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15

AUG
2018

Government and spending on education…

and local authority funding is down by 55%. With these kinds of massive reductions, despite the fact that the government says that it is spending more than ever on schooling, How can government spending on education be at record levels and yet funds be cut per student by 8% since 2010? It’s because pupil numbers are rising every year. Plus local authority funding, is also being cut. So, parents are being warned that they will have to contribute towards their children’s schooling. The biggest cut of 25% has been to sixth form schooling, schools are being held captive by lack of payment for teachers. These issues have been brought to the Chancellor by head teachers of over 5000 English schools, which directly impacts school funding in the area

How can government spending on education be at record levels and yet funds be cut per student by 8% since 2010? It’s because pupil numbers are rising every year. Plus local authority funding, which directly impacts school funding in the area, is also being cut. So, despite the fact...

11

AUG
2018

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Independent Learners…Independent Adults.

Education, Education News, Learning

but also how to live in the world that they will soon join as adults. However, Creative Thinkers and Independent Enquirers. But as much as it is important to teach these learning habits explicitly, do not assume that life-skills are included as part of the standard school curriculum., Effective Managers, Learning and Thinking Skills. PLTS includes the characteristics of being Team Workers, Reflective Learners, the Catch-22 situation is that these are difficult skills to ‘teach’ especially when teachers are under pressure to teach to a specific exam board or Key Stage curriculum, The government has tried to include these in the PLTS framework, we expect them to learn and to become independent learners. Not just learn Literacy and Maths or about the Battle of Waterloo, When we send our children to school, which stands for Personal

When we send our children to school, we expect them to learn and to become independent learners. Not just learn Literacy and Maths or about the Battle of Waterloo, but also how to live in the world that they will soon join as adults. However, do not assume that...

08

AUG
2018

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How to make time for yourself as a home schooling parent

Education, Education News, Food for thought, Learning

Deciding to home school your child is a real commitment. After the worries of curriculum, lesson plans and discipline fade

Deciding to home school your child is a real commitment. After the worries of curriculum, lesson plans and discipline fade, you might find yourself wondering how to separate the parent from the teacher in life – and more than anything how to magically create more time in your day...

01

AUG
2018

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Literacy and Numeracy Skills…disadvantaged children.

Education, Education News, Learning

and also lower on language skills and have more socio-economic challenges. Girls tend to be more positive and confident as learners, as children who are identified as SEN already have so much to deal with. It is unfortunate that they also have such a negative self-image., especially if this includes any social and behavioural aspects. Such children are very much more negative about themselves that all children out of SEN. This is indeed a saddening aspect, somewhat happier and less anxious than their poorer peers. Children from immigrant families get the short end of the stick, the biggest gap comes when children have an identified special education need, The entire study does not only look at achievement at age 5 but across childhood and schooling. It also looks at attitudes and happiness of children, though they tend to have higher anxiety. Middle class children in general feel better about their behaviour, which makes it very special. It is not a surprise to learn that boys are more negative in their attitudes towards school, with them feeling less accepted and more self-critical of themselves academically and physically than Irish children. However

We have known for a while that children from better-off families fare better in school, in terms of literacy and numeracy skills. However, it was a shock to learn that these disadvantages show up as early as 3 years of age, before children even begin primary school. An analysis...

28

JUL
2018

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Physical fitness affects academic achievement

Education, Education News, Learning

including trained teachers, is provided the school has the financial and technical facilities, music and religious education, This of course, to offer PE as a subject or enter their schools into sporting leagues. Schools are ‘shedding’ subjects like PE

Schools are cutting PE time due to exam pressure, despite a recent study showing that physical fitness positively affects how well children take in and remember new information. It has also been proved that schools that focus on well-being tend to do better academically. So sacrificing PE to focus...

25

JUL
2018

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Maths anxiety and supporting your child

Education, Education News, Maths

but only, Maths anxiety is something that can be passed on from parent to child

Have you ever said to your children, “I am not a Maths person too and that’s alright.”? If you have, research says you are not doing your children any favours, and are in fact poised to pass on your Maths anxiety to them. You might think you are making...

11

JUL
2018

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Keeping the kids entertained over the summer!

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ferrying back and forth between clubs and after school activities as well as assemblies and parents' evenings, While many parents look forward to the break from the school-run

While many parents look forward to the break from the school-run, ferrying back and forth between clubs and after school activities as well as assemblies and parents’ evenings, they also dread the huge expanse of the six week summer break and the “How am I going to keep the...

04

JUL
2018

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Private schools “avoiding” tougher GCSEs

Education, Education News

A number of private schools have refused to be guinea pigs for this summer’s new tougher GCSEs even though children at state schools are being forced to take them which as a private tutor and educator I find quite astonishing and a clear strategy towards assuring the best results...

20

JUN
2018

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Building avid readers by giving them choices

Education, Education News, Learning, Reading with your child

but also one of the most important. With reluctant readers, EAL students and those with reading difficulties, especially boys, it is tricky to get them to read at all, Reading is one of the most difficult and challenging things to encourage in students

Reading is one of the most difficult and challenging things to encourage in students, but also one of the most important. With reluctant readers, EAL students and those with reading difficulties, especially boys, it is tricky to get them to read at all, and ever trickier to get them...

06

JUN
2018

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Revision and revision techniques…

Education, Learning

Is your son or daughter stressed about their GCSEs or their end of term mock exams? Are you worried they may not actually know how to revise? I am used to supporting students to develop time management skills and organising themselves in order to excel in their academic study...