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

at Leicester and UN

October 24, 2018
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Exploring assessment

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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National Poetry Day

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

June 21, 2018
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Holiday homework

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 13, 2018
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FDLT year 1 field trips

Last week the FDLT year 1 students went on field trips to explore different ways of supporting learning outdoors. Led by Ken Bland and Georgina Hand, they explored fieldwork around a river including mapping the meander, measuring depth; testing speed … Continue reading

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

May 18, 2018
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Exploring stop motion animation

Recently the FDLT Year 1 students have been learning about stop motion animation and exploring how this might support and inspire learning. Students chose an idea and planned and made a short animation to explain it. You can watch all … Continue reading

March 29, 2018
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Keep Learning!

As supporters of learning and people interested in education you are likely to be seeking opportunities to keep learning yourselves. This might be to fill gaps in your subject knowledge, to allow you to perform your role more effectively or … Continue reading

March 5, 2018
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Support with writing essays

You might be interested in some of the blog posts in the ‘Teaching’ section of Tim Squirrell’s blog. There is one called ‘How to write better essays‘.  In this one he reviews some key areas of essay writing. This is … Continue reading

January 5, 2018
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Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Here’s a great way of starting 2018 with some actions for happiness.       There is more detail about starting the new year in a positive frame of mind here. It would be interesting to devise … Continue reading