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A recent study conducted in Spain has shown positive effects of robots in schools. The machines were programmed to recognize the pupil’s emotions and then fine tune the material to their emotional states. Although students gave positive feedback, teachers do not have to fear for their jobs since the Spanish pupils still felt that they […]

On Tuesday, 8 November Howbridge Church of England School opened their gates to parents to spend the morning on Maths and introducing them to their new app. The application, called Times Table Rock Starts was created to help the students study at home and teaches all basic skills need for the subject. Hence, parents, teachers

In March Town Hall the publisher Bird’s Nest books organised a workshop during half term for pupils to learn about storytelling, character design and comic styles. Everyone was impressed by the outstanding art work the children created in only three days showing that true art skills have quickly been adapted by the pupils. Comic art

Research conducted by University College London’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience has recently shown that teenagers from the age of 13 find it easier to obtain Maths skills than the younger participants in the experiment. The experimenters found out that the acquisition of Mathematical knowledge is particularly easy at the age of 15. Nevertheless, verbal skills

In Trafford a local artist, Jenny Bent, has developed an art workshop for Syrian refugee children having seen all the horrible footage on TV. Miss Bent wanted to make an impact in the children’s lives since they already had a traumatic childhood and might be separated from parents, relatives and their hometown. To give them

After Ofsted inspectors have found books that romanticize domestic violence in an Islamic school they wrote a negative review of the school. In Ofsted’s opinion the school was promoting segregation of girls and boys leading to unlawful discrimination. However, the school fought back and appealed to the court of justice to get the review overruled.

On Wednesday the result of the American presidential election has been released showing that Donald Trump will be president of the United States for the next four years. President Trump was able to gather 276 electoral votes and hence obtained the majority of votes. Many heads of states have congratulated the freshly elected president on

Lately there has been a lot of research done on virtual reality and how it can be used to narrate a story. But will this replace the good old story telling? Will children of the future be putting on virtual reality glasses at night time instead of listening to their parent’s tales? While some people

Sir Michael Wilshaw uncovered the problems and the achievements of the education system in an interview with the guardian. He believes that the schools have made reasonable progress in the time he was working as the chief of Ofsted, but also says at there is still much work to be done. Wilshaw states that he