February 16, 2015
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Teaching assistants from Leicestershire, Northants and Derby took part in a great day of workshops on Friday 13th February at Beauchamp College, Oadby. The morning workshop led by Eva Cartwright, Principal of the Teaching Assistant College, focused on creative strategies … Continue reading
February 9, 2015
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On Tuesday evening (10th February) at 8pm on Channel 4 there is an interesting TV programme – The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds. It is an observational documentary that follows ten four-year-old children at nursery – the nursery … Continue reading
February 6, 2015
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Dom Murphy has recommended this blog as a useful and inspiring one to follow and read: You can access it at this link. Tim Rylands is an experienced primary school teacher who uses digital technology to support and inspire learning. … Continue reading
January 29, 2015
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Lots of schools now have their own blogs where they share school news and learning and teaching ideas. Its a great way of allowing parents and other interested people a window into school life and getting some positive feedback and … Continue reading
January 25, 2015
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The next Northants Film Network event takes place on Wednesday 28th January. Its a free networking opportunity with guest speaker Into Film www.intofilm.org You just need to RSVP to reelscapecommunity@gmail.com if you can beforehand. Doors 7pm, talk 7.30pm. It’s in … Continue reading
January 23, 2015
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What is TeachMeet? Come along to an evening of sharing teaching and learning ideas. We’ll have mini presentations on creative classroom activities across the curriculum and there will be lots of ideas you can start using straight away. Everyone is welcome … Continue reading
January 14, 2015
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The next Northampton Inspire Network Meeting is next Wednesday January 28th at 4.30pm. We’ll be in Sulgrave 034 (the art room) with refreshments available from 4pm. We’re going to be making creatures like these (on the right) using wire, paper, … Continue reading
January 13, 2015
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The next meeting of the Book Group will be on Monday 26th January at 17.30 in S036. Light refreshments will be provided. The book to be discussed will be ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime’ by Mark Haddon. … Continue reading
January 11, 2015
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#Nuture1415 is a social media based review of 2014 written by people involved in education. @ChocoTzar introduces it here: “So, it begins. Although to be fair I think others have beaten me to the blog. This is the third year … Continue reading
December 3, 2014
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Over the last few weeks we have been exploring digital technology with FDLT Y2 students. We were fortunate to have support from Rico Lowson and Sophie Burrows from the organisation Into Film. In the first session Rico and Sophie introduced … Continue reading