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Fryerns School
Fryerns Comprehensive School , also known as Fryerns Community School, was a mixed intake secondary school in Basildon, Essex that opened in 1956. The school was situated around one mile directly east of Basildon town centre. It was closed in 1999 due to falling pupil numbers. The site is now being redeveloped into two housing estates. History Fryerns School was the first new secondary school to be opened in Basildon New Town. Its name came from the nearby Fryerns Farm which also provided the name for the local area. Fryerns was created as a Grammar and Technical school. In August 1968, it merged with Craylands County Secondary school, which had opened on the same site in 1935, to create Fryerns comprehensive school, Comprehensive. The influx of families into the area meant that another secondary school, Barstable School, Barstable, was placed across the road. In 1994, the school changed its name once again to Fryerns Community School. Essex County Council Education department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labor Omnia Vincit
''Labor omnia vincit'' or ''Labor omnia vincit improbus'' is a list of Latin phrases, Latin phrase meaning "Work conquers all". The phrase is adapted from Virgil's ''Georgics'', Book I, lines 145–6: ''...Labor omnia vicit / improbus'' ("Steady work overcame all things"). The poem was written in support of Augustus Caesar's "Back to the land" policy, aimed at encouraging more Ancient Rome, Romans to become farmers. . The actual meaning of the phrase can be obtained as the following: "anything can be achieved if proper work is applied". Labor movement A frequent motto within the U.S labor movement, the phrase is a historically significant slogan. Used by the earliest U.S labor unions such as the American Federation of Labor and other precursors to the modern AFL-CIO, the motto continues to be a traditional and defining statement of purpose on contemporary labor union emblems including the International Union of Operating Engineers and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
