SCCYP Releases Archive for June 2009
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30th Jun 2009
On a recent school visit I was greeted by a teacher who proudly informed me that the children at this particular school were two years further...
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£1m migrants project 'a scandal'
24th Jun 2009
A £1m government scheme to help failed asylum seekers and their children return home resulted in just one family leaving Britain, the BBC has...
Read More...Number of regular 13-year-old smokers 'levels off'
24th Jun 2009
THE decline in the number of young teenagers who smoke has come to a halt, official statistics have revealed.The proportion of 13-year-olds...
Read More...Only one in three chooses healthy school meal
24th Jun 2009
The Scottish Government's flagship policy to introduce healthy school meals appears to be foundering, after new figures show that the uptake...
Read More...Children’s mental health problems ‘missed’
23rd Jun 2009
Early signs of mental health problems in children are being missed, as are opportunities to act to help those children, according to a Scottish...
Read More...Anger as schools fail to consult parents
23rd Jun 2009
Parents have accused Scotland's largest local authority of failing to involve them in the crucial appointment of new headteachers.Families...
Read More...Boy fights to save J.R.R. Tolkien hotel
23rd Jun 2009
A ten-year-old boy is orchestrating a campaign to save the seaside hotel where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote part of Lord of the Rings.The Three...
Read More...Charities urge action to end Yarl's Wood protest
19th Jun 2009
Families detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre are refusing food in protest at their treatment. The Children's Society and Bail...
Read More...New scheme aims to help at risk runaway youngsters
17th Jun 2009
CHILDREN'S minister Adam Ingram is today set to launch a new strategy aimed at helping young runaways at risk. The ground-breaking pilot project,...
Read More...Schoolboy takes his fight against MS to Holyrood
17th Jun 2009
A schoolboy whose former athlete mother was stricken by multiple sclerosis made an impassioned plea for help to halt the disease as he took his...
Read More...Child's Eye: Sierra Leone's slum children
17th Jun 2009
Kroo Bay is a slum shantytown built on a rubbish dump and fetid swamp in Freetown. One in four children here will die before their fifth birthday.
Read More...Concern over class size loophole
16th Jun 2009
A council has called for a legal loophole on class sizes to be closed after a series of successful appeals by parents.BBC Scotland has learned...
Read More...Children getting hooked on Red Bull, warn head teachers
16th Jun 2009
Children are becoming addicted to caffeine from energy drinks and tablets, head teachers warned yesterday.Growing numbers appear intoxicated...
Read More...Learn to drive at the age of 11
16th Jun 2009
The purpose of the Mercedes Driving Academy, launched at the weekend, is to teach young people to drive well before they are legally allowed...
Read More...Kiwi girls suspended for Facebook comments
15th Jun 2009
One of New Zealand's top private schools stood down four students for making derogatory comments on Facebook about a teacher and a student. ...
Read More...Feuding couples should 'split for children's sake'
14th Jun 2009
Parents who stay together for the sake of their children may be doing them more harm than good, according to new research.Children whose...
Read More...Crisis in the classroom
14th Jun 2009
The crisis over the lack of full-time teaching posts has deepened after it was revealed that a recent vacancy for a primary school teacher attracted...
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