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

at Leicester and UN

June 21, 2018
by Jean
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Holiday homework

I’ve shared resources and ideas from Pobble before and here’s a great idea for holiday homework. Its called best homework ever 2018. Here’s the first few days:                       You can … Continue reading

June 13, 2018
by Jean
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FDLT year 1 field trips

Last week the FDLT year 1 students went on field trips to explore different ways of supporting learning outdoors. Led by Ken Bland and Georgina Hand, they explored fieldwork around a river including mapping the meander, measuring depth; testing speed … Continue reading

June 7, 2018
by Jean
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Can your pupils sew on a button?

Great British Button Challenge! Hobbycraft did some research and found that out of the 10,000 people they surveyed 1 in 5 could not sew on a button, with 52% never taught this at school (Hobbycraft, 2018). This summer they’re running … Continue reading