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Month: July 2021

Holiday plans, lost learning, and finding shoes

Posted onJuly 30, 2021July 30, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

It’s been the first full week of the summer holidays for most of you, how’s it going? Actually, don’t answer that! That is exactly what we are aiming to find out with the Parent Ping ️ Summer Survey! More on Read More …

Tags#catch up, #holidays, #lost learning, #school shoes, #summer survey, #uniform

The wrong kind of ping

Posted onJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

The school year is finally over, but the question everyone wants answering is… did parents withdraw their children early because of the risk of getting the wrong kind of “ping” at the end of term? Luckily, thanks to you, Parent Read More …

Tags#boys, #covid, #end of term, #girls, #guns, #life skills, #lockdown, #sewing

What do parents know about teachers?

Posted onJuly 16, 2021July 16, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

We’re nearly there… it’s the end of term and the end of covid restrictions. It’s also the end of the first year of Parent Ping. That’s right next week is our first birthday 500 lucky Pingers will receive a birthday Read More …

Tags#covid, #headteachers, #outings, #parents evening, #regrets, #teachers

Avoiding isolation & banning mobile phones

Posted onJuly 9, 2021July 9, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

Education has continued to be in the news this week, with the government making announcements about isolation and mobile phones (again). We’ve got updates on both in this week’s blog.  But first… The Big Lockdown Learning Parent Survey Do you Read More …

Tags#devices, #football, #gardening, #isolation, #lockdown, #mobile phones, #school, #school rules, #social media, #summer

The big lockdown learning survey: The results!

Posted onJuly 8, 2021October 18, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

Do you remember all the Parent Ping questions about home learning during lockdown? Our Chief Analyst has been crunching the numbers and has now published a big report about lockdown learning for the Education Endowment Foundation. We found: Parents think Read More …

Tags#EEF, #lockdown, #parent, #research

Should 10-day isolation for school kids be scrapped?

Posted onJuly 2, 2021July 2, 2021AuthorKaren Wespieser

We’ve been getting sporty at Parent Ping Towers this week… or at least been watching other people getting sporty, which is the same thing, right? So this week’s blog looks at sports day, football and swimming! But first… Education has Read More …

Tags#bubbles, #covid, #football, #isolation, #sport, #sports day, #swimming

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