A padlet of ideas and free resources for parents with children at home – lots of individuals, organisations and companies are providing a huge variety of free resources for support, learning and fun.
March 20, 2020
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March 17, 2020
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Learning at home
If you are a TA or HLTA you might be involved preparing work packs or ideas to support learning at home in the coming weeks or months. On the Padlet below are and links to activities and resources that you … Continue reading
February 26, 2020
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Here is an interesting read: 25 Years of Teaching Fads and Bad Educational Science Teacher Toolkit (2016) 20 years of educational fads. [online] Available from: https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/w_1245+q_glossy+ret_img+to_webp/https://www.teachertoolkit.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-10-at-13.42.58.png [Accessed 26th February 2020].
February 20, 2020
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Congratulations to our graduates, 2020!
Congratulations to all of our graduates! Last Sunday we were delighted to see so many of our FDLT and BALT students graduate from their studies, along with some former BALT graduates completing their journey to QTS and being presented with … Continue reading
January 30, 2020
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Animating science!
Over the last few weeks the FDLT Year 1 students have been making stop motion animations. They used the app ‘StopMotionStudio’ on ipads to make their animations, and the app ‘iMovie’ to edit them, adding sounds and music. The students … Continue reading
December 23, 2019
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
This year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are based around the hidden power of mathematics. They are broadcast on BBC4 at 8pm on 26th, 27th and 28th December and available on iplayer. Outline of each lecture: “In Lecture one, Hannah seeks … Continue reading
December 16, 2019
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Access to TV and radio
As a student at the University of Northampton you have access to a resource called Box of Broadcasts, an On Demand TV and Radio for Education, also called on Learning on Film. You can access it here. When you click … Continue reading
December 10, 2019
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Christmas booklists
The National Literacy Trust have published this useful resource: You can access it here. They are also sharing the recommendations on social media each day. You can find the full list GoR_booklist_-_FINAL (1). The Books Trust have also shared … Continue reading
December 2, 2019
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Digital Christmas
Here are some ideas for using digital technology at Christmas. Do add any more you have to the Padlet.
November 25, 2019
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Resource for study
As you work on your degree you might find this website useful: Education England The website is a comprehensive resource of educational legislation and commentary on the political context that surrounds it. If you need to find out where an … Continue reading