Sentences with phrase «pupils were in a class»

The shadow education secretary was taken to task over Labour's pledge to ensure that no pupil is in a class larger than 30 children in the first three years of primary school.

About 98.9 % of P1 pupils were in classes of 25 or fewer and the overall average class size in primary school was 22.7 %, up from 22.5 % in 2010.

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It checks for warning signs that a pupil is falling behind — if he or she hasn't logged in or posted on the class discussion board recently, for example — and sends a friendly, cautionary note.

He may also be faced with incomprehension and hostility when he tries to persuade the school not to support «Red Nose Day» or «Jeans for Genes»; when he suggests that asking pupils to stand at the front of the class and shout out the names of intimate body parts is an invasion of their modesty; when he objects to the non-Catholic geography teacher's presentation of solutions for over-population, the «gay rights» agenda seeping in through text books, the chaplaincyco - ordinator's failure to get abortion agency leaflets removed from the library, or the school nurse's distribution of cards with information on how to get the morning - after pill.

Pupils may further be put into classes on the basis of prospective occupation or occupation type, as in the European multiple - track system, in which at a certain age — say, twelve — pupils are separated into «industrial» or «vocational,» «business» or «commercial,» and «academic» or «college preparatory» segPupils may further be put into classes on the basis of prospective occupation or occupation type, as in the European multiple - track system, in which at a certain age — say, twelve — pupils are separated into «industrial» or «vocational,» «business» or «commercial,» and «academic» or «college preparatory» segpupils are separated into «industrial» or «vocational,» «business» or «commercial,» and «academic» or «college preparatory» segments.

One of Shakespeare's fellow pupils, Robert Debdale by name, was executed as a priest in 1586; while studying for the priesthood Debdale shared classes with Thomas Cottom (executed in 1582), whose brother John Cottom was a schoolmaster at Stratford and taught Shakespeare until, under mounting anti «Catholic pressure from the Crown, he fled home to Lancashire, a Catholic stronghold.

One measure that has been a thorn in the side of our primaries is the ruling that no class may have over 30 pupils.

In the class of eight pupils graduated on March 28 (1859) all were members of the church.

So it's not unusual to see 30 - 34 students in a class» and therefore pupils who need more help may not get it.

Inspectors sat in on a maths class where pupils predominantly cut out and pasted shapes and «learned little that was mathematical».

He was rewarded with extra funding to cut class sizes, and subsequently there has since 1997 been a massive increase in literacy and numeracy, and there are 42,000 more teachers than in 1997, with doubled spending per pupil in frontline [clarification needed] schools (and over 100,000 teaching assistants) through to 2010.

However, as the court heard, and the jury has now determined, there was no intent to cause any harm to any pupil in the class.

«What Michael wants to create is a first class, world class state system which means that in future years you will have more pupils from state schools, people like me, around the cabinet table, and in that I fully support Michael Gove,» the faith and communities minister said.

The Akaal Primary School, which will have classes for reception and year 1 pupils, is opening in a temporary site on Hartington Street, while a permanent location is found.

The chief inspector of schools, Christine Gilbert, said Ofsted inspectors would begin to be asked to assess why pupils are not paying attention in class and how to make improvements.

The number of Key Stage 1 classes reported as unlawfully having more than 30 pupils on the census day was 310 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 0.6 per cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 0.3 per cent in January 2010.

He eventually told Rayner that the figure was «520,445 primary school pupils in England alone in classes of 31 or more».

suggests that class size reduction policies are not the best option in terms of value for money to raising pupil attainment, compared to others such as increasing teacher effectiveness.

The number of Key Stage 1 classes reported as having more than 30 pupils, but which met legal requirements (which allow infant classes of more than 30 in very limited circumstances) on the census day was 1,060 (from a total of 54,790 classes), 1.9 per cent of all Key Stage 1 classes, up from 1.6 per cent in January 2010.

