News archive for 6th June 2021

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Covid testing for schoolchildren likely to continue after summer holidays - Telegraph First look at newly improved Aberdare school as extension gets the green light - Wales Online University students enlist private tutors to take their online exams during pandemic - Telegraph Pupils to be offered extra tuition and option to repeat year under £1.4bn plan - Evening Standard This much I know about having the courage to be different from the rest - JohnTomsett Why American schools are so different to Welsh ones - Wales Online School day to be extended by half an hour to catch up after Covid - Evening Standard Scotland: At-risk children may have been unlawfully held – report - Times Educational Supplement | TES Broken bottles, hammers and knuckle dusters found in schools - The Sun My favourite CPD question for weaving teaching concepts and strategies together - Headguruteacher Matt Hancock: Children MUST get Covid test tonight before return to school after half term - Express 'Woke snitching forums' used to report lecturers' microaggressions could land universities in court - Telegraph Tutoring will bridge gap in lost learning, says Gavin Williamson - Express Why skills versus knowledge is a futile debate - Times Educational Supplement | TES Labour to force Commons vote on ‘totally insufficient’ schools catch-up funding - Independent Opposition to force vote on school catch-up plan - ‘Totally insufficient’ says Labour - Express Labour to force vote on ‘totally insufficient’ school catch-up plan - Observer Covid: Pupils and families urged to take test before return to school - Independent Mental health as a continuum – it’s ok! - UKEdChat A curriculum of contradiction and the rollercoaster that never ends - Education matters Major testing drive ahead of return to schools next week - DfE The Observer view on the cost of scrimping on education spending | The Observer view - Observer Covid: Pupils urged to take tests after half-term - BBC Gavin Williamson urges all pupils and their families to get Covid tests - Mail Teenagers ‘could get vaccine by August’ as lockdown decision looms - Sunday Times Top private school faces parents’ fury after ‘encouraging’ pupils to change sex - Sunday Times Chaos in the classroom: Tories in battle over education reforms - Sunday Times Education row explodes as Gavin Williamson says £1.4bn is enough - Express Scottish pupils may get vaccines before schools return - Sunday Times