, Isleworth have spent weeks cutting and stitching ready for a puppet production of Roald Dahl's The Witches.

THE DUCHESS of Cornwall visited a Chiswick Primary School this week to support an exciting reading campaign.
Staff, pupils and volunteers at Cavendish Primary School supporting the Evening Standard and Volunteer Reading Help (VRH) literacy campaign, were delighted to meet Camilla on Tuesday.

A KEEN interest in an Olympic 2012 ambassadors programme saw students at an Isleworth school rewarded with a visit from an inspirational athlete.
European and commonwealth athlete Andy Turner visited Gumley House School, St John's Road, on Wednesday May 18 to talk to pupils about his career in sport.

PARENTS are campaigning to save lollipop ladies and gents across the borough after the council announced plans to cut a third of the existing posts.

The council currently has 24 'school crossing patrol officer' positions, although only 16 of these are believed to be filled due to difficulties recruiting staff.

An Isleworth school's headteacher has expressed her delight at her pupils' A-level success.

Sr Brenda Wallace, headteacher at Gumley House Convent School was thrilled to find that 47 percent of the grades received were A* to B and was particularly proud to hear that five of the nine Sociology students received A* grades.

TWO pigs are being used to clear land for a new children's centre in Isleworth.

The eight-week-old Oxford Sandy and Blacks - an endangered breed - have been brought in to help prepare the land for an outdoor play area at the East Isleworth Children's Centre site.

Primary school children are appealing for blitz survivors to come in and speak to them about their experiences during the war.

Pupils from Marlborough Primary School in Isleworth are keen to learn as much as they can from elderly people who experienced the second World War first hand, and are hoping some can join them on their special themed day on March 30.