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
June 19, 2015
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In July the University of Northampton is running a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called ‘Study Skills for Academic Success’. Anyone can enrol on this course – the link is here. If you are about to start a course in … Continue reading
April 30, 2015
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Over the last few weeks I have been teaching a session about using images to support learning and teaching to FDLT Y1. we have explored searching for images online and issues of safety, copyrightt and citation / referencing. One useful … 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
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 16, 2015
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Teaching assistants from Leicestershire, Northants and Derby took part in a great day of workshops on Friday 13th February at Beauchamp College, Oadby. The morning workshop led by Eva Cartwright, Principal of the Teaching Assistant College, focused on creative strategies … Continue reading
February 6, 2015
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Dom Murphy has recommended this blog as a useful and inspiring one to follow and read: You can access it at this link. Tim Rylands is an experienced primary school teacher who uses digital technology to support and inspire learning. … Continue reading
January 29, 2015
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Lots of schools now have their own blogs where they share school news and learning and teaching ideas. Its a great way of allowing parents and other interested people a window into school life and getting some positive feedback and … Continue reading