This is the hilarious moment a Dublin teacher discovered giving parents homeschooling ideas online was a bit more painful than she’d expected. Olga Brennan, from Rush, in north Dublin, began her tutorial with a series of letters, each on a sheet of A3 paper, laid out on the floor in front of her. In her … Read more
This is the hilarious moment a Dublin teacher giving parents homeschooling ideas falls over. Olga Brennan, from Rush, in north Dublin, laid out a series of letters written out on sheets of A3 paper to assist children in learning to spell. In her hopscotch-inspired game, the idea is for the child to jump from letter … Read more
TV presenter Kate Garraway has admitted she’s struggling with the torture of home-schooling her two children. The star, 53, whose husband Derek Draper, who has been in hospital for ten months now after contracting coronavirus, spoke about schools being closed amid the pandemic on Good Morning Britain on Friday. Kate, who is mother to Darcey, … Read more
Furious parents have hit out at online lessons for children working from home, with some claiming teachers are only doing the register and reading stories over Zoom. The outcry comes after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted yesterday children could stay home until after the February half-term. Mr Williamson stressed he wants ‘schools to be closed … Read more
Furious parents have hit out at online lessons for children working from home, with some claiming teachers are only doing the register and reading stories over Zoom. The outcry comes after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted yesterday children could stay home until after the February half-term. Mr Williamson stressed he wants ‘schools to be closed … Read more
Children that spend more than two hours a day watching TV ‘lose four months of schooling in both maths and reading’, study finds Australian scientists studied 1,239 8- to 9-year olds in Melbourne over two years Looked at connection between screen time and academic attainment Found two hours of TV a day or one hour of … Read more
A mother who is ‘anti-school’ takes her kids to the beach for picnics and hunting for possums instead of sending them to a mainstream classroom to learn traditionally. Lucy Aitkenread’s two daughters, Ramona, nine, and Juno, seven, are encouraged to wake up when they want and pass their days surfing, hiking, kayaking and exploring the … Read more
A mother who describes herself as ‘anti-school’ takes her kids to the beach for picnics instead of sending them to a mainstream classroom to learn traditionally. Lucy Aitkenread’s two daughters, Ramona, nine, and Juno, seven, are encouraged to wake up when they want and pass their days surfing, hiking, kayaking and exploring the countryside surrounding … Read more
Victorian schools will shut down on Tuesday amid growing fears that school children could spread the deadly coronavirus. But Rebecca Judd, the wife of retired AFL legend Chris Judd, decided to start home schooling her kids a day early on Monday. The 37-year-old model has set up classrooms for her four children as they study … Read more