Combines academic ‘catch up’ and mental wellbeing Schools choosing additional catch-up programmes Pupil-led support alongside tutoring Today (March 3rd) award-winning EdTech provider GLUU has spearheaded a taskforce of leading education partners to launch askOLA. The pioneering programme allows pupil-led learning with access to wellbeing support and saves teachers time by reducing…
Acer today announced four new Chromebooks with the latest technologies, durable designs and a collection of features that optimize them for the education environment. “The popularity of Chromebooks continues to grow thanks to the robust features in the Chrome Education Upgrade combined with advances in Chromebook design, features and technology,” said James Lin, General Manager,…
Nearly one in eight children in the UK say their online life harms their school work according to a survey by The Children’s Society. The survey is among the evidence considered in the national charity’s new report, Net Gains? Young People’s Digital Lives and Well-Being. It found 13% of young people aged 10-17 said their life online had a ‘mostly negative’ impact…
*Nearly four in five schools rated mental health as having the biggest impact on their organisation in the last year *Almost three quarters (73%) of school leaders expect mental health and wellbeing to continue to be one of the biggest challenges over the next five years *Zurich Municipal report reveals the biggest challenges facing…
Pupil wellbeing is a top priority for teachers and Premier League Primary Stars is supporting discussions about this topic with flexible and accessible resources that encourage pupils aged 5-11 to think about the importance of self-care and helping others. Leading wellbeing practitioner Dr Hazel Harrison, Clinical Psychologist and Founder at ThinkAvellana, who works with…
Georgia O’Keeffe Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition The Point Gallery, South Parade, DN1 2DR 15 January – 20 March 2022 Doncaster teachers are invited to bring their pupils to the gallery at The Point in Doncaster to see Georgia O’Keeffe: Memories of Drawings – a brand new Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition presenting a…
Bullying & harassment A survey published by Primary First showed that 73% of vegan pupils had been teased for their vegan beliefs at school. 16% of these pupils were teased by teachers and 12% by other school staff. 42% of respondents said they had been bullied because of their vegan beliefs. 13% of them were…
Only 2% of teachers working in schools serving the most disadvantaged communities say all their pupils have adequate access to devices and internet to work from home More than 1 in 4 teachers (28%) believe the attainment gap has increased since September Teach First call for significant funding to address the digital divide and digital…
New financial education guidance for primary and secondary schools in England has been launched today, with the support of the Department for Education (DfE). The guidance, which has been developed by the(MaPS) in its role as coordinator of the 10-year UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, is aimed at encouraging conversations about money in the classroom…
Company aims to tackle the financial education gap by engaging kids with motivating, fun, and rewarding interactive learning NEW YORK and LONDON (October 18, 2021) – GoHenry, a pioneer in kids’ debit cards, money management, and financial education, today introduced Money Missions, accelerating the company’s ambitions to close the gap in early financial literacy for…
Survivor’s All-Terrain antimicrobial cases with embedded defence against surface bacteria offer the latest in safety and health technology, ultra-protection, engineering, and design. London, UK. – September 2021 – Survivor®, the award-winning designer and leading expert in innovative device protection, launches its reimagined All-Terrain range of versatile and field-tested protective iPad cases for education. Survivor® All-Terrain…
~ Teaching won’t be the same again, thanks to new technology ~ Before March 2020, catching ‘fresher’s flu’ was a right of passage for university students. Fast forward 18 months and students around the world stayed indoors to keep illness at bay. However, the pandemic has taught the education sector an important lesson —…
Addressing the attainment gap arising from Covid-19 disruption (20%) and the mental health of pupils (14%) were also reported as expected challenges – with 1 in 4 teachers concerned that the maths attainment gap will be hardest to close 71% of teacher’s reported their confidence in using edtech has increased – a 7% increase compared…
Knowsley Safari launches accessible Autumn/Winter schools programme The North West’s Knowsley Safari is aiming to make school trips accessible for all this winter, as well as help teachers with resources, with a new range of Covid-safe outdoor and online learning sessions which promise to connect children with nature. The range of interactive and…
The Action Pack is back for the start of the brand new school year, just in time for Recycle Week 2021, to empower pupils to make the world a better and more sustainable place. The free recycling-themed resources are designed for KS1 and KS2 and cover the topics of Art, English, PSHE, Science, and Maths…
Press play below. The Department for Education is encouraging teachers to spread the word about the Report Abuse in Education helpline as schools’ return Sexual assault, sharing nude images and rape are among the concerns reported to the NSPCC The Government is calling on teachers to remind pupils that the NSPCC’s Report Abuse in Education…
I am no expert in all things digital. However what the past year and five months have shown me is how important and vividly clear the digital divide can become if we do not teach our children how to manage in a world where the understanding of this new digital domain is inevitable. As secondary…
The fire drill has been a familiar event throughout the lives of most people. From termly practice runs at school through to the regular office drills, we’ve all experienced the scheduled interruption to the day to file out in an orderly fashion and assemble at a designated meeting point. Clipboard in hand and donning their…
CooperVision® is calling on parents to get their children’s eyes checked during the school holidays and inform parents there are ways to help slow the progression of myopia to help protect their children’s future vision [LONDON, August 17, 2021] New research among 1,000 parents and 1,000 children by CooperVision®2, manufacturer of MiSight® 1 day…
Graham Cooper from Juniper Education advises that if your teachers are snowed under with admin, stretched to the limit with tasks or spending precious evenings and weekends on planning, then workload is a problem for your school. Heavy workloads have been a major issue for schools and teachers alike for the past few years….
7 in 10 young people think the most difficult part of lockdown is having less contact with friends, reveals new research by the University of Cologne. The study, conducted by Professor Clemens Kroneberg and his research team, found that school pupils suffer from limited face-to-face contact with their friends. The researchers surveyed just under 600…
Pupils from a Nottingham special school took centre stage today, in a nationwide assembly which was broadcast live to hundreds of UK primary schools. Children from Rosehill School in Nottingham had a starring role in RSE Day, a national event which celebrates good Relationships and Health Education. Organised by Nottingham City Council and Discovery…
Many of the half a million pupils across the UK who don’t have internet at home are becoming socially excluded from their classmates and are falling far behind in their school work, teachers have warned. An online YouGov survey of primary and secondary school teachers across the UK, commissioned by EdTech firm Kajeet, found…
The UK Addiction Treatment Group is offering all schools, colleges and universities across the country the opportunity to engage pupils in an exciting, FREE awareness seminar on the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The programme, led by an Enhanced DBS-checked Therapist is completely free to all schools who wish to book it. …
As part of the Youth Sport Trust’s National School Sport Week (19-25th June 2021), Teach Active is set to host the largest active learning day for schools on Wednesday 23rd June. On this day, English and maths lessons in primary schools around the country will be transformed into active lessons where children move around…
