Sentences with phrase «children out of primary schools»

A small proportion of parents across England have taken their children out of primary schools on Tuesday, protesting against tests for six and seven year olds.

Not exact matches

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

Every parent has a right and a duty to ensure that their primary role as educators of their children is not sub-contracted out to schools.

to reaffirm that parents have primary responsibility for their children's education and that they have the right to exercise this responsibility by educating them out of school;

Mrs. Mahama said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), report in the year 2015, indicated that sub-Saharan Africaremains the home to the largest out of school population of children in the world and although Ghana continue to face its our own challenges, it had achieved universal enrolment of children in primary school.

In his research (carried out with Professor Julian Elliott from Durham University) Dr Gibbs asked a sample of primary school teachers to complete two questionnaires about children who were having difficulty with learning to read.

Although the causes of lower back pain in school - aged children are most often benign, according to the literature, a thorough evaluation performed by the primary care physician can help rule out a more serious condition.

This year's EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) shows that there are still some 57 million primary age children and 63 million adolescents out of school and about 781 million illiterate adults globally.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play prChildren responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play prchildren and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play prchildren of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

A lack of focus on the marginalized has left the poorest five times less likely to complete a full cycle of primary education than the richest and over a third of out of school children living in conflict affected zones.

«Before the conflict, nearly every child was enrolled in primary school but by 2013 nearly two million children and adolescents were out of school.

As the most recent statistics on childhood obesity were released — which, incidentally, showed that around one in five children is overweight or obese as they start school, rising to around a third of children by the end of primary school — we launched a white paper setting out what we want to see in the forthcoming national child obesity strategy.

A study carried out in a large primary school in a deprived area of the Midlands confirmed that nursery children with social, emotional mental health problems, who attend Psychomotor Prevention improved not only their physical development and emotional wellbeing but also speech & language measurably more than pupils not attending.

Tutors have said that the recent marking of primary school papers has fuelled the rise, after children missed out on marks because their punctuation marks were misshapen.

«The children have become very excited about trees; we spent a whole afternoon, «learning with leaves» using them in maths to work out the area and perimeter of irregular shapes, and to classify using Venn diagrams,» said Claydon Primary School, Ipswich.

Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why «business as usual» won't lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to -LPrimary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why «business as usual» won't lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to -Lprimary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to -LSB-...]

The «Reaching and Teaching Out - of - School Children in Ghana» (REACH) project supports student transition to primary school by providing a nine month, accelerated, complementary basic education (CBE) learning prSchool Children in Ghana» (REACH) project supports student transition to primary school by providing a nine month, accelerated, complementary basic education (CBE) learning prschool by providing a nine month, accelerated, complementary basic education (CBE) learning program.

Hannah Young, PE Subject Leader at Morley Victoria Primary School near Leeds, says: «SPIRALPE ™ lesson plans are practical and well thought out and provide lots of opportunities for children to repeat and progress tasks to develop their physical literacy.

Globally, 35 % or 22 million of all out - of - school children of primary education age, 25 % of all adolescents of lower secondary age (15 million), and 18 % or 26 million of all out - of - school youths of upper secondary age live in areas affected by conflict.

With just a couple of clicks, it is possible to explore key issues, such as completion rates from primary to tertiary education, the percentage of children out of school, the amount spent on each pupil's education, and the supply of qualified teachers.

The highest out - of - school rates are in Eritrea and Liberia, where 66 per cent and 59 per cent of children, respectively, do not go to primary school.

A new survey of school leaders published by the NAHT and the Family and Childcare Trust has found that eight out of 10 school leaders reported that many children arriving at primary school are not ready to take part in classroom activities.

Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF

«The impact primary assessment is having on children's mental health and well - being, alongside what it is squeezing out of the school day, makes it irresponsible not to listen to teachers» concerns.

One of the focus areas of universal primary education is to increase access, enrollment of all children and reduce school drop outs.

UNESCO's statistics show that of the 57 million out - of - school primary children around the world, 31 million are girls, and the number is higher still for secondary.

Six countries are home to more than one - third of all out - of - school children of primary age: Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan.

