A popular London fee-paying school is offering two local children prized places at the establishment . . . worth more than £11,000 a year per child. Avenue House School, an independent day school in Ealing, is looking for two new Year 1 pupils to be awarded up to a 100% discount on tuition fees, starting […]
Lauren Child, artist and highly-acclaimed author and illustrator of the bestselling and award-winning Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean picture books and Ruby Redfort novels, has today (Wednesday 7 June) been crowned the 10th Waterstones Children’s Laureate. Child was presented with her medal from outgoing Waterstones Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell at an afternoon ceremony at […]
A play written by 17 year old Beattie Green from St Marylebone School in London has won the National Theatre’s annual playwriting competition for 15–19 year olds, New Views. Beattie’s play Dead Don’t Floss was chosen out of over 300 entries for a performance by professional actors at the National Theatre in July. Entries came […]
The last decade has seen increasing levels of pressure, public scrutiny and personal accountability begin to seriously impact on the mental health and emotional well-being of our nation’s Head teachers and school leaders. Education commentators have noted how burnout and ‘disappearance’ from the profession are on the rise. Meanwhile, Governors are now reporting recruitment […]
This July, teachers will have the chance to step out of the classroom setting and into the technology industry with the IBM Computing Summer School, which will take place 3-5 July 2017, at IBM Southbank (one of three Summer Schools that IBM is delivering this summer). The three day course, which will be delivered by […]
AN ACADEMIC has launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to publish a book on critical thinking, which she says is vital to put an end to what other experts have called ‘teaching children to be stupid’. Tutor, Eliza Abioye (PhD.) has written the critical thinking workbook, which is aimed at children who are six […]
A new version of classic Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet for primary schools is the latest addition to the National Theatre’s On Demand in Schools service. Recorded during its popular run at the National Theatre earlier this year, this contemporary production for younger audiences sees a company of eight tell the most famous love story […]
Building on Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign, London Youth Rowing aim to get more girls across London moving this summer with ‘LYR Girls – Let’s Get Active’ The new Pilot Scheme, launching on 15 May 2017, will be part of the LYR Active Schools Programme from September 2017 London Youth Rowing has helped over […]
Research shows social media amplifies good and bad feelings · 35% of people feeling low, felt worse when using social media Leading health and wellbeing charity, Central YMCA, is advising young people to limit their time on social media when feeling unhappy, following new research. Research published in the Eudaimonia Report compiled by […]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law relating to data protection, due to take effect on 25th May 2018. This may sound like the distant future; however, there are significant steps that need to be taken to ensure your teaching establishment is fully compliant. Many question whether the need for compliance […]
