Sentences with phrase «school teachers and pupils»

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In nursery, primary and secondary schools teachers are more delighted with a pupil's good «social skills» («getting along») than with the high marks of a solitary child.

«The most important book published by the Holy See in this generation for Catholic education,» says Bishop O'Donoghue, «is theCatechism of the Catholic Church, and its summary, the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church»; he says that «it is vital that both the Catechismand the Compendiumare used by teachers in our schools and colleges, who can guide pupils in how to make best use of them»; that «the key to unlocking this treasury of Church teaching....

Recently a teacher in a non-denominational school related her experience of young secondary pupils discussing their outrage that a «mad Christian party» was standing and that they were «anti-gay».

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.

It is being used in British schools by pupils and teachers to create calm classrooms, reduce stress around exams and foster creativity.

My school had an unusually high number of such educated teachers, winding down from their wartime careers in the army, the Church, or the colonial service, and many of their pupils were drawn to them.

Even the relationship of teacher and pupils in a school is not fulfilled so long as the instructor by duress and discipline is forcing stolid children to their work.

In schools, the Catholic authorities have meekly handed over to the politicians control over the curriculum, over the admissions of pupils and, in practice, over the appointment of teachers.

Thirdly, in terms, of structures, Catholic governors used to have complete control of the three important elements in any school: the curriculum; the admission of pupils; and the appointment of teachers.

Rev Patrick Moriarty, 51, has been headmaster of the Jewish Community Secondary School, in north London since 2012, working 70 hours a week, managing 1,300 pupils and 100 teachers.

Christian teacher Tom Wade, who is head of RE at a Hertfordshire school, believes the game is having a positive effect on pupils: «I spoke to one student who said that they'd left their house early that morning so he and his sister could walk via a location that a specific Pokémon had been spotted at, and this is a student that we'd previously dealt with [who had] anxiety issues in leaving the house.

When I mentioned this to a friend of mine, who is a teacher in a non-denominational school, he suggested that I come over and have lunch with some of his pupils.

They later visited Castlebay High School, where both girls were pupils, to speak to teachers and staff.

Will County State's Atty. Jeff Tomczak charged that Katherine Keylor and Mark Haller, who oversaw the state's school lunch program, «recklessly endangered» the welfare of pupils and teachers by repeatedly ignoring warnings that the food had been contaminated during an ammonia leak at a storage facility in St. Louis.

«It's about time someone cracked down on these people,» said Marler, whose firm represented 35 pupils and teachers at Laraway School in a civil case that recently was settled for an undisclosed amount.

On Nov. 25, 40 pupils and teachers at Laraway Elementary School in Joliet were taken to the hospital after a hot lunch of chicken tenders.

Free school meals, pupil premium and other school premiums, teacher training funding, school places.

Administration Superintendents, Principals, Headmasters, Business Managers, ADs, Heads of Pupil Services Athletic Dept. Staff ADs, ATs, Coaches Clinical and Academic Staff School RNs, Guidance Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers, ATs, Teachers

The group should include one or more individuals from the following list: • The headteacher or a member of the senior management team • Parents • Governors • The school catering manager and / or area supervisor • Midday supervisors • Class teachers • Pupils (4 - 6 has been shown to be a good number).

«Pupils and students of public schools have been at home for over four weeks due to the strike embarked upon by civil servants and teachers.»

Recently the Union has campaigned on the dangers to teachers and pupils caused by excessive temperatures in schools and continues to highlight the deadly legacy of asbestos in school buildings.

The report suggests that the Coalition Government's free schools programme may be disadvantaging BME pupils, parents and teachers.

Many teaching and training systems are based on the school of hard knocks; many systems involve the deliberate use of corporal punishment — for incentive, or to assert the authority of school and teacher over the pupil.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

«For example, most of the primary school teachers have not taught before and the head of the primary school is experienced in teaching secondary - aged pupils only.»

