In the past seven years, funding for the education system has decreased progressively. The labour party is taking up this concern of many parents and teachers and holds it against the Conservative government. They promise to increase corporation tax from 19% to 26% by 2021/22 in order to give the education system an extra boost […]
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The Watoto children’s choir visited the Woodland Grove Care Home as part of their 6-months long UK tour. The choir consists of orphans from Uganda who have lost their parents to war situations or HIV. The positivity of the choir brought new life into the Care Home and was highly appreciated by the residents. Resident
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A teacher at Tadworth Primary school, who has spent several years in China, files a petition for the SATs to become fairer. He criticizes that students with spelling difficulties might become limited in their creativity. Students might avoid difficult words when dreading to lose marks because of spelling. Hence, their creativity is severly limited. Mister
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The prestigious David and Grace Sheppard Award has been given to Norlington School in Leyton. The price is awarded to schools that promote physical, social and emotional development through cricket. In addition to this honor, the price was handed over by no-one less than Graham Gooch, former Norlington pupil and ex-England cricket captain. The cricket
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Chrina Jarvis, 63 visited Selwyn Girls Junior School in Highams Park more than 50 years ago. After meeting one of her classmates, she decided to trace down more of her classmates to organize a reunion. Since she enjoyed her time at primary school a lot, she decided she wanted to talk to fellow students about their
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Ross Sargent, parent and governor, early years centre, Cambridgeshire: “No funding cuts in early year education.” Alex Pearson, assistant head, the Homerton Early Years Centre, Cambridge: “A guarantee that the Early Years Centre stays open for longer than one government life.” “A play-based curriculum for early years.” Martin Clutterbuck, head, Coombe Hill junior school, Kingston:
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In case the Stormont parties do not reach an agreement, schools in Northern Ireland dread further cuts to the alright tightly squeezed education system. A 2.5% cut would mean a loss of 50 million pounds for the education system. The money that would be missing would mainly affect school staff and school transport. Since it
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In many Asian countries, like Malaysia and China, Jazz is an important part of education, since it helps students express themselves with the help of improvisation. Moreover, Jazz music is also democratic, since all the players have to listen out for each other to keep the harmony going. Everyone gets a turn to improvise and
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A survey conducted by Digital Awareness UK and the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference revealed that students feel that their parents spend too much time on their phones. Secondary students were asked whether they think that their parent’s use of mobile phones interfered with family life. More than half of the students confirmed this statement. The pupils
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Prime minister Theresa May has increasingly come under attack for her treatment of foreign students. While the opposition as well as the public cries for foreign students to be counted in a separate category, Miss May insists on them counting as immigrants. The problem is, if they keep the status of immigrants, the UK reaches
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