Big welcome for tiny people at tiny school; 14-year battle for nursery is won.Byline: By JANE WOODHEAD & RUSSELL MYERS Russell Myers (born 1938) is an American cartoonist best known for his newspaper comic strip Broom-Hilda. He received the National Cartoonist Society Best Humor Strip Award for 1975. Myers was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, and raised in Oklahoma. ONE of Liverpool's tiniest schools has opened its doors to even more tiny people. After a 14-year battle, St Cuthbert's primary school The Establishment The school was established in the late 1880's and forms part of a dicoese that connects its pupils to the near by Roman Catholic high school, The Barlow. in Old Swan For the Blackfoot chief, see . Old Swan is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located fairly centrally in the city, bordered by Stoneycroft, Dovecot, Broadgreen, Edge Hill and Fairfield and Wavertree. finally has its own nursery. Already 30 children are enrolled and there are places for a further 22. It will become part of a foundation stage unit, a new development in primary education where reception and nursery children are taught together. After the closure of nearby derelict Allenby Square nursery in 2003, parents and staff joined forces to push forward plans for a new building. Joan Lally, from St Cuthbert's St Cuthberts Catholic Community College of Business and enterprise is a high school situated in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It has been named one of the best high schools in St Helens and has over 900 students. , said: "Young education is vitally important and after a long campaign we are delighted to now have our own nursery." Despite being forced into two mobile classrooms while the battle continued, the nursery and reception classes were highly praised by Ofsted last year. St Cuthbert's is one of the first schools in Liverpool to take the step towards offering full-day care to children between the ages of three and seven. Nursery teacher Ann Carney said: "This new unit will demonstrate the best in early years education, setting new standards in day care provision. "We will now operate a 50-week year to accommodate pre-school and holiday clubs, making it easier for all those parents who joined in the fight to make this possible." St Cuthbert's dates back to 1926. There are currently 150 pupils in the school - making it one of the city's smallest. Children from the junior school were last weekend invited to sing as the Clippers set off in their round-theworld quest CAPTION(S): NEW BEGINNING: Children from St Cuthbert's celebrate the good news; ARRIVALS: From left, Miriam, Cameron, Kamile and Thomas with nursery officer Julie Taylor Pictures: TRACEY O'NEILL |
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