We were delighted to see our FDLT and BALT graduates receive their degrees at graduation last Tuesday. The ceremony was such a tribute to their hard work and commitment.
November 19, 2022
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Category Archives: FDLT
September 14, 2022
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Speaking like a specialist from Voice21
Voice21 is the UK’s oracy education charity. You can read more about their mission and role here. We have looked at their resources in PDT1068 English sessions. Each October they run a month long campaign called Oracy October and this … Continue reading
July 13, 2022
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BookCreator certification and BookCreator Ambassador
BookCreator is a fantastic tool for creating digital learning resources in education. It has a great range of accessibility tools that make it useful for all ages and abilities. If you are new to BookCreator a good way to learn … Continue reading
July 12, 2022
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Exploring stop motion animation with FDLT year 1.
In the final FDLT year 1 session the students worked together to create their own stop motion animations. In this activity they brought together subject knowledge and practical and creative skills to convey some information or an idea. In a … Continue reading
July 21, 2021
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Develop your use of technology in learning
There are a number of opportunities to take part in free online training in using apps and tools that are useful when supporting learning in the classroom and in your own study. Listed below are four places to start. You … Continue reading
July 15, 2021
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Summer Reading Challenge!
This year’s Summer reading Challenge from The Reading Agency is called Wild World Heroes! You can find out more about it here. There are resources to support it available for schools, libraries and for use in the home so everyone … Continue reading
June 24, 2021
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Some free resources
Free English resources from Pobble Pobble is a resource that provides inspiration and editable plans for the teaching of English. You can find out more about Pobble here. There is free access to all the resources until the end of … Continue reading
June 18, 2021
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A creative finish to FDLT Year 1!
This week our FDLT year 1 students reached the end of their first year at university. It was great to be able to welcome them back to Devonshire Place and the Waterside Campus, Northampton to work face to face making … Continue reading
May 12, 2021
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Drawing to learn anything: no drawing skills required.
Here’s a great opportunity to hear art educator Paul Carney introduce his book ‘Drawing to Learn Anything’. As he says “Do not be put off using this book if you can’t draw. If you can write your name you will … Continue reading
February 24, 2021
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Adding sound to art!
This week I gave an online talk at the Primary Art Craft Design Network Meeting for County Durham Art Co-ordinators. It was based around using audio and images together in viewing and making art. Here is the digital book used … Continue reading