Monthly news: September 2006
Issue 9, September 2006
Welcome to our ninth issue of education news! Every four weeks these pages will provide our pick of current news from the world of education, to help keep you up to speed with what's on in this dynamic and diverse sector.
We hope you enjoy this issue but we also want to ensure that the news here is balanced and varied, and that it meets your needs. Please contact the team at ruler@rarepublishing.co.uk if there's anything you would like to hear more about from us. Happy reading!
Pupils going back to school this term are having their taste buds tickled with a new, exciting menu. Schools are receiving £220 million of Government funding to 2007/08 to help them implement new nutritional standards in a “school food revolution”.
There has been much debate about the use of fish oil supplements in schools and whether they could impact on educational standards. Now, 36 schools across County Durham plan to test the theory on about 5,000 Year 11 pupils.
The quality of initial teacher training (ITT) has been given a big thumbs up by new teachers across England. The most comprehensive survey to date found that 86 per cent of trainees thought the overall training they received was good or very good – up 2 per cent on the previous year.
A £60m ICT scheme aims to loan computers to 100,000 of the country’s neediest secondary school pupils over the next two years.
Queen Elizabeth’s Mercian in Tamworth had just become a specialist music college when Lorna Nichols started teaching there last September. Lorna has found the switch to a specialism offers plenty of benefits to teachers, and pupils.
Maths teachers nationwide can look forward to even more professional support this year with the launch of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM). The centre aims to give a boost both to the subject and its teachers by offering continuing professional development opportunities.
