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This week's Education News (3/7/10)
This post contains links to this week’s education related news stories: More academy news… Schools will not be required to consult with parents or staff before converting to academies, according to this report… A list of schools who have expressed an interest in becoming an academy was published… New data has also questioned the success [...]

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 [...]
This week's Education News (12/06/10)
Here is this week’s collection of education news stories: I seem to have mentioned lots of stories about academies in recent weeks. However, the TES is now reporting that ‘the government will be forced to slash the number of academies it had hoped to create by September due to a lack of time and resources’. [...]
1Goal – Send My Friend to School
World leaders have promised that all children will have a primary education by 2015 but with only 5 years left to go, there are still 75 million children missing out on an education completely. 1Goal, organized by the Global Campaign for Education, aims to get more children around the world a school place. The theme for 2010 [...]

Teaching Themes – World Cup Resources
I am really pleased to announce that the new ‘Teaching Themes‘ section on my Teaching Ideas site is now open. The first theme is based on next month’s Football World Cup and I have been busy making lots of resources linked to the topic. www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/worldcup Teachers can find a selection of World Cup teaching ideas, [...]






