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Llandeilo Primary School’s rollout of free school meals helps fight food waste with innovative new scheme

The Welsh Government’s rollout of Universal Primary Free School Meals alongside the Curriculum for Wales has helped a school’s community develop healthy habits and help fight food waste. Llandeilo Primary School launched the ‘Bocs Bwyd Llandeilo’ scheme – a community project that involves collecting surplus food from local businesses and community donations, aiming to remove […]

50 Finalists Unveiled: BBC 500 Words Competition Heads to Buckingham Palace

The competition’s Grand Final is taking place at Buckingham Palace with Luke Evans and Olivia Dean confirmed as celebrity readers     BBC 500 Words unveils the 50 young finalists of the UK’s most celebrated children’s writing competition, marking a significant milestone ahead of the Grand Final set to take place at Buckingham Palace this week.  […]

For over 20 years and one of BookTrust’s flagship programmes, Letterbox Club has helped thousands of children with reading and numeracy and introduced them to the joy of reading.

  Children aged 3-13 experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage, those who are looked after or previously looked after, enjoy their expertly curated parcels that are shown to have a positive impact on their reading habits. Of the children receiving Letterbox Club;   96% say they like or love it 86% say they like or love the […]

Winners of Voices 2024 writing competition for children in care revealed at awards hosted by Peter Capaldi

  On Saturday 17 February, charity Coram Voice announced the winners of Voices 2024, its national writing competition for children in care and young care leavers, at a ceremony hosted in London by actor Peter Capaldi alongside former Voices competition winner, Claire Wilden. Now in its eighth year, the Voices competition, sponsored by UK management consultancy Cadence Innova, is a positive […]

Wall Street English launches its first practice product to continue expanding its world-leading English education

Speak+ allows its users to improve their English fluency with flexible, intensive speaking classes   Wall Street English, the leading global supplier of hybrid English language education, has launched Speak+, their innovative online speaking practice classes. As the first-dedicated practice product by Wall Street English, Speak+ is designed to empower students to enhance their spoken English […]

Superfast multi-gigabit digital network to supercharge teaching and learning across the capital

  John Jackson, CEO, LGfL-The National Grid for Learning   Free internet connection for disadvantaged families Multi-gigabit network across the nation to follow Schools, communities and homes across the capital are set to reap the benefits of a safe, highly resilient1, superfast2, multi-gigabit, digital network to be installed over the next five years by edtech […]

New free resource supports schools to meet the needs of SEND pupils facing bereavement

  Just launched, the informative, free online resource Bereavement and pupils with SEND, from leading charities, LGfL – the National Grid for Learning and Child Bereavement UK, provides insights and strategies for both mainstream, and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, for supporting SEND pupils facing bereavement. Commenting on the launch, Bob Usher, Content […]

School safeguarding provider shortlisted in national Digital Leaders Impact Award for its pioneering education tech

A pioneering tech provider dedicated to safeguarding in schools through its revolutionary platform has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Digital Leaders Impact Awards.   Safeguarding specialist, imabi, which provides first of its kind technology, has been shortlisted in the Education Tech category in the UK-wide Impact Awards.   Now in their 8th […]