English geography teaching found to be “mediocre”
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Neither are enough pupils going on field trips, it added, partially because of health and safety concerns.
British schools inspectorate Ofsted said there has been a significant fall in the number of children studying the subject at the upper levels of secondary education.
In primary schools, the achievement of pupils and the quality of teaching is weaker [...]
Men at work
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Toddlers are climbing, swinging and chasing each other on a Saturday morning in the sunny garden of a children’s centre. Some are viewing the landscape from their dads’ shoulders. In the kitchen, young men are sitting around a low table on tiny chairs, chatting and laughing, the babies on their laps poking their fingers into [...]
No student loan without ID card says government
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Students will be “blackmailed” into holding identity cards in order to apply for student loans, the Tories have warned.According to Home Office documents leaked to the Conservative party last night, those applying for student loans will be forced to hold identity cards to get the funding from 2010.Anyone aged 16 or over will be expected [...]
Cataloguing the past
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This Sunday is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. Events and activities held this weekend will aim to draw the attention of the world to ongoing humanitarian tragedies (including the recent atrocities in Kenya and the continued suffering of the people of Darfur).This [...]
Popularity of boring geography on wane
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Geography teaching is in decline, with schoolchildren claiming it is “boring and irrelevant” and teachers avoiding field trips due to health and safety concerns, school inspectors report today.Pupils are failing to gain an understanding of climate change, environmentalism and global citizenship through lessons which are too often led by non-specialists, according to the study from [...]
Cribsheet
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The bar is half-empty”Don’t head off into town and spend a fortune on weekend-priced drinks, when you can come to your very own union instead. New this term: fantastic, better-than-ever drinks promotions - trebles+mixer (incl Red Bull) for %26pound;2.50 - new DJ line-up, stilt-walking, stage dancers and fire performers.”This rather desperate promotion for the Newcastle [...]
Looking ahead
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The mince pies may be just a delicious memory and the new year resolutions already broken, but I am going to stick my neck out and make a few predictions for the year ahead.A review of school governanceLast July the government published a green paper called The Governance of Britain, which says: “The government currently [...]
