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<title>Barclays Money Skills</title>
<description>Laura Richardson from Barclays visited Y10 BTEC Business class on Thursday 21st January to deliver a finance workshop. ...</description>
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<pubDate>04/02</pubDate>
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<title>Green Light for KO Cup Semis</title>
<description>Year 7 Red and Green teams were in action again last night at the Education Village in front of a growing number of supporters. ...</description>
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<pubDate>03/02</pubDate>
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<title>Volleyball Teams News</title>
<description>The year 7 team kept their unbeaten run going winning 15-1 against Hurworth last night...</description>
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<pubDate>19/01</pubDate>
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<title>Volleyball Team sights Nationals</title>
<description>Our school volleyball team played another Teesvalley League fixture last night against ....</description>
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<pubDate>14/01</pubDate>
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<title>Haughton Netball Battle at EV</title>
<description>Years 7 and 8 played Longfield last night here at the Education Village....</description>
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<pubDate>13/01</pubDate>
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<title>Haugton Pupil pays Tribute</title>
<description>One of our students, Rachel Johnson recently lost her mum after a brave battle against cancer....</description>
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<pubDate>18/12/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Beaumont Hill Cook For Life</title>
<description>Beaumont Hill School have been encouraged to continue their creative cooking after winning...</description>
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<pubDate>15/12/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Haughton Wins First Round</title>
<description>On Saturday our Under-16 Boys volleyball team played in the 1st Round of the National Championships here at the Village... </description>
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<pubDate>01/12/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Post-16 taste Caribbean</title>
<description>A group of students from our Post-16 provision took part in the Wider World module from the Asdan Youth Award Scheme... </description>
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<pubDate>28/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Springfield Wins Trophy</title>
<description>Players from Springfield School’s football team took part in the Darlington Primary Schools Five-A-Side Championship at the Dolphin Centre... </description>
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<pubDate>26/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Pupils Celebrate Moon Landing</title>
<description>Beaumont Hill KS3 students were transported to another planet via a trip to the Moon during their STEM focus week through... </description>
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<pubDate>26/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Best Awards Ceremony Ever!</title>
<description>Last night the Year 12 Awards evening was held, and what a brilliant evening it was! I have to say that it was, in my time at the Village ... </description>
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<pubDate>20/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Hanging Baskets with Pride!</title>
<description>Year 10 students stand to receive a prestigious award following their successful contribution to Enterprise Week. ... </description>
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<pubDate>20/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>A convincing win for Year 9 Volleyball</title>
<description>Haughton competed victoriously in the four-a-side volleyball tournament in the Darlington round of the ... </description>
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<pubDate>19/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Stephenson Countryside Careers Event</title>
<description>The ‘Rural Science’ group adventured out to the ‘Countryside Career Fair’ at the Great Yorkshire Showground! ... </description>
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<pubDate>19/11/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Village took Northern Stage by Storm</title>
<description>Last night students from the Village put on a brilliant performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Northern Stage... </description>
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<pubDate>15/10/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Shakespeare Fever hits the Village</title>
<description>The Northern Stage at Newcastle will play host to an inclusive group of KS4 students...</description>
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<pubDate>09/10/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Help for Heroes Fund Raiser</title>
<description>We had a fantastic day working along side the Aycliffe History Society. ...</description>
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<pubDate>08/10/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Good Life Club goes Live!</title>
<description>Beaumont Hill’s Good Life Club made their stage debut on Friday afternoon as part of the Darlington Food Festival. The after school club ...</description>
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<pubDate>07/10/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Education Village Celebrates Best Ever GCSE Results</title>
<description>DARLINGTON EDUCATION VILLAGE IS VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE RECORD ACHIEVEMENTS BY OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR RECENT GCSE EXAMINATION RESULTS...</description>
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<pubDate>01/09/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Pupils Doodle with Google</title>
<description>We’re asking young people aged 5-16 from across the UK to design their own doodle. This year's theme is 'My Hero'. ...</description>
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<pubDate>17/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Pupils go on Rewards Trip</title>
<description>Year 7 and 8 students went on a residential rewards trip to Dukehouse Wood...</description>
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<pubDate>15/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Trinity Music Exam Results Released</title>
<description>Haughton students are to be congratulated for passing their Trinity Music examinations...</description>
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<pubDate>08/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Rio De Village 2009!</title>
<description>The Education Village presents the biggest carnival in Darlington ‘Rio De Village’ on Friday 10th July in Darlington Market Square...</description>
