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		<title>Should Scottish Government Scrap Plans for Pay Cut for Supply Teachers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article today by Andrew Denholm of the Herald Scotland entitled &#8220;New demand to scrap pay cut for teachers&#8221; which read: Teaching unions and political opponents made the plea yesterday after a survey by Scottish Labour found 84% of local authorities did not fill all requests for short-term cover in 2011/12. In addition, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=1087&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Scottish Children become more Independent Learners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Kip McGrath Musselburgh blog: I&#8217;m up early this morning planning for my sessions down at Kip McGrath Education Centres in Musselburgh. Thursday is a busy day for us and I&#8217;m very much looking forward to tutoring English, French and Maths to all our wonderful Primary and Secondary students. Can&#8217;t wait to see 8-year-old [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=1086&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why teach handwriting in the digital age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from Kip McGrath Lisburn Tutor&#039;s Blog: Is handwriting soon to become obsolete? The advent of the digital age has meant our world is changing . The way in which we communicate has changed fundamentally from a more formal style of  letters and written correspondence to email and social media &#8211; a series of short, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=1075&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Franchise Opportunities &#8211; Make Teaching your Business at Kip McGrath</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am Margaret Carmichael and I have been a teacher for over 40 years, latterly as Deputy Head Teacher at Paisley Grammar.  I consider myself to be a great teacher but I felt restricted in my teaching role and unable to teach children in the way I knew I could. In 1999, I discovered Kip [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hunting the Internet Bullies &#8211; Should stricter laws be enforced for Cyber Bullying??</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just watched BBC Panorama&#8217;s Hunting the Internet Bullies and, although I was aware cyber bullying existed, I was shocked at the extent some sick individuals (grown men) who call themselves &#8220;trolls&#8221; go to cause hurt and pain to individuals just to get a reaction, especially in young people. You can watch the episode [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=991&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>East Renfrewshire Council postpone new Curriculum Exams</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip McGrath Education Centres Scotland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[East Renfrewshire Council has announced that it needs more time to prepare for the new national four and five qualifications due to be introduced in Scotland in 2014 in line with the Curriculum for Excellence.  This means that pupils in East Renfrewshire could be sitting different exams to the rest of Scotland. According to an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=959&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling Pupils don&#8217;t catch up according to Department of Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report published by the Department of Education in England, just one in 15 (6.5%) pupils starting secondary school in England &#8220;behind&#8221; for their age goes on to get five good GCSEs including English and maths, official data shows.  Read more details of the report as reported on bbc.co.uk here. Obviously this report applies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=917&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Power of Practice &#8211; Is talent or hard work the answer to succeed in Education?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We previously posted a blog on &#8220;How to help your child reach their full potential in life&#8221; in 2011 which was written by Angela Mitchell, a teacher and Director of Kip McGrath Cambuslang. In our blog, we referenced an article by Mathew Syed, former three-times Commonwealth table-tennis champion.  Mathew Syed has now a best selling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=856&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Literacy Trust Survey Reveals Almost 4 million children in UK do not own a book &#8211; What can we do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Concerns about Childrens&#8217; Literacy in the UK In September 2011, The National Literacy Trust undertook a survey of school aged children across 111 schools in the UK.  Worryingly, it suggests that 33.2% of children (approximately 3.8 million) in Britain do not own a book.  This has shifted dramatically since 2005 when 1 in 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=765&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building the Maths Brick Wall &#8211; How gaps can form when learning maths</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip McGrath Education Centres Scotland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent video and article written by my colleague Suzanne Lanzon of Kip McGrath Cambridge South that explains how gaps in your child&#8217;s knowledge of maths can hold them back as they progress through school.  Every Kip McGrath teacher understands that these gaps need to be filled so that they have solid foundations in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16718087&amp;post=724&amp;subd=kipmcgrathtutorsscotland&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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