Scotland: Children’s speech and social skills stalled during pandemic
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Scotland Covid impact Speech Communication Social skills
  • Apr 8, 2022
My pupils have been badly set back by the pandemic. ‘Catch-up’ lessons aren’t what they need
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Covid impact Child development Communication
  • Apr 5, 2022
Scotland: Exam body SQA 'has army of spin doctors'
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Scotland SQA Exam boards Communication
  • Apr 5, 2022
Lockdown babies struggle with language skills due to face masks
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Covid impact Communication Language Child development
  • Apr 4, 2022
Pandemic has delayed social skills of young children, says Ofsted chief
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Covid impact Child development Communication
  • Apr 4, 2022
Pandemic babies struggle to understand facial expressions, Ofsted warns
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Covid impact Child development Language Communication
  • Apr 4, 2022
Children struggling to write and communicate after pandemic, Ofsted reports
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Covid impact Communication Writing
  • Apr 4, 2022
Ofsted worried by young children´s development in education recovery report
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Covid impact Education recovery Communication Writing
  • Apr 4, 2022
Children ‘have forgotten how to talk and play’ because of the pandemic
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Covid impact School closures Lockdown Isolation Communication Pupil support Language
  • Mar 7, 2022
Special initiatives to boost early language development and communication
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Early language development Communication
  • Mar 3, 2022
Improve spoken language support for children, MPs urge
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Language Communication
  • Mar 3, 2022
New training to support children with communication difficulties
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Speech Communication
  • Mar 2, 2022
Break down the walls of your classroom
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Communication
  • Nov 15, 2021
Early years settings invited to take part in No Pens Day Wednesday
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Communication
  • Nov 12, 2021
Scottish education: Teachers should give children the confidence to speak up, not ban words from the classroom
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Communication Speech Language Vocabulary
  • Oct 26, 2021
Poll shows three in five wish GCSEs assessed teamwork and communication skills
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Communication Academic subjects Life skills GCSEs
  • Oct 4, 2021
School bans children from saying ‘that’s long, oh my days and like’
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Slang Language Literacy Communication
  • Oct 1, 2021
School bans slang terms such as 'like' and 'bare' in the classroom to raise literacy standards
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Slang Language Literacy Communication
  • Oct 1, 2021
Keep slang out of lessons, students told
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Slang Language Communication
  • Oct 1, 2021
Oh my days: linguists lament slang ban in London school
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Slang Literacy Language Communication
  • Sep 30, 2021
Music and storytelling activities to boost children's communication skills
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Music Storytelling Communication
  • Sep 23, 2021
Clare Foges: No, professor, speaking properly still matters
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Communication Speech Grammar
  • Sep 19, 2021
Improvisation lessons at top London girls school ‘to provide skills for future Prime Minister’
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Speech Communication Debate Private school Girls' schools Gender equality
  • Jul 17, 2021
Online story exchange experience to boost Bradford primary school children’s speaking skills
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Drama Storytelling Communication Speaking
  • Jun 8, 2021
How lockdown has affected children’s speech – and what parents can do to help
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Coronavirus Lockdown Speech Communication
  • May 19, 2021
Pupils losing speaking skills as they focus on 3Rs
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Communication Language Lockdown Learning loss
  • Apr 28, 2021
Lockdowns badly affect children’s speech and language skills - and can have long-term effects
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Coronavirus Lockdown Speech Communication Learning loss
  • Apr 27, 2021
Covid leaves Reception pupils struggling, teachers warn
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Coronavirus Reception Learning loss Language Communication
  • Apr 27, 2021
The Talking Together programme may improve children and parent outcomes
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Language Communication Outcomes
  • Apr 21, 2021
Teachers ‘feel deaf’ trying to hear pupils in masks
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Coronavirus Face masks Communication
  • Mar 11, 2021
Beware of the Send button
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Communication
  • Feb 23, 2021
Why speaking matters
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Oracy Communication Attainment Academic achievement
  • Dec 18, 2020
Seeking input from pupils, parents and specialist professionals: how do schools make it work?
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Pupil support Speech Language Communication Autism Learning difficulties
  • Sep 28, 2020
Typing aloud: be suspicious of silent classrooms
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Communication
  • Aug 7, 2020
Kate hails BBC's Tiny Happy People digital platform as 'gold dust' for parents
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Online resources Early years Communication Language
  • Jul 14, 2020
Joint statement from the ESFA, AoC, and AELP: June 2020
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Training providers ESFA Collaboration Communication
  • Jun 26, 2020
Skills like oracy will be even more vital after Covid
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Coronavirus Life skills Oracy Communication
  • May 7, 2020
Communication with students means listening as well as talking
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Coronavirus Students Communication
  • May 6, 2020
Chatty kids do better at school
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Academic achievement Communication Speech
  • Mar 24, 2020
FE Leadership: Be clear, be informative, be approachable
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Communication
  • Mar 21, 2020
Nurseries should teach children conversational skills, say parents
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Nurseries Speech Communication
  • Feb 25, 2020
14% of parents say school must teach children to talk
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Speech Communication
  • Feb 21, 2020
One in seven parents believe that schools should teach children how to speak
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Speech Communication
  • Feb 21, 2020
Children’s language skills may be harmed by social hardship
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Disadvantaged pupils Language Communication
  • Oct 9, 2019
When is a word not a word?
