NE ..SW . Primary school children
Primary school children can make their school’s Christmas wishes come true - by taking part in a national writing competition.
Primary school children
challenged to pen a festive classic to win £1,500 for their school
challenged to pen a festive clas cis towin £1,500 for their school
Sam Hay, author of the Undead Pets series, and
cartridgesave.co.uk are inviting children aged between four and eleven to write a short story (fewer than 200 words) or poem inspired by winter or Christmas, for a chance to win £1,500 for their school.
TheWrite Christmas competition, back for its third consecutive year, will select the top 50 entries from across the UK to be published in a special free to download e-book, to be released in December 2016.
In addition, one overall winner will receive a £1,500 grant for their school to spend on books or writing equipment. Two runners up will each secure a £250 each for thei r schools.
Both the overall winner and the runners up will also get a stocking packed full of festive treats worth £50 for themselves.
The stories or poems will be judged by Sam Hay and a representative from
cartridgesave.co.uk .
Children, parents and teachers can get hints and tips fromSamHay, plus full details of howto www rtridgesa ers/write-christmas .
ww.ca
ve.co.uk/printw enter at:
twhatmatt
Av
Avoiding a post-Brexit language crisis voiding a post-Brexit language crisis
Two of the UK’s leading professional language institutions are urging the government to act now to avoid a post-Brexit crisis in language learning. The Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and the Institute of Translation &
Interpreting (ITI) are campaigning for an immediate boost to language education from primary school through to post-graduate level. Failure to do so places the UK in danger of both compromising the performance of its public
and private sector, which is currently reliant on a high proportion of foreign linguists, and hampering the future opportunities for UK students as Geoffrey Bowden, General Secretary for the ATC explains:
“Currently around one third of public service interpreters and 85%of modern foreign
nationals. It is also e language assistants
in UK schools are non-UK EU stimated that the lack of
language ability currently loses the UK 3.5%o f economic performance.Whilst we would encourage the government to guarantee
residency for EU nationals already living in the UK, these figures undou important than ever
to invest in creating our own btedly show that it is more
bank of skilled linguists.”
Sarah Griffin-Mason, Chair of the ITI and Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at Portsmouth University continues: “We need to look at making a career in languages a more attractive option. Students who are paying £30,000 for a degree are more likely to opt for combined honours i n, for example, Law or alongside a languag
e, as they’re conscious of the International Business
need to secure a job, which will allow them to pay back their debt.”
www.atc.org.uk
www.iti.org.uk
4 www
www.education-today.co.uk.co.uk Novembe r 2016 2016
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 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50