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<pubDate>06/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Pupils Work Together for Sensory Garden</title>
<description>Julie Carlson and Julie Hall have been working with pupils across the village to produce a plan for a sensory garden and allotment on the school site. ...</description>
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<pubDate>03/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Mark Hat-Trick for the Education Village</title>
<description>The Education Village in Darlington has cause for celebration as all three schools within the Village now hold ArtsMark Gold Awards. ...</description>
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<pubDate>01/07/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Great News!</title>
<description>Last night the Education Village team won the Bannatyne ‘Bright Sparks’ competition against fierce competition from all the other secondary schools in Darlington ...</description>
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<pubDate>30/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Money Week Hits The EV</title>
<description>Zoë Mather from the Maths Department at the Education Village is organising lots of exciting activities based around PFEG Money Week...</description>
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<pubDate>29/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Education Village at the Civic Theatre</title>
<description>The Education Village has been selected as the only north east school to take part in a touring theatre production...</description>
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<pubDate>26/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Lloyds TSB National School Sports Week at the Education Village</title>
<description>PE staff have organised a huge number of activities for students throughout the Education Village during National Sports Week ...</description>
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<pubDate>26/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Staff Success!</title>
<description>Education Village staff Nicole Gilbert and Adrian Lynch are to be congratulated for successfully completing their Graduate Teacher Programme ...</description>
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<pubDate>26/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Springfield School are Celebrating!</title>
<description>Our football team took part in the Darlington Primary Schools Football Association 2009 Boys Annual Cup Finals at Longfield School...</description>
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<pubDate>26/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>What an Achievement</title>
<description>The Education Village was a winner at the Teaching Awards held at the SAGE Gateshead yesterday. Zoë Mather, maths teacher in Beaumont Hill School...</description>
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<pubDate>18/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Beaumont Hill Eco Design Week 2009</title>
<description>During the week before May Half Term Beaumont Hill held a very successful 2009 Eco Design Week.</description>
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<pubDate>15/06/2009</pubDate>
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<title>EV Toddlers make a big difference with the Big Toddle!</title>
<description>Toddler Group and Nursery children from the Education Village are helping to make a big difference to other little children by taking part in the Barnardo’s Big Toddle 2009, supported by Fairy Non Bio Gel.</description>
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<pubDate>30/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Youth Sport Trust</title>
<description>A group of Education Village students attended the Youth Sport Trust Top Link Leadership Conference in Redcar.</description>
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<pubDate>22/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>School Council meet for a brighter future</title>
<description>Springfield School Council met with Cllr McEwan on Friday 15 May 2009 to discuss issues relating to growing up in Darlington and attending Springfield Primary School.</description>
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<pubDate>18/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Jamie's Success</title>
<description>Jamie Dillon, who works at the Education Village in Beaumont Hill, has become the first man to achieve Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) status in Darlington.</description>
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<pubDate>18/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Award Winning Education Village Teacher</title>
<description>Zoë Mather, Mathematics Subject Leader for Beaumont Hill School, recently got through to the regional finals of the National Teaching Awards to be held on 17 June.</description>
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<pubDate>18/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Top Class Visit from Mayor</title>
<description>The Worshipful the Mayor of Darlington Cllr Ian Haszeldine paid another visit to the Education Village on Friday 15 May.</description>
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<pubDate>18/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Students Encouraged To Climb Aboard</title>
<description>Education Village Year 9 students will be given an opportunity to find out all that university has to offer when the Aimhigher Roadshow visits the Education Village site on Thursday 21 May.</description>
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<pubDate>13/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Milburn drops by for Coaching Session</title>
<description>MP for Darlington Alan Milburn will be visiting a football coaching session at 3.30pm tomorrow.</description>
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<pubDate>13/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Help The Aged 1000 Good Turns Week</title>
<description>The contribution of the three schools at the Education Village in Darlington; Springfield Primary School, Beaumont Hill Technology College and Haughton Community School; towards Help the Aged’s One Thousand Good Turns for older people during Age Concern Week 2008 was recognised this week.</description>
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<pubDate>12/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Citizenship Ceremony</title>
<description>On Monday 11 May at 2:30pm eleven new citizens of the United Kingdom will swear an oath and affirmation of allegiance at a Citizenship Ceremony to be held at the Education Village.</description>
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<pubDate>06/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Volleyball News</title>
<description>Liam Jenkinson, from Haughton Year 11, represented the North East England U17‘s at the Inter-Regional Volleyball Championships.</description>
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<pubDate>05/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Swine Flu - Update</title>
