November 20, 2020
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Today, on World Children’s Day, the Digital Futures Commission (DFC) has been launched to explore digital innovation with a focus on children and young people and informed by their voices. Their research focus is on: play in a digital world … Continue reading
September 18, 2020
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This week the National Literacy trust launched two new online resources to support families and educators. The first is called Virtual School Library. You can access it here. Each week the Virtual School Library will introduce a children’s author or … Continue reading
July 13, 2020
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Many of you will be using iPads to support learning in the classroom. As you use the iPad you and your pupils will quickly be able to work out how to use various tools as and when you need them. … Continue reading
July 6, 2020
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ThingLink is a digital tool available for all to use in a free and in a paid for version. The tools available through the free version are a great place to get started. Although it is available as an app … Continue reading
June 3, 2020
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As you keep up to date with the news you will no doubt be considering how we in education can work for a more fair and equal society. In classrooms using children’s literature as the basis for conversations is a … Continue reading
May 29, 2020
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As the month of June begins there are some interesting activities taking place to draw our attention to the natural world. The first is the annual event run by The Wildlife Trusts: “30 Days Wild“. At the link you can … Continue reading
May 26, 2020
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I came across a useful digital tool last week, introduced to it by Mat Pullen on twitter (@mat6453). It is called Classroom Screen and it is an online screen that gives you access to many of the tools available on … Continue reading
May 18, 2020
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There are lots of fantastic resources to support learning at home available on the British Library website. In the one outlined here we are shown the collection of miniature books called The Infant’s Library which were created in the nineteenth … Continue reading
May 12, 2020
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Here is a Padlet with a number of free training and CPD resources for people who want to be or are Teaching Assistants.
April 19, 2020
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As we move into the summer term and continue to educate many pupils at home the amount of resources to support and inspire learning at home as exploded. In the previous blog post I shared information about two national resources … Continue reading