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Public Schools in the UK

Information :

• Universities with the richest students (or parents) - 19 photos (telegraph.co.uk)

  St Andrews

  Durham

• Warning as 'persistent truants' skip a month of school - 19 October 2011
  "More than 450,000 children missed the equivalent of a month of school last year amid rising truancy rates across England."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

• Schools - Graphic + an article (independent.co.uk)

  

• School orders parents to buy their children a £600 iPad2
  - Longfield Academy claims it will inspire pupils to learn
  - Experts warn it will lead to an increase in the number of children viewing porn...
  The move by Longfield, a school for pupils aged 11 to 18, is the first of its kind in England, but hundreds of schools could follow suit as it has been revealed that some 500 are poised to adopt a similar scheme with digital education charity, e-learning Foundation."
  (dailymail.co.uk)

   

• GUN GESTURES :

  School reprimands seven-year-old boys for playing 'army game' in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
  "A primary school has been condemned by parents for disciplining two seven-year-old boys after teachers ruled playing army games amounted to "threatening behaviour"...
  Staff ... reprimanded the two boys after they were seen making pistol shapes with their fingers."
  The school said "the gun gestures were “unacceptable” and were not permitted at school."
  (telegraph.co.uk)

  

• Teachers to strike over pupils' bad behaviour
  "The teachers say pupil behaviour has become impossible to deal with and that students are pushing them, challenging them to fights, and threatening to film their lessons and post them online."
  + AUDIO + LINKS
  (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

  

• Britain's pupils are bad losers, survey suggests 
  "The UK's schoolchildren find it difficult to lose graciously in sport, and their parents can be just as bad...
  Sulking, getting angry and crying were some of the commonest antics of sore losers - whether they were parents or children."
  (BBC)

• Seven out of 10 teachers want to quit, survey shows "because of badly behaved pupils...
  More than 90 per cent believe classroom behaviour has worsened during their careers, more than a third took time off work, over 40 per cent tried to move to another school, while 81.2 per cent experienced stress, anxiety or depression."
  (independent.co.uk)

• Government sets out how to establish 'free schools'
  "The government in England is setting out how parents, teachers, charities and other groups can apply to set up their own "free school".
  Free schools will be independent but funded by central government."
  + a VIDEO
  (BBC)

• Pupils 'give feedback on iphones’
  "iPhones were handed out at a secondary school in Kent as part of a "quality assurance" week."
  (BBC)

  

• Truancy in schools in England reaches record high
  (BBC)

  

• Teachers 'lack violence training'
  "A union calls for compulsory training on dealing with violence in class as a study suggests new teachers are ill-prepared...
  Guidance by the Department for Children, Schools and Families lists the types of force teachers can use on children.
  This can include passive physical contact such as blocking a pupil's path and active contact such as leading a pupil by the hand or arm.
  In more extreme circumstances, "appropriate restrictive holds, which may require specific expertise or training", may be used, it says."
  (BBC)

• Curriculum for 'changing society'
  "An updated secondary school curriculum, offering skills and languages relevant to modern learners, has been announced.
  It will give pupils "social and cultural flexibility" and a "feeling for justice and fairness", says the QCA curriculum watchdog.
  + a VIDEO : Pupils will be taught modern subjects
  (BBC)
  
  

• Pupils 'to take allegiance oath'
  "School-leavers are to be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen under new government proposals being unveiled on British citizenship."
  (BBC)

  
  
  

• Northbourne Park School - a photo gallery - UPDATED
  It "is one the leading independent prep schools in Kent offering nursery, day and boarding facilities to girls and boys aged from 3-13."
  (northbournepark.com)

   

Directory :

• UK Schools & Colleges Database - Search by Geographical County
  schools & colleges websites.

• Understanding the National Curriculum (direct.gov.uk)

Listening :

• ** Albert : school uniforms ** par  Albert (Oxford, England) - 3 mai 2011
  Albert gives his opinion about school uniforms in England. He is for uniforms at school.
  (audio-lingua.eu)

• British School system
  (archive.org)

Clothes :

• School uniform 'competition' call
  "There are calls for more schools to allow children to wear cheaper "off the peg" uniform."
  (BBC)

• Academic dress (Wikipedia)
  1 British academic dress : 1.1 The gown / 1.2 The cap / 1.3 The hood / 1.4 Dress and Undress
  2 United States : 2.1 Opposition to academic attire / 2.2 Inter-Collegiate colors
  3 See also
  4 External links

  

   

• School Uniform Improves Behaviour (text with symbols) - (Symbol World)
  
  
  
  
  

• Clothes - British Culture (learnenglish.de)

• School uniform's not that bad (BBC)
  

• Children say no to school uniform - Hear the story (BBC)

Hairstyle :

• Sorry, you can't come to school like THAT: Haircut that was 'too extreme' for the classroom.
  "He's been told he can't go back to class until he shaved his mop off or waited for the patterns to grow out...
  The advice which the council gives to schools is that they should follow national guidance, which is "pupils should not be excluded for breaches of
  school uniform rules or rules on appearance (for example, relating to jewellery, body- piercing, hairstyles etc) except where these are persistent
  and in open defiance of such rules".
  (dailymail.co.uk)

  
  

Lesson plans :

• School Bans Hugging and High-Fives (28th May, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  'Don't touch': School bans pupils from handshakes, high-fives and hugs... to beat bullying
  (dailymail.co.uk)
  

  
  Bad example : Children at The Quest Academy have been banned
  from copying David Cameron and Barack Obama's high-fiving antics.

• Parents Face Fines In New School Rules - a lesson plan
  "British parents could soon face a fine and prison if their children misbehave at school. Britain’s government wants to introduce tough new laws
  to improve discipline in schools."
  WARM-UPS : School rules / Punishments / Fines
  (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  

  
  

Webquests :

• see Webquests

• Kids in British Schools (Jürgen Wagner)
  It "consists of 10 self-contained tasks that highlight various aspects of British school life."
  
  

  School life in an English school - Truancy & Term-time Holidays - Bullying - Mobile phones - Independent schools - Healthy Living - Texting - School in Victorian Britain - School uniform / dress codes / hair-styles - Discipline

  
  
  
  

Child labour :

• Victorians - Child Labour : Work / School / Play (Learning - Games - Worksheets) - (BBC)
  
  

Gangs :

• Schools urged to tackle gang culture (tes.co.uk)