Lantern Community Primary School Archives

Lantern Community Primary School Receives Prestigious School Games Mark Award

News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Pupils and staff at Lantern Community Primary School, part of Meridian Trust, are celebrating achieving the School Games Bronze Mark Award, for their commitment to physical and sporting activities. Launched in 2012, the School Games Mark is a government-led award scheme, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise the school’s engagement (provision …

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East Cambridgeshire Schools’ Art Exhibition Award Winners Announced

Events, News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

On Tuesday 1st February, the East Cambridgeshire Schools’ Art Exhibition opened at Babylon Gallery on Ely’s riverside. Babylon ARTS held an online awards ceremony on Monday 7th February, in which the prize winners were announced from each of the six Key Stages, with work from children aged 4 to 19 years. The exhibition includes artworks …

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Lantern Primary pupils put best foot forward to help raise more than £4,000

News, Organisations, Schools, Youth / By Alison Cooney

Pupils from Lantern Community Primary School put their best foot forward to help raise more than £4,000 for the school in the FOTLS (Friends of The Lantern School) fun run. The fun run, organised by FOTLS, was started as a creative alternative to the many fundraising activities that could not happen due to Covid-19. The …

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Ely School Playground to get Extreme Makeover

Featured / By Alison Cooney

An Ely primary school will be getting an an extreme makeover to its outdoor space to enable children to remain more physically active – whatever the weather. Planning permission has just been approved to tarmac a section of the top field at the Lantern Community Primary School to turn it into an all-weather surface to …

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It's not just a nativity – it's a Wriggly Nativity!

Featured, Gallery, News / By Tali

It’s not just a nativity – it’s a Wriggly Nativity, complete with skipping sheep and dancing angels! Even Mary and Joseph are getting their groove on in this Christmas favourite, currently being practised by Year 1 students at the Lantern Community Primary School in Ely. The five and six-year-olds in Robins and Doves classes have …

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Nursery Rhyme time at the Lantern School

News / By Tali

Where does Hickory Dickory Dock meet the Three Little Kittens while Dr Foster stands in a puddle right up to his middle and sips tea served by Polly? Or Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall, serenaded by the Grand Old Duke of York, while stars twinkle all around? The answer could be found at the …

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Pretty in Pink: Lantern kids Wear It Pink for breast cancer charity

Featured, instant_articles, News / By Tali

Kind-hearted kids from The Lantern Community Primary School were pretty in pink on Friday to raise funds for the UK’s leading breast cancer charity. Classes in years four to six at the Ely school donned a stunning array of pink garments, with some even dying their hair in different shades. Youngsters taking part in the …

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