Sentences with phrase «schools up and down the country»

Small first aid lessons were offered to schools up and down the country as part of the funding, with St John Ambulance school trainers teaching skills such as how to put someone in the recovery position or how to stop someone from choking.

The live event, taking place this year on Friday 17 June with popular TV and paediatric doctor Dr Ranj, is a free, live stream joined by schools up and down the country.

Since becoming chief executive of the National College for Teaching and Leadership, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of teaching schools up and down the country.

Kevin Courtney, NUT general secretary, said: «These are shocking figures that will create despair in schools up and down the country.

The first ever Share a Pencil Day takes place today, 17th May 2017 when 25,000 pupils in a range of schools up and down the country are being asked to share a pencil for a single lesson, an afternoon or the whole day to experience what learning is really like for many children across the globe.

This has been tried and tested on over 4000 students from many schools up and down the country with excellent success rates (mainly A * grades).

Schools up and down the country are getting involved in Climate Week from 4 to 10 March by finding imaginative solutions to climate change

The political literacy courses, certified by AQA, began in London but have grown in popularity and are now seeing schools up and down the country signing up to the programme.

The National Curriculum is constantly being reviewed and improved, and various subjects are often updated and implemented into schools up and down the country.

With schools up and down the country under pressure to provide extra pupil places, Jackie Maginnis from the MPBA explores how modular buildings can be the solution that the sector is searching for

The RSPB's (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) Big Schools» Birdwatch is rolling out in schools up and down the country, encouraging children to become part of the world's biggest wildlife survey.

Inspiring students As schools up and down the country prepare to usher in the new academic year, 12 more sporting stars have been named as Athlete Mentors for free secondary schools initiative Sky Sports Living for Sport.

Schools up and down the country are desperately short of funds.

«It is little short of disgraceful that our government is releasing money huge sums of money for projects which are unproven and not viable when excellent schools up and down the country are not even able to make ends meet,» said Mr White.

As September approaches, primary schools up and down the country are preparing to roll out universal free school lunches for all children in reception, year 1 and year 2.

Teacher wellbeing has been talked about for a long time and is becoming a growing topic in many schools up and down the country, and rightly so.

Asked how she intended to win back the profession, Mrs Morgan said: «In the 10 months I was here before the election I visited many schools up and down the country, spoke to over 900 teachers, and I'm going to be doing much more of that now that I'm back in position.

«And we are pleased that the Liberal Democrats say they would end the Government's cuts to education, which are so damaging to schools up and down the country.»

Not exact matches

There are wooded options up island as well (we used to run loops around Peaked Hill for cross country practice in high school) but they're harder to find and not as convenient as down island.

Jamie Oliver among others were extremely critical of this product and it disappeared from school menus up and down the country.

Up and down the country there are many good examples of hospitals, schools, roads, housing and administrative services being successfully and efficiently delivered at less cost and with greater efficiency than the public sector was able to do.

These projects, some of which are part of wider regeneration projects such as our work in schools and with young offenders and local residents in Thurrock, or initiatives of the London 2012 Open Weekend project supported by BP, help to bring communities together, up and down the country, inspiring individuals to participate and explore their creativity in new ways.

Patients were suffering and millions of children up and down the country were condemned to learning - or too often, not learning - in inadequate and outdated schools.

Whether it was the years spent on the CrossFit Level 1 Seminar Staff, the period that I worked with schools around the country to implement fitness programs, the two moves up and down -LSB-...]

This is clearly not sustainable for our schools, our teachers or our students, and steps must be taken to alleviate the pressure facing our teachers up and down the country.»

The new competition is designed to challenge school, college and university students and language enthusiasts up and down the country to practise and improve their vocabulary in at least one -LSB-...]

Schools and academies up and down the country are raving about the positive effect the Duke of Edinburgh Award has on pupils and teachers alike

As part of the day, primary schools from up and down the country will be asked to pledge to taking part in the day by running activities designed to get pupils more active.

«Up and down the country, schools like St Andrew's are raising educational standards for our young people and helping the government to deliver on its bold reforms.

He continued: «The chancellor knows full well that schools and sixth form colleges up and down the country are on their knees struggling to make ends meet.

Far from being the levelling up of funding that councils and heads have demanded, the government is levelling down and schools across the country face real terms cuts in this Parliament.

Schools and colleges up and down the country have an opportunity to encourage children to become more active and open up about any issues they may be facing.

It reads: «I have seen personally, in my school visits up and down the country, how they promote reading for pleasure and in doing so, turn pupils into avid readers.

The Chancellor knows full well that schools and sixth form colleges up and down the country are on their knees struggling to make ends meet.

Schools and colleges up and down the country continue to face pressure on standards, space, maintenance and budgets.

The criticism will certainly continue however if preschool establishments up and down the country adopt this celebration then this is solid evidence to silence the critics and show this is a worthy and proud celebration for the preschool child moving on to primary school.

Roll on to 2018 and I have now painted over 350 murals for homes, schools and businesses up and down the country, inside, outside and on ceilings and doors.

As youngster's up and down the country prepare for school this September, education technology continues to be an extremely hot topic and mobile apps are proving to be a perfect solution for teachers hoping to enhance their classroom experience.

Primary schools from up and down the country took part in National Fitness Day by running a wide range of activities designed to get pupils more active.

Plans for 131 new schools have been approved by the Department for Education today, creating more than 69,000 school places up and down the country.

The new competition is designed to challenge school, college and university students and language enthusiasts up and down the country to practise and improve their vocabulary in at least one foreign language.

Across the country, the pressure is on to bring school Internet speeds up and prices down, especially in rural areas.

Ten years on, the conversation that won't go away is once again causing controversy up and down schools throughout the country

-- Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character «Dale Russakoff, one of America's great journalists, illuminates one of the country's great problems — the failure of inner city schools — with on - the - ground reporting that extends from the governor's office and fancy philanthropies down (or up) to the small miracles performed every day by dedicated Newark classroom teachers.

The education system I see — in the schools I visit up and down the country, at every opportunity — is not in disarray or crisis.

It's not just Brain - gym adoption that has let this country, the States and many other parts of the west down; whole swathes of the world have been force - fed linear learning and achievement levels up through which children should be marched and by which schools» efficacy can be judged by government inspectors.

I have seen it at first - hand when visiting schools and when judging the Pupil Premium Awards, with leaders up and down the country using their funding in innovative and effective ways.

Up and down the country, there are great examples of schools achieving fantastic results for some of the most disadvantaged pupils — results that give them that important piece of paper at GCSE or A-Level, but also equip them to be active agents for change in our society.

«County council offices up and down the country, elected members and council officers made sure that schools both kept to the rules and served the needs of their local communities.»

As School Choice Week winds down, I'm glad that we have the chance to lift up the important work of public school choice advocates across this country and their tireless devotion to our stuSchool Choice Week winds down, I'm glad that we have the chance to lift up the important work of public school choice advocates across this country and their tireless devotion to our stuschool choice advocates across this country and their tireless devotion to our students.