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We are delighted to announce the teams who will compete for the Thrive Spelling Bee Trophy 2026. Sponsored by Gateway Heyworth and following highly successful tournaments in 2024 & 2025, which were won by Newland Queen Bees and Kelvin Spelvinators respectively, there will be 7 primary school teams and 6 secondary teams battling it out in the semi-finals. Two teams from each semi-final will go through to the Grand Final at Hull University in July. Round 1 of the competition wa

We've had another workshop at Hull University as the Eco Game project nears its completion. After the initial workshop in October at the university and subsequent follow-up sessions at each of our ten Thrive schools, project leads Dr Steven Forrest and Dr Bianca Kronemann have been developing the new Eco Game. The latest event gave our students the chance to add their final comments, suggestions and amendments to three versions of the game. It has been a truly collaborative p

We have been collaborating with Hull University on research into 'Environmental Stewardship'. Éireann Neeson is undertaking a PhD on this area and is jointly supervised by Hull University and our Trust. This term she has been leading workshops with our Eco Committees to find out what the pupils understand by this term, what they are already doing in schools and for the pupils to start action planning initiatives in their schools. So far, workshops have taken place in Kelvin

This afternoon, Ruth and Corinna from Hull Young People's Parliament led a Pop-Up Parliament session with students from our three secondary schools. Representatives from Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy joined hosts Kelvin Hall School for a great afternoon. Following an Ice-Breaker activity, the students were asked about their views on 'Crime & Safety'. Next, they had a workshop on 'Votes for 16 year olds', asking what they would need to help give them the n