Isle of Man CLOSES all its schools two days after an island-wide circuit-break lockdown began after a surge in cases among the young Schools in the Isle of Man will be shut down from Friday to stop spread of Covid Comes after a circuit break lockdown came into force on the island this week Chief … Read more
Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith would ban CAKE from schools in bid to tackle obesity Prue Leith says she would ban pupils eating in school apart from school meals The Bake Off judge says children won’t eat a full lunch if they bring in junk food She hit out at parents offering their … Read more
Children have been told if they refuse to wear masks when they return to school, they may be kept apart from their friends. Parents have criticised the plans to segregate those pupils who wear masks and those who do not when they return to schools on March 8, with one parent branding it ‘mask apartheid’. … Read more
A woke offensive has taken the nation’s schools by storm in the aftermath of the George Floyd fallout, but instead of the intended purpose of solving racial inequities it’s irritated parents of all persuasions. In interviews with DailyMail.com, parents say they’ve been overwhelmed by education reformers seeking to impose anti-racist agendas on America’s schools. They … Read more
Schools can reopen ‘safely’ from next week with the package of measures set out to mitigate risks from Covid-19, a SAGE scientist said today. Calum Semple, professor of outbreak medicine and child health at the University of Liverpool, said that increased ventilation, tests and mask wearing will all contribute to safe reopening of schools next … Read more
Downing Street confirmed today that schools will reopen on Monday, despite fears over a Brazilian strain of coronavirus that has been found in Britain. Six cases of the P.1 variant first detected in the Amazonian city of Manaus have been confirmed in the UK – three in England and three in Scotland. Two were tracked to … Read more
Churches, pubs and schools could be told to make counter-terror plans so they are prepared for any attack Businesses in public places will be told to draw up counter-terrorism plans They must set out what to do in the event of a terror attack under a ‘Protect Duty’ Consultation paper suggests that this includes shops … Read more
Primary schools are now telling children as young as five to wear a face mask in classrooms despite official guidelines saying they don’t need to. Teaching unions back the move but parents and charities insist they damage learning, while the government says only secondary school children will be expected to have face coverings where social … Read more
Children are not legally required to wear face masks in schools and should not be sent home if they refuse to wear one, government officials said last night. This week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that secondary school pupils will have to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distancing in No10’s ultra-cautious ‘roadmap’ out … Read more
A public school system in New York has introduced a new curriculum to teach that ‘all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism’, and show kindergarten classes videos of black children shot and killed by police, instructing them about the dangers of police brutality. Buffalo’s schools are expected to follow lesson plans devised … Read more