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A new survey has revealed that almost one in ten school staff buy food for pupils who would otherwise go hungry. More than 4,600 school support staff took part in the poll by GMB Union that found eight per cent of staff felt they had to spend their own money on food for hungry children. School staff said that children […]
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This week is recycle week ♻️. Incorporating recycling into the classroom can be fun and easy. This year recycling has been in the spotlight with the ban of plastic micro beads in cosmetics and a public outcry on the use of non-recyclable plastic straws. Despite the war on plastic taking centre stage across social media sites, more needs to be […]
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Two Edinburgh universities have launched a drive to train 100,000 Scots in data skills over the next decade. The new venture between Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities could transform the area into the data capital of Europe. It is estimated that Scotlands needs around 13,000 extra workers with data skills each year. The Scottish Government’s Digital Strategy includes plans to tackle […]
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This week is sexual health week and the theme is consent. Sexual abuse is more prevalent for those living with physical or learning disabilities so sex education is is even more important. In 2015, after an investigation from the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, figures revealed that there had been 4,748 reports of sexual abuse in England against adults with disabilities two years prior. This is a drop in […]
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Dentists say puddings and soft drinks should be banned from school meals if the Scottish government wants to improve children’s health. The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCSPG) is calling for excess sugar to be cut from school meals. The faculty were consulted as part of a proposed regulation to combat […]
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2018 marks 10 years of the Girlguiding UK Girls’ Attitudes Survey. The survey asks girls and young women aged seven-21 their opinions on growing up as a girl. Within the survey questions are split into seven categories: education, leadership, aspirations and role models, appearance pressures, happiness and wellbeing, social action, safety and socialising and growing up as a girl today. […]
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