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- Yahoo Life UK
What is TikTok’s #CandleStudy trend and why are education experts warning against it?
While the trend encourages students to study for longer, sometimes 'it's possible to have too much of a good thing'. Here's why.
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Eating disorder manifesto and toolkit for schools launched to tackle surge in cases
This follows a four-fold increase in young people being hospitalised with eating disorders and triple still waiting for treatment.
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Parents 'paying £22 for doctor's note' to allow children to use toilet during lessons
But what affect can not being allowed to pee during class time have on the children? Experts weigh in.
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School lessons on vaginal and vulval health for 11-18-year-olds will tackle stigma
New lesson plans for UK secondary schools will show a diverse and realistic portrayal of pubic hair, vulvas and vaginal discharge to help boost awareness of intimate health.
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New climate change GCSE will teach students how to protect the planet
You can add climate change to the list of subjects children will be able to pick at GCSE.
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'Anxiety' chosen by children as word of the year 2021
Children's Word of the Year for 2021 was 'Anxiety', while teachers most used word was 'Resilience'.
Yahoo Life UKReturning to school after lockdown: How to help with anxiety, according to a psychologist
'Pupils as young as eight are expressing anxiety. Some have developed eating difficulties or fixations on computer games.'
- HuffPost UK
How To Homeschool Your Children If You're Still Drained From The First Time
Look after yourself as well as the kids and give yourself a break sometimes – in every sense.
- AOL
Johnson and Williamson forced into U-turn over A-levels grades
Tens of thousands of A-level students in England are set to see their grades increased after a humiliating U-turn by the Government. Following criticism from students, headteachers and a backlash by Tory MPs, grades will now be based on
- HuffPost UK
How Young Londoners Really Feel About Plans To Scrap Their Free Travel
The Zip card for under 18s will disappear as part of the government's proposed TFL bailout – and with it many students' hopes for the future.
- Evening Standard
Emotional well-being classes and daily mile runs for London schoolchildren
London children will be given daily “emotional well-being” classes and PE lessons to help them deal with the mental and physical effects of lockdown.Pupils at Stanhope Primary in Ealing will be given training in self-worth, confidence and expressing their emotions in an effort to help them feel safe again and cope with the return to school.
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Parents describe how it felt to send their children back to school
Schools have been closed since 20 March, but some schools in England have reopened.
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Better-off children spend more time studying during coronavirus lockdown, new research suggests
IFS research found better-off children will have studied for around seven days more by next month.
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Teachers best advice for parents on home schooling children during coronavirus outbreak
The UK's teachers are offering their best emergency tips for parents.
- Evening Standard
Konnie Huq’s plea to schools: Promote female science role models
Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq today urged schools to promote the achievements of female scientists to encourage more girls to follow careers in engineering, science and technology.Ms Huq, the longest-serving female presenter of the BBC show, was set for a career in science before she broke into television.
- Yahoo Life UK
Should children stand up for their teachers when they enter the classroom?
Or is the practice old fashioned?
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Summer-born children more likely to struggle with basic skills, research suggests
The Government figures reveal youngsters born in the summer are less likely to have a “good level of development” in core areas.
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School introduces policy which sees parents fined £1 for every five minutes they are late picking their children up
Some parents aren't impressed by the move.
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Student's incredible revision notes go viral on Instagram
Zoe Petre has been sharing her colourful, neatly-written revision notes on Instagram since 2016.
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School lifts mobile phone ban, prompting technology debate
The move has encouraged debate amongst parents and pupils.
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Schools in California to push back start times: Should UK schools start later?
The state is set to become the first in the US to enforce later start times for schools.
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'Unlike William and Harry, the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex had to get the right qualifications'
Is getting good grades as important when you're a member of the Royal family?
- The Telegraph
Britain's school summer holidays are too short - here's why they need to be longer
Britain has the shortest summer holidays in the developed world, prizing childcare over education, and this is damaging to children.
- The Telegraph
Parents cannot veto children taking part in LGBT lessons, Education Secretary says
The Education Secretary has said that parents cannot veto children taking part in LGBT lessons, as he warns that “myths” are being spread about the content of the classes.
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10-year-old's powerful poem about dyslexia goes viral
"This young students poem is wonderful."
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MPs debate whether school day should start at 10am to help tired teenagers
It follows a petition calling for a later school day which garnered more than 183,000 signatures