On Thursday 3rd October it is National Poetry Day in the UK. There are lots of resources here to support you in doing something at school. You can see them here. There are … Continue reading
September 23, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Category Archives: teaching assistant
September 4, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Advice to incoming BALT students
The students who recently left the BALT course noted down some advice for students beginning the course in September. You can watch it here.
September 2, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
What to bring along to the first week
Today you will receive an email from Abbie Deeming, the course leader. You will probably be thinking about the first day and what to bring. Here is a reminder: You must bring: 2 forms of ID for enrolment You can … Continue reading
September 1, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
The Secret History of a School
Recommendation from one of our colleagues, Paul Sedgwick: The Secret History of a School on BBC Radio 4. “Alan Johnson, the former Education Secretary, tells the story of English education over the last 140 years through the prism of one … Continue reading
August 26, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Preparing your workspace
As you begin university you will need to consider where you are going to study at home and begin to prepare this space so that you are ready to use it from the beginning of September. There are some hints … Continue reading
August 12, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Some reading before you start the course
Here are some suggestions for pre-course reading: Bates, B. (2016). Learning theories simplified : … and how to apply them to teaching. London: Sage. Have a look in particular at the sections on Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey, Piaget and Skinner. This … Continue reading
August 5, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Curriculum documents
Throughout the FDLT and BALT courses you will often need to read and refer to curriculum documents. These are some of the key documents: For Early Years: This is a link to the page where you can access and download … Continue reading
July 30, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Changes to QTS tests
You might have seen in the media recently that the one of the parts of the teacher training application has changed: the QTS skills tests in English and mathematics. The government statement says: “To support this, the government today announced … Continue reading
July 29, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
Exploring useful websites
July 22, 2019
by Jean
0 comments
The Educators
As students about to start studying in Higher Education it is useful for you to know about people who work in the field of education. A useful way of beginning this is to listen to radio programmes such as The … Continue reading