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Category: EDU FEAT

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News / SCHOOL GATES

Yorkshire school pens a heartwarming letter to pupils ahead of next week’s SATs

Primary school sends children a letter ahead of their exams, reminding them that there are “many ways of being smart”. A school in South Yorkshire has sent a heartwarming letter …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / Entertainment / News / SCHOOL GATES / SG FEAT

20 hidden images in the Biff, Chip and Kipper books that you may not have noticed

Drugs, sex, and phallic imagery aren’t the first things that spring to mind when you think of the popular Biff, Chip and Kipper reading books. But eagle-eyed parents have taken …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Labelling pupils ‘average’ harms their exam grades, experts warn

Calling students average stops them from attaining full potential, says study. Too many children are routinely identified as “average”, meaning their abilities – and problems – can be overlooked, a …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Two thirds of British children will catch head lice during school years, study finds

  Two thirds of children can expect to catch head lice at least once during childhood, new research by the Institute of Mums has revealed. Over 1.6 million head lice …

EDU ADVICE FEAT / EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

5 ways to help your child succeed at school – without being a pushy parent

In just a few weeks’ time Year 6 pupils will find out at which school they’ll be spending the next few crucial years of their education. This will end months, …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Girls start believing they are less smart than boys as early as age 6, study finds

“There are lots of people at the place where I work, but there is one person who is really special. This person is really, really smart. This person figures out …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / TRENDS

LEGO-Style Braille Bricks Help Visually Impaired Children Learn to Read

A new LEGO-style toy is helping young children learn Braille. Braille Bricks are building blocks that look almost exactly like LEGO but have one distinct difference: instead of every block …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Lazy school holidays causing children’s health and fitness levels to fall ‘dramatically’

Lack of physical activity during the summer holidays is having a detrimental effect on children’s fitness levels, a major study has found. The study – the first of its kind …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

A simple DNA test could predict how well your child does in school

A person’s academic ability can be determined simply by looking at their DNA, research has found. Researchers at King’s College London have developed a new genetic scoring technique that explains …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Do schools kill creativity?

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity in this thought-provoking TED-talk.

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Teacher highlights the damaging effect of bullying using just 2 red apples

Using nothing but two shiny red apples, a teacher from Staffordshire has successfully managed to convey to her class the damaging effect of bullying. Before the class began, teacher Rosie …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Can you answer this ‘impossible’ maths question aimed at 10-year-olds?

Can you solve this maths question that has left kids and parents stumped after it was given to primary school pupils as homework. Year 5 students at a school in …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Lose the shoes: schoolchildren with no shoes on ‘do better and behave better in the classroom’, research shows

Schoolchildren who take their shoes off during lessons are likely to obtain better grades and behave better than those who wear them, academic research has revealed. According to research by …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / Quiz

Sample KS1 English Reading SATs Paper Two – Questions and Answers

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EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News / Quiz

Would you pass the new SATs tests for 11-year-olds?

Next month will see the introduction of new SATs tests, which the government is introducing as part of reforms designed to ensure that every child gets a “solid grounding” in …

EDU FEAT / EDUCATION / News

Parents do not recognise the importance of learning in pre-school years, claims charity Save the Children

Too many parents are underestimating their children’s ability to learn language, according to a report. A survey of parents by charity Save the Children found that far from the popular …

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