Of the 61 million children of primary school age currently out of school, 17 million will never to set foot in a classroom if current trends continuOf the 61 million children of primary school age currently out of school, 17 million will never to set foot in a classroom if current trends continuof primary school age currently out of school, 17 million will never to set foot in a classroom if current trends continuof school, 17 million will never to set foot in a classroom if current trends continue.

In the pilot studies carried out under the last Labour government, which saw all primary school children given free school meals in the London Borough of Newham and in Durham, those children who took part were found to be two months ahead of their peers academically, compared to those who had not received the meals.

«Parents who find out on Monday which primary school their child will attend can be reassured that the government is doing more than any before to ensure all parents have the choice of a good local school.

«There are still 58 million children out of school globally and around 100 million children who do not complete primary education,» UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova says, adding «Inequality in education has increased, with the poorest and most disadvantaged shouldering the heaviest burden.»

A different view Shadow Schools Minister Kevin Brennan offered a rather different picture of the government's effect on music education, pointing out that the number of primary school children taking part in music has fallen from over a half in 2010, to just over a third by 2013.

Eight out of ten school leaders report that many children arriving at primary school are not ready to take part in classroom activities.

I have seen this impact many times in those children whose parents say that their children are more responsible following a residential visit, in those children whose behaviour and relationships with other children change for the better, and in the faces of those Year 6 children who share in their leavers» assembly that days out and residentials were the among the best memories of their whole primary school life.

The shortage of places saw one in seven children in Birmingham missing out on their first preference of primary school for the 2016/17 academic year.

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

Worldwide, one in five children of upper - primary - school age remain out of school.

It houses a kindergarten, primary school, gym, out - of - school child care facilities and a library.

The Tennessee Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, celebrates Tennessee's primary election results as voters turned out in support of school choice candidates.

Dr Kevan Collins, Chief Executive of the EEF, said: «We applaud the focus on what we know is a key juncture in children's lives - we want to find out what actually makes the difference in nurturing the literacy and life skills at the end of primary school that are so important for the springboard to success in secondary schooling and beyond.»

Third, because families are the primary source of support for children's learning and development, community schools prioritize reaching out to parents and other family members to see what resources they need — from books to visiting nurse programs to mobile libraries and workforce development opportunities — and encourage them to be involved in the life of the school.

Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the EEF, said: «We very much welcome the Deputy Prime Minister's announcement that the Government is investing # 10 million for the EEF to fund and rigorously evaluate projects to find out into what works in helping disadvantaged children make the difficult transition from primary to secondary school.

«For the children at Welldon Park Primary School our performance at the Ryan Theatre was out of this world!

Consistent with NSBA's position as outlined in its «friend of the court» (amicus) brief, Justice Samuel Alito delivered the Court's unanimous opinion and found that the school officials in this case should not be viewed as law enforcement agents, and the statements made by the young child to the teachers were not given with the «primary purpose of creating an out - of - court substitute for trial testimony.»

Providing the best possible classroom environment from the early childhood years throughout the primary and secondary years is one of the most effective way schools can reduce the number of children who will ultimately drop out.

But primary free schools stand out as one of the most biased against the poorer children in their locality.

The types of academic and developmental gains observed in children in the EPPSE study are very similar to those observed in U.S. studies on the effects of preschool, although the gains seem to carry through as children continue to later grades with less fade - out than has been observed in the U.S., a finding Melhuish attributes to better primary schools.

Nansi Ellis, assistant general secretary at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments ahead of parents finding out which primary school their child has been allocated today

For more than 30 years, members of Nottingham High School Community Action group have provided staffing and support for an annual residential weekend, taking primary school children from inner - city Nottingham out to rural DerbySchool Community Action group have provided staffing and support for an annual residential weekend, taking primary school children from inner - city Nottingham out to rural Derbyschool children from inner - city Nottingham out to rural Derbyshire.

The artist is working collaboratively with five children from Knotty Ash Primary School in Liverpool, aged between six and ten, to produce a series of artworks for a group exhibition at Bluecoat, as well as a series of five bench - like sculptures at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and artistic film exploring the activities carried out in the workshops.