Education / SIC reassures parents over extension of remote learning
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Education / More details released around return to school
Education / Council releases first details on how schools will operate after Christmas break
Education / Teaching union says schools reps backed request for home learning either side of Christmas
Education / MSYP supports decision to call off exams
Education / Higher and advanced higher exams to be cancelled
Education / Council not swayed by request to introduce remote learning around Christmas
Education / Mossbank parents call for reinstatement of bus serviceOver 250 sign petition for afternoon service during dark winter months
Education / College officials make the case for £2m worth of campus upgradesProposals include creating student ‘hubs’ and modernising learning spaces
Education / Colleges to hold online open week
Education / Student welcomes guidance on returning home for Christmas
Education / College students adapting well to blended learning, meeting hears
Education / New name picked for merged collegeWork across colleges and Train Shetland over last few months also praised by councillors
Education / Hot meals back on the menu at local schools
Education / Education chair has faith in judgement of teachers for next year’s grades
Education / No National 5 exams next yearChairman of SIC’s education and families committee welcomes clarity over exam diet
Education / Students wishing to travel home encouraged to seek advice
Education / College names further and higher education students of the yearA weaver who studied through Shetland College is also named the UHI’s postgraduate student of the year
Education / Sandison appointed to oversee college merger
Education / Pupils receive new SQA certificates
Education / Young people ‘really engaged’ with sexual violence education workshops
Coronavirus / Schools well prepared for future spikes in Covid-19, SIC director says
Education / Expanded early learning programme now available across Shetland
Education / ‘Don’t be fooled’ by ‘weak’ Whalsay nursery inspection grades, councillor says
Education / Number of apprenticeships over coming year set to take dip
Coronavirus / Face coverings in secondary schools mandatory as of Monday
Education / Council signs up to food discount scheme to offer half price school meals
Education / Support at hand for pupils with lower than expected grades
Education / Reopening of schools mapped out as soft start to cover first week backChildren’s services director Helen Budge says she wants parents and pupils to feel confident as schools reopen
Education / Directors appointed to merged college charitable company
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