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Language Communication
  • Oct 2, 2019
Improving the language and communication of secondary school children with language difficulties
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Secondary Language Communication
  • Oct 1, 2019
Society-wide mission to tackle early literacy and communication
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Literacy Communication Early years
  • Jul 22, 2019
Prime Minister urged to create long-term strategy for children with SLCN
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SLCN Speech Language Therapy RCSLT Communication
  • Jul 11, 2019
Department for Education launches Hungry Little Minds
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Communication Speech Language
  • Jul 8, 2019
Five statistics which reveal state of SEND education
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SEND Special needs Speech Languages Communication Pupil support
  • Jul 4, 2019
Society-wide mission to boost early literacy and communication
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Literacy Communication
  • Jul 2, 2019
Education Secretary Damian Hinds urges parents to put down smartphone and talk to their children
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Damian Hinds Mobile phones Parents Engagement Vocabulary Communication
  • Jul 1, 2019
Feeling fascinating - supporting a sense of self through drawing and talking
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Communication Language
  • Jul 1, 2019
Stop the sloppy slanglish if you wanna pass exams, pupils told
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Language Communication Pupil performance
  • Jun 26, 2019
Love Island is a lesson in how language, like, evolves | David Shariatmadari
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Speech Language Communication
  • Jun 21, 2019
Communication skills initiative launches in social mobility 'coldspot'
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Disadvantaged pupils Communication Social mobility
  • Jun 20, 2019
Children’s Commissioner report on Speech and Language Therapy services
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Speech Language Communication Therapy SLT Funding
  • Jun 11, 2019
Children with speech and language needs face postcode lottery
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Speech Language Therapy Communication Funding SLT Disadvantaged
  • Jun 11, 2019
The extent of speech and language therapy spending cuts across England
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Speech Language Communication Therapy Funding SLT
  • Jun 11, 2019
Vulnerable children risk missing out on speech and language therapy amid ‘postcode lottery’
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Communication Speech Language Therapy SLT Funding
  • Jun 11, 2019
One in five pupils starts school unable to speak well
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Speech Language Communication SLT Therapy Funding
  • Jun 11, 2019
Postcode lottery for speech therapy, says commissioner
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Speech Language Communication Therapy Funding SLT
  • Jun 11, 2019
Children with speech and language problems 'face postcode lottery'
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Speech Language Communication Therapy SLT Funding
  • Jun 11, 2019
Children's Commissioner warns of speech and language therapy postcode lottery
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Speech Language Communication Therapy SLT Funding
  • Jun 11, 2019
Research reveals extent of 'postcode lottery' in 0-5 SLT services
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SLT Therapy Speech Language Communication Funding
  • Jun 10, 2019
Gerraway with accentism – I’m proud to speak Yorkshire | Katie Edwards
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Teachers Language Communication
  • Jun 10, 2019
4 things teachers need to do to communicate better
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Communication
  • Jun 6, 2019
UCL research project explores evidence for the benefits of language learning
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Language Communication
  • May 29, 2019
What MadeAtUni has taught me about winning hearts
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Communication
  • May 16, 2019
… and parents are a child’s first and best teacher
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Parents Communication Language Literacy
  • Apr 10, 2019
DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap
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DfE Funding Language Communication Early years
  • Apr 9, 2019
£6.5m to boost early communication skills in bid to close 'word gap'
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Funding Communication Reading Early years
  • Apr 9, 2019
EEF Guidance Report: 'Preparing for Literacy'
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Literacy Communication Language
  • Apr 8, 2019
Over 300,000 toddlers have never been read a nursery rhyme by their parents, study suggests
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Parents Communication Alphabet Reading Literacy
  • Apr 8, 2019
At the chalkface: Talking proper
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Teachers Communication Speech
  • Mar 13, 2019
Children with speech difficulties need 'urgent action'
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Speech Communication Language Pupil support
  • Mar 11, 2019
Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN
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SLCN Speech Language Communication Pupil support
  • Mar 7, 2019
An evidence based approach to improving oral language skills of disadvantaged pupils
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Language Communication Speech Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 4, 2019
Health visitors to be trained to spot communication problems earlier
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Communication Speech Language Disadvantaged pupils Early years
  • Mar 1, 2019
Health visitors to be trained to close the word gap
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Health visitors Literacy Communication
  • Feb 28, 2019
Speech, language and communication needs: a quick guide
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Speech Language Communication Special needs
  • Feb 26, 2019
How do children learn to speak?
