Home schooling during lockdown
Headmistress Jane Prescott wrote for Independent School Parent magazine on some of the positive and negative aspects of home schooling during lockdown.
https://www.independentschoolparent.com/covid19/home-schooling-2-0-in-lockdown-3-0/
The best reads during lockdown…
Mrs Williams, Head of English and Drama at Portsmouth High School, writes here in the TES on the best reads during lockdown.
https://www.tes.com/news/5-books-help-teachers-escape-crisis
Mrs Prescott, President of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA)
Mrs Prescott, in her role as President of the GSA, has presided over their online annual conference in November.
At the start of the conference she held a press briefing. Please see below some of the links to articles. She has also spoken on LBC Radio and Sky News during the conference week.
These are Mrs Prescott’s opinions and her comments open a debate but her views are not necessarily shared by all members of the GSA.
The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teaching-leaders-call-for-gcses-to-be-axed-next-year-fm2h5mtpt?shareToken=94b7b1a492ad8006c0bdbac18653579a and https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/gcse-exams-should-be-replaced-with-school-assessments-says-leading-head-teacher/
Portsmouth News 16 November 2020 https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/portsmouth-headteacher-wants-gcse-exams-scrapped-next-year-because-coronavirus-3036396
TES online
Head of English and Drama, Yvonne Williams, asks if the uncertainty surrounding exams is causing an arms race of assessment. Find out more in the TES online.
https://www.tes.com/news/exam-uncertainty-causing-arms-race-assessment
The Evening Standard
Jane Prescott is quoted in her capacity as GSA President in this Evening Standard piece:
Attain Magazine
Headmistress Jane Prescott is quoted in her role as president of the Girls’ Schools Association and looks at the value of a good night’s sleep.
https://attain.education/features/episode-4-perseverance-and-sleep
The Daily Telegraph
Headmistress Jane Prescott asks ‘Do we need GCSEs?” in her latest letter published in The Daily Telegraph.
https://www.portsmouthhigh.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jane-Prescott-Letter-to-The-Daily-Telegraph.png
Independent School e-magazine
Headmistress Jane Prescott writes on an emotional return to school for pupils after lockdown restrictions are eased.
http://createsend.com/t/i-91DF569B370FCB9A2540EF23F30FEDED
The Daily Telegraph
Headmistress Jane Prescott contributes to the discussion ‘Are single-sex schools finished?’
24 March 2020 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/2020/03/24/single-sex-schools-finished/
Evening Standard
Headmistress Jane Prescott contributes to the discussion surrounding the need to give children breaks during Guided Home Learning during lockdown.
8 April 2020 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/education/heads-overhaul-homeschool-timetables-coronavirus-lockdown-a4410031.html
Independent Education Today
Headmistress Jane Prescott comments on the importance of limiting screen time for children.
27 April 2020 https://ie-today.co.uk/Article/doctor-says-children-should-limit-time-spent-looking-at-screens/
Independent School Parent
Headmistress Jane Prescott looks at the complexities of reopening schools as lockdown is eased.
29 April 2020 https://www.independentschoolparent.com/covid19/coronavirus-reopening-schools-the-issues-to-be-considered/
The Times
Headmistress Jane Prescott writes in The Times today about the future of examinations for teenagers.
Headmistress Jane Prescott – Letter to The Times
The Telegraph
Headmistress Jane Prescott looks at the value of banning mathematics textbooks to boost attainment.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/08/02/maths-textbooks-should-banned-intimidate-pupils-headteacher/
The Times Educational Supplement
Reply by Bernard Trafford in TES https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/idea-banning-mobiles-schools-daft-canute-attempting-hold-back-tide
The Telegraph
Article by Headmistress Jane Prescott http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/08/attempts-pull-children-ever-deeper-world-social-media-should2/
Independent School Parent
February 2018 http://www.independentschoolparent.com/school/senior/creative-writing/
BBC Culture
24 February 2018 http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter
GSA website
https://gsa.uk.com/2018/02/sleep-soundly-perform-best/
https://gsa.uk.com/2018/03/millennials-not-snowflake-generation/
Times Educational Supplement
Girls’ School Association Blog
Wednesday 4 April 2018 https://gsa.uk.com/heads-blog/
The Debrief 6 April 2018
https://thedebrief.co.uk/news/real-life/how-to-cope-with-setbacks-according-to-the-experts/
Times Educational Supplement
Saturday 21 April 2018 https://www.tes.com/news/what-you-need-know-about-memory-aid-your-pupils-revision
The Spectator
Thursday 19 April 2018 https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/university-challenge-2/
The Daily Telegraph
Headmistress Jane Prescott writes in The Daily Telegraph on 17 October 2017.
The full article can be read at The Head’s Blog