Here’s the April calendar for happiness, particularly useful for us all at the moment.
April 1, 2020
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Category Archives: education
March 27, 2020
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FDLT exploring augmented and virtual reality
Earlier in March FDLT Y2 students had the opportunity to explore augmented and virtual reality and consider how it could support learning now and in the future. The UoN students had a go at using the VIVE virtual reality headset … Continue reading
March 20, 2020
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Supporting parents at home with children
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 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].
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
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
September 30, 2019
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What can we learn from education in Finland?
When you are examining the curriculum, what is taught and how learning is organised, making international comparison can be useful. In this article in the guardian, journalist Sally Weale discusses the approach to the curriculum and learning in Finland. As … Continue reading
September 23, 2019
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National Poetry Day coming soon.
On Thursday 3rd October it is National Poetry Day in the UK. There are lots of resources here to support you in doing something at school. You can see them here. There are … Continue reading
September 9, 2019
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Five sources of support for new students