The Royal Borough has secured almost £1million of national investment to fast track the rollout of new electric vehicle charge point infrastructure.

It follows a successful bid to the Department for Transport (DfT) and will enable the rollout of the infrastructure through a future public-private partnership with chargepoint operating companies.

The significant investment - £927,000 – has come from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Capital Fund to incentivise and accelerate private investment in chargepoint delivery across the region.  

Read more: Royal Borough Secures Nearly 1M for Electric Vehicle Charge Points

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Careers advice and guidance has always been an important part of life at Charters School, and this week students were able to meet a host of businesses and post-18 providers at the Sunningdale school’s annual Careers Fair.

Over the course of the day, the students discovered information about possible future pathways & had interesting conversations with the exhibitors which ranged from lawyers, universities and accountants to The Army and NHS.

 

Harry in Year 10 said, "It's been great to be able to speak to people about jobs and careers that you know nothing about," while Libby in Year 13 said, "It's a really great opportunity to speak with those who already have experience in the industry I'm interested in."

The Careers Fair is just one example of the school’s commitment to provide excellent career guidance and insights for all students throughout the academic year.

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The parks and countryside team task day took place at Englemere Pond. This is a local nature reserve in Winkfield. The event was organised by our rangers who look after the site. It provided colleagues, including office-based staff, the opportunity to get involved.

Workers removed small pine trees and other invasive trees and shrubs. This type of management helps to look after the heathland for wildlife.

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Ascot students have worked with a production company to learn about the film industry and to create a great short film about their local library. Eleven young students were supported to make the film by Cube Video, which held two sessions last month.

The Durning Library Trust funded the project, which was organised in partnership with the Royal Borough library service. The project was opened up for 11 to 14 year olds in the Ascot area.

A ‘premiere night’ event was held at Ascot Library on World Book Day, Thursday 7 March. At the event, the students, their family and friends all gathered in attendance to watch the completed film for the first time, as well as a behind the scenes video. In a nod to the Academy Awards, everyone was given an ‘Oscar’ for their contributions, walked up the ‘red carpet’ and gave speeches. Drinks and snacks were served for those in attendance. 

 The film has now been released on Library service YouTube channel and is available for the public to watch here.

 

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Charters School is thrilled to share the fantastic news that six of their Year 13 students have been offered places to study at Oxbridge after their A Level examinations this summer. The four students who have been offered places at Oxford are Jamie and Gracie who will be studying Biochemistry, Dom who will study Italian with Linguistics, and Saffy who will study P.P.E. The two Cambridge offers have been made to Ben who will study mathematics and Eva who will study English.

Read more: Charters Sixth Form | Oxbridge Success

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This summer, ten of our intrepid staff will be taking on the iconic Three Peaks Challenge and are aiming to raise £10,000 for our Unity Fund. We have a few surprises up our sleeves, but what we can share with you is the fact that our Summer Fair will be taking place on Saturday 29th June, so that we can all celebrate the completion of the challenge together.

Building on the success of last year's Festival, we will be inviting the best local craftspeople to once again take part in our artisan marketplace, our Year 7 students will be hosting their Games Zone and our school catering team Cucina will be rustling up their incredible street food.

Read more: Charters School | Three Peaks Challenge |

2024 WHEELBARROW RACE ANNOUNCEMENT -Rotary Club of Ascot Sponsored Wheelbarrow Race in Sunninghill

For at least the last 25 years, the Rotary Club of Ascot has organised the fancy dress Wheelbarrow Race through Sunninghill.  To stage this event takes many months of preparation by a group of people working together arranging such things as road closure, race teams, sponsorship, advertising etc.  Sadly, this year, our club membership is not able to carry out all of these many and varied tasks for this year’s race.  Hence, the Wheelbarrow Race will not be run on Monday 6th May the Bank Holiday.

We are keeping our options open for next year’s race, but it remains a considerable challenge for the membership and we cannot be sure we can run the race again.

Howard Smith, President, Rotary Club of Ascot

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