Government re-emphasises personal tuition for lagging students
Education Secretary Ed Balls today re-iterated the government’s commitment to personal tuition for students falling behind in literacy and numeracy, reported today by the BBC. The £315m already allocated to the scheme would be disbursed amongst the local education authorities. Parents who felt their children were falling through the cracks, and not getting the needed [...]
Read the whole postThe Hills are Alive to the Sound of Maths-Whizz
The Cumbrian Whitehaven News reported yesterday on some exciting improvements to local schools, courtesy of funding from the South Whitehaven Neighbourhood Management Partnership. The money was used to buy tools to improve standards in literacy and numeracy. Hensingham Primary School, in particular, used the money to subscribe to Maths-Whizz Tutoring for Schools. Pupils now… …carry [...]
Read the whole postWinter Comes to Whizz
Whether your seasonal celebration is Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa, Pagan or secular, we’ve got a treat of a Whizz Winter Adventure for you this year. Featuring Sprout Invaders, Crackernoid, Dress the Snowman and Hit That Note, the Whizz Winter Adventure has a variety of games to keep young occupied over the holiday weeks. Students must earn [...]
Read the whole postGive thanks for Math-Whizz
It’s coming up to that time of the year when our Stateside customers rush homeward to eat and drink with family, and then fall asleep in a comfy armchairs, stuffed like the turkeys that are traditionally served on the day – Thanksgiving. [A reminder of the lengths some turkeys will go to to avoid the roasting [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz makes it to India
India – home of Rhinosceros unicornis, Elephas maximus, and the rare Panthera tigris (shown below for PURELY scientific purposes), is now home to that increasingly populous animal, Whizzer mathsii.
Read the whole postSAT’s all, folks?
In what is being described as a policy u-turn (and a relief for kids across England and Wales) Minister for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls today announced the government would be scrapping SATs tests for 14-year-olds. Tests for 11-year-olds will remain, at least until the Key Stage 2 tests have been evaluated as part of a [...]
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