In March Town Hall the publisher Bird’s Nest books organised a workshop during half term for pupils to learn about storytelling, character design and comic styles. Everyone was impressed by the outstanding art work the children created in only three days showing that true art skills have quickly been adapted by the pupils. Comic art …
Research conducted by University College London’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience has recently shown that teenagers from the age of 13 find it easier to obtain Maths skills than the younger participants in the experiment. The experimenters found out that the acquisition of Mathematical knowledge is particularly easy at the age of 15. Nevertheless, verbal skills …
In Trafford a local artist, Jenny Bent, has developed an art workshop for Syrian refugee children having seen all the horrible footage on TV. Miss Bent wanted to make an impact in the children’s lives since they already had a traumatic childhood and might be separated from parents, relatives and their hometown. To give them …
After Ofsted inspectors have found books that romanticize domestic violence in an Islamic school they wrote a negative review of the school. In Ofsted’s opinion the school was promoting segregation of girls and boys leading to unlawful discrimination. However, the school fought back and appealed to the court of justice to get the review overruled. …
Almost every child is in need of a private tutor at some point in their education. No wonder many teachers resign from teaching in school and become personal tutors instead. This way, they get to manage their leisure time more flexibly and are able to still execute their profession. However, in the future this might …
On Wednesday the result of the American presidential election has been released showing that Donald Trump will be president of the United States for the next four years. President Trump was able to gather 276 electoral votes and hence obtained the majority of votes. Many heads of states have congratulated the freshly elected president on …
Lately there has been a lot of research done on virtual reality and how it can be used to narrate a story. But will this replace the good old story telling? Will children of the future be putting on virtual reality glasses at night time instead of listening to their parent’s tales? While some people …
Sir Michael Wilshaw uncovered the problems and the achievements of the education system in an interview with the guardian. He believes that the schools have made reasonable progress in the time he was working as the chief of Ofsted, but also says at there is still much work to be done. Wilshaw states that he …
Last week, everyone has been talking about the announcement of the noble prize committee choosing Bob Dylan for the literature prize. Some people are outraged and others welcome this truly modern way of picking an recipient for a prize with such high prestige. However, Bob Dylan has inspired generations with statements like “art is a …
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Emily Koch, former deputy news editor is about to publish her first novel inspired by her work at a local newspaper. In an interview she says that her working environment was inspiring her to pursue her own project and she decided to go back to university to do an MA. Now that she has succeeded in …
