W:
www.ie-today.co.uk | T: @ie_today IE
New resources to help support children with cancer
CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, has launched an innovative new guidance pack designed to help teachers support children with cancer. The ‘Cancer and School Life’ resource
contains advice and a lesson plan which can be used by teachers in a school where a pupil has been diagnosed with cancer. The pack also includes a DVD featuring children who have had cancer and their school friends speaking about their experiences. The pack has been designed to help
teachers communicate confi dently with schoolchildren about childhood cancer as well as help pupils understand the illness and how they can support their classmate. The pack contains details of
a teaching session, information about childhood cancer and treatment, and guidance on how to deliver the session and answer any questions from pupils which might arise. There is an age-
appropriate version of the pack and DVD for primary and secondary schools. The resources were developed in
response to research carried out by CLIC Sargent which found cancer can signifi cantly disrupt a child’s education. Only 56% of parents of children who returned to school after treatment for cancer felt their child had received suffi cient support to enable them to resume as normal an education as possible.
The ‘Cancer and School Life’ pack is available to order from CLIC Sargent’s website, along with more details of the resources CLIC Sargent off ers:
www.clicsargent.org.uk/content/teachers
INDEPENDENT EDUCATION TODAY | NEWS | 23
LEFT: Stella Gardner at Westminster with Newsround
RECORD-BREAKING MATHS TEACHER
Concord School maths teacher John Bernasconi has broken the world record at the British power lifting championships. Bernasconi (51) lifted a record-breaking 207.5kg in the bench press, beating the previous record for the over-50s category of 202.5kg. The twenty-two-stone teacher is now waiting for the statutory ratifi cation from America, including the results of compulsory drug tests, before he is issued with a certifi cate confi rming his world record. Neil Hawkins, principal of the Shropshire school, said: “We are all so proud of John for this remarkable achievement. Not only is it a wonderful personal achievement, it’s also a wonderful inspiration for Concord’s students. John has shown us all what can be achieved with hard word, dedication and determination.”
Edge Grove girl joins political spat
A year 7 pupil from Edge Grove school in Hertfordshire was invited to Westminster after commenting on MPs’ ‘name-calling’ row. Stella Gardner made an example of Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent spat with Ed Miliband, when both were reported to be hurling insults at each other in Parliament. Stella (12), from London, commented on a BBC news website (Newsround) in response to the story saying: “It is poor behaviour because when people say, look up to and respect your elders, how can we do that if they are acting like fi ve-
year-olds by calling each other names?” The comment provoked a response from
the Newsround team, who invited Stella to participate in a discussion about the "dunce and muppet" incident at Westminster and to meet and interview Speaker John Bercow in his private offi ce. Stella said: “The whole thing happened very quickly. One minute I was typing on my computer and the next thing I knew, I was whisked off to London and was mingling with MPs in the House of Commons; it was intense!” After further interviews, Stella was given a private tour of Parliament.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40