Next week I’ll be here giving a presentation about this blog and the Forum’s website .
I’ll post the presentation once I’ve given it, but this is just to explain why the tumbleweed around here may be a bit thicker than usual at the start of the week.
In the meantime here’s a video from the QCA about initial teacher training:
And here’s one about taking risks with the curriculum which repeats some of the messages from the above video, but adds more depth:Filed under: Uncategorized
Chasing the chemical demons.
Dr John Ramsey, ofSt George’s Medical School in London, writes about legal highs on the BBC website:
While the government consults its advisors on the harms caused by cannabis and ecstasy and then disregards the evidence they produce, UK based websites and high-street “head” shops are exploiting the naivety of young people by marketing to them chemicals never before used as drugs.
Read more here and people’s reaction to his views here .
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DCSF Ministers.
Confirmation of the new roles that Ministers at the DCSF will play:
Delyth Morgan’s principal policy areas include safeguarding and child protection, drugs and alcohol, sport and healthy eating.
Sarah McCarthy Fry’s principal policy areas include admissions, 14-19 reform, the National Curriculum and SEN.
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