How Much Sleep Should a Teacher be Getting?
A teacher’s life can be hectic, especially if they work on a full-time schedule, full planning and preparation, and must deal with several raising concerns within a school environment. Now, the summer break is upon us and teachers can, if they choose to, have up to six weeks off. Some teachers decide to carry on […]
How Can We make Pupils Curious?
Curiosity, as we all know, is very useful for somebody learning. We tend to recall things that interest us whereas anything we find uninteresting tends to fade from memory over time. Educators tend to provoke curiosity by posing a question to the class and they must figure out a way to answer, however it often […]
Bullying in Schools – What Can We Do?
The number one concern with young people in modern times is bullying of some sort with most of it starting at school; research released this week have stated that 60% of secondary pupils have experienced bullying. This comes as Rikama Education, who reported earlier this week, on Jeremy Wright who warns of social media operators […]
SATs – Branding Children as Failures
As all primary educators will know, SATs results were released yesterday, and most news outlets are headlining the positives of two-thirds of Year 6’s achieved their expected grades. Is two-thirds an acceptable amount? Thirty-three per cent failed to meet their grades, these year 6 children will have to be told that they have failed just […]
Bullying Cases Rise on Social Media
Jeremy Wright, the culture secretary, has stated that if social media firms such as Facebook and Snapchat do not act against online bullying ‘at the source,’ they could have severe fines or a block on their service. Mr Wright has asked if social media services can provide an easier way to report online bullying as […]
