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Not just a health hazard: ‘an enormous distraction’ for pupils. The days of young people ‘smoking behind the bike sheds’ may be a dim and distant memory (for those of us who’ve been in the profession long enough to remember them at all) but a recent article in the Guardian calls them vividly to mind. […]
Support for families to improve school attendance. Senior school, primary school, infant school teachers, teaching assistants and those of us in the teaching recruitment arena… One thing we all have in common is a passion for education – and it’s a perennial disappointment when, despite all of our efforts, societal factors beyond our control adversely […]
Government to back Britain’s young players with major investment in music and sport. Acknowledging the vital role of music in developing not only young people’s creativity but also their cognitive development – and that of sport, not just in developing our future champions but in nurturing wellbeing, both physical and mental, the government’s Schools White […]
The National Deaf Children’s Society claims that most teachers don’t know how to teach deaf children. The findings of a survey it recently conducted showed that a third of the teachers participating in the study aren’t confident in teaching them. This raises the questions about whether there is a need for more training for teachers […]
Dyslexia affects one in five children in every classroom, according to Kate Griggs, founder and chief executive of Made By Dyslexia, a charity raising awareness of the issue. That’s why she believes it’s crucial that all teachers – not just those focusing on special educational needs – are able to identify and support children who […]
With an increasing number of parents seeing smartphones as a distraction in schools – particularly in the classroom, questions are arising about whether they should be completely banned, or whether they can actually be managed in such a way that they can benefit children and their education. Despite the temptation to use personal mobiles devices […]
As schools focus on trying to make up for learning lost during lockdown, teaching professionals will be looking at ways of boosting their students’ performance. Here are a few tried and tested methods that some of the UK’s top secondary schools are putting into practice. Now you’ve done all you can, it’s over to the […]
Students are honing their debating skills as part of schools’ involvement with the English-speaking Union (ESU), which works up and down the country to promote oracy. Oracy means being able to speak eloquently, express ideas and thoughts, and influence others through talking. It involves speaking as well as listening. The importance of this key skill […]
Dr. Jo Foster, Director of The Institute for Research in Schools, believes girls studying and working in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) is a cause to celebrate and not one for complacency. Rightly so. In her 13th August 2021 article for Schools Week in this topic, she suggests that the increasing success of girls […]