November 15, 2018
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I’ve come across this website which allows you to make your own advent calendar. You can add a message, photos, links to video and links to other digital material. It is free to use non commercially and can be shared using … Continue reading
October 24, 2018
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Many FDLT students will be exploring summative and formative assessment. Here are some links to interesting resources to make you think! Formative and summative assessment, a blog post by David Didau. As well as raising some interesting points this blog … Continue reading
September 14, 2018
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Happy National Teaching Assistants Day to all of you! There’s a great blog post written by staff working on the HLTA, FDLT and BALT courses here: http://bit.ly/LoveTAs We hope you are all receiving the appreciation you deserve!
July 6, 2018
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Compassionate Class is a innovative new programme from the RSPCA that encourages children to develop compassion and empathy through the lens of animal welfare. You can read more about it here.
June 21, 2018
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I’ve shared resources and ideas from Pobble before and here’s a great idea for holiday homework. Its called best homework ever 2018. Here’s the first few days: You can … Continue reading
June 13, 2018
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Last week the FDLT year 1 students went on field trips to explore different ways of supporting learning outdoors. Led by Ken Bland and Georgina Hand, they explored fieldwork around a river including mapping the meander, measuring depth; testing speed … Continue reading
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 31, 2018
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Nature live, straight into your classrooms! The Springwatch team are excited to announce eight new live programmes especially for schools! Beaming direct into your classroom, the Wild Academy will open for business at 1:30pm on Monday 4th June. Join us Monday … Continue reading
May 22, 2018
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This year is the second year of the Digital Learning Across Boundaries (DLAB) project. We are nearly ready to share learning ideas and resources based around using digital technology creatively with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics). The … 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