October 2, 2015
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Every day a new picture is revealed on the Pobble 365 website. It is run by the very popular Lend me Your Literacy (LMYL) website. It emerged from Jonny Davies’s experience as a classroom teacher – he explains that he would … Continue reading
September 7, 2015
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Carol Dweck and Growth Mindset (Radio 4 Wednesday 12th August and on iplayer and BoB) ‘Claudia Hammond presents the history of psychology series which examines the work of the people who have changed our understanding of the human mind. This … Continue reading
September 3, 2015
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Boosting your child’s IQ (Wednesday September 2nd at 9am and available on radio 4, iplayer and BoB) Programme description: ‘As summer ends and children trade flip flops for school shoes, Mariella Frostrup starts the new academic year exploring what can … Continue reading
August 17, 2015
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The Educators To start you thinking about education you could find this series of radio programmes on the BBC website at this link: The Educators In each of the eight programmes Sarah Montague interviewed a contemporary educator about their ideas. … Continue reading
March 26, 2015
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Next Monday (30th March) there is a programme on Radio 4 called ‘Minecraft: more than a game’. Its on at 11am and than available on iplayer and on Box of Broadcasts if you a university student. In this programme the … Continue reading
March 17, 2015
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On Friday March 20th (if it is not too cloudy) we will be able to view a solar eclipse. An solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun blocking the sun’s light from reaching the … Continue reading
March 10, 2015
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On Monday 23rd March we will be holding our next Northampton Inspire Network Meeting. This will take place in the Sulgrave building – go to reception and you will be directed from there. it will start at 4.30pm although refreshments … Continue reading
March 6, 2015
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Over the last few weeks on the One to One programme on BBC Radio 4 John Harris, a journalist on The Guardian, has been talking about autism. His son is autistic, in these two programmes he talks with an expert … Continue reading
February 23, 2015
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Last week creativity was in the news as the Warwick Commission launched their report ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth’ and the BBC launched their ‘Get Creative’ celenration of the arts, culture and creativity across the UK. ‘Enriching Britain: Culture, … Continue reading
February 9, 2015
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On Tuesday evening (10th February) at 8pm on Channel 4 there is an interesting TV programme – The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds. It is an observational documentary that follows ten four-year-old children at nursery – the nursery … Continue reading