The proportion of Key Stage 2 classes reported as having more than 30 pupils on the census day was 14.5 per cent, down from 15.0 per cent in January 2010.

«So if ending tax credits for high earners is the price we pay for cutting class sizes and investing in disadvantaged pupils, so be it.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

The manifesto also proposed a large increase in public spending on education, which would allow for the school leaving age to be increased to 18 and reduce average class sizes to 19 pupils.

In addition he said that 650,000 children will be «crammed» into primary school classes larger than 30 pupils, and families will be nearly # 450 worse off per child as a result of Tory plans to scrap free school meals for 1.7 million children.

According to some teachers of the school, the pupil was asked by a female teacher to kneel in front of the class after she failed to read a lesson in class.

Bulging class sizes, stagnant salaries, fewer teachers and limited supplies of everything from books to copy paper: That is what the reduction in per - pupil state funding looks like in thousands of classrooms around the country since the Great Recession — despite a much vaunted economic recovery.

Getting kids socially prepared for school is part of pre-k's mission, and Hickey reminds her pupils to use their «inside voices» while in class.

A study in the BMJ in 2012 found that having a professional therapist teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to an entire class was no more effective than having the teacher give their usual personal social and health education classes, in terms of the effect on pupils» well - being.

For example, having someone come in to teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to a class is no more effective than having a teacher give the usual social and health education classes, in terms of pupils» well - being.

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Alice runs a class for pupils in Year 1, which is always full, has a committed core of Secondary pupils who come to yoga every week and a great staff and parents class.

Troubling, though, is the fact that 35 percent of the climate grade depends on having classes smaller than 25 pupils, which means that QC has taken sides in the great class - size debate, notwithstanding the rivers of doubt that Hoover Institution economist Eric Hanushek and others have poured on the notion that smaller classes are an efficient means of boosting achievement.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

«Some of our Set 6 pupils could easily be in a hierarchical Set 4 class,» the Mathematics teacher says.

Can also be split apart and used for assessments in Key Stage 4, as a time - saver for setting homework or in - class writing tasks, or as extension tasks for high - ability Year 9 pupils, to help them get prepared for the GCSE.

In science and maths classes, which may not be immediately associated with literacy, pupils need to read and analyse texts and have a working knowledge of specialist words.

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.

This might seem like an impossible task in a class of twenty or so pupils, but there is asolution.

There is a role on stage for the class teacher, in order to assist with narration and the direction of pupils on stage if need be.

It is true that a district with more funds per pupil than its neighbors can afford to offer more or better services (in the form of extracurriculars, smaller classes, and individualized learning time, for example).

Within a single school day, our pupils are enrolled in four core classes (English language arts, math, science, and social studies), one specialty class, one academic intervention course, and one extra-curricular enrichment course.

This technique should see more teachers pushing learning content to pupils in advance of class, to then allow face to face time at school to be used more effectively to embed the learning.

Erdington Hall School pupils» parents provide literacy support, and links are forged at one of the regular Stay and Play Days in Reception Class.

Each lesson plan explains in - class prep work to cover with your pupils before they dive into the activities, and is accompanied by any resources you'll need such as worksheets, templates and game cards.

Activity where pupils in the class are dealt 2 - 3 cards each.

To further pupils» understanding of Religious Expression Can be played in groups or as a whole class Can be played as a card sort activity (pupils match the correct symbol with the correct description)

On the plus side, the average class size for elementary school classes in Louisiana is 18.9 pupils, lower than the national average of 21.2.

Can be used in class, for revision or for pupil catch up / cover work.

Or, if they stick with full - class instruction, they pitch much of their instruction to kids in the middle 60 percent or so of the achievement / ability / motivation distribution, doing less for pupils who are either lagging far behind or surging ahead.

By contrast, in my experience, pretty much the only pressure on teachers to attend to the learning of their quicker, higher - achieving pupils comes from parents — and the pressure - exerting parents are almost always ensconced securely in the middle class.