THE majority of schools are to close next Wednesday as hundreds of teachers are set to strike over pay – with one union warning of possible further action in the new academic year. Up to 400 members of the NEU are due to walk out, with a demonstration expected to take place in the Royal […]
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Union concerns over heatwave safety
A TEACHING union has criticised the government’s lack of investment in school infrastructure and raised concerns about the safety and wellbeing of staff and pupils across the remainder of term. With most state schools having two more days of term scheduled before the summer holidays, the National Education Union said the Education Department had a […]
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Grouville School a step closer to free school meals
ANOTHER primary school has moved a step closer to providing free meals after plans to create extra storage to make room for the scheme were approved. Grouville Primary School will construct a new storage shed next to the playground to free up space inside. Caring Cooks launched a pilot school-lunch programme in association with the […]
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Deputy Kristina Moore becomes Jersey's first female Chief Minister
THE Island will have its first female Chief Minister after Deputy Kristina Moore was elected to succeed Senator John Le Fondré. During a special States sitting today, Deputy Moore beat Reform Jersey leader Deputy Sam Mézec by 39 votes to ten. Both candidates delivered a ten-minute speech before being quizzed by States Members on their […]
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More money for students to help with rising costs
UNIVERSITY students are to receive extra financial support to help them deal with increasing living costs, the Children’s and Education Minister has announced. Deputy Inna Gardiner yesterday confirmed that Islanders receiving a higher-education maintenance grant would be given an additional 7.2% top up before the end of the year. This, in combination with a 2.9% […]
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The Island’s new Chief Minister gets her team
LESS than a week after winning an overwhelming mandate to become Jersey’s next Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore was successful in having her chosen team of candidates endorsed to form the Council of Ministers. Deputy Moore’s slate of 11 candidates for ministerial roles were all successful in being voted into office, with just one being […]
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Lack of cover could leave teachers facing classrooms of up to 40, says union
A LACK of available cover in the event of widespread staff sickness could leave teachers facing classrooms of up to 40 students, an education union official has said. Marina Mauger, of the NASUWT, said that she was ‘not sure how schools will cope’ if there is an extended period of staff illness this winter. The […]
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Move to prevent Andium Homes rent rises rejected
A MOVE to stop Andium Homes from increasing the rent – for at least a year – for social-housing tenants who move into refurbished properties was rejected in the States Assembly. Deputy Rob Ward, who brought the proposition, said that Andium tenants who were given no choice but to move into a refurbished home would […]
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'The government should avoid lecturing Islanders until their own house is properly in order'
By John Boothman WHEN it comes to core concepts of governance, two conflicting approaches come to mind. The first is to lead by example, and practice what you preach. The second is for the led to do as they are told, and not as their leaders do. Here we seem to be well on the […]
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Childhood obesity in Jersey: ‘We need to be doing more’
PUBLIC Health officials have admitted that we are not doing enough as an Island to keep our children healthy, after a report revealed that a quarter of children in their first year of school were overweight or obese. Jersey’s latest Child Measurement Report, which regularly analyses the Body Mass Index of children in two different […]
