September 14, 2022
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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 21, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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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
February 13, 2021
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Some useful resources to support learning in mathematics: The Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) have put together a collection of resources to support mathematics away from the screen. You can access it here. It is huge collection of useful … Continue reading
February 5, 2021
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This week (1st to 7th February) is Children’s Mental Health Week in the UK. This year’s theme is Express Yourself. The website that supports the week’s activities can be accessed here. There are supporting resources to use with primary and … Continue reading
January 29, 2021
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BBC Sound Effects is a useful site that can be used to create resources. It can be accessed here. It can be searched to find a huge variety of sounds that can be downloaded or linked to for educational purposes. … Continue reading