Teacher shortlisted for national award Biology teacher Dr Richard Spencer has been shortlisted for the prestigious School Biology Teacher of the Year category.
Born and bred in Billingham, Dr Spencer has been teaching Biology at SRC Bede Sixth form for 21 years, and has scooped a number of awards for his work in the past, including national Further Education Teacher of the Year.
ABBIE'S CHANCE: Abbie Guest, 18, from Darlington, travelled to London to meet the leadership team at Virgin Care's head office. Miss Guest is an apprentice administrator with the back and joint pain triage service in the town, which is run in partnership with Virgin Care. She got to talk about her experiences as an apprentice and attended a workshop with her fellow apprentices to share their experience of apprenticeships so far. National Apprenticeship Week runs from March 11 to 15.
PROJECT LAUNCH: Students from the Education Village, in Darlington, will launch a project on waste this week. They will be tasked with making a range of eco-friendly meals in response to media attention on the volumes of waste from the weekly shop. The scheme is being held with a 'project-based learning' approach. Students will this week visit the town's Asda store, to interview shoppers about how they dispose of packaging.
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