The benefits of homework
When it comes to homework there are different views as whether this is good for the children or not, there have been many studies made, but still there is no definitive answer as to whether or not the children benefit from homework.
There some arguments that homework can be just as good for the parents as [...]
Database of School children launched
The government plans to produce a database of every child of school age has become a reality, for the first time professionals throughout the UK will be able to gain access to the database, which is supposed to prevent many of the awful child abuses cases that have come to the attention of the media [...]
Maths could be fun
With the exam season picking up speed there is one subject that always strikes fear in students and its maths. Yet according to a recent study, maths can actually be fun if only it was taught properly.
This announcement follows claims that thousands of students are leaving school each year, unable to make even the [...]
Choosing a college, what to look for
When it gets to that time when the school pupil becomes a college student there are many questions that need to be asked, and it is not necessarily to do with the students chosen subject.
There are many things that the student and their families should be taking into account; these can range from distance from [...]
Smart table heading for UK schools
The Smart table is a device that as the title explains a table with a built in monitor that points vertically like an old video game table.
These Smart table’s will be appearing in UK classrooms sometime in the spring, this release is earlier than first expected and may have an effect on the schools budgets, [...]
Learning at home in the UK
Currently there are around a hundred and fifty thousand children in the UK who are being educated at home; this amount has increased three fold since 1999.
The reasons for the rise are varied, it could be because the parents are unhappy with the child’s progress at school, the child may be bored which leads to [...]
Students fail at GCSE
It looks as if there is some discrepancy over the pass rates that we are fed by the government when it comes to GCSE results. We are led to believe that not all of our school kids are coming from high school with great results, but that may be the case.
According to some reports around [...]
Kids told that Santa is not real by teacher
Twenty five pupils at a school in Royton, near Oldham left school in tears after their teacher had told them that Santa does not exist.
It must be only natural that children are going to be excited about Christmas at this time of year as there is no escaping it, teachers should be prepared for that [...]