When it comes to a child’s education, it means that parents have to think about planning not only for the present but the future. It all begins with the primary school years. At this stage, it is the parents who have to make the decisions. In the older school years, the kids can have their …
Many parents in today’s world will have grown up and attended school with limited access to technology, particularly in the home environment away from their educational establishment. Beneficial and practical technologies such as laptops and mobile phones, as examples, have only become affordable enough for them to enter widespread usage in recent years. Many parents …
With transgenders becoming more socially accepted it is raising some new issues for the UK school systems starting right from the primary school level. The schools are now being faced with many new challenges when it comes to gender identification. While many may think that gender issues would become an issue in the later grade …
It is not uncommon for parents to complain that their children are spending too much time on their electronics. Yet, even at the primary level digital learning has become part of the mainstream teaching. There is no doubt that the technology is playing an important role in the classroom. While this is exciting and can …
Not all that long ago, parents were complaining that calculators were replacing the good old pen and paper for doing math. Now the technology that is available to children even at the primary school level has gone way beyond the calculator. It seems now what one finds in the backpacks of the young ones, is …
Almost everyone in the UK and many of the other countries will agree that reading, writing and mathematics are the priority subjects for any student, starting right from the primary grade level. There are other subjects that make up part of the primary curriculum which include science but is it at risk of being reduced …
For the most part in the UK there are specific dress codes that apply to the children in school even at the primary level. This has long been accepted and the majority of the schools insist on children wearing the school uniform. There are some distinct advantages to this beside it being a way to …
Yoga and mindfulness curriculum is a new concept sweeping the nation; it is designed to sharpen student’s intellect, improve their mental and physical well being. It can be integrated with the Physical Education class or can be a course on its own as a lunchtime activity or yoga club. Many school teachers are seeking training …
What is important for every child in the school system no matter whether it is in the UK or other countries like the USA or Canada is the sats. What these are is the national curriculum tests. At one time as the SATs were reported on according to the level that the child was performing …
It is always interesting to check out the differences in education in various countries. Perhaps the closest in their educational system is the UK and the USA. This is partly because these two countries having teamed up to parallel their educational system which is of great advantage to international students. On the primary level which …