The Eco Committee at Newland School for Girls welcomed Lauren Murtagh from 'Living With Water' this afternoon for another great workshop. The focus was on Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDs). The students had to identify an area of the school campus that was prone to flooding and devise a scheme for it. We were really impressed with the variety of different solutions presented. Our profound thanks go to Lauren for leading this session.

We have been delighted to welcome Dr Steven Forrest to Newland School for Girls for the first of the school-based Eco Games sessions. This follows on from the inaugural session at Hull University on 8th October, in which all ten of our schools attended. This project is to develop Eco Games, based around schools' campuses. Newland Students were fashioning their school's bespoke version of the game. Their ideas will be used to create a game that other students will be able to p

This week, our Thrive Student Congress met for their first session of the new school year, with a visit to the Criminology Department at Hull University. Lecturers, Mike and Gill led our session exploring the theme of Crime and Personal Safety. The session has been arranged as a direct result of young people's voices. In the national 'Make Your Mark' survey, one of the three top themes voted by Hull's Young People was 'Crime & Safety'. Indeed, personal safety has been part of