Posts by Lee McCowen
Teachers soaked as school raises £1,000 for Children in Need
Students at Howard Junior School raise money for Children in Need with the help of Pudsey and Vashti Hardy. Photo: Howard Junior School Teachers were sponged and soaked with buckets of water as the school raised almost £1,000 for BBC Children in Need. It’s sponge 🧽 a teacher time to raise money for #ChildrenInNeed2019 @BBCCiN…
Read MorePoppy Preparations in Tower Gardens
Local schools gathered in Tower Gardens today (29th October) to display poppies and wreaths they have made. Two memorial benches were also unveiled in preparation for this year’s remembrance service. Pupils made poppies and poppy wreaths from old plastic bottles to hang on the railings at the Tower Gardens, home to the war memorial. A…
Read MoreHoward pupils encouraged to keep fit and healthy
One in three Norfolk children finishing primary school ‘unhealthily overweight’; but Howard Junior School pupils are fighting back. Pupils at Howard Junior School in King’s Lynn take part in a junior Parkrun in the town to help them keep fit. Picture: Greg Hill In 2018/19, 19pc of year six pupils in the county were obese…
Read MoreVIP visit to Legoland
‘All thanks to Robbie Williams’: Schoolchildren get surprise VIP Legoland tour PUBLISHED: 10:16 18 October 2019 Children at the school where one student was recognised by Robbie Williams for his model of the singer’s Hyde Park concert, have now been taken on a VIP tour of Legoland Windsor. Children from the Howard Junior School in King’s…
Read MoreHoward offered VIP trip to Legoland
School offered VIP Legoland trip after pupil’s model gig goes viral Schoolchildren are to be given a VIP tour of Legoland Windsor, after a student’s model went viral on social media. The Howard School will now go on a VIP trip to Legoland following Callum’s modelling fame. Photo: Chris Bishop Nine-year-old Callum Boldero, a pupil…
Read MoreHoward on KL.FM
Howard Junior School featured on KL.FM, chatting to Simon Rowe about our amazing iPad Ceremony for our new Year 3 pupils where they each receive an iPad to help them on their learning journey. Listen below.
Read MoreThe Inspire Suite on Radio Norfolk
Our amazing Dr Who themed Inspire Suite corridor was featured on BBC Radio Norfolk. Listen to the feature on Nick Conrad’s show by clicking the play button below. http://howardjunior.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Radio-Norfolk-Dr-Who.mp3
Read MoreThe school with a Tardis, a Harry Potter world and a glow-in-the-dark library
At the end of the corridor, on the right, just before the doors leading outside, a new door has appeared at Howard Junior School. Every child in the school recognises that door. It’s blue, it has “police box” written above it, and if that wasn’t clue enough, there is a life-sized cardboard cut-out of a…
Read MoreFictional characters brought to life as thousands celebrate World Book Day in West Norfolk
Imaginations ran wild yesterday as thousands of pupils and staff in West Norfolk celebrated World Book Day by bringing their favourite fictional characters to life. From Harry Potter to fairytale princesses, and Mr Men and Little Miss characters to Where’s Wally, schoolchildren across the region donned a variety of colourful costumes to mark the importance…
Read MoreCelebrating book day
By YLP news team -8th March 201955 Youngsters at many West Norfolk schools dressed up as their favourite book characters yesterday. A variety of events took place to mark World Book Day, held each year to encourage and celebrate reading. An array of colourful characters from favourite books were brought to life. There was a Mad…
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