If like most schools you don’t have a cycle shelter, and due to the budget cuts your worried about being able to afford one, at canopies by Acer we have a cycle shelter to suit everyone’s budget. To help you with the process of purchasing a cycle shelter we have put together a few benefits on why to invest in … Read More
Pupils not getting enough sleep
It is a particular problem in more affluent countries, with sleep experts linking it to the use of mobile phones and computers in bedrooms late at night. Sleep deprivation is such a serious disruption that lessons have to be pitched at a lower level to accommodate sleep-starved learners, the study found. The international comparison, carried out by Boston College, found the … Read More
Fund raising tips for school
From the Lottery’s Awards for All to supermarkets such as Tesco and Waitrose, foundations and charitable trusts provide schools grants for a range of different projects. Website Grants 4 Schools has an extensive database of organisations which schools can apply to. The Growing Schools website also has information on groups which fund outdoor learning projects. John Ellery, founder of Ellery … Read More
Improving Cycling to school
LOCAL BUSINESS SUPPORTS OVER 1,000 UK SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE BIG PEDAL 2013 A Liverpool business, Canopies by Acer, is supporting a national campaign to encourage school children to cycle to work. Delivered by charity Sustrans and funded by Bike Hub, the Big Pedal 2013 has seen thousands of families ditch the car and do the school run by … Read More
Canopies by Acer Sponsor the Big Pedal 2013
Earlier this year we sponsored a national competition that saw schools throughout the UK compete in a nationwide cycling initiative encouraging children to cycle to school. Organised by charity Sustrans and funded by Bike Hub, the Big Pedal 2013 saw thousands of families leave the car and do the school run by bike or scooter from 28th Feb – 20th … Read More
End to healthy school dinners?
The government has already cancelled a survey on the nutritional content of school meals, which was one of the key victories of the Jamie Oliver’s campaign. The campaign has been going since 2006 and was carried out by the Children’s food trust. The trust has been informed by the department of education that they would not be conducting the survey … Read More
Calculator ban
The calculator ban will come in from 2014, the Department for Education said CALCULATORS are to be banned from maths tests for 11-year-olds. The move comes amid concerns by ministers that primary school pupils rely on them too much. The ban will come in from 2014, the Department for Education said. It will affect Sats tests taken in the final … Read More
Library Campaigners
Campaigners will call on the government on Monday to ensure that every child has access to a good school library. They are raising concerns that while some schools have a well-stocked and properly staffed library, many more do not. It is not mandatory for secondary schools to have a library. Authors, teachers, librarians, parents and pupils are expected to take … Read More
Kick Start
It’s the only “free school” so far to have been launched by a Premier League football club. But does Everton free school have another remarkable claim to fame: opening last month with only six pupils? This seems to be the case after the school in Liverpool was forced by the Unison union to respond to claims that it began life … Read More
More activity less TV
By the age of seven, a child born today will have spent a full year glued to screens, according to Dr Aric Sigman. The average 10-year-old has at least five screens readily available to them at home, and over the course of childhood youngsters spend more time watching TV than they spend in school, he said. Limiting the amount of … Read More