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Update your bicycle storage facilities in the light of Bike Week.
Bike Week is a campaign to inspire people from all over the UK to give cycling a try. Cycling is becoming increasingly popular, not only for recreation but also due to an increase in cycling benefit schemes, designed to improve the health and...
School funding in England – a strategic tool to help schools plan
Many members of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) and others are clear that school funding is insufficient to deliver the excellent and sustainable education we all want. We want this to be prioritised in the forthcoming spending review...
DfE Secondary and primary school applications and offers: March to April 2019
• In 2019 80.9% of applicants for a secondary school place received an offer of their first preference school. 93.0% received an offer of one of their top three preferences. This is the lowest percentage in a decade. • At primary level, 90.6%...
15,000 free books to be given away to UK schools to get children excited about space
An exciting new school project will encourage thousands of British students to realise their inner space expert and explore the Universe, thanks to teaching resources including 15,000 free books. To celebrate the UK’s involvement with one of the most...
VODAFONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW DIGITAL CREATORS’ CHALLENGE FOR 11-14 YEAR OLDS
Vodafone Foundation has launched the ‘Digital Creators’ Challenge’, a new digital skills competition for secondary schools across the UK*. The programme, which is open to 11-14 year olds, aims to improve young people’s understanding of tech and how...
Poio and Kahoot! announce the launch of the English language edition of Poio, empowering millions of children to learn to read through play
Oslo-headquartered Poio (www.poio.com), the app providing a compelling, gamified alternative to traditional learning methods, has today announced the UK launch of its English language platform, empowering millions of British children to learn...
British Museum and Samsung renew partnership for further 5 years
• British Museum and Samsung renew partnership on the biggest digital learning programming in a UK museum • Announcement comes as the Museum’s Samsung Digital Discovery Centre welcomed record numbers of children and young people in...
When words aren’t enough, teachers find a common language with iPad
A single voice calls out “Sabah-ul-khair” and an eager chorus returns the greeting. At the beginning of each language class at Wilhelm Ferdinand Schussler Day School in Dusseldorf, Germany, teacher Nick Kyriakidis asks a different student to say...
DID YOU HEAR THE ONE ABOUT CASTLEWOOD PRIMARY?….
WEST SUSSEX SCHOOL WINS BEANO’S BRITAIN’S FUNNIEST CLASS COMPETITION Foxes class from Castlewood Primary in Horsham, West Sussex have today been revealed as the winners of Beano’s Britain’s Funniest Class national joke competition. Their joke...
Rolls-Royce and Discovery Education Launch Pioneering Partnership to Bring STEM Learning to Derbyshire Primary Schools
An exciting new partnership to inspire the next generation of scientists was launched at Rolls-Royce HQ in Derby on Friday. Teachers from local primary schools visited the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre to celebrate the start of the new...
Leading reusable water bottle manufacturer Dopper launches a global Changemaker Challenge to accelerate the development of solutions to plastic and water issues
Twenty shortlisted student projects that offer new solutions to reducing plastic waste and cleaning up the world’s water will go head-to-head in a Dragon’s Den style pitch in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Kathmandu this month, 15-16 June 2019. The...
Children not getting enough sleep, risking poor diets and obesity, BNF survey finds
New research from the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) reveals that 32 percent of primary and 70 percent of secondary school children reported sleeping less than 9 hours* on the previous night, despite emerging research linking poor sleep quality...