Education

Students at Plympton Academy have risen to the challenge of learning a poem by heart. Year 7 students were set a challenge by Plympton Stannator Natalie Harrison to learn Wordsworth’s famous poem Daffodils. Mrs Harrison then visited the school to listen to the students reciting it. She stayed to have tea with the youngsters and was presented with a bouquet of flowers. The flowers, including...

Students from Plympton Academy visited St Mary’s Church this week to talk about learning, literacy and Lent.

The students had starting learning about Lent in school and had made their own Lenten vows. Many of them had chosen to try spending less time on their mobile phones and to concentrate instead on reading during Lent.

Father Sweeny invited the youngsters to the church,...

Staff and students at Plympton Academy have been collecting chocolate Easter Eggs for charity. All the 77 eggs have been donated to The Salvation Army. Major Andrew Richards, from the charity, visited the school to collect the Easter eggs and talk to students about his work. “We are grateful to receive this wonderful donation of chocolate eggs,” said Major Richards. “These will ensure that the...

It is one of the most important, yet most often misunderstood, industries out there, so let's break down the mystery of economics, and explain why you should study it

You might be forgiven for assuming that economics is simply the study of how to make money, but in fact, it is the study of how our society works. Our society runs on money, with all our goods and services depending on it...