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Ban Cars from Idling Near Schools Cars should not be allowed to idle with engines on when parked near schools, a report has proposed. Public Health England has recommended local authorities “consider a range of interventions” to protect children from the harmful impacts of air pollution. The report says air pollution was the biggest environmental threat to health in the UK. Air pollution is linked to up to 36,000 premature deaths in the UK each year and
more than 2,000 schools and nurseries are near to roads with damaging levels of motor emissions. This report has been followed by a survey of teachers by YouGov which found that nearly two-thirds would support a ban on cars outside school gates during school drop off and pick up times. More than half (59%) of the teachers surveyed want the Government to take urgent action to improve air quality near schools.
Helping your child overcome Maths Anxiety If you were about to meet an author, what would you wear? That’s an easy question for the Reception class at Russell House - a magic hat of course! The children had read how a magic hat helped a rabbit realise he could do anything if he tried. When the class met the author, that’s what they wore. Do you know what they learnt? It really was true – they could do anything. But the magic doesn’t come from the hat - it is inside them. Discover how Russell House helps children realise their own magic. Call Anne Irvine on 01959 522352 and arrange a visit.
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Brain scans show that a quarter of the population suffer from Maths anxiety, responding to sums in the same way that arachnaphobes respond to spiders. If your child panics over Maths lessons and homework, helping them now will prevent problems in the future. There are loads of ways to include Maths learning in every day tasks without it becoming a big issue (see facebook.com/mathsclubbypost). Find gentle ways to practise Maths. Start with things that are easy for your child until they have developed more resilience. Try Maths Club by Post for some fun puzzles and games,
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Learning Life-Saving Skills to Become Compulsory Beginning in 2020, all state schools in England will be required to teach “life-saving skills”under new plans for health education announced by the Government. According to draft guidelines released by the Department of Education, primary school children are set to learn basic first aid, as well as steps they can take to protect and support the health and wellbeing of others, including calling emergency services. Children age 5 years will learn basic first aid and children
as young as 11 years will be shown CPR at school. “Learning the basic skills of first aid and techniques like CPR will give young people the confidence to know that they can step in to help someone else in need and in the most extreme cases - it could potentially save a life” announced Education Secretary, Damian Hinds. More info visit: www.gov.uk/government/news
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Young children with better eyeto-hand co-ordination are more likely to achieve higher scores for reading, writing and maths according to new research by the University of Leeds. More than 300 children ages 4 to 11 took part in various computer tasks designed to measure eye-to-hand coordination, such as steering, taking aim and tracking objects on a computer screen. The results revealed that the children who did better in the eye-to-hand co-ordination tasks tended to have higher academic attainment in reading, writing and maths. In particular, those with the best performance
in the ‘steering task’ were on average 9 months ahead of classmates who struggled. The findings raise the question of whether schools should be doing more to give support to children who are less well co-ordinated. More info at www.leeds.ac.uk www.familiesonline.co.uk
