Yellow Buses deliver Parkfield pupils

Pupils at the new Parkfield School premises in Parley are now arriving in style – on a double decker bus. Yellow Buses is running the school service that picks-up and drops-off the students at the site next to Bournemouth Airport. It is one of many school services that the Bournemouth-based operator runs and this one was launched as the new … Read More

Pupils’ reaction was off the scale

Pupils at Upton Junior School were delighted with a surprise visit to their school from electric string quartet stars Escala. After an eye-opening tour of the school’s music room, the girls performed in a special assembly for all the children, staff and governors. Escala, who rose to fame through their success on ITV’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, were runners-up in the … Read More

All aboard the school bus!

Young children had an exciting visit at their school when a Yellow Bus rolled into the playground. The four and five year olds at St Peter’s school in Holdenhurst Avenue, Bournemouth, had spent a term studying the theme of ‘transport’. This was the ‘fantastic finish’ to the term and the children got to climb on board the bus and quiz … Read More

Skills focus for Young Chamber students

A trailblazing project is set to cast fresh light on the business world for sixth form students at Gillingham School. The school has linked up with the Dextra Group – one of the largest employers in Dorset – for the pioneering Young Chamber Programme. Lighting and luminaire specialist Dextra has sponsored Gillingham School’s membership of the Dorset Chamber of Commerce … Read More

Wild swimmers make a splash

Dorset’s most successful swimming squad has secured a sponsorship deal before this summer’s national championships. Wild Recruitment has got behind Bournemouth Collegiate School’s (BCS) swimming academy that will have 13 members at the finals. The squad is off next month to Majorca for a week’s training camp – and will also be wearing kit with the Wild Recruitment logo and … Read More