A Kent environmental education centre has set up its own YouTube channel so parents can see for themselves how outdoor learning helps children gain a sense of their own individual interests, strengths and abilities. Rippledown, in Ringwould near Deal, works with schools from across the UK and Europe to show …
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Toshiba has organised a programme of training courses around the country to help students prepare for their participation in the national SkillFRIDGE finals, which take place at the NEC in November. The programme covers technical knowledge and practical skills in relation to residential and light commercial air conditioning, including installation, …
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The second ever National Schools Snowsport Week (www.nssw.co.uk) will take place from 24-30 April 2017 and is backed by Winter Olympians Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, Dave Ryding, Aimee Fuller and Graham Bell. Aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to snowsports, the Snowsport England initiative will work with …
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The Worshipful Company of Marketors, “The Marketors”, has announced the launch of its Enterprise Challenge in which the apprentices at Westminster Kingsway College are tasked with demonstrating that “Marketing for Good is Good Marketing”. Apprentices from companies such as Nielsen’s, Westminster Wealth Management, Urban Planters, Rain Cloud Victoria, Axiom TDM …
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Physics teacher Martin Guy from St Albans School, has been recognised for his exceptional work by the Institute of Physics (IOP). Martin is one of six teachers in the UK to receive a 2016 Teachers of Physics Award from the IOP for his outstanding work teaching physics and was nominated …
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Crowdfunded Classrooms: Online educational crowd-funding campaigns show an incredible increase of over 200 percent since last year GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, today announced the ‘Go Fund My Education’ contest, the first ever GoFundMe contest to run in the UK. The contest will launch on 4 October 2016 …
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Research from Capita SIMS has revealed that over half of parents (57%) feel primary school reports are either too generic or do not contain enough information about how their child is doing. More than a third of primary school teachers (35%) agree. This is despite the fact that schools are …
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Rugby union player Kyran Bracken MBE joins St Albans School as Elite Sport Development Manager and 1st XV Head Coach as the School adopts Hudl sports software to provide cutting edge analysis St Albans School is bringing world class rugby expertise and technology to its pupils, with the appointment of …
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Now in its ninth year, The Junior Memory Championship™, a hugely popular nationwide memory championship for primary school children, is officially open for entries for 2017. Following on from the success of last year’s championship, which saw over 300 schools take part, the competition aims to find Britain’s rising memory …
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Childnet has announced that it is extending its innovative Childnet Digital Leaders Programme to all UK schools; putting young people at the forefront of educating their peers about staying safe online. The new programme for primary schools was announced today, following a successful first year of the secondary schools programme …
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