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Celebrating Creativity Competition

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Schools work on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I saw over on Schoolswork.co.uk there is an opportunity for the young people you work with to show their ideas in Words, Pictures, Poetry and Music to enter a competition celebrating their creativity. Themes include: Beautiful messages… Telling your story… Questions for God… Six prizes will be awarded by a panel of judges which will all be of [...]

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UK university applicants drop by 12%

Posted in Education, News, Schools work, Statistics on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

UCAS has published the number of applications received by universities by 15 October, the deadline for Oxford, Cambridge and courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine, and are an early indication of the total across all courses this year. Candidates for other universities have until 15 January to apply, but there has been a trend for [...]

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Chaplaincy in Education conference

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Schools work on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I saw over on Schoolswork.co.uk there is a day conference exploring new opportunities in school and college Chaplaincy: The event will be aimed at people of all levels, so whether you are already involved in Chaplaincy or you are thinking about getting involved, then this event is for you. Things to expect from the course: to [...]

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Education and schools work update

Posted in Education, Politics, Schools work on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Four senior education mandarins resign: Four senior civil servants at the Department for Education have resigned their positions. Educational TV for under-twos has little benefit, says US report: There is little evidence to back up advertising claims that television and DVDs can improve social and language [...]

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State schools ‘not providing group worship’

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Schools work on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The debate around school assemblies, otherwise known as collective worship has kicked off again, see this this article from the BBC News website: Many state schools in England are not providing group worship, despite legislation making it a requirement.  The Comres survey for BBC local radio found 64% of the 500 parents questioned said their [...]

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Books I have read: The Freedom Writers Diary

Posted in Books, Children's and Youth Work, Education on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’d heard a lot about The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Erin Gruwell and so took some time during our holiday to read it.  This is the book that the movie “The Freedom Writers” is based on. These are the [...]

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Education and schools work update

Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Only 6 per cent learn facts of life from their parents: Most young people learn about sex from television, the internet or their friends, a survey has found. Teachers caught calling pupils ‘inbred’ and ‘thick’ on Facebook: Teachers have angered parents after posting on Facebook that [...]

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Education and schools work update

Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: New university gathers top academics to teach £18,000-a-year degrees: New College of the Humanities promises more direct teaching by likes of AC Grayling and Richard Dawkins.  A new private university in London staffed by some of the world’s most famous academics is to offer degrees in [...]

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Art in Heaven Competition

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Schools work on June 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Encouraging young people to talk about their thoughts on faith can sometimes be difficult – art can be a language that they find it easier to express these thoughts in.  Whether you consider yourself an ‘arty’ person or not at all, I’d encourage you to take a look at this competition and as you look [...]

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RE:Act save RE

Posted in Education, Schools work on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Join the campaign to see include GCSE R.E. in the new Baccalaureate qualification. You can help by: Signing the declaration of support Telling others via Facebook or Twitter Write a personal letter to your local MP to support the Early Day Motion 1375 – Religious Education and the English Baccalaureate. Pray: Please pray for the [...]

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