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

at Leicester and UN

December 8, 2017
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Make your own digital advent calendar!

I want to share a great blog post I came across about making an interactive advent calendar on Mr P’s ICT blog. You can read the blog post and see some examples at the link above. There are opportunities to … Continue reading

December 1, 2017
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Record Playback

This week the year 2 students used their phones or tablets to make short films exploring terms and ideas used when learning English. Their challenge was to define and explain their word in a one minute film using just the … Continue reading

October 20, 2017
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The secret life of Park Campus – an interactive digital book.

This week the FDLT Year 2 UN group explored the tools available in BookCreator in a session about supporting learning in English through using digital technology. You can read more about BookCreator and see some great examples here. They explored … Continue reading

September 29, 2017
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Children’s Laureate

The current Children’s Laureate is Lauren Child and she is in this role from 2017 to 2019. This is what the Book trust said about her: “The role of Children’s Laureate is awarded once every two years to an eminent … Continue reading

September 22, 2017
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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

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

August 25, 2017
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No more boys and girls

Over the last two weeks BBC2 have screened ‘No More Boys and Girls – Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?’ and it is also available on iPlayer until mid September. You can read more about it here.       … Continue reading

July 24, 2017
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Looking out for opportunities to learn

As a student of education there are many sources that you use to gather information to support your studies. As you begin your course you will be introduced to university resources to help you access academic books and journal articles … Continue reading

June 12, 2017
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Stop motion animation

Last week Sophie Burrows, from Into Film, came to work with the FDLT year 1 groups to introduce stop motion animation as a technique for engaging learners. Sophie introduced the group to the basic principles that underpin stop motion animation: … Continue reading