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Language Communication
  • Feb 8, 2019
Sector outraged at plans to train shop staff to support children's language
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Language Communication
  • Feb 7, 2019
Time to talk with Natasha Devon
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Mental health Communication
  • Feb 7, 2019
Outsourcing education to Clarks shoes: only a Tory could think of that | Alice O’Keeffe
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Language Communication
  • Jan 30, 2019
Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills
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Language Communication
  • Jan 30, 2019
Clarks shoe shop staff asked to help improve children's language
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Language Communication
  • Jan 30, 2019
Clarks shoe shop staff will train children to speak well
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Language Communication
  • Jan 30, 2019
Clarks workers are told to speak to ‘engage and chat’ with young customers
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Language Communication
  • Jan 29, 2019
Damian Hinds: School leaders should ditch email culture to cut workload
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Teacher workload Parents Technology Communication
  • Jan 23, 2019
Universities urged to rethink support for stammerers
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Stammer Speech Communication Student support
  • Jan 22, 2019
Why does vocabulary matter?
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Vocabulary Communication Literacy Performance
  • Jan 16, 2019
Video games can turn university graduates into better employees | Matthew Barr
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Video games Graduates Communication Critical thinking
  • Jan 16, 2019
WhatsApp groups for parents become overrun with 'vitriolic tirades', leading headmaster warns
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Technology Social media Parents Communication
  • Jan 10, 2019
Poorer children in half of areas across England falling further behind peers for communication skills
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Disadvantaged pupils Communication Poverty
  • Dec 18, 2018
The challenge of researching dialogic interactions in digital classroom contexts
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Dialogue Communication
  • Dec 3, 2018
Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language
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Parents Reading Literacy Language Speech Communication
  • Nov 15, 2018
How to develop good communication between MAT trustees and local academy committees
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Communication Trustees Academies MATs Management
  • Nov 15, 2018
Poorer parents will receive texts reminding them to teach children new words
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Disadvantaged Home learning Language Communication
  • Nov 14, 2018
More bedtime stories and no phones at the dinner table | Damian Hinds
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Language Speech Communication Home learning Parents Life chances Outcomes Reading
  • Nov 14, 2018
School communication: why there's no silver bullet
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Communication
  • Oct 18, 2018
Damian Hinds: Children’s literacy and narrowing the early years gap should be a national mission
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Literacy Early years Development Communication
  • Sep 30, 2018
Talking to the teacher can render some pupils speechless
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Teachers Communication Pupils
  • Sep 21, 2018
Scotland: Children aren’t little monkeys, they’re really just tiny apes
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Communication Language Early years
  • Sep 12, 2018
The 24 North Yorkshire primary schools that will get ‘opportunity area’ speech and language support
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Communication Language
  • Aug 29, 2018
Let the young answer back to improve language skills
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Literacy Language Communication
  • Aug 14, 2018
Pre-school apps 'ignore how children learn'
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Technology Communication Reading Early years
  • Aug 10, 2018
Why haven’t we progressed further on supporting children’s speech and language needs?
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School ready Damian Hinds DfE Communication
  • Aug 1, 2018
Kids don't need to read before they start school – there's plenty of time for that later
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School ready Reading Communication
  • Aug 1, 2018
It’ll take more than an app to get children school-ready, Damian Hinds
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School ready Communication GCSEs
  • Aug 1, 2018
Schools suffer from tittle tattle of Facebook and tabloids
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Social media Communication
  • Jul 22, 2018
Are Emoji a ‘universal language’? Today is World Emoji Day so let’s
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Language Communication
  • Jul 17, 2018
9:30 am: Westminster Hall debate on speech, language and communication support for children
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Speech Language Communication
  • Jul 4, 2018
Students who communicate electronically among guests attending Hawking memorial
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Communication Special needs Disability
  • Jun 14, 2018
Ensuring support for speech, language and communication needs is firmly embedded across the school
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Speech Language Communication SLCN
  • Jun 12, 2018
Children unable to talk properly when starting school at age four - Ofsted head
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Nursery schools Communication Ofsted Amanda Spielman
  • Jun 1, 2018
Effective speech, language and communication support for students
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Speech Language Communication
  • May 29, 2018
Scotland: Teenagers go online to talk with parents
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Scotland Digital Communication Parents Secondary
  • May 21, 2018
School children should be taught spot digital adverts, experts claim
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Digital Communication Media
  • May 9, 2018
The benefits of a bilingual brain in the modern world
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Language Communication
  • May 2, 2018
ClassDojo: do we really need an app that could make classrooms overly competitive?
