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Two first class learning resources from The British Postal Museum & Archive
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is an educational charity, home to five centuries of British social, communications and design history. In order to bring the remarkable stories contained within its archive to life for school children across the country it has created two FREE first class interactive learning resources supporting cross-curricular learning for Key Stages 1-3. Last Post: The Postal Service in the First World War, explores the role of the General Post Office (GPO) on the home and fighting fronts and reveals the fascinating human stories of the postal service. War time characters guide children through different topics that tell the story of the essential role of the GPO in the First World War. Pupils will use real archival documents, photographs, maps and museum objects to discover how the postal service went to war.
In Pop It In The Post: How The Penny Black Stamp Changed Our World, Rowland Hill, the man who led the campaign for letters to cost just a penny, explains how the World’s first postage stamp changed life, not only in Britain, but across the globe. In 1840 the impact of the Penny Black was revolutionary. Pupils will discover how Hill’s campaign led ordinary people to be able to afford to send letters for the first time and caused a communication revolution.
Both learning resources support learning across the curriculum and include: A downloadable learning resource containing lesson plans, teacher’s notes, image galleries and PowerPoints for whiteboards
Over 100 activity ideas, using real archival documents, photographs, maps and museum objects to support subjects including Literacy, Maths, Science and Art & Design Pop it in the Post also includes:
A fun animated interactive game for pupils to play and explore the story of the Penny Black
A short film introducing pupils to Rowland Hill, who explains how his big idea changed the world.
www.postalheritage.org.uk/popitlearning Parents fear children won’t find jobs
New research released by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust shows that for two thirds (66%) of parents their biggest fear is that their child will not find a job when they leave education. Nearly half (48.1%) of parents said they felt stressed about their child's education and 80% of parents believed the education system needed to change to reflect 21st century working Britain.
Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity that promotes University Technical Colleges (UTCs), surveyed over 1,000 parents with teenagers at mainstream schools and, in a separate survey, 450 parents whose children attend UTCs. The research reveals that parents who have children studying at UTCs feel more positive about their children’s prospects. Nearly three quarters (70%) said the UTC has made their child more confident in getting a job.
85% of parents believed the UTC was preparing their child for the world of work. This figure dropped to just 68% when the same question was asked of parents with children at mainstream schools. Added to this, three quarters (75.86%) of UTC parents believed their child knew what industry they want to work in compared with just half (53.8%) of parents with children in mainstream schools.
Philip Morris, Principal of Derby Manufacturing University Technical College – which was officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal on Wednesday, October 7 – said: “We welcome the news from the Baker Dearing Educational Trust. “University Technical Colleges not only give students a vital understanding and insight into the real-world of their specialist area of interest but help develop crucial employability skills
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including teamwork, problem solving, creativity and leadership. “Here at Derby, we focus on maximising opportunities for people from within our own communities to effectively develop the skills that will enable them to access the world-class jobs that our Derby based engineering employers can offer them.” Nearly two thirds (64%) of mainstream school parents said they wanted a greater variety of choice in the type of school for their child and 69% said they wanted the option to select a technical education if it reflected their child’s talents. But parents are confused about the options available to children. Although more than half (55.30%) of parents with children in mainstream schools felt well informed about academies, only two in five parents (41%) felt informed about University Technical Colleges.
However, when UTCs were explained to them, 86% of parents said they might consider a UTC for their child if there was one available in their area.
Lord Baker, Chairman of Baker Dearing Educational Trust, the charity behind UTCs, said: “These findings highlight the importance parents place on their children’s education and whether it gives them the qualifications and experience they need to secure a job.
“Although it’s early days, UTCs are playing an important role to ensure children get the education they need for the 21st century workplace. This is valued a great deal by parents and I’m delighted that so many would consider a UTC education for their children.”
www.utcolleges.org/about/baker-dearing-educational-trust October 2015
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