Schools/colleges

A NURSERY class could be established at a South Harrow school where just 10 per cent of the youngest children have English as their mother tongue.
Roxbourne First School would offer 60 fully subsidised part-time places - half for the three-hour morning session and half for the afternoon session of the same duration - in a classroom currently occupied by Reception children.

SIX new classrooms may be built at Roxbourne First and Middle Schools in Torbay Road, South Harrow.

The extension would replace a pre-fabricated block of four classrooms that was knocked down in March 2008 and two portable classrooms.

The school has lodged its application for planning permission with Harrow Council.

Regent College, a private college in South Harrow, could be teaching students at Boundary House in Edgware's Turner Road if approval is granted.

The business based at Sai House in Imperial Drive has applied to Harrow Council to change the use of the ground floor from an office to a non-residential education and training centre (D1 use).

It would convert the existing offices to create five small classrooms, a common room, new toilets and a larger kitchen to accommodate a maximum of 20 students and five staff, and would add a ramp to the entrance of the building.

Rooks Heath College for Business and Enterprise will host a special evening on July 9 to celebrate a successful Ofsted inspection and improved exam results this year.
Entertainment ranging from a raffle and climbing wall to circus skills, face painting and music shows will run from 5pm at the school in Eastcote Lane, South Harrow.
Year nine and the sixth form will also be performing their drama productions on the night.

A West Harrow primary school celebrates its centenary this month with a series of events.
Vaughan Nursery, First and Middle School in The Gardens turns 100 this year and has arranged several activities for the week beginning Monday June 16.
This week, the school put out an appeal for people who attended before 1975 to drop by on Wednesday June 18 between 6pm and 8pm to browse the historical displays staff and pupils have put together.
The climax of the five-long celebration is a street party for the children in the playground on the afternoon of Friday June 20, while it is possible an aerial shot of the entire school forming the number '100' could go ahead too.

Singapore's Minister of Education visited Newton Farm First and Middle School in Ravenswood Crescent, South Harrow last week.