From the Chairman The recent smacking debate troubles me greatly. First of all, let me say that violence per se towards children • is completely unacceptable; • actually serves little purpose; • doesn't achieve anything; and that there are genuinely better ways of getting children and young people to do what you need them to do. Read more >
Interpreting for the Future Interpreting is a career which has massive scope: it will put you right at the heart of current affairs and allow you to travel, and no day is ever the same! Read more >
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Shipston Primary School Council Report: Autumn Term We represent our school by being their voice and giving everybody the chance to share their ideas and have a say. We encourage everyone to think of great ideas to help the school by having class council meetings every Thursday with our teachers. During these meetings we have the chance to talk about issues that affect our class, year group, or the whole school... Read more >
Cardiff Primary Schools Cardiff primary schools are to attend the second annual School Council Fun Day to promote the importance of School Councils for children to get their voices heard and to share some of the brilliant things the individual councils have achieved... Read more >
Raising the achievement of EAL students There was a really good Best Practice example on the Ofsted updates last week. Although this features a school with fourfifths of the students speaking Urdu or Arabic, the principles are obviously the same whatever the language. There are some great ideas in the example... Read more > Download the full report >
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