Teachers MagazineSeptember 28
 | The King’s Wings recently featured in the national ‘Teachers Magazine’ and has found it’s way into every school staff room in the country. The article talks in inspirational terms about the creative learning and the achievements of the children and staff at Kingsland Primary School. The continuing positive progress of the project is still national news and the media are following developments and providing lots of coverage. The national newspaper ‘The Weekly News’ has just agreed to do a big feature soon and the project is also appearing in magazines about community development, innovation and even in a security industry magazine in a story about different places for CCTV! |
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Impact on LearningAugust 21
 | The positive effects that working on the project have had on the whole school continue to grow. The children's attainment across all subjects has increased significantly, with the most positive ... |
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Spreading Our WingsAugust 6
 | The King's Wings success story continues, with those involved in the project being invited to speak at regional and national conferences, and the Phoenix's rebirth being used as a case study ... |
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The Phoenix Takes off...July 29
 | Our project has now gained worldwide attention, being covered on national television in countries including the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, India and Australia, as well as ... |
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Launch DayJuly 15
 | To say that the Phoenix's unveiling garnered some interest would be an understatement! Special arrangements were made to ensure the secure visits of dignitaries and civil visitors in the morning, ... |
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Planning the Take-OffJune 10
 | Capitalising on the spark of interest in the project shown by the media so far, the children developed their own advertising campaign to promote the Phoenix's grand public unveiling. This ... |
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How to Transform a Plane...May 12
 | With their plane assembled at last, the children's challenges had only just begun. How does one turn a tired old jet fuselage into a state-of-the-art learning space? Working with a team of ... |
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Putting Our Plane Back...April 18
 | Just when everyone had gotten used to having a fuselage anchored in concrete on the grounds, the wings and tailfin arrived. The plane is the first Short 360 commuter aircraft with high aspect ... |
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Plane Arrives at School...April 1
 | It's not an April Fool! Our plane arrived in school on the 30th March on the back of a 24 tonne articulated lorry. It was really exciting to see it and it caused quite a bit of interest in the ... |
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Research Trip on ConcordeMarch 27
 | We wanted to find out more about the design work that goes into aeroplanes so we went to see one of the most famous planes of all time: Concorde. We went to Manchester Airport and were given a ... |
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Groundworks Start at SchoolMarch 23
 | We have been thinking about the best place for our plane to go and walked all over the school site taking pictures and checking measurements. We didn't want it too far away from the school and ... |
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Running a PR CampaignMarch 17
 | We have been working with PR consultants learning about what PR is and how to plan a PR campaign for our project. We have thought about how we can share the stories of our project locally, ... |
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Planning Permission GrantedMarch 13
 | After months of discussing and drawings, public notices and talking to the local community,we finally got planning permission approved. The Local Authority planning team have been a big help ... |
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