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PROROGUE OF PARLIAMENT: UK SUPREME COURT SITTING - UNLAWFUL judges rule

25/9/2019

The eleven judges sitting on the case of parliament prorogue have unanimously ruled that:

parliament is not prorogued;
PM's advised the Queen to act unlawfully to suspend parliament until 14 October;
PM's advise to the Queen to suspend parliament is unlawful, void and no effect; the government is subject to scrutiny by parliament in law;
Members of Parliament can resume their duties immediately of holding the government to account.

The full judgment can be downloaded below including recordings of the three days: -------->

Read how the judgment was delivered on the links below:
UK Supreme Court Blog ------>

BBC News ------->

Text of the ruling: Financial Times ------>

PROROGUE OF PARLIAMENT: UK SUPREME COURT SITTING - DAY 3

19/9/2019

No matter the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing Prime Minister Johnson will definitely go down in history as a PM of substance.He dared to rock the boat. The very boat everyone else is trying to hop onto because they see others have just hopped on. Then shouts of 'Liar, liar, liar !' One just wonders.

You make up your mind.

UK Supreme Court Blog ------>

UK Supreme Court live feed

Morning session ----->

Afternoon session ------>

BBC news ----->

CNN Live ------>

PROROGUE OF PARLIAMENT: UK SUPREME COURT SITTING - DAY 2

18/9/2019

Follow the links below to find out about today's sitting and some reactions.

UK Supreme Court live feed

Morning session ----->

Afternoon session ------>

UK Supreme Court blog ----->

Watch The Telegraph live feed on YouTube ---->

BBC News ----->

Brexit 'Mother of parliaments shut down by father of lies' The Guardian ----->

Prorogue of PARLIAMENT: UK Supreme court sitting - Day 1

17/9/2019

I have come to the conclusion that the Brexit debate definitely makes interesting topic for all, including schools.

Many school debate kits are currently being penned as the various sides take the podium to air their views on deal or no deal Brexit. Now to spice things up is the prorogue of parliament Supreme Courts sittings. The global audience intrigued by the 'Brexit News' developments on who is doing or saying what is not left disappointed by the actions of all players. It is all so interesting.

Follow the UK Supreme Court sitting, listed for Tuesday 17 - Thursday 19 September 2019, on the link below:

UK Supreme Court blog ----->

In a nutshell (explained) ------->

Supreme Court case details ------>

Day 1 Live feed ------ >

Morning session

Afternoon session

Live news update The Guardian ------->

National POETRY day 2018

10/9/2018

National Poetry Day is on 4th October.

Visit the National Poetry Day website for information on activities taking place across the country and to download resources.

National Poetry Day ---->

2018 Key Stage 2 SATs materials

29/5/2018

From today 29 May information relating to specific questions in the Standard Assessment Tests (SATs) papers for this year can be published.

You can find information relating to the National Curriculum Assessments practice materials here---->

Download subject specific test materials from the links below:

English Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation --->

English Reading --->

Mathematics --->

Virtual AR and VR

12/5/2018

Dare to have fun in the classroom.

Enhance learning for teachers and students with augmented reality, virtual reality and Google Expeditions:

If Chrome does not work, try internet explorer.

VR Cardboard --->

Discovery VR --->

Google Tour bus ---->

Street view ---->

Street View App ---->

Live Binder ---->

Augmented Reality

Olympians Live binder ---->

Google available expeditions docs--->

AR and VR resources ---->

VR resources ---->

Google official VR site --->

VR without a headset --->

VR demo --->

Tour creator --->

VR tour ELearning ----->

Google VR expeditions

Google expedition gallery --->

Moonshot expedition --->

12 AR apps ---->

kew gardens: glasshouse reopens

3/5/2018

Kew Gardens' glasshouse which is the world's largest Victorian glasshouse will reopen on Saturday 5 May after a major refurbishment which lasted five years.

Read more:

BBC News ---->

The Guardian ---->

Key stage 1 and 2 test dates

12/4/2018

Below is the link to the DFE test dates for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

DFE test dates ---->

Reducing teacher workload

10/3/2018

The DFE has published its Policy paper on reducing teacher workload on the web link below. It includes independent reports which it hopes will help senior school leaderships to work with others in order to reduce workload in their schools.

The reports include:

DFE action plan to reduce teacher workload
Poster for teachers
Teaching blog
Project reports
A summary report

Click on this link to access the reports --->