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In another hotly contested and close final, the 'Kelvin Spelvins' team from Kelvin Hall School won the third Thrive Spelling Bee competition. Sponsored by Gateway Heyworth Networks Ltd, the three other finalists were Newland Spelling Sisterhood (Newland School for Girls), Oldfleet Letter Legends (Oldfleet Primary School) and Stepbees (Stepney Primary School). The competition is open to every child in years 6 & 7 from across the seven primary and three secondary schools in our

The Eco-Committee have continued to work hard this year and have carried out surveys about how the children travel to school. Survey results showed that lots of children walk, cycle or scoot to school. Lots of children also responded that they come to school by car but that their preferred method of travel would be walking, cycling and scooting. The Eco-Committee were pleased that this was the case and have created a newsletter to share about the benefits of active travel. Th

Our summer IPC meetings took place yesterday. Children in Freetown were talking about World Eco Day, which was on 9th June. Meanwhile, the Hull IPC students were looking at Healthy Lifestyles. Both councils considered healthy eating and drinking. The schools represented at the Hull IPC meeting were Clifton, Longhill, Priory, St. James', Sidmouth and Stepney Primary Schools with secondary students from Newland School for Girls and St. Mary's College joining them. Our thanks go

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