General
Friday
5th Mar 2021
Teachers hit out at ‘dialogue’ with Swinney event date
Event scheduled to take place at 4.15pm on first day of the week when all pupils are due back in school buildings
Pregnant teachers’ Covid fears over return to classroom
Teachers in their third trimester are anxious over being asked to work face-to-face in schools amid unclear guidance
‘We need an autism and learning disability champion’
Scotland could become first country in the world to appoint a commissioner for autism and learning disability
What schools need to know about the NTP and tutoring
The main aim of the National Tutoring Programme, says Professor Becky Francis, is to ensure that our poorest children can enjoy the kind of access to good tutoring that their better-off peers take for granted
Is there a psychopath at your school?
Is there a psychopath lurking in your staffroom? The signs will be more subtle than a colleague wielding an axe, finds John Morgan, who discovers that the control inherent in teaching may bring out some people’s dysfunctional, manipulative behaviours
How to help emotionally abused students
Often referred to as ‘toxic behaviour’, psychological abuse by an overly controlling partner can derail a young person’s college life. Empowering students to see their situation for what it is could enable them to seek help, finds Grainne Hallahan
Teachers need to support each other
We are living in an age of distrust, writes the Tes editor – but we mustn’t let this inflitrate the teaching profession
10 questions with...Ricky Wilson
Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson recalls his school days – his passion for art lessons and a prank involving a violin
Thursday
4th Mar 2021
Is PE the most important school subject of all?
Core physical education is schools’ kryptonite against global pandemics, says PE teacher Iain MacCorquodale
‘How is it any safer now than it was in December?’
Vaccinated teachers talk of relief – but most teachers are no more protected than they were last term, says Haili Hughes
Half of teachers ‘lack tech needed to close Covid gap’
And 51 per cent say they need a ‘greater understanding of technology’ to achieve ‘better learning outcomes’, poll shows
Boarding pupils from overseas can quarantine in school
DfE bows to headteacher pressure to allow pupils returning from ‘red list’ countries to quarantine in school rather than hotel