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DULWICH CHRISTMAS STAR: ALLEYN’S PUPIL WINS NATIONAL SPACE CHALLENGE
A Dulwich pupil is reaching for the stars this Christmas, after winning a national science competition for primary schools. 10- year-old Lottie from Alleyn’s Junior School scooped the top prize in the junior category of the Empiribox ‘Win a Star’...
ViewSonic leads the charge in next gen EdTech at Bett 2019
Open, agnostic, secure platforms prioritise ease of use and contemporary pedagogies to create engaging learning environments. Drawing from 30 years as innovators in visual display solutions, ViewSonic will be showcasing their total solutions for...
Bookham School Girls take part in ‘I’m a Celebrity’ style lunch challenge
In a bid to try alternative protein sources and learn more about future food sustainability, Manor House girls sampled some insect culinary delights for lunch in a ‘I’m a Celebrity’ style challenge. In a ‘I’m a...
Siemens Elf & Safety Advice: where there’s smoke, there isn’t always fire!
False alarms cost the UK economy £1 billion a year Over 95% of automatically-generated fire alarms are false alarms Fire and Rescue Services distracted from genuine emergencies over the busy festive period As the countdown...
World first – new eco “plant” glitter for education market
A UK firm has launched a revolutionary product designed to tackle the problem of plastic pollution caused by children’s craft glitter. Glitter company Ronald Britton, has launched a new eco-friendly glitter which will degrade naturally in the...
UK’s BEST BREAKTHROUGHS LIST: OUR NATION’S TOP 100 DISCOVERIES
From technology that turns urine into electricity to care robots for the elderly, the MadeAtUni campaign celebrates the transformational impact of UK universities Futuristic headsets to help paralysed people to communicate, smart baby buggies for the...
Are children key to a healthier London? TfL’s STARS programme suggests so
• Participating schools have achieved an average eight per cent reduction in car use on the journey to school • Almost half of London schools are accredited to TfL’s STARS programme to encourage active and safer travel • Research shows that a quarter...
HILLINGDON SCHOOL WINS NATIONAL CODING GOLD AWARD
Primary pupils create thousands of apps to take computing prize Pupils at St Swithun Wells’ Catholic Primary School in Hillingdon are celebrating after receiving a national computing award. The West London school has been recognised as a UK Coding...
Can earlier intervention help children deal with anger? – Words by Hayley Sherwood of 1 Decision
As we approach the season of goodwill, National Anger Awareness Week (1st-7th December) is well placed in the calendar to shine a light on anger as a social issue which needs to be brought out into the open and addressed effectively. Last year the...
HART Prize for Human Rights: Inspiring young people to engage with human rights
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) have announced the 2019 deadline for the HART Prize for Human Rights. The Prize includes two competitions, an essay and a creative competition, which encourage young people (aged 11 – 25) to examine and engage...
University of Exeter team pioneers virtual field trips in 3D
3D gaming technology is being used by a team from the University of Exeter to take students and researchers on virtual field trips to the Arctic Circle. The Interactive Virtual Environments for Teaching and Assessment – InVEnTA – uses the latest...
Ten-week literacy intervention in West Yorkshire boys’ school improves reading age by more than a year in 80% of Year 8 pupils
Head teacher at Upper Batley High School Samantha Vickers explains how Supply Desk’s reading intervention programme ‘Love to Read’ improved pupils’ reading age across the school, which has a high proportion of English as an additional language...