With the increasing number of immigrants becoming citizens of the United Kingdom, our education system has introduced classes to help them develop their understanding and knowledge of what it “means” to be British. These lessons were made compulsory 7 years ago, and in that time the results from the students in the classes have improved. [...]

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It has only been 10 years or so since I sat my A levels, but my, how things have changed! In my GCSE day (oh how I hate to use that sentence!), we had to take the core subjects (English, Maths, all the Sciences) as well as History, Geography and a Technology (cookery for the [...]

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As a “nearly 30″ adult, I do speak fluent “text speak”, although reading through the message from my teenage cousins, I do not always follow their initial meaning, but I am confident enough in it that I can pick it up quickly.
I believe that text speak developed initially as a way of minimising the cost [...]

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With more and more attention being focused on kids performances at school, parents are increasing feeling the pressure to provide their kids with the best start, making sure they have the knowledge and skills to be able to excel in the classroom.
Studies have showed that by reading to your child from an early age, you [...]

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With hundreds of thousands of teenagers preparing to sit their first part A-levels this week, lots of them have been prevented from doing so because of the weather. And they will have to apply for special consideration in the May/June exams, they won’t just get it.
It’s been over a decade since my exams, and I [...]

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