Author: Samantha Lauren King

A free online theatre resource is offering a primary school-friendly version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The National Theatre’s On Demand in Schools has released a version of the play suitable for 8 to 12-year-olds, using modern language and set in an urban environment. It includes a video of the play to stream online – […]

Two pupils who won a national competition to design Willy Wonka-inspired sweets went behind the scenes at the Discovery Channel as part of their prize. Alfie Richards, 9, a pupil at  Irthlingborough Junior School in Northamptonshire, and Raiya Mann, 7, from Glendower Prep School in west London, won the Sweet Inventions competition, which attracted 2,600 […]

Pupils at Manor Beach Primary School in Lancashire have joined a campaign to stop people stealing pebbles from their local beach. The youngsters, with the Rossall Beach Residents and Community Group, are tackling thieves who take pebbles from the beach to use as features in their gardens. As part of the campaign, the pupils appear […]

A new project that is determined to harness the power of teaching assistants has been launched in England. Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants (MITA) aims to improve how primary schools use their teaching assistants (TAs) to ensure they make a valuable contribution to learning. The scheme will enable schools in and around the West […]

A charity is calling for UK teachers to spend their summer mentoring teachers in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Qualified teachers will travel on July 28 or August 11 to spend two weeks running workshops to help to build the confidence of local teachers. The project, the International Teacher Training Programme, is run by Street Child, […]

Pupils from seven high schools across Lancashire have been taking part in an after-school plumbing club at Bury College. During workshops, year 7 to 11 pupils from Bury, Bolton and Manchester learned how to measure, bend and solder pipes, and produced plumbing frames and aeroplane models with industry standard equipment. Harry Parkinson, a year 11 […]

Year 5 pupils from Hill West Primary School in Birmingham recently re-created Renoir’s ‘Luncheon of the Boating Party’ during an ICT lesson that explored the digital alteration of photographs. They swapped their uniforms for floral dresses and white vests to re-create the famous oil painting, which is dated 1880 to 1881. Photographs were taken of […]

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is launching a national programme to support design education in state-funded secondary schools. DesignLab Nation, which launches in September to support the new design and technology GCSE, aims to get regional museums working in partnership with their surrounding schools to deliver art projects that explore local history and heritage. Cara […]

The Aurora Group is opening a new school in Stoke for youngsters with Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD and mental health issues. Aurora Hanley School, which opens this month, will offer day and residential places for students between the ages of 6 to 16 with complex language, communication and social difficulties. The group behind the school is […]