Steve Brown, Director of Public Health Devon, is asking families with school-age children to do all they can to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The call comes as schools and colleges invite all students back this week and as pupils begin to be regularly tested using rapid, lateral flow tests.
“With the significant increase in the number of students becoming routinely tested, we are likely to see an upturn in the number of positive cases,” said Steve Brown.
“Regular testing of people who show no signs of having coronavirus is going to be essential over...
Year 6 children at Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) had to keep a big secret all over Christmas – they had a virtual meeting in their classroom with Sir Richard Branson on 17 December, which was discussed during The One Show last night (14 January).
The Year 6 children had been working on establishing their own companies after being awarded seed funding through a Dragon’s Den style process as part of BCPS’s annual Global Enterprise Challenge. While they were looking for inspiration from successful business leaders, Richard Branson unexpectedly joined a live lesson via a...
Sparx, the Exeter-based socially focused learning technology company, has been named ‘Best Education Initiative’ at this year’s Tech South West Awards, while also being shortlisted for ‘Education Business of the Year’ at this year’s Education Investor Awards.
The annual Tech South West Awards recognise and celebrate the region’s most innovative businesses, and at this year’s virtual ceremony Sparx was awarded for its approach to maths learning and its focus on evidence-based technologies.
The Sparx Family provides a range of maths-related solutions that support schools and...
EXETER parents wishing to divorce or separate tend to keep their marriages and relationships going to cover specific holiday periods with their children according to family law experts.
Westcountry-based legal service, Children in the Middle® says this term can be a key for parents splitting-up, as it comes after the school holidays and, this year, months of home-schooling.
Family barrister, Elizabeth McCallum a, who co-founded Children in the Middle® with fellow Exeter barrister Sarah Evans, says: “During this longer break, people tend to try and keep it together for their...
The Department for Education (DfE) has produced school transport guidelines as it prepares for a full return of students in September, and Devon County Council has been working with schools, colleges and transport operators to plan for this return. Social distancing guidance, which applies to passengers on public transport, will not apply on dedicated school transport which is not open to the general public. This is because the government believes the overall risk to students and young people from coronavirus (COVID-19) is low, they do not mix with the general public on those journeys,...
Exeter School pupils, parents, alumni and staff pay tribute to Head Bob Griffin who retires after 17 years at the helm of this highly successful independent school. During his time as Head he has overseen the full integration of co-education across the whole school, right from Form One (Year 3) up to the Upper Sixth (Year 13) ensuring that girls as well as boys can access the outstanding education and enrichment opportunities that Exeter School excels at providing.
During his 50 terms at Exeter School, Mr Griffin has been instrumental in the development of the school’s...
For many, getting their driving license is one of those momentous life occasions, a mark of independence that opens countless doors. But those that had planned to start their driving journey have temporarily had those doors shut with the current lockdown.
Fortunately, this situation is temporary and therefore it is important that wannabe drivers do their research beforehand to ensure that when the time finally comes to start lessons they get the most out of them; maximising efficiency and hopefully cutting the time between starting lessons and passing their test, despite this...
Teachers and staff in nearly 170 Devon schools are working over the Easter holidays to provide care and support for the children of key workers.
The Government ordered schools across the country to close their doors a week early for Easter because of the coronavirus crisis but asked staff to remain open for the children of key workers such as NHS staff, care workers, delivery drivers and those in the food industry.
Devon's schools have identified which pupils qualify and determined if their families wanted a place.
An app that simplifies text for students with dyslexia and learning difficulties and a robot friend for those with anxiety and autism are just two of the final ideas in the running to win the £25,000 Longitude Explorer Prize.
The prize calls on the UK’s young people to put their ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to the test and use technology – such as artificial intelligence (AI) – for social good. They have been challenged to create and develop solutions to some of the world’s biggest issues, including climate change, living healthier lives, and an ageing population.
Primary pupils from Cranbrook Education Campus (CEC) silently protested against anti-social parking outside their school gates last week.
The school and the PTA have been working with walking and cycling charity Sustrans on the campaign, which aims to reduce the amount of motor traffic that parks or idles outside the school, improving road safety and air quality.
CEC has worked with Sustrans since 2015, taking part in active travel challenges such as Leg it to Lapland and the Big Pedal with great success, when surveyed last year 76 per cent of students would like to...
