News archive for 2nd June 2018

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Packed lunch ban in 'healthy' school - Express Fees lead parents to quit music lessons in Scotland - Scotsman First signs of a decline in European Union academics - University World News Principals: stop playing it safe, like Big Sam - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Hinds' focus could suit FE sector to a T' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools with 20 per cent or more pupils from poor backgrounds see lower attainment for all children - Telegraph Female scientists put prize money towards inspiring next generation - Evening Standard Tenth of school staff suffer in ‘epidemic of abuse’ by pupils - Guardian Thousands of primary pupils to receive educational gift bags in Scotland - Herald Scotland Nicola Sturgeon announces £100,000 cash boost to train more Catholic teachers - Scotsman The Value of Experience - Teacherhead Calmer children: 10 mindfulness ideas - Teacher Toolkit Secure schools 'to be modelled on children's homes' - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Scottish primary pupils to receive free educational gift bags - Scotsman Anger as Oxfordshire school bans packed lunches and offers kids Halal meat, water and salad - The Sun Vocabulary: What does it mean to know a word? - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'If children feel they can’t take risks, that’s a major fail' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Music instruction ‘at risk of extinction’ in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Long read: Greening – 'I have no regrets' - Times Educational Supplement | TES As the funding crisis deepens - Headteachers' Roundtable Secret Teacher: teaching children without play was soul-destroying - Guardian Union launches fight to save school music tuition in Scotland - Scotsman Talks to be held over future of school music tuition in Scotland - Herald Scotland Streaming at five set me up to fail, says deputy head - BBC Pupils need better grades for university - Times Nurses to be offered university courses to retrain as GPs in Scotland - Times Japan’s Princess Aiko to attend Eton summer school - Times