The inextricable link between a child’s behaviour and how well they achieve at school is well documented. What is perhaps less understood is how much the overall wellbeing of a child can affect their behaviour. If a child is suffering from low self-esteem, they might be less able to resolve disputes in the playground peacefully and their expectations of what they can achieve in life are limited.

Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Innovator of the Year award – has achieved another industry first by becoming the first off-site construction specialist to introduce a new and advanced software system to carry out a detailed environmental assessment of every new Yorkon building.

Encourage your students to consider children with disabilities and one of them could win £1,000 cash for your school, plus a bundle of prizes for themselves. The Mobility Roadshow, the leading mobility lifestyle event, has announced its annual Ready Willing and Mobile competition that encourages school children to think about disability, accessibility and inclusivity from a young age.

The National Assessment Agency and the awarding bodies are seeking examiner applications from teachers, particularly in the key areas of English, history and religious studies. Teachers see examining as an important part of their professional development, and it benefits their students and school or college.

Newly qualified and recently qualified teachers across the UK are being asked to take part in a survey of their induction year experiences.

Prisoner 4099, a new online exhibition, at marks the first time that The National Archives has worked alongside young people to create an interactive resource on its award-winning Learning Curve website.

Students from RNIB New College Worcester and Look (The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children), developed the project in collaboration with The National Archives.

The National Archives is celebrating its success at the recent e-Government National Awards, announced on 17 January at the Savoy in London. The National Archives was presented with the award for Central e-Government excellence: Take-up and usage growth.

Good to See helps teachers bring their subjects to life with "off the peg" itineraries at many UK cities. In addition to London, York, Stratford and Birmingham, Good To See has added Brighton, Manchester and Edinburgh as centres for educational visits, which, with the right itinerary, can help give students a much greater interest in and understanding of the subject.

UK-based educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust has joined forces with Airbus, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, to offer 750 students the opportunity to participate in free Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) days in secondary schools across the UK.

NES Arnold and Partnerships for Learning have teamed up to launch a national workshop training programme for Primary school teachers and Early Years practitioners. With over 200 dates to choose from and over 9,000 places, the workshops, co-ordinated by Partnerships for Learning and NES Arnold - the UK’s leading educational supplier – launched in January 2007 across 12 locations throughout the UK.

From 2-5 January, 30 students from across the UK enjoyed a unique learning experience. Sponsored by Nexia Solutions, the company at the core of the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory as announced by Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, The Smallpeice Trust provided a brand new four-day residential nuclear engineering course for 15 and 16 year old students.

Over 30 Principals and Senior Managers from UK FE colleges considered and discussed recent developments and challenges in the sector at Tribal’s ‘Turning your post-16 vision into reality’ conference on 7th February 2007.

Aimia Foods this month rolls out to primary school caterers a new own-brand Freshers Dilutable Juice drink, developed to comply with strict government legislation – and provide an affordable alternative to the ready-to-drink (RTD) juice drinks.

Hands up who likes homework? Setting it, supervising it and worst of all actually sitting down and doing it – homework is not high on anyone’s list of favourite things. But now a new study from America claims that it actually has a detrimental effect on children’s academic progress as well as damaging parent/child relationships.

Initially the school MIS would hold little more than pupil contact details, with attendance data and examination results. From there it soon provided the first qualitative data that could be shared with the local authority and onward to government.

The limitations of the school management systems and their application could have a detrimental impact on the introduction of initiatives such as learning platforms and data integration across Children’s Services.

Management systems are playing an increasingly dominant role in schools and now there is a system specifically designed to provide an effective solution for school reception areas. Education Today went to talk to SG World to find out why this system is a vital addition to every school’s software offering.

The UK's major education exhibition returns to the NEC in Birmingham from March 22-24 and it is shaping up to be an essential visit for all teachers.

Freedom Digital Networks (FDN) has launched a breakthrough technology in the UK, that delivers internet connectivity via a building’s electricity network, offering businesses and government organisations an affordable and reliable alternative to re-cabling or WiFi.

Dan spent 12 years as a primary teacher and deputy head, giving him a particularly good grounding in all subjects across upper Key Stage 2. Here, he talks about a life in training…

ADEPTIAS Limited designs IT integrated adaptive desks with patent-pending innovations for access, adaptability and security. IT integrated desks have become a part of the established wisdom of school furniture requirements. Their benefits are also recognised throughout the public sector.

March will see EduPrint double its’ impact at The Education Show where it shares the limelight with two major printer manufacturers – Hewlett Packard and OKI Printing Solutions.

Schoolchildren will have the chance to learn about the work of the world's biggest animal welfare organisation thanks to a fun new set of online lessons for use with interactive whiteboards. The new education interactive resource, an internet computer programme colourfully animated with cartoon characters is aimed at five to 11-year-olds.

Children who arrive at school speaking no English will usually start taking one-to-one or small group English language classes.

But what does the child do in between these sessions? What can be done to ensure that the non-English speaking child is integrated into the classroom and the school?

• The Association’s programme offers support and guidance for the development of videoconferencing as a teaching resource in YOUR classroom.

