Sentences with phrase «of bright pupils»

Sir Craig Tunstall, executive head teacher of the federation leading the Gipsy Hill bid, said they wanted to tackle the problem of bright pupils in primary school falling behind when they transfer to secondary school.

There could have been no cloud to disturb the tranquil blue skies of Saul's Pharisaism, and no reason to doubt that he would have returned to his native city one of the brightest pupils of his day.

Not exact matches

Wales» brightest and most talented pupils are set to benefit from # 3 million of support over two years as part of plans announced today by Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams.

Ed has spoken about how the experience of seeing equally bright pupils, from less privileged backgrounds, failing to reach their potential had a profound impact on his politics and outlook.

With a set pupil size suited to bright sunlight, patients lose much of their vision in the dark.

Partial solar eclipses are hazardous to view because the eye's pupil is not adapted to the unusually high visual contrast: the pupil dilates according to the total amount of light in the field of view, not by the brightest object in the field.

«A key element of the Science on Stage concept is to give teachers an up - to - date «insider's view» of what is happening in big science, to tell them about new, highly diverse and interesting career opportunities for their pupils, and to create a European atmosphere where bright young people can meet and interact», says Colin Carlile, Director General of the Institut Laue - Langevin and current chairman of the EIROforum.

Inflammation in the iris of the eye causes iritis, a painful condition that can be aggravated by bright light (photophobia) as the iris opens and closes the opening of the pupil.

About a half - hour into the film, after Allen establishes his standard, complicated love story, this time involving a «genius» philosophy professor named Abe Lucas (played by Joaquin Phoenix, with a heck of a gut), Jill, his brightest pupil (Emma Stone), who says she's in love with her boyfriend, and Rita, a married professor (Parker Posey), who all teach / attend the same Newport, R.I. university, «Irrational Man» takes a rather dark and very welcome turn.

Additionally, the report advises that while grammar school pupils do score slightly higher at GCSE, much of this is explained by prior levels of attainment, meaning that bright pupils do just as well in the best comprehensives as they do in grammars.

Their bright colourful Core Textbooks, one for each year group, are very pupil friendly, contain lots of graded exercises, and are capable of being used in both a group work arrangement, AND as a whole class teaching resource, thus allowing for Mastery teaching to take place.

Karen has overseen the re-design of the school dining room with more light and bright colours and 3D models of fruit and vegetables, menu options added in consultation with pupils, servery lowered so all pupils can now see food on offer and all pupils must have a meal that includes vegetables.

Thousands of pupils will benefit from better, brighter, warmer classrooms thanks to this funding.»

43 per cent of state secondary school teachers say they would rarely or never advise their bright pupils to apply to Oxbridge, according to a new poll published by the Sutton Trust

Karen has overseen the re-design of the school dining room with more light and bright colours and 3D models of fruit and vegetables, menu options added in consultation with pupils, servery lowered so all pupils can now see food on offer, all pupils must have a meal that includes vegetables.

Schools that have already developed a proven programme of support for their brightest pupils should be encouraged to support other schools in their region where highly able pupils underperform.

International performance data make it clear that even the best and brightest pupils in the Massachusetts school system, our top talent, fall far short of the best in the world.

They have argued that admission by ability is more likely to promote social mobility, providing an opportunity for bright, poor pupils who do not live in the catchment areas of good schools.

A # 23 million fund to trial new teaching practices is being targeted at the brightest pupils because they «could do with a bit of extra help», Justine Greening has said.

Speaking exclusively to Schools Week after the launch of her social mobility action plan this morning, the education secretary defended her decision to focus on brighter disadvantaged pupils with the new future talent fund.

Academics at Durham University found the «apparent success» of these wholly selective schools was down to their brighter and more advantaged pupils.

And when it comes to the brightest children, Estyn said schools» expectations of their more able pupils just are not high enough.

Chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association Robert McCartney rejected suggestions grammars were not taking enough poor, bright pupils.

In areas where there are large numbers of grammar schools, such as Kent, Medway, Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, many schools lose more than a fifth of their potential bright pupils to grammars.

However, the apparent widespread coaching of pupils in private schools will fuel concerns that new grammars will continue to disadvantage poorer bright pupils.

You get the opportunity to touch the lives of your pupils and contribute to making their future one that is bright and productive.

Education Minister Huw Lewis said schools should follow the lead of Dyffryn School in Port Talbot which, despite being in a challenging area, sets high standards, performs well and gives pupils a bright future.

Northern Ireland's consistently higher performance - it has improved again - has been put down to its system of selective schools, where pupils are tested at the age of 11 and the brighter ones get places at grammar schools.

Although Schools Week has previously revealed that trusts can already move their brightest pupils into a «centre of excellence» within the trust — but only after pupils have been admitted to a school.

Nor is it surprising that even the best of teachers in such circumstances have scant energy left to cultivate the learning — or the potential — of exceptionally bright, earnest, and well - behaved pupils.

Schools with a high percentage of bright children and few disadvantaged pupils were more likely to be rated good or outstanding.

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This, despite the fact that the state had doubled the expenditure per pupil for a period of time and all these schools were directly run by Supt. Paul Vallas who selected the «world class» school administrators, contracted to staff the schools with the «best and brightest» teachers (TFA), and controlled the curriculum and hours of instruction.

Rex Philips, Wales organiser for the teaching union NASUWT, said: «Whilst is right that the best and the brightest of our pupils and their teachers should be congratulated for their outstanding achievements at GCSE this year, we should not lose sight of the fact that pupils who achieve a D, E or G may well have excelled themselves.

The education green paper introduced by Justine Greening a fortnight ago outlined proposals for multi-academy trusts to move their brightest pupils into a single «centre of excellence» school within their trust, stating the action is already «permissible» under the current system.

From Johnny come lately to best in class, especially when you consider the class contains some of the brightest ever pupils is nothing short of sensational.

The eyes of a healthy cat are clear and moist, pupils should react to bright light and not be dilated.

The specialized muscle called the iris, that's the colored portion of the eye, can contract the pupil to a round pinpoint in bright light, or open wide to allow in more light during low light.

Healthy feline eyes will be bright and clear, the pupils will be of equal size, and the cat will not be squinting with either eye.

The iris — the colored circle around the pupil — is actually a ring of muscle that makes the pupil larger in dim light and smaller in bright light.