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Risk assessment
The Association of Play Industries (API) is urging schools to recognize the many positive benefits of challenging play
A bird’s eye view of World Wars
A new educational project, Secret Messages, offers kids the opportunity to learn about the role of carrier pigeons during the World Wars
Kids suffer ‘digital hangovers’
70% of children feel their parents are glued to their mobile phones, whilst 60% of parents believe their kids spend too much time on their devices
Malvern Old Girls’ garden gathering
Unveiling of Malvern St James school ‘founder’s garden’ sees its patchwork past unified in colourful and commemorative style
Singing to their own iTune
Brass pupils from Eltham College reach the iTunes charts, for charity, with a trombone twist on classic film soundtrack
Easing the strain for dyslexics
David Imrie, SENCO at Ashcraig School in Glasgow, offers eight useful tips for helping dyslexic students with learning and revision
New students given a three head start
Last month no less than three headmasters attended an orientation event for Wellington School’s newest cohort of pupils
Inspiring career advice
Can the independent sector support state schools to deliver more effective careers guidance? asks Virginia Isaac from Inspiring Futures
Praises eco for student architect
Winning design chosen in Brambletye prep’s competition to design a new Eco-Classroom, with plans to take from board to brick next year
Taunton follows in Darwin’s footsteps
Caro Wedgwood, Taunton science teacher and distant cousin of Charles Darwin, leads a school trip to the Galapagos Islands
Jane! Charles! Welcome back!
Hilary Moriarty, national director of the BSA, welcomes Michael Gove’s proposed changes to the English literature syllabus
School’s out for summer
The summer holidays offer many opportunities for developing skills, as the experiences of students at Taunton School last year demonstrate
RM celebrates a decade of safety support
RM Education celebrates 10 years supporting Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity which removes criminal content from the internet
Kids sign up to Festival of Code
Children with a keen eye for coding are being urged to sign up to a national coding competition taking place across the UK this summer
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