2 h. ago The secret skill your child needs for school success – and how to encourage it

Metacognition is often described as ‘thinking about our thinking’

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4 d. ago Teacher gave pupil cocktail and Xmas card signed 'your best buddy' with a kiss

Richard James Pugh was head of science at Llangatwg Community School in Neath when he messaged the child on social media and then gave her a Christmas card and gifts

Politics

4 d. ago ‘The English person with a Chinese stomach’: how Fuchsia Dunlop became a Sichuan food hero

The author has been explaining Sichuan cuisine to westerners for decades. But ‘Fu Xia’, as she’s known, has had a profound effect on food lovers in China, tooEvery autumn in the mid-00s, when I lived in China, my friend Scarlett Li would invite me to Shanghai to eat hairy crab. Named for the spiky fur on their legs and claws, the crabs are said to have the best flavour during the ninth month of the lunar calendar. They’re steamed and served whole, with a dip of rice vinegar spiked with ginger. The most prized specimens come from Yangcheng Lake near Suzhou, which is not far from Scarlett’s home town of Wuxi. She had moved to Hong Kong as a child, attended high school and college in Australia, and returned to China to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. Despite her years abroad, she remained Chinese through and through – and eating hairy crab with her, I became Chinese, too.Beginning in the Tang dynasty in the seventh century, crabs were harvested from the lakes and estuaries of the Y...

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4 d. ago Parents give their children 6 'mental health days' off school a year

A survey of 2,000 mothers and fathers found 90 per cent feel their child's mental health is more important than attending school.

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7 d. ago Horror as boy, 11, dies after being shot in fatal 'road rage incident'

The child had been on his way to school for the day when his stepfather got into an altercation with another driver, only for things to turn fatal when a gun was pulled out

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1 week ago Police and ambulance swarm Staffordshire school after 'incident with child' on school run

Emergency services are currently on the scene of James Bateman Middle School, on Park Lane, in Knypersley, after unconfirmed reports of an incident involving a child

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2 w. ago Neglect of boy sent to school with mouldy bread in his lunchbox 'missed' by support services

Despite school staff reporting concerns about the child 38 times, he ended up in hospital suffering with malnourishment, anaemia and scurvy.

Culture

2 w. ago Is your child struggling to settle at school? Alarm bells could ring if they're still feeling anxious at this stage of the year

The end of the half term holiday may come as a big relief to many parents, but it can also be a huge worry if you feel your child is still not settled in their school.

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2 w. ago Major school changes as parents given chilling warning over child safety

Primary school children will be taught how to spot fake news, deal with money and about the climate crisis under a major shake-up of the school curriculum published today

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4 w. ago The signs your child could be a bully, according to the experts

One expert says there are lots of reasons why a child might start bullying

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4 w. ago Boy, 18, going to school dance killed by child who 'accidentally fired gun'

Police say Isaac Brocco-Rivera, 18, was shot in the head by a young member of his family when a handgun was accidentally discharged - just yards from a group of students heading to a school disco

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