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Is Education ready for Artificial Intelligence?
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Is education ready for artificial intelligence? | Cambridge Assessment Insights The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning means educators need to focus on helping learners outwit the robots.

Follow-up Scottish Teachers' Strike Action Survey II NPFS is conducting this survey from noon Thursday, February 23 to 5pm Monday, February 27 to gather and assess views of parents and carers across Scotland regarding the ongoing industrial action among teaching unions. As the detail of strike action has changed, we feel it is important to reach out a...

New school year, new you!

The Body Coach app: free access for teachers in the UK Start your journey to a fitter, healthier, happier you with the new Body Coach app. Welcome to the feel-good way to view transformation.

How can it be, we are in the exam period already! You might be sitting your exams for the first time, doing your Highers or Advanced Highers, or doing Uni exams. Whatever level of your exam is, you still need to keep well and look after yourself, to help you to get through. Here are a few steps to guide you on how to manage your well being. Good luck!
https://www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/stay-healthy-during-exams.html

Staying Healthy During Exam Time | SkillsYouNeed When revising or doing exams, it's easy to forget to look after yourself. Learn some steps that you can take to ensure that you stay healthy during exam time.

How cool would that job be.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60994404?at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom3=BBC+Family+%26+Education+News&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=9A01810A-B4E0-11EC-A21B-514016F31EAE&fbclid=IwAR1V_RsvrJR3iJtMj4Uy0M3cyf0_g0Ksz9W5jVrcN3Tqj62MQamifPY1Daw

British charity hunts for team to run Antarctica post office Tasks also include counting penguins and general maintenance, though they will not have running water.

Positive to hear that:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/more-95-scottish-school-leavers-142225700.html

More than 95% of Scottish school leavers go on to ‘positive destinations’ Figures showed that more than 45% of school leavers went on to university.

Would you expect that from your child's teacher(s)? :)
Dear parent,
As your child’s teacher, I have reason to be concerned about the appropriateness of what your child is learning outside of school. Because children spend only 33 hours out of 168 each week in school, your child’s life at home and outside of school has much more influence on the person that your child will grow up to be than anything that happens in school.
So that we teachers can be more responsive to your child’s needs, please provide us with the following information weekly:
• A detailed list of television shows that your child watches.
• A complete list of the video games that your child plays
• A complete list of the social media your child uses, including links to all of their TikTok videos and Instagram posts, and a list of their friends on SnapChat.
• A list of slang terms (including swear words and racial epithets) that are used at least once daily in your household.
• A thorough description of how the relationships among the adults in your child’s life are displayed in front of your child.
• Tallies of the number of times an adult in your household has said something uplifting and motivational to your child (e.g., “I’m so proud of you!”) and the number of times an adult in your household has said something judgmental or demotivational (e.g., “You’re a disappointment to the family!”)
• Pictures of the quiet space set aside for your child to do school work.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to showing that you love your child by providing us with the information that we need in order to adequately provide for your child’s education. This information is vitally important, so we will be sure to follow up with a telephone call or set up a meeting with you at the school if we don’t receive it.
This may seem like a lot at first, but I’m sure it will become a routine after only a few weeks, and we really need this transparency to ensure that your child receives the education that they are entitled to.
Best wishes,
Your child’s teacher

Inspirational! 🙂

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19921377.glasgow-man-bid-find-former-teacher-making-promise-just-11/?ref=fbshr&fbclid=IwAR2QZHx9uRVtLFtgdUZou4xhlIaoRqNTjXf84Q-R_PQ7kwh-gt8eEDy6P9g

Glasgow man in bid to find former teacher after making promise when he was just 11 A WRITER is hoping to find his former teacher after making a promise to her when he was just 11 years old.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/the-best-uk-universities-2022-rankings

The Guardian University Guide 2022 – the rankings Find a course at one of the top universities in the country.

Start of 2022 and back to school. Start the year with a new revision regime. Few tips here:
https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/student-advice/after-you-start/how-to-revise-for-exams-top-tips #:~:text=How%20to%20revise%20for%20exams%3A%20Top%20tips%201,sleep.%20...%209%20Stay%20calm%20and%20positive.%20Start

How to revise for exams: Top tips Revising for exams can be difficult and it can be easy to develop bad revision habits. Read our helpful revision tips to ensure you are fully prepared.