<description>I am sure that you will be keeping an eye on the news with regard to the outbreak of the swine flu virus.  I am writing to let you know that at today, 1st May, we have no reason to suspect anyone is carrying the virus within the Education Village.</description>
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<pubDate>01/05/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Girls' Football Success</title>
<description>The Haughton girls football team have won the Darlington Senior 5-a-side football competition.  After getting through the rounds they beat</description>
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<pubDate>27/04/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Darlington Football Club Visit</title>
<description>Fifteen Haughton Year 7 pupils have the opportunity to visit Darlington Football Club for after-school sessions to help boost their skills in Literacy, Maths and ICT.</description>
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<pubDate>27/04/2009</pubDate>
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<title>A Helping Hand for St Teresa's Hospice</title>
<description>Receptionists at the Education Village raised £137.00 for St Teresa’s Hospice by selling Easter cuddly toys.  The staff at the Hospice</description>
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<pubDate>27/04/2009</pubDate>
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<title>A Sporting Success</title>
<description>The Haughton Year10 Boys A and B Volleyball Teams played a fixture at Brotten after school on 26 February.  Haughton beat </description>
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<pubDate>02/03/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Bag Pack</title>
<description>Haughton Year 7 8 students did a bag pack on Saturday 4 April and raised a staggering £580.91 towards their end of year awards trip.  Miss Norris is grateful to the staff who helped supervise this event, without whom it couldn’t have gone ahead.  Year 8 girls Jenny Large, Hannah Roberts and Emma Gledhill also deserve a special mention for packing bags all day without a break.</description>
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<pubDate>27/04/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Books for Schools</title>
<description>The Education Village is collecting tokens for free books for schools, which are published daily in The Times and The Sunday Times</description>
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<pubDate>27/04/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Comenius Calling EV Parents</title>
<description>The Education Village will be welcoming thirty students and their teachers from Holland, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria and Greece</description>
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<pubDate>03/03/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Books for Schools</title>
<description>The Education Village is collecting tokens for free books for schools, which are published daily in The Times and The Sunday Times</description>
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<pubDate>02/03/2009</pubDate>
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<title>A Sporting Success</title>
<description>The Haughton Year10 Boys A and B Volleyball Teams played a fixture at Brotten after school on 26 February.  Haughton beat </description>
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<pubDate>02/03/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Awards for Beaumont Hill</title>
<description>Beaumont Hill has been awarded Activemark and Sportsmark  2008 certificates.  The certificates are going to be </description>
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<pubDate>25/02/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Quiz Money for Stephenson</title>
<description>The Springfield Pub on Salter Lane has raised £300 at their quiz night for Stephenson.</description>
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<pubDate>25/02/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Tesco Vouchers</title>
<description>At the Education Village we are collecting Tesco vouchers which we will exchange for computer and sports equipment</description>
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<pubDate>25/02/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Lesson 6 for Year 11 Students</title>
<description>Year 11 students are now at that critical time of the academic year where they need the extra support and revision</description>
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<pubDate>24/02/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Volley Ball Success</title>
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<pubDate>09/02/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Comenius Project off to a Flying Start</title>
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<pubDate>30/01/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Shoe Box Aid for Afghanistan</title>
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<pubDate>28/01/2009</pubDate>
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<title>School Meeting - Parents and Carers</title>
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<pubDate>28/01/2009</pubDate>
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<title>Mayoral Visit</title>
<description>The Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough of Darlington, Councillor Ian Haszeldine is to visit the Education Village on Tuesday 16 December.</description>
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<pubDate>03/12/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Haughton boys revel in success</title>
<description>Haughton Under-6 Boys Volleyball team played in the Under 16 National Championships 1st Round at Middlesbrough.  They won all three games against Acklam, Middlesbrough, Kings School, Pontefract, and Tynedale Volleyball Club... </description>
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<pubDate>01/12/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Festive Family Fun Day</title>
<description>The Education Village is hosting a day of festive fun for all the family. Click here for details... </description>
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<pubDate>01/12/2008</pubDate>
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<title>The Village Remembers</title>
<description>At 11am on Tuesday 11 November everyone at the Education Village in Darlington participated in a short ceremony and a minute’s silence to remember those who have died in war. ...</description>
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<pubDate>12/11/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Children In Need</title>
<description>Everyone at Education Village threw themselves into fund raising for Children in Need in a big way on 14 November.  Their joint efforts raised over £1400 for the charity. ...</description>
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<pubDate>12/11/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Resident Performance</title>
