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
June 21, 2018
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May 22, 2018
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Free international online course
This year is the second year of the Digital Learning Across Boundaries (DLAB) project. We are nearly ready to share learning ideas and resources based around using digital technology creatively with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics). The … Continue reading
September 15, 2017
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National Teaching Assistant Day
Today is National Teaching Assistant Day 2017. You can read more about it here The TAs and HLTAs on the FDLT and BALT courses are developing their existing roles in school with their university study. This often mean that their roles … Continue reading
September 4, 2017
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Collecting information about your school
When you begin to take part in discussion about your setting and when you begin to write assignments you will need some basic information about your school to provide contextual background. It would be useful if you could collect this … Continue reading
August 30, 2017
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What shall I bring to the first session?
By now you will have received 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 … Continue reading
July 27, 2017
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Welcome to the University of Northampton
If you have a place on the FDLT / BALT course starting in September 2017 you should browse the university website ‘new students’ area. You can find this here. The ‘Before you Arrive’ section is good place to start. You … Continue reading
July 14, 2017
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Summer holiday idea!
Here’s a fun getting to know your new class activity from Pobble. You can download the activity sheet here.
May 17, 2017
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Ideas for supporting learning from children’s book illustrators
On Monday I was lucky to attend a creative session in the School Experience Library, at Park Campus, University of Northampton. This session, arranged by Academic Librarian, Hannah Rose and Library Learning Services, brought two author illustrators to share with … Continue reading
May 12, 2017
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Y1 visits to Newton Field Centre
This week both FDLT Year 1 groups visited Newton Field Centre in Northamptonshire. They explored how a visit to a Field Centre could support learning in geography, science,history and art. The Field centre teacher, Georgina Hand and a University of … Continue reading
April 13, 2017
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Learning at the Forest School
We are very lucky to have our own Forest School at Park Campus, University of Northampton. A few weeks ago the FDLT Year 2 students spent a morning there as part of their learning Beyond the Classroom module to explore … Continue reading