WE NEED YOU. 👉 We are recruiting for the Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen area.
Details:
If you are a current Undergraduate, Masters, PhD, or a qualified teacher we would like to hear from you. We are recruiting tutors in all high school subjects, and primary education.
Tutors can take up to 3 hours of work/week and need to be willing to travel around the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen suburbs.
We also offer online tutoring to our prospective students.
Tuition follows the Scottish and English syllabus, and Tutor will have flexibility of deciding where is prepared to travel to for tutoring. Most importantly, tutors need to have excellent communication skills, and you need to be able to explain subject so that it is comprehensible to a complete beginner.

Tutors should be current students or recent graduates. Student working visa restrictions applies. Please check before applying, if your visa tier allows you to under take self-employed work.

You need to be able to commit to your tutoring work until at least the end of June 2022. Reliability is crucial, as is flexibility.

You need to have an A grade in each subject at Higher Level you put forward to tutor, and you need to either have a recent degree or to studying for a degree. You can contact us via our website:
https://edinburgh-tutors.co.uk/

Edinburgh Tutors | Building Confidence and Improving Grades Edinburgh Tutors is Edinburgh’s original and fastest-growing tutorial company, and the parent company of Tutors in Aberdeen, Glasgow Tutors and Stirling Tutors.

Nobel Prize facts for today:

The first Nobel Prize in Physics, given in 1901, was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for the discovery of the X-ray.

Röntgen discovered a new type of radiation in 1895 that would be subsequently named after him, but he always preferred the term X-rays – from the mathematical designation for something unknown – as no one understood what these remarkable rays actually were.

Researchers worldwide could experiment on X-rays as Röntgen refused to patent his findings, convinced that his inventions and discoveries belonged to the world at large. X-ray radiation became a powerful tool for physical experiments and examining inside our bodies.

We'll find out who has been awarded this year's prize in just a couple of weeks time.

See the full list of times and dates for this year's prizes: https://bit.ly/2QRp4Jp

We are continuously recruiting Tutors for the new academic term 2021/22. All high school subjects, and in primary education. If you are an undergraduate, a teacher, or a retired teacher, and are looking for flexible work and are keen to share your teaching skills with young students, please get in touch.
Call Alicja on 0131 5161811 or
email [email protected]

Edinburgh, event near you!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-big-questions-club-tickets-158403183185

If you are around Aberdeen this month, some events worth checking.

https://www.camhsnorthderbyshire.nhs.uk/returning-to-school-after-lockdown #:~:text=For%20many%20young%20people%20going%20back%20to%20school,emotions%20including%20anxiety%2C%20worry%2C%20sadness%2C%20irritability%20and%20fear.

Returning to school after lockdown — CAMHS For many young people going back to school may be an added source of anxiety in already uncertain times.  There are many reasons why returning to school may feel difficult right now and young people may experience a range of emotions including anxiety, worry, sadness, irritability and fear.  It ca...

Starting or returning to school. Let's hope it's a better year ahead. Good luck students and teachers.👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🖋✒️📗📚📖

As children here in Scotland return to school next week here’s a reminder why we need to go easy on them…

Go easy on our kids please…

Our new p1’s are starting school having not met the other kids in their class, no buddy to support them and only had a short tour of the building by a masked stranger. They will be handed over by one masked parent into a whole new building and routine having not even had a full year at nursery!

Go easy on them please!

Our new p2’s are returning to school where they have never had full school assemblies, or inside PE, or played with their siblings in the playground. They have never sat on the floor near their teacher for a story or ever experienced sports day with a parent cheering them on and have yet to have a full year at school!

Go easy on them please!

Our new p3’s haven’t had a full year at school yet either! They still don’t know what sports day is, or a Christmas nativity with their parents watching, and have never sang in school in over two years!! They have never been able to show work on the classroom wall to their mum or dad at parents night and had to wear face masks just to go to a supermarket.

Go easy on them please!

Our new p4’s are about to (hopefully) have their first full year in school since p1! They had to relearn established and loved routines and replace them for hand washing, sanitising, class bubbles, social distancing and lockdowns. They are the youngest children to remember how life was like at school before and therefore miss it all. Eating lunch in the school hall mixing freely with other kids from other classes is now just a distant memory for them and having already been at school a few years home learning came with increased expectations despite it all being ‘unprecedented’.

Go easy on them please!

Our new p5’s last had a full school year in infants! They have had to grow up too quickly and been taught that teachers can’t go near them and have to teach them wearing a fact mask. They have had to face the constant anxiety of the possibility of being sent home at short notice to ‘isolate’, missed seeing grandparents and extended family for long periods and had to start bringing in several bottles of water to school because refills were no longer allowed.

