Two Woking primary schools have launched a major new initiative to boost the use of digital technology and content in their classrooms. New Monument and Broadmere Primary and Nursery schools have entered into a professional development partnership with Discovery Education, part of Discovery Communications, and one of the UK’s leading providers of digital content […]
Royal Horticultural Society project to inspire the next generation of space biologists Schools across the UK will today receive a special video message from British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Tim Peake. Tim, who is currently on board the International Space Station, will call on them to help the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) with a […]
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How one primary school is changing its pupils’ attitudes towards maths The terms ‘long division’, ‘equations’ and ‘square roots’ are enough to strike fear in the hearts of many adults, with memories of their long gone maths class days making them shudder. In fact, if you were to mention these terms to a group of […]
As the Government consults on increasing public sector apprenticeships, an increasing number of primary and secondary schools are witnessing the multiple benefits of taking on apprentices in positions from Business Administrators to Teaching Assistants. Over the past year, National Schools Training (NST), the largest provider of apprenticeships in schools in England, has seen an […]
Kortext, the UK’s leading digital textbook platform, has launched a new analytics dashboard to give lecturers and university staff unprecedented insights into how students are engaging with their digital learning content. On a day-to-day basis, Kortext Analytics gives lecturers access to data that will show how students on their modules are engaging with […]
Windmill Primary School in Headington, Oxford, is a large primary school with a pupil roll of 570 in a very mixed catchment area. In June 2015 the school was judged Outstanding by Ofsted who said: “The head teacher, extremely well supported by all governors and staff, leads a school where ‘Achievement through Community, Creativity […]
Technology is changing the world and will inevitably have a huge impact on the world our children grow up into. But as it becomes an increasingly integral part of education, so does the challenge for schools to save money, spend it wisely and use ICT more effectively. Major cost-effective technological trends in education – […]
Net flow of 330,000 long-term migrants moved to the UK last year New from Twinkl is the EAL Intervention Programme, an eight-week scheme of work including a Language Assessment and Maths Assessment, designed to help teaching assistants and specialist EAL (English as an Additional Language) teachers integrate new to English pupils with little or […]