• Identifying, Promoting, Delivering, Extending and Supporting VC Content and VC Contacts for your classroom.

Graham Harrison, STAEDTLER’s Business Education Manager, takes up the story.

Based in Wales, STAEDTLER manufactures more than 160 million writing instruments every year. Many of these are world famous, such as the instantly recognisable Noris yellow and black striped pencil and that office classic, the STAEDTLER stick pen.

Learning is fun thanks to supplier of entertaining and intelligent games, Brain-ed. The games - designed to educate youngsters about topical lifestyle and social issues such as health and fitness, road safety, racism and bullying - are from the pioneering company behind the Kaleidoscope Classic – winner of the Smart Puzzle category at the 2006 Science Museum Awards.

Students throughout the country will be performing on professional stages thanks to the technical expertise and imagination of Stagecraft Theatre Services (STS). One of the country’s leading, staging, lighting and sound companies, STS has completed installations in schools, in the last quarter, worth in excess of £500,000.

2007 promises to be a busy year for The Pilot Pen Company as it has just appointed a new manager to head up its Education Division and launched a groundbreaking range of new products, named BegreeN.

Leading stationery manufacturer, BIC®, unveils its exciting plans for this year’s Education Show at the NEC in Birmingham, including the chance for one lucky school to win a truly fantastic prize.

To undertake the development of a new school gym or fitness training room usually involves co-ordinating of several supplier companies, apart from possible architects, building developers, legal and financial bodies - depending on the size of the project.

Aviko, the No.1 manufacturer of chilled chips and potato products in Europe, have announced the launch of Steam and Fresh Wedges in Skin! Developed as part of Aviko’s “Feel Good Foods” range of healthier products to meet the growing demand from schools, the Steam and Fresh Wedges in Skin are the latest addition to the wide range of Steam and Fresh products offering both convenience and nutrition, with no compromise on good and natural taste!

TigerTurf, the UK’s leading manufacturer of synthetic sports and leisure surfaces, have supplied their Hockey Turf 18 sports system to a leading independent day school in Croydon.

Following the introduction of the Government’s nutritional guidelines for school food in September 2006, many head teachers, parents, governors, and catering managers may be wondering:

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC), in Hereford, is leading two European research projects which are paving the way for possibly some of the biggest advances in the education of people who are blind, partially sighted or have difficulty with the written word.

If there is one issue that encapsulates the changes that have swept education in the past ten years, it is the drive towards measurement. When this centres on pupil success in exams it does not cause too many problems – after all, everyone can read a league table.

Protocol Education, a leading Teacher supply agency is spreading its wings by creating a guide to help teaching staff deal more effectively with pupils in mainstream classes who have special needs. The guide allows teachers and support workers to understand the characteristics of special needs. It then offers practical support as to what the teacher could do; and finally makes suggestions as to what the cause may be.

DORMA can provide correctly specified door types and controls to comply with SENDA and the access needs of people with disabilities. Automatic sliding door systems are ideal for heavy traffic areas and automatic swing door systems can be used for both internal and external door applications.

Faber Blinds has supplied specialist solar screening to the pioneering new Caroline Chisholm School in Northamptonshire. This is the first purpose-built school in the country to take pupils through from pre-school to 6th Form.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has launched its new compact bizhub PRO C6500 into the central reprographic sector where speed, quality, and versatility are high requirements. Although the bizhub PRO C6500 is the entry-level version it still offers a maximum print production speed of 65 A4 prints a minute in either colour or back and white.

Bentworth Primary School in Hammersmith and Fulham replaced all windows and doors in one school holiday, thanks to a combined £300,000 contract awarded to Radway and West Port through an LHC Network framework arrangement.

Now in its third generation the “Mini Vault Safe“ from Securikey has been updated and expanded to include 9 new models from its original 3. New to the range are Fire Resisting and Key Locking versions.

Mitsubishi Electric’s Visual Information Systems division, a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of high quality display products has announced the introduction of the XL650U; a fully featured XGA projector to its comprehensive range.

It’s the ultimate photovoltaic roof, capable of producing 20% more output than the more common crystalline cell type. It is ideal for use in our climate as it does not need direct sunlight but works with diffused light.

Colour, design, safety and service. In a word, It’s Surf- the bright, imaginative children’s washroom by Armitage Venesta, the UK’s leading school washroom provider.

In response to growing demand for effective and attractive solutions to noise pollution in buildings, commercial flooring specialist Polyflor Ltd has launched two new heterogeneous sheet vinyl ranges alongside its established Acoustifoam system, to create the Polyflor Acoustic Flooring Solution.

Leeds based Andy Thornton, manufacturer of reproduction furniture, uses a down draught bench from WorkPoint Environments for the sanding and ageing of timber items.

Class-leading Uf values and unrivalled design flexibility are just two of the benefits of the innovative new Schüco Window AWS system. Described as a comprehensive, one-system solution, the AWS window delivers not only superior thermal performance, but also enhanced levels of security and much greater scope for automation.

The majority of current ICT network management tools focus on overall control, configuration and troubleshooting of the entire school network. Such tools rarely focus on the day-to-day needs of the classroom or the convenience of use by teachers.