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How Technology Helps Primary School Education

Like any other sector, technology is also shaping primary school education. It helps children with easy learning, a joyful environment, develop digital skills, and makes primary education more accessible. Now, children from any part of the world can learn from global teachers while sitting at home.

Yes, more screentime is not good for a child, but a limited screen time that is valued and productive for a kid is of no harm. In today’s era, we can’t ignore the importance of online classes and learning to make our child future-ready.

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International engineering firm signs up to official partnership with South Devon UTC

Even more employment opportunities have been made available to Newton Abbot’s young engineers as a pioneering technical college has announced a new partnership with Babcock International.

South Devon University Technical College (UTC) has announced Babcock as its latest employer partner. The Aerospace and Defence company, which serves highly regulated markets such as defence, emergency services and civil nuclear, will now help shape the curriculum, provide Challenge Projects and offer work experience to ensure South Devon UTC students are ready for work when they finish Year 13....

Unique hair training salon secures funding to help disadvantaged people across Exeter and Devon gain new qualifications

Exeter-based Hair@theAcademy, a unique hairdressing training salon and only one of its kind in the UK, has been granted European funding to support disadvantaged people and job seekers in Exeter and surrounding area to retrain in barbering. In addition, the Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT), a specialist awarding and assessment organisation offering vocational and technical qualifications in a range of service sectors, has launched a new mental health awareness qualification with the help of the Hair Academy.

Hair@theAcademy is owned and run by senior state registered...

Top Devon ranking in Parent Power Sunday Times Schools Guide 2021

Exeter School features as number 103 in a list of the top 400 independent secondary schools in the 2020 edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power.

The co-educational independent school for 7-18-year-olds maintains its ranking as the top independent school in Devon.

Read Exeter School’s profile in the Parent Power table online .

The league table of top 400 independent secondary schools can be read on the Sunday Times website .

Head Louise Simpson said: “There is no doubt that this term has been like no other, and it is right that our brilliant Exeter...

Covid-19 has caused a collapse in secondary school attendance

Despite most of the UK coming out of lockdown next week, secondary school attendance remains very low due to issues relating to covid-19 - and union leaders are showing their concern.

It emerged that 22% of secondary pupils were not in attendance last week, equalling to around 900,000 pupils that were not at school, the BBC writes .

Teacher unions and school heads are vocalising their concerns, including the disruption it is to their pupil’s education and examination prospects.

Any pupils and their classmates exhibiting any covid-19 symptoms are required to be...

Exeter College launches Student Covid Charter for student and community safety

Exeter College has today announced the launch of a new Student Covid Charter, created in collaboration with students, to ensure the continued safety of students, staff and the wider community.

The Student Covid Charter provides an eight-point plan, which has been created and agreed with students from across the College, that lays out clearly the expectations of learners when conducting themselves at College and when interacting with the wider community.

The Charter builds on the College’s stringent COVID safety measures it has had in place since the start of the pandemic...

Books to Read as a Beginner

You have heard about writer's block. But did you know that there is a thing called reader's block as well? If you have had an ongoing readers block for ages but are now finally willing to re-enter the world of books, then you are in the right place.

Once you step inside a bookstore, you will see a sea of material you can pick from and you wouldn't know where to begin. So we have cherry-picked several books from all kinds of genres which are easy to read, digest, and have something valuable to offer.

1. Man's search for meaning, Viktor Frankl

The first and...

Reception class at Broadclyst Community Primary School connecting online with a school in India

Devon schoolchildren travel over 93,000 miles in two days (virtually)

Pupils from all four schools in Devon’s Cornerstone Academy Trust took part in the sixth annual Microsoft Global Learning Connection on 10-11 November. The event brought together students from all over the world in a variety of online activities designed to build as many global links, and accumulate as many virtual miles, as possible in just 48 hours.

Renowned for their use of digital technologies in teaching and learning, Broadclyst, Westclyst, and Monkerton Community Primary Schools in Exeter, and Yeo Valley Primary School in Barnstaple, involved their students from Reception to...

5 Reasons to Become an Awesome Teacher

Here are a few reasons for Tradewind Education why you should strive to become a great teacher.

1. The Opportunity To Share Your Passion

This is rather something to aim for than a prerequisite. Who didn't need to put up with teachers who didn't appear to be enthusiastic about doing their job? The best teachers, however, particularly the ones who know how to motivate their students to learn , are usually also the ones who are really passionate about their job and about the things they teach. Such teachers may simply love math, or acknowledge the importance of the match in...

DCC and Exeter College provide big boost for local economy with launch of Future Skills Centre

Exeter College’s new Future Skills Centre has opened its doors for the first time, following a collaboration between Devon County Council and the Ofsted Outstanding College.

Devon County Council has purchased the building that was formerly the Flybe Training Academy, and Exeter College has agreed to enter into a long lease of the building to offer training and education opportunities from the building, providing learners of all ages skills and qualifications fit for the economy of the future.

The Centre, which has been vacant since Flybe went in to administration in March,...

Demonstrator Schools and Colleges Network - EdTech Week Summit 2020

The Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb, gave the closing keynote speech at the EdTech Week hosted by Broadclyst Community Primary School on Friday 13 November, streaming via the TV studio at the school in East Devon. This was in advance of the final event, the EdTech Summit, on Saturday. He spoke about the importance of delivering high-quality curriculum despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, specifically through online learning platforms and digital strategy training and coaching. He extended his gratitude and applauded the work of the 50 EdTech schools and...

Education

How Technology Helps Primary School Education

International engineering firm signs up to official partnership with South Devon UTC

Unique hair training salon secures funding to help disadvantaged people across Exeter and Devon gain new qualifications

Top Devon ranking in Parent Power Sunday Times Schools Guide 2021

Covid-19 has caused a collapse in secondary school attendance

Exeter College launches Student Covid Charter for student and community safety

Books to Read as a Beginner

Devon schoolchildren travel over 93,000 miles in two days (virtually)

5 Reasons to Become an Awesome Teacher

DCC and Exeter College provide big boost for local economy with launch of Future Skills Centre

Demonstrator Schools and Colleges Network - EdTech Week Summit 2020

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