Sentences with phrase «said older pupils»

Emily's maths teacher Graham Harvey said there was a gender imbalance among higher - level maths pupils, but said older pupils were good role models.

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«He's probably one of the teachers I'll still remember when I'm seventy - five years old,» says an appreciative pupil.

Janie VanEman, a junior at Centenary and Edwards» oldest pupil, says, «It's a totally new approach.

Eventually diplomas will be offered to pupils of all abilities from 14 to 19 years old and Mr Balls has said he hopes they will become the «qualification of choice».

The 44 - year - old said: «Sharon was... Wirral mother stabbed outside primary school Daily... — A mother of a primary pupil

Wilshaw is expected to say that the number of 16 to 18 year - olds being taken on as apprentices is as low as it was a decade ago, and the low figures are partially a result of schools failing to push pupils down vocational routes.

«Perhaps... these predictable course choices to the same old universities are not always the right choices for all of your pupils,» she said.

However, Wilshaw said that bringing back the national tests for 14 - year - olds in England would help tackle the persistent underperformance among the most able pupils.

For example, recruit pupils for extra-curricular groups; arrange extra rehearsals; follow up on interests shown in the classroom (eg finding a child who is learning the guitar at home, informally, and getting them involved in a school group); produce a programme for the school concert which includes every child's name; liaise with other staff members (eg with the Art Department to provide a cover for said programme); organise refreshments; run a Parent Support Group for music; arrange for matching T - shirts for the jazz band or school choir; deliver a «sponsored sing» for charity; visit an old people's home to perform for the residents; and a host of other things which make for «a musical school».

Researchers spoke to more than 2,000 secondary school pupils aged 11 to 16 years old and found that more than a third (36 per cent) were willing to do «whatever it takes to look good» and that nearly two thirds (63 per cent) said what other people think of their looks is important to them.

If we assume universal participation and pick a midlevel cost — say, $ 9,000 per child, which is close to where Head Start is today and approximates average per - pupil spending on K — 12 public education — the outlay for four - year - olds would be about $ 36 billion per annum.

Pupils should be taught in school how to avoid being sucked into gangs or exploited by older criminals, the children's commissioner has said.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that although 210,000 children previously ineligible for free meals stand to gain under the new system, 160,000 pupils who would have been entitled to free meals under the old system will lose out.

Poorer pupils also get less help with their homework, with half of the most disadvantaged 15 - year - olds saying their parents regularly help them with their studies, compared to 68 % of their better - off classmates.

«Just like the Labour party, all they have done is undermine the hard work of classroom teachers, which has seen a million more pupils in good or outstanding schools since 2010, a 71 % increase in students taking rigorous academic subjects and 100,000 six year olds reading more confidently,» said Mr Gibb.

The report says digital citizenship lessons for pupils up to the age of 14, with a voluntary extension for older children who «want to become digital leaders or champions», would show children «the way to get the best out of the internet».

There's a huge difference in the attainment of older and younger pupils in the same year, and it's too often misdiagnosed, says Stephen Gorard

Mr Gibb said: «In spite of the hard work of teachers and pupils, today's results show that there are still too many seven - year - olds not reaching the expected level in these important subjects.

They also said it really costs $ 14,155 per pupil to effectively teach a preschooler who is 3 or 4 years old.

Parents often fail to apply for the meals for older pupils, says the National Association of Head Teachers.

Currently, just three per cent of those who teach two to five - year - olds are men, and heads say more male role - models are needed for younger pupils.

However, the think tank says both parties» plans would «still leave spending per pupil on 16 to 18 - year - olds in 2021 - 22 around 14 per cent below its peak in 2011 - 12».

The Joint Council for Qualifications - representing exam boards across the UK - said the decline in pass rates for English was explained mainly by an increase in the number of entries by 15 - year - old pupils, whose results were significantly poorer than those of 16 - year - olds.

«The rise in GCSE entries for 15 year olds seems very unfair because it removes the level playing field and could be setting some pupils up to fail,» she said.

Hi I'm really worried about my 22week old puppy, after her walk yesterday we noticed her left pupil was alot larger than the right one and she has blue eyes but the colour almost disappeared aswell, and it looked red and swollen, we thought she'd maybe got something in her eye as it did return back to normal after a short time, then the same thing happened twice again after her walks today, I took her to see a vet this afternoon at the time Bella was and looked perfectly fine, and she looked in her eyes with a torch said everything looked ok and that she didn't have any ideas and come back if I got a photo of the eye then charged # 40, but after googling the symptoms it seems it could be a number of things, im not very confident in going back to this vet, and im worried sick.

About 2 months ago, I noticed on my male 3 yr old Siberian husky his left eye pupil was very dialated, two days later it started to bulge and cloud over, I rushed him to the vet, they checked the eye and prescribed ointment, it took care of the cloudiness, but did nothing for the bulging or the enlarged pupil, last weekend I noticed redness or blood in his eye, within a day that cleared, then came back with a vengeance, blood took over the whole eye, rushed him again to vet, they said they couldn't give him a proper examination due to his eye being completely filled with blood, there was no charge, but said it was definitely not trauma and he is too young to be cancer, but there are exceptions to everything, no prescriptions or ointments, said they would do very little and in most cases these symptoms clear on their own, they said to wait and watch, any change, for better or worse to bring him back, if there is discharge and seems to be healing then they can do a proper exam, if there is more bulging then they'll have to stick a needle in the eye to drain it.