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AWARD ACHIEVED BY WELTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
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recognises and rewards Early Years and educational settings that deliver health and well-being outcomes. It enables the school to identify and tackle health issues, inequalities and ‘narrow the gap’ in their own community.
promotes, develops and supports over 142,000 chartered accountants worldwide. The BASE competition is aimed at students aged 16-19. It’s a unique and exciting experience where students are engaged in a challenging business game which enables them to develop key employability skills and understand what it would be like to be an ICAEW Chartered Accountant. The team faced a gruelling day-long challenge, which put them under pressure from the very start and afforded no time for lunch breaks. By midafternoon, their analysis was complete and the six students presented their conclusions to the panel of Management Accountants and hundreds of other contestants, held in the University of West of England’s Cavernous Exhibition Centre. Despite not winning, the team were delighted to be presented with the runner’s up award.
Well done to all of the team at Welton Primary School.
SIXTH FORM BUSINESS STUDENT’S BRING HOME ACCOUNTANCY AWARD
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ix students from the Midsomer Norton Sixth Form have recently walked away from the South West’s Regional ‘Business, Accounting and Skills Education’ (BASE) competition with a runner’s up award. The team faced fierce competition from other schools from across the region to secure the award which was presented to the team by organiser’s ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales). ICAEW is a world leading professional membership organisation which
The six students were Dan Teare, Molly Barron, Laura Hartley, Leah Siejok, Megan Parfitt and Chris Harper.
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