December 17, 2018
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Last week the FDLT Y1 students in the Leicester and Northampton groups explored a variety of apps and tools to support and inspire spoken language in the classroom. Using ChatterPix Making vocabulary interactive
December 3, 2018
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Pobble have shared ten fun ideas to inspire writing with a Christmas theme here. Christmas poems Jesse’s frosty festive poem evokes all the senses. She’d love you to have a read. Christmas in China What is your Christmas fortune? Dexter … Continue reading
November 8, 2018
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On Wednesday 14th November at 7pm Front Row is recording an arts and education special from Soar Valley College, Leicester. If you are a student based in Leicester this could be a very interesting opportunity for you. Tickets are free … Continue reading
October 30, 2018
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This is an interesting radio programme, especially if you are in FDLT Year 2, and thinking about the curriculum and how we organise learning in schools. As you listen, think about what the presenter finds out about cross curricular approaches, … 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
October 1, 2018
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It is National Poetry Day on Friday 4th October and this year the theme is Poetry for a Change. There are free resources available for use with children here. These include the opportunity to take part in a BBC live … Continue reading
September 27, 2018
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BLOG POST: If you are interested in exploring creativity in education a good starting point is this blog post written by Paul Carney. Explaining creativity in education In it he refers to the work of Csikszentmihalyi, who we discussed in sessions … 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