Children face around three times more air pollution during the morning drop-off than throughout the rest of the day, due to cars idling outside the school gates. Levels of ultra-fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, which are emitted from the exhaust pipes of vehicles lined up to drop off children in the morning, were found to … Read more
Lockdown punch-up! Stunt school students trade blows in an ingenious coronavirus challenge video Students from Campus Univers Cascades in northern France nail a slapstick skit One student is stopped mid-punch to be told jokingly to put hand sanitiser on The stunt scenes get more and more complicated in the video of the punch-up Here’s how … Read more
Rebecca Judd raises questions she’s still sending her children to school despite working from home – but it turns out there’s a very sensible explanation By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:40 BST, 22 April 2020 | Updated: 05:42 BST, 22 April 2020 She’s been in lockdown with her family and homeschooling her … Read more
Just 1% of pupils who are eligible to keep going to school are back in the classroom Bosses reveal worries over risk of abuse or neglect for youngsters out of school Association of School and College Leaders said figures were a ‘serious concern’ Ex-Ofsted boss Michael Wilshaw warns some children may need to repeat a … Read more
Union bosses have set out a list of five conditions they claim must be observed to protect teachers if schools are to re-open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) warned that staff concerns must be ‘fully addressed’ before teachers would be … Read more
A veteran police officer and an elementary school teacher who were both mothers are among at least 18 people killed in the most deadly mass shooting in Canadian history. Gunman Gabriel Wortman, a 51-year-old denturist, was shot dead by police after a 12-hour slaughter across the eastern province of Nova Scotia. Disguised as a police … Read more
School’s IN for the summer! £16,000-a-year private school will run its lost coronavirus term in July when pupils are usually on holiday Abbey College in Worcester, will forgo summer holiday to make up for lost time Students at the school will be back the classroom for the third term from July 5 Parents and students are … Read more
Schools will stay firmly shuttered ‘until June at the earliest’, according to education chiefs, as millions of children head online for virtual classes after their two-week Easter break. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has refused to set a date for when children could be allowed back into the classroom. But now education chiefs have revealed schools … Read more
Ministers draw up plans to send children back to school by May 11 – but Education Secretary Gavin Williamson faces revolt as some want return delayed until June Friends of Gavin Williamson say that he wants children back in school by May 11 However, other ministers want the return of school pupils delayed until June … Read more
Eight children have been diagnosed with cancer at the same elementary school – prompting parents’ fears that a cell phone tower could be to blame. The affected students at Weston Elementary School in Ripon are all under the age of 10, each with different types of cancer: brain, kidney, liver and lymphoma. There is scant … Read more