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.

Jessica and Aaliyah from the C3 Group have visited Newland School for Girls to meet their Eco Committee. The students have been busy during the last year with various Eco projects. These have included collecting plastic bottle tops as part of the Schoolcycled project, reducing waste and ensuring students were using the correct bins. The students were also eager to share their work in developing a garden area with even more ideas for planting up different areas of the school.

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

Dr Steven Forrest from Hull University has kindly sent the artwork boards from this year's 'Co-creating a Climate Ready Hull' exhibition...

There is another chance to see the results of the wonderful project that our students were involved with, earlier this year. Kelvin Hall,...

Newland School for Girls' Eco Committee met this afternoon for their C3 Eco-Excellence Workshop1. They have some wonderful ideas and...

Today, students from two of our Thrive Secondary Schools took part in the second stage of a major project at Hull University. A cross-faculty team, led by Dr Steven Forrest and Dr Aviv Kruglanski, is driving this vitally important piece of work, examining Climate Resilience  and Net Zero Solutions  for Hull. Students from Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy were able to see their work from the first round of workshops displayed alongside the latest Dialogue Map

Students from Kelvin Hall and Newland School for Girls attended an 'Oh Yes, Net Zero' workshop at the University of Hull yesterday,...

Students from some of our Thrive Schools are involved with Hull University Researchers, Dr Steven Forrest, Dr Aviv Kruglanski and their...