June 7, 2018
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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
May 4, 2018
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My colleague Jeff Ollerton has written this useful advice about email addresses: Jeff Ollerton’s Biodiversity Blog: Advice to students: choose your email address carefully and think about changing it). If you work in or study education Jeff makes some very … Continue reading
April 27, 2018
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The Wildlife Trust invites you to something wild every day in June: random acts of wildness. You can sign up here to get a free pack including a wall chart, interactive booklet and some stickers. There is also an app. … Continue reading
March 29, 2018
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As supporters of learning and people interested in education you are likely to be seeking opportunities to keep learning yourselves. This might be to fill gaps in your subject knowledge, to allow you to perform your role more effectively or … Continue reading
March 21, 2018
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You may already have seen this wonderful book by author, Robert MacFarlane and artist, Jackie Morris called ‘The Lost Words’. Here’s a link to a blog post by Jackie Morris about why the book is so important for children (and … Continue reading
March 5, 2018
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You might be interested in some of the blog posts in the ‘Teaching’ section of Tim Squirrell’s blog. There is one called ‘How to write better essays‘. In this one he reviews some key areas of essay writing. This is … Continue reading
January 5, 2018
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Happy New Year! Here’s a great way of starting 2018 with some actions for happiness. There is more detail about starting the new year in a positive frame of mind here. It would be interesting to devise … Continue reading
December 8, 2017
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I want to share a great blog post I came across about making an interactive advent calendar on Mr P’s ICT blog. You can read the blog post and see some examples at the link above. There are opportunities to … Continue reading
December 1, 2017
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This week the year 2 students used their phones or tablets to make short films exploring terms and ideas used when learning English. Their challenge was to define and explain their word in a one minute film using just the … Continue reading
November 23, 2017
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The FDLT Y2 Leicester group used their creative skills and Book Creator to make a collaborative book about some unexpected happenings in the classroom. Here’s the whole book on Google BookCreator: Classroom Adventures Here’s a version on YouTube: When making … Continue reading