A blog for students on the FDLT and BALT courses at the University of Northampton

at Leicester and UON

June 26, 2014
by Jean
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Celebrating HLTA

This week teaching assistants who gained Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) this year were welcomed to a presentation and celebration at Park Campus. HLTAs from all over the East Midlands came along, with the people who had supported them as they … Continue reading

June 23, 2014
by Jean
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A visit from Mr Drew

Last week the University of Northampton hosted an event at which Stephen Drew, from ‘Educating Essex’, spoke to local teachers about education. The room was full of more than 200 teachers, teaching assistants and university staff. Stephen Drew’s talk was … Continue reading

June 19, 2014
by Jean
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Handwriting

  A few weeks ago @TeacherToolkit posted an article exploring some issues around handwriting – you can read it here – The Importance of Handwriting On Twitter during that day a number of people tweeted examples of their handwriting. In … Continue reading

June 15, 2014
by Jean
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Exploring World War 1 with FDLT Y2

This week we completed the PDT2008 curriculum module with an exploration of World War 1. The students used a ThingLink to follow interesting links to stories about World War 1 such as women in WW1, the role of animals, war … Continue reading

June 7, 2014
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FDLT Y1 exploring learning outdoors!

This week each FDLT Y1 group spent a day at an outdoor location to explore the potential for learning outside the classroom. The Oadby and UN groups visited Newton Field Centre near Kettering and the MK group visited Green Park … Continue reading