Go easy on them please!

Our new p6’s have missed so much vital learning experiences that can never be replaced. They have had to teach themselves or relied on busy stressed parents to help with concepts such fractions, grammar, punctuation and science projects. They have had to learn how to download, upload, use google classroom or teams and zoom and been expected to do school work in their own homes surrounded by their toys and games.

Go easy on them please!

Our new p7’s will be expected to act older, maturer and set an example but will be denied personal growth opportunities like being a buddy or monitor or house captain duties or helping at assemblies, Christmas shows and summer fairs. They have had to become experts at keeping a distance, wearing masks, staying in bubbles and keeping to their own side of the playground! They have adjusted to one way systems and constant hand sanitising and online homework that even adults would struggle with.

Go easy on them please!

Our new S1’s had no proper goodbye from primary school, no parties or treats or trips and the minimum of visits to high school where they were expected to wear a mask the entire time. They haven’t met new teachers or other children from any other school and had to tour the school watching online videos only! They missed out on opportunities to develop responsibility as they never got to be a buddy or wet playtime monitor or help at sports day, summer fairs, discos or have longed for weeks away with school. They haven’t run around in a PE hall for years and learnt to email teachers rather than put their hand up to ask for help. They have had no music or singing or drama for two years and will suddenly be expected to be masked for over 6 hours a day in school.

Go easy on them please!

Our new S2’s were flung into high school after lockdown without ever finishing primary and were suddenly expected to just ‘get on with it.’ They had no residential trips, or parties or events to finish primary and haven’t had a full year in school since p6! They faced pressure from every subject to keep up with online work in lockdown with parents who had no idea what they were learning as they had never set foot inside their child’s school! They have had to get used to cleaning chairs and tables after every lesson like they were highly contagious, the stress of imminent self isolation at a moments notice and pressure to test themselves twice a week with an invasive and distressing lateral flow test. They have had to do all this wearing masks all day and being taught by masked teachers and support staff.

Go easy on them please!

Our new S3’s are now going to be preparing for national exams that they have no idea wether they will go ahead and marked by an exam body that’s being scrapped. They had to make subject choices on subjects they have never actually properly had like drama and music and PE and expected to understand French pronunciation from a masked teacher. They haven’t had a full year at high school yet but now have to start work on national qualifications regardless.

Go easy on them please!

Our senior children have had exams cancelled, continuous assessments under stressful conditions sat fully masked. They were expected to have the self discipline to undertake online learning without the social outlet of seeing friends and being allowed to be a teenager. When they did obtain good grades these have been undervalued by press statements about higher passes than normal and comments that teachers were bribed by parents. Their mental health has been tested beyond anything they have ever experienced and now they face the heartbreak of college and universities remaining online for some time yet.

Go easy on them please.

As schools return next week in Scotland let’s show our children how much we understand what they have faced during the last few years and give them the time and patience they need. While we, as adults, can return to many activities unmasked, with no limits on numbers and no longer subject to social distancing let’s not forget our children are still being masked, distanced from staff and still sanitising hands until they are red raw.

Go easy on our children. They have all been through so much.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58150287

Pass rate falls slightly as Scottish pupils receive results The school qualification pass rates drop slightly on last year - but are still well above pre-pandemic levels.

Many of talented Edinburgh Tutors are already part of the programme:
STEM Ambassadors is a UK wide volunteer programme for people who are passionate about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and wish to inspire young people. This volunteering can take many forms including working with schools, supporting youth groups, setting up STEM Clubs, mentoring and much more. As a STEM Ambassador volunteers get access to lots of opportunities, free online training and networking sessions, access to STEM resources and support and advice from the Scotland STEM Ambassadors Hub based at SSERC. We ensure that all STEM Ambassadors have a profile on the website (www.stem.org.uk) and complete an online induction and PVG application prior to volunteering. For more information about STEM Ambassadors check out our website: www.stemambassadors.scot or email [email protected].

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/23/let-children-play-the-educational-message-from-across-europe?CMP=twt_a-education_b-gdnedu

‘Let children play’: the educational message from across Europe While approaches may differ, the importance of free time to play is increasingly being recognised

Back to school, after a long break from regular schooling, and preparing for exams or final assessments? Few pointers to help you with revision. Also helpful in long term studies.

https://www.wikihow.com/Revise-Successfully

How to Revise Successfully Your upcoming exams may seem like the end of the world, but there's no reason to fear them! By using some simple and effective revision techniques, you can keep yourself engaged with your studies without turning into a research zombie....