Children’s charity the Youth Sport Trust and Sky Sports have teamed up on a campaign to unite the country through sport and promote young people’s wellbeing this summer. With millions of young people set to miss out on a school sport day, the Youth Sport Trust’s annual National School Sport …
Read More »Sandwell College shows support for local NHS staff, key workers and former students with giant rainbow tribute
Located in the heart of West Bromwich, the College’s seven-storey site will be home to the area’s largest rainbow display, joining a trail across the country that has become a symbol of kindness, solidarity and courage during the Coronavirus pandemic. The installation will be accompanied by pictures from nearby nurseries …
Read More »Why The Education Sector Is Choosing Modular Construction For Schools
Preparing for the new school year isn’t just about setting lesson plans. Ensuring that the school is capable of accommodating the new influx of pupils is paramount to ensuring a safe and comfortable training environment for all. Schools that are looking to improve, extend or build new classrooms and educational …
Read More »NASUWT: “PM’s announcement does little to assuage teachers’ concerns”
Responding to last night’s statement from the Prime Minister, Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union, said: “The Prime Minister’s statement that it would be “madness” to risk a second spike in transmission of the Coronavirus highlights the need for extreme caution. Regrettably, the Prime …
Read More »The Smallpeice Trust and the RAF to donate Think Kits to schools
Children’s education charity, The Smallpeice Trust, and the RAF have joined forces to donate engineering-based ‘Think Kits’ to the schools remaining open to support vulnerable children and students of key workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this time of need, many UK schools are continuing to provide emergency learning and …
Read More »New ‘wild’ home learning hub helps parents be fun science teachers
Wildlife charity WWT has launched its new online ‘wild’ home learning hub to help hard pressed parents teach their primary school aged children key parts of the science curriculum. New resources, covering different conservation science themes, will be released weekly on a Monday morning during lockdown. WWT has 70 years’ …
Read More »Copyright Licensing Agency announces support for UK schools and colleges
The Copyright Licensing Agency has announced that following consultation with its Members and educational publishers, it has temporarily increased the copying limits in its Education Licence from 5% to 30%. These changes will last until schools re-open or 31 July at the latest, in order to give teachers and students …
Read More »DfE abandons “end of July” for exam results, reverts to original August dates for A-levels and GCSEs
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, has today confirmed that pupils will receive A-level results on August 13th, and GCSE results on August 20th, going back on an earlier statement that the intention was for students to receive their grades “before the end of July”. As it now stands, the dates …
Read More »Learn to be an astronaut from home, with Tim Peake and STEM Learning
Suitable for all ages from 4-19, STEM Learning has carefully selected more than 300 activities and materials available from its bank of over 14,000 free resources to support parents and carers with home learning, with a particular focus on STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM Ambassador Tim Peake …
Read More »Six world-class productions added to the National Theatre Collection, currently available for pupils and teachers to watch from home
From today, six new productions will be available for teachers and pupils to access at home via the National Theatre Collection in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing and ProQuest. The six productions complete the National Theatre Collection, which consists of high-quality recordings of 30 world-class productions drawing from 10 years of …
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