This is the hilarious moment a Dublin teacher giving parents homeschooling ideas falls over. Olga Brennan, from Rush, in north Dublin, laid out a series of letters written out on sheets of A3 paper to assist children in learning to spell. In her hopscotch-inspired game, the idea is for the child to jump from letter … Read more
Millions of pupils don’t have the laptops they need: A THIRD of low-income families do not have the equipment needed for home schooling, report reveals Pupils have been told to use devices to learn at home while schools are closed Has opened ‘digital divide’ between middle classes and low-income pupils Sutton Trust found that 35% … Read more
Myleene Klass is struggling mentally with juggling her Dancing On Ice training, home schooling her children and tending to a toddler. The TV and radio star, 42, admitted she’s currently finding life at home with a big family ‘psychologically challenging’ and joked she would rather do the head-banger, one of ice skating’s most dangerous moves, … Read more
Well that’s PE sorted! Hilarious moment five-year-old boy takes break from home schooling to turn their sofa into makeshift waltzer Footage shows Joey Brookes, five, standing on the sofa in Rugby, Warwickshire He runs, sending the circular sofa spinning as brother Reggie, three, squeals The duo collapse in heap after building up enough momentum to … Read more
TV presenter Kate Garraway has admitted she’s struggling with the torture of home-schooling her two children. The star, 53, whose husband Derek Draper, who has been in hospital for ten months now after contracting coronavirus, spoke about schools being closed amid the pandemic on Good Morning Britain on Friday. Kate, who is mother to Darcey, … Read more
Furious parents have hit out at online lessons for children working from home, with some claiming teachers are only doing the register and reading stories over Zoom. The outcry comes after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson admitted yesterday children could stay home until after the February half-term. Mr Williamson stressed he wants ‘schools to be closed … Read more
Jacqueline Jossa reveals she likes home schooling her kids and daughter Ella enjoys it because it’s like ‘playing schools with mummy’ By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 01:42 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 01:57 GMT, 12 January 2021 She is a mother of two daughters, five-year-old Ella and two-year-old Mia. And Jacqueline Jossa has revealed … Read more
Children that spend more than two hours a day watching TV ‘lose four months of schooling in both maths and reading’, study finds Australian scientists studied 1,239 8- to 9-year olds in Melbourne over two years Looked at connection between screen time and academic attainment Found two hours of TV a day or one hour of … Read more
A mother who is ‘anti-school’ takes her kids to the beach for picnics and hunting for possums instead of sending them to a mainstream classroom to learn traditionally. Lucy Aitkenread’s two daughters, Ramona, nine, and Juno, seven, are encouraged to wake up when they want and pass their days surfing, hiking, kayaking and exploring the … Read more
‘I got told off’: Hamish Blake reveals he was shamed for using the term ‘home schooling’ because it’s OFFENSIVE to teachers By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:04 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 23:58 BST, 20 April 2020 Hamish Blake was shamed for saying he was ‘home schooling’ his five-year-old son, Sonny, … Read more