<description>Steam Shed, the Education Village’s resident performance company presents its latest show, ‘Wishmas’ for 2 nights in November. ...</description>
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<pubDate>12/11/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Sports Partnership Nominates EV Ambassador</title>
<description>Michael Palmer, a Year 11 pupil at the Education Village in Darlington was selected by the School Sport Partnership as one of only two pupils to represent Darlington as Young Ambassador for Sport at the Regional Ambassador Conference in September. ...</description>
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<pubDate>12/11/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Education Village Gets Kitted Up</title>
<description>The PE Department have been very fortunate to receive three new team kits from Kajima Community....</description>
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<pubDate>22/10/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cycle Maintainence Club</title>
<description>We held our very first cycle maintenance class using support from the LEAs BikeIt officer, Claire Grantham. ...</description>
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<pubDate>18/09/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Fairtrade Village</title>
<description>On Monday 16th June Katie Barton and Hannah Cossins accompanied Mrs Jackson to the Birmingham Fairtrade Conference for schools.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Autism Support Group</title>
<description>This small parent-run charity offers support and advice to families with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders and Aspergers Syndrome.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>EV Kenevils</title>
<description>The official team name of the Education Village Gravity Racing team is <strong>The EV Kenevils</strong>.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Reading fun for your child</title>
<description>Would you like to make reading more fun for your child? Well... have you heard about Storysacks?</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Barnardo’s Big Toddle</title>
<description>On Tuesday 10 June over forty children from the Education Village Parent and Toddler Groups toddled around a half mile course with their friends, parents and carers in aid of Barnardo’s.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Race for Life</title>
<description>Well done to those members of staff who took part in the Race for Life event yesterday!</description>
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<pubDate>10/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Haughton Volleyball Success</title>
<description>Haughton’s Volleyball Team has won Division 3 of the Tees Valley Volleyball League.  The team is made up of mainly Year 10 boys, supported by some Year 7 boys.  Laura Pearson from Year 11 ...</description>
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<pubDate>10/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cummins non-uniform day</title>
<description>On Friday 23rd May all pupils at the Education Village in Darlington participated in a non-uniform day in support of Cummins Ltd.  The aim was to raise funds for the Children’s Foundation - a local charity.</description>
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<pubDate>10/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>A Word From Dela Smith</title>
<description>It seems unbelievable that we have now been in the Village for two full years. Change is always a difficult process for us all - parents, pupils and staff - but over the past months there has been a real feeling of belonging and a growing sense of pride in our achievements across the three schools.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Down on the Farm</title>
<description>In March, Year 7 went on a trip to Hall Hill farm to help with our study of agriculture. We enjoyed a pleasant day learning about the history and diversification of the farm.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Award-winning Teacher</title>
<description>One of our Design Technology teachers had a very special trip to The Royal Society in London on 7 March.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Dance Talent</title>
<description>A group of pupils attended a Gifted and Talented Dance Workshop hosted by Dance City at the local Sports College. This was a fantastic opportunity for our BTEC Dance pupils and our Year 7 Break Dancing boys to work with the excellent teachers from Dance City.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Cycling Triumph</title> 
<description>David Stead, our intrepid cyclist, completed his marathon Darlington to Vienna cycle ride a day ahead of schedule, arriving in the Austrian capital on 12 June.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Inter-School Maths Quiz</title> 
<description>A team of 4 Year 9 pupils recently took part in an Interschool Maths Quiz for Year 9 Gifted and Talented pupils.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Volleyball News</title> 
<description>The Year 7 Boys Volleyball Team who played at the outdoor festival at Hexham on 27 June did very well against mostly Y8 teams.</description>
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<pubDate>27/06/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Dance Festival</title> 
<description>Over thirty pupils representing all three schools from the Education Village really enjoyed their time at the Darlington Dance Festival</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Marathon Runner</title> 
<description>Jamie Bettney, Year 10 Progress Leader and PE Teacher, is running in this year’s London marathon to help the hospice in his home town.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Going Fishing</title> 
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<description>For the last two half terms Neil Gargett and I have had the pleasure of attending a Get Hooked on Fishing Course with a group of Year 9 pupils from Carnell, Haughton and Stephenson. My visions of hours of boredom on a lakeside were quickly dispelled...</description>
<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Football News</title> 
<description>In a February game against Branksome the Year 10 team lost 3:1. This was a tight game which could have been won by either side. A sloppy fifteen minutes led to Haughton conceding two goals. Despite a much better second half the team still lost the game.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Performing Arts</title> 
<description>The Year 10 BTEC Performance evening on 13th February was a great success and very well received. Pupils studying BTEC Performing Arts showed off the skills they have learned on stage before an audience of parents and friends.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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<title>Youth Parliament Elections</title> 
<description>Voting took place recently amongst secondary school pupils to elect a new Member of the UK Youth Parliament.</description>
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<pubDate>02/04/2008</pubDate>
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