What steps should a school take to keep students and staff safe from COVID-19? What about vaccination? How can families and communities keep themselves safe as schools reopen? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in Science in 5 this week […]
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Supporting back to school anxiety in a time of COVID: Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, based at the Priory’s Oxford Wellbeing Centre. Here she explains how to support young people who may be feeling anxious at the start of the new school term and struggling to adjust to new […]
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When pupils return to school in September there is a steep rise in children hospitalised with asthma attacks. In the UK a child is admitted to hospital every 20 minutes because of an asthma attack. However, the number of children needing emergency treatment doubles in September compared to August. So why should children settling back into school find […]
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Bitesize Webinar: Dyslexia and Back to School. The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) has been the voice of dyslexic people since 1972. We are a membership organisation working to achieve a dyslexia-friendly society for all. […]
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COVID-19: Schools urgently need guidelines on improving ventilation in classrooms: There is an urgent need for guidelines on how schools can use ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, according to doctors at Imperial College London and the headteacher of a secondary school in Pinner, Middlesex. In a commentary published by the Journal […]
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Finite element study shows one book in the backpack weighs 7 books to the spine: As we consider a return to school, we must start to think of the impact of the backpack. A finite element assessment study showed that a one-pound book in a backpack weighs seven books to the spine. When the student leans […]