Cheshire's Lord Lieutenant Goes Back to School in Neston
Published: 23rd November 2015 12:19 |
The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, David Briggs, spent a morning at Neston High School to learn about the work it does with its mentoring and literacy programmes across the school.
Pictured, l-r,Dr Mothersdale, Chair of Governors; Mrs Hudson, Acting Head; the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire; Mrs Cunningham, Assistant Head; Mr Sanderson, Head of House; Mrs Roberts, Vice Chair of Governors.
He visited a number of different clubs at work in the school, such as the ‘Young Editors' group in the Library - a team of young students who are editing books for a national publishers, ‘The Library Council' who were discussing how to develop the library further and how to raise money for their chosen charities and the Reading Millionaires a group of high fliers who have read over a million words since September alone.
Neston High School's high profile Literacy programmes ensure that no child leaves school unable to read and central to this strategy is a team of dedicated practitioners, led by Kirsty Cunningham, Assistant Headteacher. She said: "We were delighted to host a visit for the Lord Lieutenant - his passion for reading, writing, mentoring and literacy matches our at Neston and we hope to continue work with his support in the future."
He also spent time with Head Boy and Girl Thomas Jones and Tess Clegg, who are organising a whole school mentoring programme with sixth form volunteers, to ensure students are both happy in school and have an older student as a ‘mentor' to support them in and around school.
Thomas, who is applying to study paramedic science at UCLAN told him: "I think it is important to be able to help younger students in school and give something back."
The Lord Lieutenant said of Neston High: "I was hugely impressed with what I saw at the school and in particular, all that is done to ensure that every child is able to read well."
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