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Homework

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Homework is basically extra work that teachers set to "help" children learn but to children it is torture. Children believe that homework is irrelevant because the work we do at home we cover at school anyway. When it comes to homework, children and adults clash.

Education

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  • Tuesday, April 15, 2008
  • | CYP Now
I would introduce more selective state schools into the education system. It is clear from the few remaining grammar schools that at GCSE and A-Level, selective state schools far outperform their non-selective counterparts.

Student councils

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  • Tuesday, February 12, 2008
  • | CYP Now
One thing many students fail to realise is that requests take time. They think that, once they ask for something it will be done in a week. But it is not that easy.

Reading in schools

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • | CYP Now
I think the best way to get a child into books is to encourage them from an early age. In primary schools or even nurseries there can be a book that should be read every week to the children at home; the book would then be followed up in class. This would encourage the child to enjoy books and the parents to spend time reading to their children.

Tackling climate change

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007
  • | CYP Now
I would try and divert government funds to projects that would get more people to change their habits. While there are environmental reasons for climate change, humans have a big part to play.

If I were in charge of my after-school club

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2007
  • | CYP Now
If I were in charge of my Schoolfriend Club at Whitehill Primary School, we would have a trampoline, a swimming pool, a bouncy castle and a pets' corner where we could learn about the animals and look after them.