A blog for students on the FDLT and BALT courses at the University of Northampton

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September 22, 2017
by Jean
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Changes to assessment in primary schools

Last week the government published plans for changes to the way pupils are assessed at primary schools. You can read the announcement here. “The reforms will: improve the way that writing is assessed, so that teachers have more scope to … Continue reading

March 17, 2015
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20th March – Solar Eclipse!

On Friday March 20th (if it is not too cloudy) we will be able to view a solar eclipse. An solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun blocking the sun’s light from reaching the … Continue reading

March 6, 2015
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Two perspectives on Autism

Over the last few weeks on the One to One programme on BBC Radio 4 John Harris, a journalist on The Guardian, has been talking about autism. His son is autistic, in these two programmes he talks with an expert … Continue reading

January 13, 2015
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Next ECY Book Group January 26th

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

October 28, 2014
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Introducing Lisa Shepherd

Hello! I’m Lisa Shepherd and I am one of the tutors on the FDLT course. I will be working with year 2 groups in Oadby and at the University on completing the small scale school based research projects. I have … Continue reading

June 26, 2014
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Celebrating HLTA

This week teaching assistants who gained Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) this year were welcomed to a presentation and celebration at Park Campus. HLTAs from all over the East Midlands came along, with the people who had supported them as they … Continue reading

June 23, 2014
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A visit from Mr Drew

Last week the University of Northampton hosted an event at which Stephen Drew, from ‘Educating Essex’, spoke to local teachers about education. The room was full of more than 200 teachers, teaching assistants and university staff. Stephen Drew’s talk was … Continue reading

June 19, 2014
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Handwriting

  A few weeks ago @TeacherToolkit posted an article exploring some issues around handwriting – you can read it here – The Importance of Handwriting On Twitter during that day a number of people tweeted examples of their handwriting. In … Continue reading

May 27, 2014
by Jean
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TA TeachMeet at the School of Education

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

April 1, 2014
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World Autism Awareness Day (2nd April)

Tomorrow (Wednesday April 2nd) is the seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day. You can read more about it here. This evening there is a Horizon programme on BBC at 9pm. It is repeated on Wednesday 2nd April on BBC 2 … Continue reading