200,000 kids spanked in US schools
There is a theory that beating kids in the home or at school just teaches them violence, which is why we look upon it in the way that we do now. However, this does not look like to be same in the US where it has been estimated that around 200,000 kids were disciplined at [...]
August 19, 2008M&S in trouble over new school blazer
There is trouble brewing before the kids start their new term, as the High St clothing chain Marks and Spencer have upset the teachers union NASUWT by advertising their latest back to school clothing range.
The store is advertising the blazer as the “Blazer for iPod” which does not really need much explanation other than the [...]
Learning requires sleep
Most people were told when they were children, to get enough sleep, as it will make you learn better at school. However, as with much of the advice that parents give to their kids, this probably went in one ear and out of the other without stopping.
Nevertheless, research has now found that parent were right [...]
Girl overturns no jewellery rule
A fourteen-year-old girl, who was excluded from school for wearing a bracelet, has won her high court discrimination case against the school in Wales.
Sarika Singh from Cwmbach, South Wales found herself excluded from the Aberdare Girls School last year when you refused to remove her bangle for religious reasons.
However, with no hope of finding a [...]
Fake tans banned at school
These days it hard to distinguish between that has a real suntan and those people who like to get their sun tan out of a bottle.
However, at some schools this is going to be no longer a problem as the head teacher has banned the use of fake suntan, especially those girls who are turning [...]
Schools closed by strike action
Throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of council workers have been on strike causing chaos to many of the council services including schools.
Members of the Unison and Unite unions are expecting around six hundred thousand workers to part in a series of planned strikes which is over pay and will affect non teaching staff [...]
When children are marked as racists
In these day of high security and ultra political correctness there are certain things that we used to say and do, which for one reason or another we can no longer do and say at least out n public anyway, but there are worrying signs that pre school children are being judged by the actions.
In [...]
Want school dinners? Get finger printed
Pupils at a school in Huddersfield are being fingerprinted so that they can pay for the school dinners without having to carrying around cash.
The All Saints Catholic College in Bradley Bar is the latest school to introduce this biometric scheme, the pupils have their fingers scanned into a computer; this will then act as a [...]
Pray to Allah or get detention
The Alsager School in Cheshire has found itself at the centre of a human rights case when two boys refused to pray to Allah during a religious education lesson. The children were asked to wear Islamic Headdress and with the prayer mats at the ready they were told to pray to Allah.
The two boys refused [...]
Schools should teach the meaning of life
It seems that children are to be taught philosophy at school but nothing too intense like the meaning of life or other questions that would through up questions about the why we are here and how did we get here in the first place.
It has been suggested that children should learn about philosophy through everyday [...]
How to improve your memory
Unlike computers our memory needs to be exercised every now and then to make sure that it is working properly. Otherwise we could are likely to end up forgetting where we left things even though they are right in front of us. If you are experiencing this sort of problem, there is no need to [...]
June 30, 2008The key to a great education
It may be the most underestimated tool that children could use to benefit their education, but by ignoring it, the results could mean that as the body’s energy levels drop the chances are that concentration is lost during lessons.
With many children just grabbing at anything that is at hand just before they leave for school, [...]
Military families should first choice on schools
The head of the British armed forces, is suggesting that the families of serving military personnel should be getting preferential treatment when it comes to public services such as education.
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Sir Jock Stirrup has said these families should be getting a bit more than the average family, simply because of [...]
College girls harass builders
How the tables have turned, there was time when a girl or woman walking past a building would have been open to whistling and all sorts of comments. But in these days of political correctness has not only seen this behaviour stop, but the tables have turned on the builders.
A college in Tonbridge, Kent has [...]
School kid deterrent banned
There is a well known deterrent being used by small shops in places where there is a high rate of teenagers in the school lunchtimes and after school. It is called the mosquito as it sends out a very high pitched sound which only teenagers are supposed to hear.
This is being used to stop these [...]
Kids leaving primary school unable to read
In a new OFSTED report it has been found that there are around one in five children who are leaving primary school, who do not have a good enough grasp of how to read, write and basic arithmetic.
This report is another problem that is going to hit the government’s targets and indeed plans for education [...]
Exams may not be marked correctly
It is a tragic state of affairs when you have students studying all of their school life which is leading up to the point when their exams or course work is going to marked and their future is then decided, only to have Kathleen Tattersall, the Chairman of Ofqual, the exam watchdog saying that students [...]
May 9, 2008Data breach in UK school
Out of all that data that is out there on us, the data that we care about the most has to be that of out children and there are many places where this data is stored, clubs, schools, doctors and other organisations, but we still expect this data to be as safe it possibly can.
But [...]
Children taught what’s bad about downloading
It is well known that most of the illegal downloading that occurs these days is done the younger generation or so we are led to believe. So in order to get ahead of the game, the powers that be have come up a new plan to attack before things get worse.
In order to do this, [...]
Students outed by head teacher
Being gay at school must be nightmare for some people, whereas for others it can be a total party, it all depends on how they deal with it and what the friends thinks about it. However being gay and decided to come out should be a matter a personal choice.
But at school in Memphis, Tennessee [...]