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
Summer lessons will be offered to children leaving primary school and all secondary pupils as part of a £700million catch-up package designed to reverse the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on education. Under plans due to be announced today, secondaries will offer face-to-face teaching over the holidays, with ministers keen to see summer classes for incoming … Read more
A primary school headmaster who replaced house names honouring historical figures such as Lord Nelson with those of modern liberal campaigners idolised by the woke such as Greta Thunberg previously shared a ‘joke’ about Gavin Williamson’s severed head online. Lee Hill condemned the ‘despicable deeds’ of ‘oppressive’ British heroes Sir Walter Raleigh, Admiral Nelson and … Read more
British ‘suspected drug dealer’, 46, is shot dead outside South African primary school seconds after dropping his son off there Briton Simon Mather, 46, was fatally shot as he was dropping off his stepson Mr Mather was shot twice in the head while carrying out the school run He is believed to have become involved … Read more
Peacock called ‘Kevin’ who roamed grounds of north east London primary school and became a lockdown symbol of hope during pandemic is killed by foxes Kevin the peacock was regular in grounds of Yardley Primary School, Chingford Students and parents said colourful bird gave them respite from the pandemic School janitor discovered Kevin’s body after … Read more
Children’s books by black British authors will be given to every primary school in England to increase diversity in literature Collection of stories by black authors, Happy Here, will be published in August It will be given to every English primary school to increase ‘diversity of voices’ It features writers Yomi Sode, Clare Weze, Dean … Read more
Children in years that should have sat exams this year could lead the way back to class in a phased reopening of schools after half-term. Under plans being considered, pupils who will be teacher-assessed for A-Levels and GCSEs this year after exams were cancelled could head back first along with years one and six in … Read more
Marco Rubio signaled Sunday that he isn’t too worried about any primary run from Ivanka Trump in his 2022 reelection race, claiming she would ‘have a tough race’ amid speculation she could pursue public office like her father. ‘I don’t really get into the parlor games of Washington,’ the Florida senator told ‘Fox News Sunday’ … Read more
Absence rates for primary school teachers with Covid-19 were six times higher in England than for children in the same settings, an analysis suggests. Teacher absences due to a confirmed case of coronavirus were up to three times higher in secondary schools than those of pupils, according to research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) … Read more