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Issue UD.05

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Black boys can

Black boys aren’t achieving the grades they are capable of at school. But the charity Excell3 is fghting back, says Dr Tony Talburt – with the ‘National Black Boys Can Association’.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Book prize calls for nominations

Books are a powerful way to communicate personal experiences and social issues. That’s why the YoungMinds book prize rewards writers who tackle diffcult mental health issues for young readers – with a £2000 prize. Hannah Smith explains.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Bike club

A new funding body for children’s cycling clubs will help all kids get independent and healthy. Clive Andrews reports.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Childhood Obesity In London And In New York

In 2008 and 2009, researchers interviewed health offcials and city leaders from London and New York – to fnd out which anti-obesity campaigns work.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Early Years Profile Attainment by Pupil Characteristics

These DCSF statistics from 2008/09 review preschoolers’ academic achievement across gender, ethnicity and social class.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Families and Relationships Green Paper

The government has published a summary of its Green Paper, Support for All, to suggest ideas to support families and family relationships. The proposals are open for consultation until 21 April.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Improving progression to sustainable unsupported employment

A review of strategies developed by Workstep providers. In this report, Ofsted reviews the ‘Workstep’ employment programme - which supports disabled people aged 16+ in getting and keeping a job. It is funded by the DWP.

  • 27 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Foster carer shortfall hits crisis point

In the wake of the Baby Peter case, social workers are getting braver about putting kids into care – but there aren’t enough foster carers for them. Enver Solomon, Barnardo’s assistant director of policy, explains why he believes social workers are doing the right thing – and why government funding is desperately needed.

  • 24 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Languages learning at key stage 2

Modern foreign language teaching is now compulsory in primary schools. This three year study - between 2006/07 and 2008/09 - explored children’s progress and the broader cross-curricular effect of language learning.

  • 24 Feb 2010
  • 24mins
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Materials used to teach about world religions in schools

The national framework for RE insists that students should ‘learn from’ – not just ‘learn about’ - religions. RE teaching has developed since the days of dogmatic Christian ‘instruction’ - but do the teaching materials available to schools reflect that?

  • 24 Feb 2010
  • 24mins