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(Source: Canadian Education Association)
A village primary school has brought a new sense of pride to a former mining community devastated by a pit closure, by becoming the first in the UK to be wind-powered through a wind turbine located in the school grounds.
Calling all teachers of Grades 5 to 8!
YOUR STUDENTS’ ART COULD BE FLYING HIGH IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL!
