Education & Training

Story by A.O.S. A recent rise in concern about the mental health and well-being of UK citizens has seen focus on the next generation of adults being overlooked. Many young adults in education do not [Read more]

In year 4, Falconry UK came to visit our school and showed us lots of different birds like owls, hummingbirds and other various birds. When they came, they told us why the birds looked the [Read more]

Story by Vanesa Dunkova. Unfortunately, the world is being destroyed by deforestation, urbanisation and air pollution. Changes like these have caused climate change, poor air quality and undrinkable water. The first negative impact humans have [Read more]

Story by Y6 USA. Innocent sea animals are being killed. Plastic pollution travels all the way through lakes, streams and rivers demolishing their beautiful habitat. This needs to stop immediately! Almost all the rubbish on [Read more]

Story by Year 3 Denmark. We all got an iPad during the coronavirus lockdown of 2021. The iPad helped us to learn during lockdown. Every day we could meet our class on Microsoft Teams to [Read more]

Story by OASIS Academy Year 6 pupils. In Y6 we had a visitor named Olga who was an astronomer. She brought a gigantic planetarium dome, which was nearly as big as our classroom! We climbed [Read more]

Story by Year 3 Denmark On the 23rd of April 2021 Year 3 Denmark had a visit from a real farm! They made a farm in our playground with sheep, alpacas, goats, ducks, and lots [Read more]

Story and photo by Emily Hutchinson. Sheffield Theatres are looking to work with artists who live in the Burngreave and Pitsmoor area to deliver creative projects as part of Sheffield Theatre’s community project Together with [Read more]

Story and photo by Deborah Egan “Super Duper happy to see your Bum Bum in the Distance” (DJ Todla T and sons Oisin and Riley ) ‘Quotes for Hope’ is a project by Burngreave artist [Read more]

I have always drawn, and the Messenger played a big part in my artistic development. I love creating a ridiculous joke every issue, and in such times as these I think it’s important to find [Read more]

April saw Garden’ themed murals painted around The Furnival Community Hub on Verdon Street. Thirteen children ranging from 3-13, worked with Ali Bird over two days in the school holidays to produce a vibrant and cheerful painting. Story by Ali Bird with photos by Julie Dsouza Walsh. [Read more]

The Messenger asked author Emily Gravett to comment on the work Pye Bank kids had done on her wonderful Meerkat Mail children’s book. She sent this response, plus three autographed copies of her book to [Read more]

By Pye Bank pupils Fatima Abdillahi and Laial Al-Basit. Photos courtesy of Pye Bank School. Pupils at Pye Bank were asked to write and explain Eid-Al-Fitr Fatima: Eid -Al- Fitr is a sacred, joyous Muslim [Read more]

Story by Safiya Saeed | Photos by Nathan Dainty 2020 is a very challenging time for us as a nation and a community. Many youth services were stopped or limited and we had to adjust [Read more]