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Teaching News and Events (4/12/10)
Here are links to some of this week’s education-related news: Snow has dominated the news this week which has resulted in thousands of school closures. Many schools have used the Internet to support learning at home. MPs are to vote on controversial plans to raise tuition fees in England on 9 December, ministers have confirmed. [...]
Teaching News and Events (27/11/10)
This week was a busy week for education-related news! Here are some of the major headlines: The government produced a White Paper which reflects the changing ways that governments will support schools. Watch Michael Gove explain about it in this Youtube video: According to the DfE site, this reform programme ‘puts teachers at the heart [...]
Teaching News and Events (25/9/10)
This week’s education news includes: Schools in England are to be judged on just four key areas in a shake-up of the inspection system. The Telegraph Scotland’s education watchdog is proposing an end to routine classroom inspections. Schools should focus on traditional discipline instead of “wild and wacky” teaching methods, according to the Michael Gove. [...]

Favourite World Cup Resource sites
The World Cup has now started and lots of schools are using the event as a starting point for their lessons. Here are links to a selection of my favourite World Cup resource sites: Teaching Ideas – This is my own collection of lesson ideas, resources, display material, videos, links and more, which also includes [...]
Quadkids Athletics
QuadKids is a new athletics concept designed to give more children the opportunity to participate in and enjoy the benefits of track & field athletics and also to identify the stars of tomorrow. The scheme aims to be inclusive, competitive, quick, fun and simple to run. It is a team based quadrathlon competition where each [...]






