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We Need More Primary Teachers Who Can Teach

Who would want to be a parent of children in or approaching primary school? The trauma of wanting your child to get the very best education in the best local school has become a battle which many parents fail to achieve. Behind the scenes Headteachers are dealing with the harsh facts; there are not enough...

January 28, 2015

Smart Kids Launches 2015 Catalogues For Primary Schools

Smart Kids, one of the leaders in supplying teaching resources to the primary school sector have just launched their 2015 catalogues. Making fun the focal point of their educational range has led to the introduction of numerous innovative educational games. Ideal to support lessons in the classroom and equally...

January 18, 2015

General Election Needs A Party That Can Educate

There is some concern that the UK educational standard is slipping further down the international league table. Languishing in the mid twenties slot in the world is no great achievement. Yet no one in government has grasped the nettle and come up with a radical plan to move the UK into the top five for […]

January 17, 2015

New Card Game Encourages Children to Talk About Divorce

Fink Cards, originally developed to get teenage members of the family talking around the meal table, is expanding its range to cover more topics. The cards give hints on the subject matter to spark off the conversation, something many children find difficult. The latest due out in March 2015 covers...

January 14, 2015

Wireless Temperature Probe For Smartphones.

One of the beauties of smart devices are their ability to capture, analyse and importantly share data. This new wireless temperature probe is ideal for the educational field allowing data for a group or class wide experiment to be captured. Recording the temperatures of a process or experiment...

January 9, 2015

Microscope Add On For Smartphones

The growing use of smartphones may provide a continuing nuisance to teachers who strive to restrict their private use in class. But now there is a great new educational function for them – and getting the students to use their own phone can reduce their illicit use and saves a few quid on teaching...

January 7, 2015

Plug In Weather Station For Smartphones

The use of smartphones in education has huge potential to expand knowledge by making science more accessible. IDS Education have launched a range of plug and play sensors for smartphones using either IOS to Android. Featuring possibly the neatest anemometer on the market, the weather station is ideal...

January 7, 2015

Teachers Breathe Again As Educational Initiatives On Hold Until Election

Once every five years the teaching profession get a small break in the onslaught of bright ideas from the government. The next six months before the general election will see the cabinet focussing on re-election, all other bets are off. The new Minister for education, Nicky Morgan may wonder what...

January 4, 2015

Secondary Schools Still Failing OFSTED Inspections

The news that OFSTED have revealed around 30 per cent of secondary schools are giving cause for concern should rattle the cage at the Department of Education. The main cause, according to eminent Headteachers is a consequence of the flood of educational initiatives, curriculum changes and the need to continually...

December 10, 2014

US Education Department Could Wait For Cash

The budget cutbacks that have occurred in many UK government departments, including the department for education, have had considerable impact on their performance. Teachers are concerned as to how they and their charges will continue to thrive, but this is nothing compared to the situation in the USA....

December 9, 2014

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