Tag: Homeschooling

Addressing Educational Disruption: The Role of CoreSciences in Navigating School Challenges – Raac

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The impact on schools of structural issues like Raac (the discovery of unsafe concrete in school buildings) has created a new wave of disruption since covid, leaving students and educators grappling with unprecedented challenges once again. CoreSciences: Bridging Gaps in Science Education In 2017 CoreSciences addressed the growing difficulty teachers faced in delivering science practicals….

Schools are Struggling with Resources Amid Teacher Strike

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Hundreds of thousands of members of the National Education Union will walk out over seven days in February and March to escalate their pay row. As many as 23,400 schools could be affected by the decision. There are no guarantees that in-person learning will go ahead during the days teachers go on strike. During this…

Pupils Boost Memory And Fitness From Daily Activity, Say Researchers

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A decade since a Scottish head teacher set up a project to encourage students to run or walk for 15 minutes during their school days, researchers have found the students taking part are mentally and physically sharper than those who do not. Primary students who took part in a running program, such as the Daily…

Teachers Criticise New Remote Learning Government Guidelines

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The recent updates to the government’s guidelines regarding remote learning have been branded as “unrealistic” and “a distraction” by heads and teaching profession leaders. The non-statutory guidance has triggered some teachers who feel as though the expectations set out by this new guidance system are unreasonable. Key expectations include: to deliver high-quality remote education when…

Deaf Pupils Disadvantaged in Mainstream Schools

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New research shockingly reveals that 40 out of 150 councils now have no specialist teaching units for deaf pupils, due to closures. Furthermore, the research shown by an interactive map by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), shows that nearly one in 10 units have closed in the past five years, with just 237 now remaining. As…

Schools Instructed to Continue In-Class Learning despite Omicron Threat

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Ofsted inspections are to be postponed for the final week of term in order to give schools time to consider measures for potentially coping with the Omicron variant of the virus in January. Furthermore, the Department for Education (DfE) have stated that face-to-face teaching should still continue alongside the usage of face masks in communal areas…

Teachers Pressured by Lockdown Parents

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A report has revealed that 1 in 4 private school teachers felt stressed by remote learning, due to parental pressure, during the lockdowns. Undoubtedly, the parent-teacher boundaries became blurred during the remote learning period, with some parents taking a more active approach to their child’s learning, much to the dismay of some teachers. Many felt…

Covid Catch-up Tutoring Plans for Schools

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The Department for Education (DfE) plans to launch extra tutoring provision to complement the National Tutoring Programme (NTP). The government is upscaling its tutoring offer with £1 billion designated for 100 million hours worth of catch-up support over the next three years. The majority of the investment will go towards the schools themselves, which will then…

Homeschooling Numbers Rise by 75%

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According to research, within the first eight months of the current school year the number of children being registered for homeschooling rose in the UK by 75%, with the main reason being due to anxiety around Covid. The Department for Education says it supports parents that are homeschooling and it plans to launch a registration…

Why Some Teachers Are Happy With Hybrid Teaching

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Since the pandemic, many teachers have naturally moved into a hybrid teaching and blended learning model. Whilst some may still prefer more traditional methods, others have fully embraced the new approach. For many it has become second nature to use a mixture of online learning resources with homeschoolers, and face-to-face teaching with those in school….