A Scottish council has scrapped custard and ice cream from its primary school dinner menus, prompting a backlash from parents and pupils. Aberdeenshire Council claims new legislation from the Scottish Government which aims to curb children’s sugar intake over the school day has forced the move by driving up food costs. It has now removed … Read more
A primary school teacher has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted her for asking him to get on with his work, union figures show. The six-figure payout was among cases in which education staff were awarded settlements for injuries and discrimination suffered in school. Overall, the NASUWT teaching union secured … Read more
A primary school teacher has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation after a pupil assaulted her for asking him to get on with his work, union figures show. The six-figure payout was among cases in which education staff were awarded settlements for injuries and discrimination suffered in school. Overall, the NASUWT teaching union secured … Read more
The first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, says a child in school today will be among the original explorers to step foot on the surface of Mars in the coming decades. NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to land the first woman on the moon by 2024, has loftier goals, including landing humans on Mars by the … Read more
You can experience thrills (and spills) of a company float, and Primary Bid is striving for the democratisation of IPOs By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 12 March 2021 The army of small investors is growing fast, as more younger people take up share … Read more
Kid’s TV presenter Michael Underwood has revealed he is now a primary school teacher after the ‘phone stopped ringing’ for jobs on the small screen. The 45-year-old was once the primetime face of children’s TV, hosting CBBC and CITV, but said he had to change his career to teaching after work dried up. He said: … Read more
‘The phone stopped ringing’: Michael Underwood reveals he’s now a primary school teacher after television work dried up By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 09:49 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 09:49 GMT, 6 March 2021 He was a synonymous part of children’s television in the nineties and early noughties. But Michael Underwood has revealed … Read more
Don’t force primary school pupils to wear masks, says top Public Health England adviser Top PHE adviser warned not to force primary school pupils to wear face masks Dr Susan Hopkins said children that young have trouble keeping masks on She also said young pupils need to see facial expressions for their development By Daily … Read more
Don’t force primary school pupils to wear masks, says top Public Health England adviser Top PHE adviser warned not to force primary school pupils to wear face masks Dr Susan Hopkins said children that young have trouble keeping masks on She also said young pupils need to see facial expressions for their development By Daily … Read more
Primary schools are now telling children as young as five to wear a face mask in classrooms despite official guidelines saying they don’t need to. Teaching unions back the move but parents and charities insist they damage learning, while the government says only secondary school children will be expected to have face coverings where social … Read more