August 29, 2014
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On Wednesday 20th August in the radio 4 programme ‘The Educators Sarah Montague interviewed John Hattie. You can look the programme up on i-player and I will add it to Box of Broadcasts. You can read a commentary and discussion … Continue reading
August 10, 2014
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From Wednesday August 13th Radio 4 is broadcasting a series of programmes called ‘The Educators’. Each programme is on Wednesday at 4pm with a repeat at 12.15 am on Mondays. They can also be heard on iplayer and I will … Continue reading
July 21, 2014
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Last week Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, and MP, Alex Cunningham, met with the National Education Trust (NET) and Unison. You can read about the meeting here: raising the profile of TAs Tristram Hunt also tweeted asking for thoughts on … Continue reading
June 26, 2014
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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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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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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
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 11, 2014
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If you are applying for student finance this is a useful radio programme to listen to: BBC Radio 4 Money Box Live Wednesday June 11th 3pm
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