Conference deplores the misleading claims made by some government ministers that teachers have nothing to fear if a pupil dies or is injured as a result of participating in educational activity sanctioned by the school and where the teacher has exercised common sense.

Depends on the school, the willingness of the governing body to attract the right head teacher, and whether the voucher retains the pupil premium bias.

Commenting on the Government's response to the Women and Equalities Committee's report on sexual violence and harassment in schools, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «There is absolutely no place in our schools for sexual harassment or violence towards either pupils or staff.

This will include the opportunity for pupils and teachers from every state secondary school to research the people who served in the Great War...

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.

«The Tories have overseen a school places crisis, the highest rate of teachers leaving the profession in a decade and over half a million pupils in super-sized classes.

Teachers have reported there is still more to do to ensure LGBTI equality in schools for all staff and pupils.

It goes on to say that «the Department has received concerns from two parents surrounding the treatment of their mixed - race child at a Steiner school, including racist abuse by other pupils which the school allegedly failed to act upon despite repeated complaints, and the use of racial epithets by teachers.

«Freedom comes at the high price of, among other things, abandoning national pay and conditions of service for teachers and allowing all schools to select their pupils.

In several of the cases of bullying complaints, there is also a concern about the way the school has handled the allegations, failing to investigate accusations of bullying and physical abuse by teachers in some cases... «In four Steiner schools, the Department has received complaints about physical abuse from teachers towards pupils, including spitting in a pupil's face, making sexual innuendos and throwing a rounders bat at a pupil.

Teachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountabilityTeachers from across the UK will be gathering to debate a range of motions on topics including pupil indiscipline, the mental health of teachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountabilityteachers, workload, pay and conditions, marking and the school accountability system.

One of the largest manhunts in recent French history began yesterday after a lone gunman killed a teacher and three pupils at a Jewish school in Toulouse.

Teachers, parents and pupils from across the country joined politicians at Westminster calling for more money to be spent on schools.

«Rather than harking back to an age when children started their adult life with qualifications that were seen as second rate, we want to look forward and work with teachers and schools to give them the freedom and tools needed to stretch pupils.»

«This process has already caused much uncertainty and disruption to pupils and their families, now teachers and school support staff find themselves removed from their jobs without even financial compensation.

«The changes to exam grading have created huge uncertainty for pupils, teachers, parents and employers which will be difficult for schools to manage.

Director of shooting standards, Peter Marshall, said: «This is an important part of BASC's ongoing schools initiative, ensuring that pupils and teachers are provided with a balanced view on country sports and the law.

Chris Keates: «This is a shocking and distressing event and our thoughts are with the teacher concerned, their family, and staff, pupils and whole school community at Dixons Kings Academy».

He urged Principals and Head teachers of public and private schools to mobilize their students and pupils to participate actively in all the events, including Cultural Display, Novelty March, Cycling and other side attractions.

Commenting on the data released today by the Department for Education on permanent and fixed - period exclusions of pupils during 2013 - 14, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The increase in the number of pupils suspended due to assaulting adults in schools is extremely worrying.

«Until this Coalition took office, there was comprehensive guidance in place nationally, providing details of teachers legal rights and entitlements and a suite of good practice for schools to use to protect teachers and pupils from this kind of abuse.

However, the BBC claims that the government's own drugs information panel has expressed concern about the use of drug testing in schools, citing Vivienne Edwards from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs as warning that such tests can undermine pupil - teacher relationships and should not be used a result of «complex» technical and ethical issues surrounding the issue.

«Often teachers can be the first to spot signs of mental distress among their pupils and schools do have an important role to play in improving provision and support for children and young people.

The vast majority (60 %) of pupils engaged in cyber bullying of their teachers were between 11 and 16 years old, but some were primary school pupils.

The announcement comes just a week after ministers proposed new powers for teachers to search pupils for weapons without consent and carry out spot checks on youths at school, under amendments tabled to the violent crime reduction bill.