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Children In Hospital Due To Vaping.

https://news.sky.com/story/e-cigarettes-primary-school-age-children-are-ending-up-in-hospital-due-to-excessive-vaping-12909116 Why are children vaping, vaping is used to help people stop smoking and...
12:20 Sun 25th Jun 202314 answers, last by Meltaniver 16:57 Tue 09th Jan 2024
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What Happened To Numeracy?

https://news.sky.com/story/all-pupils-in-england-to-study-maths-until-18-under-rishi-sunaks-new-mission-12779266 Not sure what the PM means by, pupils will study Maths until 18, I assume he means the...
16:11 Wed 04th Jan 2023218 answers, last by Peter Pedant 18:31 Mon 13th Feb 2023
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sandyRoe

'There Is No Finer Investment For Any Community Than Putting Milk Into Babies.'

And food into hungry children. What are the arguments against free school meals for all? I remember when I was at school the dinner tickets were colour coded. Green tickets for children whose parents...
08:50 Tue 31st May 202255 answers, last by Khandro 15:56 Tue 31st May 2022
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mushroom25

Schools Shut Until Easter?

this is what the government are saying, and the media are reporting https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/schools-not-return-until-after-23374944 and yet - whilst schools are "only" open for the...
12:17 Sun 24th Jan 20219 answers, last by bednobs 11:51 Mon 25th Jan 2021
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ck1

Schools & Exams

What should year 11 kids do for the next 6 months? There are no pending exams and the rest of their school life would be focussed on revision as opposed to learning. How could they make better use of...
10:53 Tue 05th Jan 20215 answers, last by roopower 12:33 Tue 05th Jan 2021
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lady-janine

Schools And Teachers

Can someone please explain why the teaching unions want to close schools? Would they be pleased if all health workers just downed tools and went home saying we'll be in touch online? Would they...
12:23 Sat 02nd Jan 2021130 answers, last by KerriFennell01 06:22 Tue 10th Jan 2023
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tiggerblue10

Tampon Tax

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55502252 Some good news for millions of women as of today. Do you think that sanitary products should be provided in schools for free though?...
14:48 Fri 01st Jan 202132 answers, last by david small 16:09 Sat 02nd Jan 2021
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diddlydo

Scottish U-Turn On Exam Results.

This is completely insane. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53740588 Those of us who are experienced GCE Examiners know full well that teachers' estimated grades are inflated. This year in...
17:57 Tue 11th Aug 202041 answers, last by fiction-factory 09:49 Wed 12th Aug 2020
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mushroom25

Will Schools Reopen?

much debate in the media about schools and their reopening over the last few days - with the government suggesting children are not super spreaders, countered by Neil Ferguson saying that they are....
08:41 Mon 10th Aug 202076 answers, last by foundationblr 14:12 Fri 28th Jan 2022
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teacake44

Is Some Better Than None

Don't see the big problem with getting kids learning again. Why not for the time being just get a rota system going, have some classes come in on a Monday, some on a Tuesday and so on, and each time...
10:52 Fri 19th Jun 202047 answers, last by teacake44 12:57 Fri 19th Jun 2020
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Ken4155

After Life Series 2

I spent a couple of hours last night with tears crawling down my face. Tears of sadness, and tears of laughter. I've just read that Ricky Gervais has said, writing and directing the series, whilst...
13:27 Sun 26th Apr 202092 answers, last by naomi24 11:21 Wed 06th May 2020
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schoolster

Microsoft Teams

Is anyone on here experienced with using Microsoft Teams. I've been tasked with a job at work and I'm not familiar with it at all. Many thanks...
10:56 Wed 29th Apr 20205 answers, last by schoolster 11:34 Wed 29th Apr 2020
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teacake44

Your Thoughts.

Without shouting down, disagreeing or argument. Give your opinion, prediction or thoughts of what may happen in the next 2/3 months regarding the present situation. This is not to be a post of who is...
11:36 Sun 12th Apr 202047 answers, last by Zacs-Master 08:49 Mon 13th Apr 2020
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SparklyKid

Who Would Have Thought It ??

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7542005/Girls-skipping-school-avoid-sharing-gender-neutral-toilets-boys.html...
07:43 Sun 06th Oct 201925 answers, last by pixie374 09:25 Sun 06th Oct 2019
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Should Phones Be Banned From Schools?

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11:01 Sat 02nd Feb 201946 answers, last by foxspur 16:40 Sun 03rd Feb 2019
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catholic

Driving 16 Year Old Students To Out Of College Activities.

I work at a college & from time to time I am asked to drive 16/17 year olds in my private car to activities outside of college. I have a full, clean driving license but would prefer not to have the...
13:57 Sun 08th Oct 201720 answers, last by Maydup 19:53 Wed 11th Oct 2017
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mushroom25

Irrelevant Curriculum?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4827676/Jeremy-Corbyn-claims-no-one-interested-core-subjects.html mr corbyn dismisses 3 of today’s core school subjects as “victorian” and in which it's...
16:08 Mon 28th Aug 201732 answers, last by ludwig 10:50 Tue 29th Aug 2017

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