Sentences with phrase «for schoolchildren»

Old Sturbridge Village is committed to developing and offering quality programs for schoolchildren with a specific focus on youth from disadvantaged circumstances.

At five years, Tasmania currently has the oldest minimum starting age for schoolchildren of any other state or territory in Australia.

Fiscal austerity stemming from state budget shortfalls is becoming a «new normal,» they state, and «if not thoughtfully considered, budget - balancing decisions could damage learning opportunities for schoolchildren.»

Simultaneously, you'll also have had plenty of time to rue the day in 2003 when another political deal promised an Olympic sporting legacy for our schoolchildren on the back of London 2012.

Previously, starting age in Tasmania was set to five years old — the oldest minimum starting age for schoolchildren in any state or territory of Australia.

Appointed parliamentary secretary for pensions by Winston Churchill, in the coalition government of 1940, she went on to become minister for Education in the landmark Attlee government of 1945, introducing free milk for schoolchildren and raising the school leaving age.

World Book Day is around the corner and it is a wonderful time for schoolchildren to dress up and pay homage to their favourite novels and authors.

Send a message to your members of Congress and make a difference for schoolchildren across the nation.

Send a message to your members of Congress and make a difference for schoolchildren across the nation.

«The need to get the budget done is starting to overtake some of the issues, and we do not want to see the need to restore funding for our schoolchildren get lost in the mix.»

The best part: each sale funds the purchase of 75 meals for schoolchildren worldwide.

In addition, the award - winning SCAD Museum of Art curriculum guides, created for K - 12 audiences to engage with museum exhibitions, will feature a published educational guide for schoolchildren based on the Crafts» inspiring story.

There was also an interactive presentation for the schoolchildren about proper safety and injury prevention, brain function and the anatomy.

Pizza contains some tomato paste, and Congress says that a couple of tablespoons of the stuff should count as a serving of vegetables for schoolchildren.

I think it would be great for tourism, great for the schoolchildren.»

Education Secretary John B. King Jr. wants to see a return to a more well - rounded education for schoolchildren, one that spotlights the importance of science, social studies, world languages and the arts.

In fact, I function as a kind of block mother to the aged, the way young mothers become block mothers for schoolchildren.

There are several curriculum - linked activities for schoolchildren to get their teeth into, including getting children to create a chart of meat - free food according to the alphabet in order to help them with their literacy, learning about meat - free diets around the world for geography, and designing a four - week MFM diet for design and technology.

Summer for schoolchildren should be a happy, stress - free season, but for many of the Chicago Public Schools» 405,000 youngsters, the next three months are likely to be a hungry time.

Park officials have said the newly built Saturn Park playground, 230 feet from the school at 1800 Chippendale Rd., is perfectly suitable for the schoolchildren.

The new initiative comes as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, which funds free or reduced - price lunches and breakfasts for schoolchildren.

Ever since he announced his candidacy, Braunstein, 29, has campaigned on a platform of cutting spending, reforming Albany and protecting quality of life in northeast Queens, particularly for schoolchildren and seniors.

Everyone agrees that if mayoral control expired, it would be a disaster for schoolchildren.

[6] The race featured instances where Astorino publicized a homemade video of a security breach at the County's Kenisco dam, while the incumbent, according to the New York Times, «in the face of record property - tax increases, has busied himself with a campaign against steroids for schoolchildren, as a follow - up to an anti-bullying initiative that featured admonitions from Spider - Man.»

The board approved by a vote of 12 - 0 the proposal to shut down the W and Z subway lines, shorten the G and M lines, end service on at least 21 bus lines and end free MetroCards for schoolchildren.

Each state has its own immunization requirements for schoolchildren.

For schoolchildren trying to memorize the names and order of the planets, life just got a bit harder.

One writer who attended a performance in Northampton that was primarily for schoolchildren appreciated it more — thanks no doubt to a talk Clayton gave in advance.

The sensor is one of seven in «First Sense», a set for schoolchildren which earned its manufacturer, Philip Harris of Litchfield in Staffordshire, two prizes this month.

Meanwhile, Harry Kloor at Purdue University in Indiana is collaborating with Star Trek's Paramount studios to design science materials for schoolchildren based on Star Trek stories.

He hopes the question of what constitutes a planet will come closer to a resolution in 2015, when space probes arrive at Ceres and Pluto, perhaps revealing that they are dynamic enough to warrant a whole new definition of planet — and a new mnemonic device for schoolchildren to learn.

Most people think of bullies as a playground issue for schoolchildren.

However, political conservatives are slightly more likely than either moderates or liberals to say that parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children — though seven - in - ten or more of all three ideology groups support requiring the MMR vaccine for all schoolchildren because of the potential health risk to others.

«We started with three months» research into Khumbu's environment and culture, then we helped to set up the visitor centres to promote conservation and developed an environmental syllabus for schoolchildren.»

We will laugh when incongruity is resolved in a clever way, when a strange - seeming something is exposed as a trivial nothing — when a proof of the Riemann hypothesis dissolves the Platonic otherness of the primes into obvious tautology, and what is today regarded as the hardest problem ever conceived by the human mind becomes a somewhat broad joke, fit for schoolchildren.

NHS asks 10 - year - olds if they're «comfortable in their gender» in official transgender survey for schoolchildren.

Tricky spelling and grammar quiz designed for schoolchildren leaves many adults stumped... so how many can you get right?

(«If it weren't for Hawkins,» condescends Variety's Peter Debruge, «there would be little to distinguish Maudie from the sort of 16 mm filmstrip made for schoolchildren back in the day.»

Knowledge about those principles will be useful for schoolchildren long after they leave school and become professionals.

It is surely difficult for schoolchildren and students today to imagine classrooms as they were not that long ago — without computers and mobile phones.

Anthologies of reading for schoolchildren now carefully select stories to include all the major ethnic and racial groups; to ensure that girls and women are portrayed in a positive, nonsexist manner; and to include at least one selection dealing with a disabled person.

What should we take away from News Corp.'s recent announcement that it is writing off losses stemming from its digital education wing Amplify, ceasing its production of tablets for schoolchildren, and selling off its educational software and assessment services?

If schools were to make the hand washing procedure fun, engaging and memorable for schoolchildren, then it is likely to increase overall hand hygiene compliance.

THB's Safe Steps for Schools ™ programme launched in February 2018, with the first crossing installed in Croydon, to improve safety for the schoolchildren at Crescent Primary School.

This deeply researched story left me cheering for teachers, crying for schoolchildren, and raging at politicians.

Fleischner's retelling of the story may be more accessible for schoolchildren than the original autobiography.

The EITC program would also be expanded under the proposal, providing additional scholarships for schoolchildren by expanding the tax credits available to businesses.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court held that a city franchise contract that required a tram line to provide half fare rides for all schoolchildren, whether they are public or parochial school students, does not violate the state's Blaine Amendment.

There is no evidence to prove the government's flagship academies programme has raised standards for all schoolchildren, according to a cross-party group of MPs.