Life Skills for Children

A quarter of school staff have suffered violence at the hands of a student and a third have been confronted by aggressive parents, a teaching union said today.

Stop! BULLYING through Education Gone are the days when teachers lecture young people with a series of statements and boring quotes.

I work at a large middle school in Bedfordshire with over 700 pupils on role. My school is a very high performing school with yearly SATs results comparing more than favourably with national expectation.

With so many young people demonstrating a complete lack of respect towards their teachers and peers it was only a matter of time before communities across the country would start experiencing increased levels of anti-social behaviour.

It is no wonder so many of our kids are coming of the rails. Proliferation of drugs, under age drinking, graffiti, kids being stabbed in schools. How has it got to this point

Whittlebury Park will be the venue for the 2011 Modern Life Skills college. The ultimate learning experience for professionals in both the private and public sector.

Stress: we all live with it. Every year an average of 10% of working teachers leave the field for reasons other than retirement.

The Life Skills team have successfully delivered several educational boot camps in schools with very positive results

A local company UKPST (UK Personal Safety Training) is providing schools with teacher personal safety courses

A new initiative in personal safety and communication skills for children is proving to be a great success and is now ready for National deployment through schools, sports and community groups.