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State school heads who block teachers from hosting live online lessons due to privacy concerns have sparked confusion among critics who ask why educators can’t just pick a different background. Headteachers claim live-streaming lessons from inside a teacher’s home is a ‘huge invasion of privacy’ and takes away ‘professional distance’. And teachers’ union NASUWT is … Read more
Tanith Carey (pictured) argues authoritarian parenting isn’t about the child’s development NO By Tanith Carey One Sunday morning when I was nine, my father summoned me into his study, sat me down and instructed me to write down all the seas I could find on the globe that had been my birthday present that year. … Read more
Myleene Klass has announced she will recommence her online music lessons for schoolchildren as the UK is plunged back into lockdown. The singer, 42, provided free lessons via her Myleene’s Music Klass series throughout lockdown 1 last year, and will be doing the same again following the commencement of a new six-week lockdown. Mum-of-three Myleene … Read more
BBC unveils ‘biggest education offer in its history’ as schools are closed during third full lockdown including three hours of lessons for primary aged pupils every week day CBBC will broadcast three-hour block of primary school programming from 9am It will air each weekday, starting on January 11, the corporation has announced It comes as … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: New Year is always a time for reflection but never more so than the strange, muted first days of 2021 – so what have we learned? Lives and businesses have changed in ways that would have been unimaginable at the start of 2020 In business, Covid-19 has delivered a coup de grace to … Read more
It’s safe to say nobody could have prepared for what has happened over the past 12 months, in terms of managing their finances, but also their life in general. Thousands have lost their jobs, millions were furloughed, and sadly many have lost their lives due to the pandemic. Throw into the mix the instability caused … Read more
She’s the former athlete-turned-motivational speaker who has teamed up with Visa this festive season to support small businesses doing it tough this year. And inspirational burns survivor Turia Pitt told Daily Mail Australia this week the life lessons she will take away from the coronavirus pandemic. The 33-year-old, who shares sons Hakavai, three, and Rahiti, … Read more
Return to online lessons in January? Ministers ‘considering DELAYING reopening schools after Christmas’ – just days after Gavin Williamson threatened councils with legal action if they closed Education Secretary Gavin Williamson expected to make announcement later January 4 and 5 return reportedly to be replaced with online lessons English secondary pupilscurrently have highest covid rates … Read more
Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction. The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more
London borough closes ALL schools: Greenwich says lessons will move online TOMORROW after rising coronavirus cases sparked alarm – despite government threat to SUE to keep classes running Greenwich council leader warns London borough has highest rates since March The south-east London borough is facing ‘exponential growth’ of Covid-19 Schools will be closed from Monday … Read more