Phone Addiction In Children
Phone Addiction is becoming a huge issues with children, statistics have been released that nine in ten pupils check their phones during the night, causing pupils to be ‘running’ on only two hours of sleep. These statistics have been released based on a sample of 594 students aged 11 – 18, an extremely worrying number; […]
Teachers and Support Staff are Struggling with Mental Health
The rise of social media, the very difficult standards that teachers are put under, bullying, conflict and harassment; a few reasons why there has been a steep rise of teachers struggling with mental health concerns with an, extremely worrying, 57 per cent rise of the number of teachers who are at risk of suicide. Between […]
What does a Teaching Assistant do day to day?
If you are looking for a fulfilling role working with children then becoming a teaching assistant could be a perfect role for you. Whether you are returning to work from being a full-time mum or would like to have a little more time on your hands instead of the regular 9-5, a teaching assistant job […]
Easter Colouring Competition
Rikama Education try to differentiate themselves from other agencies, we like to give something back to, not only the schools that we have a working partnership with, but the students at these schools. Before the Easter break, we ran a colouring competition which was offered to every primary school in Kent and East London, a […]
Pupil Mental Health Services are Failing Students
Mental Health Services are ‘rapidly deteriorating’ which could cause children to have a higher risk of long-term psychological problems. The child and Adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) have had such drastic budget cuts that only those who can pay for help are being treated, leaving countless amounts of children and young people left without the […]