http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk eLearning in a rural idyll Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our year 5 & 6 children have entered four movies into the Create IT Awards. They worked in groups of three over a number of weeks and produced some stunning results. One of the entries has been nominated to go forward to the final results ceremony at Albrighton ... http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/03/18/shropshire-create-it-awards-2008/ Barrow School Council invited Ruth Walmsley, a resident of Broseley and a member of the Friends of Conakry Refugee School, to come and talk to Class 2 about the school and her fund-raising work. The School Council would like to support Ruth's work and sponsor one of the school's ... http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/02/24/conakry-refugee-school-guinea-west-africa/ Philip Dunne MP, the member for Ludlow, and his fellow Shropshire MPs have been active in supporting the campaign to save our rural schools. Philip visited us today to meet with Governors, Headteacher and Parents. Mrs Barton has received this letter from Philip together with an article to the ... http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/02/08/our-friends-in-westminster/ It looks as though we now have a stay of execution. The cabinet of Shropshire County Council met at Shirehall on Wednesday 30th January whilst over a thousand governors, parents and children protested outside. The cabinet proposed that they should not proceed with the consultation process in respect ... http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/02/02/is-this-the-end-2-the-sequal-part-1/ Elections for the new school council were held at the beginning of this term. They are pictured here with Miss Edwards at a recent meeting. If you have any questions or comments please post them below. http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/01/29/school-council-elections/ We heard this week that Barrow is on the list of schools to be reviewed by the Local Authority, Shropshire County Council, for possible closure under their newly-approved "Primary Schools for the Future" policy. If selected for closure the school will cease to exist at the end of the ... http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2008/01/28/is-this-the-end/ Our KS2 pupils have been honing their public speaking skills with help from Mrs Fourie (one of our parents), http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2007/12/24/christmas-greetings/ We have just received a photo of Sam Trevor looking the perfect 'man-about-town' in his smart new blazer. Please send us your first day pictures to admin@barrow.shropshire.sch.uk and let us know how the day went. Sam Trevor Alice & LilyR Did your Looking Back, Moving On disc arrive safely? Mr F http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2007/09/05/calling-old-barrow-boys-girls/ hi all of barrow you will no longer be getting an up to date issue or blog not sure if anothere group will do up to date but this editorial tem have finished. http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2007/08/01/goodbye-from-up-to-date/ Autumn Term 2007 starts on Tuesday, 4th September and we look forward to welcoming you all back after what we hope will have been a great summer holiday. Mr F http://barrowblog.ethink.org.uk/2007/07/20/autumn-term-2007/