February issue

Issue 25

Welcome to the February issue of Monthly News. It’s the National Year of Reading, so we are going to take a look at how early year children are having literacy levels boosted by an unlikely personality. We also see how hundreds of schools are turning pupils onto maths and take a look at how the sky is the limit for students involved in a competition organised by the British National Space Centre.

We hope you enjoy this issue, happy reading.

In this issue:

Dolly lends a hand

Increasing literacy levels in UK schools is at the top of the education agenda, but a new scheme introduced by country and western singer, Dolly Parton, aims to tackle this issue at a much earlier stage.

Making maths fun

Making mathematics a fun exercise has become easier with the introduction of an online resource, Mathletics, into schools around the UK.

Primary sport

Roehampton University is nurturing a new generation of primary Physical Education (PE) specialists.

A space dream comes true

Students across the UK have been offered the opportunity to enter a competition to create an experiment which could win them the chance to have work flown into space.

Classic success

The work of ten of the country’s most inspirational music teachers has been recognised at Classic FM’s Music Teacher of the Year Awards.

Black History Month

Three Buckinghamshire students came up with their very own way of celebrating Back History Month at the end of last year.