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Enhance your skills with SCEL
Since its launch in 2014, the Scottish College for Educational Leadership has supported many education professionals – and this year, they’re offering even more fantastic opportunities. We found out more about what SCEL has to offer teachers from depute CEO and director of programmes Lesley Whelan When it comes to professional learning opportunities, few organisations…
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Social media sites harming young people’s mental health
Four of the five most popular social media sites are having a negative impact on young people’s mental health, according to new research. Photo sharing platform Instagram has proven to be the most damaging, according to research from the Royal Society for Public Health and the Young Health Movement. The survey questioned 1,500 14 to 24-year-olds…
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Understanding epilepsy
With the condition affecting one in 103 people in the UK, epilepsy is far more common than you might think – and it’s important that teachers and support staff get clued up on how best to support those affected. We find out more from Epilepsy Action Whether you work in a special education environment or not, the chances are that,…
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De-stress your students
You’ve handed out the mind maps and delivered your best ‘don’t stress’ speech, but still you can feel your pupils’ panic rising. Is there any more you can do to help? We speak to Janey Downshire, expert and author of Teenagers Translated, to see what more teachers can do to help tackle stress in the classroom REMEMBER THAT…
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“It’s important that our pupils are informed citizens”
Teacher Mary Penderleith, of Hazlehead Primary School in Aberdeen, shares her summer experience of teaching and mentoring in Rwanda with the Wood Foundation’s Global Learning Partnerships programme I’d always wanted to teach abroad. Global Learning Partnerships offered the chance to go abroad for a period of time and it was in the summer holidays. Rwanda is fantastic. For four weeks, I…
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A different take on Shakespeare
He’s a staple of any English or drama classroom, but unfortunately he’s not always popular with pupils. We look at one way in which you can capture the imaginations of your young charges with a few different takes on some Shakespeare classics… The works of William Shakespeare aren’t always easy to teach. Written in an…
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Adventures with PGL
School trips are a highlight for school pupils and teachers alike. So how do you go about arranging your own? PGL, the UK’s leading provider of school trips and children’s adventure holidays, is a hugely popular option with schools, offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences that fit with the curriculum too. Barry Forbes, a teacher at Montrose Academy, relates…
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