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 trust. Students...

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 process that will...

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 Hall School plus...