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Is GCSE Coursework going to be abolished ? I hope so. |
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By Fusive on
Friday, March 31, 2006
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GCSE Coursework assessment has had many critics over the past few years. Firstly, there is the huge opportunity for cheating – or for over-helpful parents to be doing more work than their children, ......However, coursework could become a thing of the past for GCSE students in many subjects, the government's exams watchdog said
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Disciplining young children – Setting limits for behaviour |
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By Fusive on
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
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I do find it difficult sometimes as a Grandparent to be as firm with rules of behaviour – quite often things that annoy parents are quite OK for me (such as the child rushing around and making noise – I quite like the change!). But there are some main ideas that, as a former teacher of young children, I know are important to do with early education in setting up rules of behaviour.
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Disciplining young children – setting routines and keeping to them ! |
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By Fusive on
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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I think probably the first and most important education of young children is to set routines for the key activities of the day such as bathtime and bedtime, mealtimes and key jobs that children should be starting to do, such as tidying up their toys or clothes. Routines help children feel safe and calm, because they know what parents expect,
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The budget may help prevent FE College budgets from “melt down” – or may not |
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By Fusive on
Thursday, March 23, 2006
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A week ago or so the Department for Education and Skills announced a reduction of funding of around 10% to colleges , with the remainder open for tender to other training organisations – this could threaten to close some colleges – and its interesting that sixth forms are not being threatened with such radical funding loss
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The Bigger the 6th form the better the “A” level results the published figures show |
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By Fusive on
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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The Education Guardian is reporting information that shows that young people in larger 6th forms are likely to achieve better grades.The article says “Students studying at small school sixth-forms are less likely to achieve good A-level grades as those in larger institutions, according to government figures released today.
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Helping Children eat correctly |
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By Fusive on
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
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Its not easy to know what to do with a pre-schooler who picks at her food and only shows enthusiasm about puddings and sweeter things. So I’ve been researching to find out what we should be doing – or if there is anything we could do. I find that the evidence that is available says that children have an innate ability to control their calorie intake.
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Is your child clever ? “Seven ways for young children to be clever” |
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By Fusive on
Sunday, March 19, 2006
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I’ve been looking at the work of American psychologist Howard Gardner, and am taken by how his Multiple Intelligence Theory reinforces our belief that there are many different ways for children to be thought of as “clever” – though the Americanism in the article I read calls this “smart” which has rather negative connotations for us (too smart for his/her own good
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Poison prevention with young children – parents need reminding |
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By Fusive on
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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I was reading about the Poison Prevention week in the USA and thinking how the advice was no doubt useful for parents – but not particularly applicable to me (now a grandparent) until I came to check my cupboards and found a large range of poisons and harmful chemicals within reach of little hands.
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A generation is unable to cook due to failure of the education system |
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By Fusive on
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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School children are more likely to learn how to design food packaging than how to cook a meal, says a new report. So where have these stupid cookery lessons left us ? It's an old cliché that many men leave home not even knowing how to boil an egg, but now it seems there is a whole generation of people who lack basic cooking skills.
Cookery has virtually disappeared from school timetables and the result is a generation of young adults who have passed through the school system without learning how to cook and look after themselves nutritionally, say campaigners.
A new Ofsted report backs them. It says even when cooking - or food technology as it is now known - is taught pupils are more likely to be using computers to produce drawings of icing on cakes than learning how to cook nutritious meals. Efforts to get children eating more healthily are being hampered as a result, it adds.
Many young adults don't know how to chop vegetables, grill meat or even make a salad, leaving ...
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