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
November 27, 2014
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The inaugural meeting of the Education, Children and Young People Book Group took place on the evening of 24th November. The chosen book was ‘Goodbye Sarajevo,’ an autobiographical account of two sisters’ experiences growing up in the Bosnian War of … Continue reading
June 15, 2014
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This week we completed the PDT2008 curriculum module with an exploration of World War 1. The students used a ThingLink to follow interesting links to stories about World War 1 such as women in WW1, the role of animals, war … Continue reading
June 7, 2014
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This week each FDLT Y1 group spent a day at an outdoor location to explore the potential for learning outside the classroom. The Oadby and UN groups visited Newton Field Centre near Kettering and the MK group visited Green Park … Continue reading
May 27, 2014
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On Thursday 22nd May we held the first ever TeachMeet for Teaching Assistants (TAs) here at the School of Education, University of Northampton. Our aim was to use the ethos and structure of a TeachMeet and use it to allow … Continue reading
February 11, 2014
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The results of two randomised controlled trials published by England’s Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) on the 7th February 2014 noted that ‘teaching assistants can improve literacy and numeracy when they are deployed well’. Deploying TAs well included using them to … Continue reading
January 13, 2014
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You might have heard about World Book Night – this takes place each year on the evening of the 23rd April. The Reading Agency run this event, which is focused around getting adults involved with reading. The aims of World … Continue reading
January 7, 2014
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#Nuture1314 is a hashtag on Twitter – you might have noticed it if follow anyone in the world of education.If you aren’t on Twitter you can put #Nuture1314 into a search engine and the blog posts that have made made … Continue reading
May 20, 2013
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The National Literacy Trust has just shared some research that examines the influence of technology on children’s reading abilities and their enjoyment of reading. It found those who read daily only on-screen are nearly twice less likely to be above … Continue reading