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Technology Competition Parents Communication Behaviour
  • Apr 30, 2018
How to help pupils 'catch' new vocabulary and strengthen their ability to learn
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Vocabulary Literacy Reading Communication
  • Apr 30, 2018
Multi-million fund to boost children's early language skills
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Funding Language Communication Literacy
  • Apr 30, 2018
The pupils who can't talk properly
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Disadvantaged pupils Speech Communication Language
  • Apr 30, 2018
£13.5 million schemes to help close disadvantaged children’s ‘word gap’
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Funding Disadvantaged pupils Literacy Language Communication
  • Apr 30, 2018
New website resources to support children's communication
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Early years Communication Nurseries Childcare
  • Apr 25, 2018
Emoji 'ruining people's grasp of English' because young rely on them to communicate
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English Language Literacy Communication
  • Apr 17, 2018
Children's communication needs as important as fight against obesity
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Communication
  • Apr 2, 2018
'It opens their eyes': how film is giving young people lessons in life
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Awards Film Secondary Special needs Communication
  • Mar 29, 2018
Teacher – pupil communication
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Communication
  • Mar 22, 2018
Almost 30,000 sign petition to save £650,000 annual SLCN funding
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SLCN Communication DfE Funding
  • Mar 14, 2018
The Communication Trust lobbies for reprieve
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Communication Charities DfE SLCN
  • Feb 19, 2018
Alarm over 'dramatic' funding cut for speech and language charity
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Funding Speech Language Charity Communication
  • Jan 30, 2018
The Communication Trust faces uncertain future
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Communication DfE SLCN Special needs SEN Language
  • Jan 25, 2018
Take Time to Talk, Listen and Play
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Wales Funding Language Communication Literacy
  • Jan 18, 2018
GSE: Top teachers talk top tech to try
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Technology Skills Problem solving Communication Creativity Ed tech
  • Jan 12, 2018
Dr Ann Clark: Teach kids how to express themselves and it could keep them out of trouble
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Young offenders Communication Literacy Performance Numeracy Scotland
  • Jan 3, 2018
The importance of teaching young people soft skills
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Soft skills Workplace skills Employability Resilience Communication
  • Dec 15, 2017
How to avoid school social media scandals
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Communication Schools
  • Dec 3, 2017
5 tips to help students become good digital communicators
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Edmodo Digital skills Communication Resources
  • Oct 13, 2017
Digital sanctuary and anonymity on campus
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Wonkhe Universities Communication Anonymity
  • Sep 12, 2017
Toxic schools and how to avoid running them
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TDT Toxic schools Literacy Discipline Leadership Communication
  • Sep 10, 2017
British Sign Language: Who invented the ingenious system of hand gestures that helped millions to speak?
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Guardian BSL Sign language Communication Technology
  • Sep 6, 2017
Avoid the ‘big boss chair’: the graduates’ workplace survival guide
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Guardian Graduates Employment Communication Behaviour
  • Jul 16, 2017
Daily roundup 13 July: Talking, rugby, and household income
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CYPN Communication Parents Rugby Teachers Subsidies Funding Disadvantaged pupils
  • Jul 13, 2017
An end to higher education jargon? Here’s the prospectus
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Wonkhe Universities Communication
  • Jul 11, 2017
Smartphone app trial looking for early years settings
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Nursery World Technology Early years Nurseries EEF Language Communication
  • Jun 16, 2017
Norway to ban full-face veil in nurseries, schools and universities
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International Norway Muslim Nurseries Primary schools Secondary schools Communication
  • Jun 12, 2017
Playing video games can help young people succeed at university
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Scotsman Gaming Digital skills Communication Online
  • Jun 6, 2017
Lessons in the language of higher education: Deep fried corgi?!?
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Wonkhe Universities Communication
  • May 26, 2017
Poor verbal skills weaken 30,000 pupils’ GSCEs
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Schools Week GCSEs Communication STEM Literacy Oracy Secondary schools Spatial Verbal
  • May 25, 2017
IPads 'help improve young pupils' skills'
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BBC Northern Ireland Technology Primary schools Nurseries Maths English Communication Literacy Numeracy Digital skills
  • May 24, 2017
I work in a university. Here's what I secretly want to tell senior management
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Guardian Universities Staff Leaders Communication
  • May 3, 2017
Speech, language and communication needs going unmet
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SecEd Speech Language Communication SLCN Disadvantaged pupils SEND Secondary schools
  • Mar 29, 2017
Free speech and language training for nurseries
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Nursery World Early years Nurseries Speech Language Communication
  • Mar 20, 2017
Sign of the times
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BBC Sign language Communication Curriculum
  • Mar 15, 2017
Should hearing children learn sign language?
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BBC Sign language Curriculum Communication
  • Mar 15, 2017
Campaign demands support for speaking skills after teachers describe training ‘barriers’
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Schools Week Teachers Training Communication
  • Nov 8, 2016