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Northern Ireland 'to scrap 11-plus'

BBC Education news feed - Tue, 2007-12-04 08:08
The education minister is expected to announce she intends scrapping the transfer test from next year.

All pupils 'need sex education'

BBC Education news feed - Tue, 2007-12-04 02:53
Children need sex education throughout their time in school, leading charities and a teaching union say.

Sir is now 'learning consultant'

BBC Education news feed - Mon, 2007-12-03 22:16
Teachers will become "learning consultants" and pupils will wear suits when a school becomes a city academy.

Oxbridge shuns academy project

BBC Education news feed - Mon, 2007-12-03 14:07
Oxford and Cambridge universities are refusing to become sponsors of academy schools.

Union suspends classroom strike

BBC Education news feed - Mon, 2007-12-03 10:00
Nipsa members vote to suspend strike action in the long-running dispute over classroom assistants' pay.

School work priority for children

BBC Education news feed - Mon, 2007-12-03 07:04
A survey commissioned by the children's CBBC programme Newsround finds that children see school work as a priority.

Lesley Barry

Recent comments - Sun, 2007-12-02 11:19

Hi Amy,
I like your advent calender. Not long to Christmas. Nicola and Charlotte wish you all at Stepping Stones a Merry Christmas from all at Tower House including horses, Poppy the Cat and Missy the Dog.
Love Lesley and Noisy Jim x

Barbara

Recent comments - Sat, 2007-12-01 16:41

Hi Guys, Can't wait to see what other ideas you come up with this year. Glad I'm the first to leave a message. Perhaps I should get a life!!!!

Schools face up to global leagues

BBC Education news feed - Sat, 2007-12-01 05:16
Mike Baker looks at how schools in England are being assessed against international competitors.

England's pupils feel less safe

BBC Education news feed - Fri, 2007-11-30 18:52
Children in England feel less safe at school than in many other countries, according to an international survey.

More children into primary school

BBC Education news feed - Fri, 2007-11-30 15:26
The number of children without access to education has fallen by a quarter, says Unesco.

Review urged on pre-school plans

BBC Education news feed - Fri, 2007-11-30 14:13
Academics urge the government to review plans to impose formal learning on pre-school children.

Specialist schools 'no guarantee'

BBC Education news feed - Thu, 2007-11-29 19:08
Ofsted's chief inspector says the government's flagship scheme has not improved teaching standards.

UK schools slip down in science

BBC Education news feed - Thu, 2007-11-29 18:32
The UK is above average in an international league table on school science - but it loses its top-four place.

Staying on 'boosts economy'

BBC Education news feed - Thu, 2007-11-29 14:43
The economy will see major benefits when the school-leaving-age rises to 18, the government says.

Football boss plans church school

BBC Education news feed - Thu, 2007-11-29 14:19
A Christian schools foundation and a former football club chairman unveil plans for a privately-funded school.

School gives vegetarians priority

BBC Education news feed - Wed, 2007-11-28 22:23
Vegetarian children are to be given priority for places at Britain's first Hindu state school.

England falls in reading league

BBC Education news feed - Wed, 2007-11-28 18:21
The reading performance of children in England has fallen from third to 19th in the world in a major assessment.

joy kamara

Recent comments - Wed, 2007-11-28 16:02

Dear Beloved,
We are from Ivory Coast. we are orphans being that we lost our parents a couple of months ago.

Our father was serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death and our mother was an estate manager They were assassinated last October 2004 by the rebels following the political uprising between France and Cote d'
ivoire. Before our parents died our father had a foreign account here in Cote d'Ivoire up to the sum of 12 Million United states dollars which he told the bank was A TRUST FUND in the name of his children, and can only be withdrawn on presentation of a forieng account Overseas.
We want a favour from you to receive this funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary .

We have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing
to assist us please indicate your interest in replying soonest to my brother's private mail box (joyray221@yahoo.com)

Thanks and best regards .
Joy & Raymond Kamara

joy kamara

Recent comments - Wed, 2007-11-28 16:01

Dear Beloved,
We are from Ivory Coast. we are orphans being that we lost our parents a couple of months ago.

Our father was serving director of the Cocoa exporting board until his death and our mother was an estate manager They were assassinated last October 2004 by the rebels following the political uprising between France and Cote d'
ivoire. Before our parents died our father had a foreign account here in Cote d'Ivoire up to the sum of 12 Million United states dollars which he told the bank was A TRUST FUND in the name of his children, and can only be withdrawn on presentation of a forieng account Overseas.
We want a favour from you to receive this funds to a safe account in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary .

We have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing
to assist us please indicate your interest in replying soonest to my brother's private mail box (joyray221@yahoo.com)

Thanks and best regards .
Joy & Raymond Kamara