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

at Leicester and UON

March 5, 2018
by Jean
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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

October 20, 2017
by Jean
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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

May 17, 2017
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Ideas for supporting learning from children’s book illustrators

On Monday I was lucky to attend a creative session in the School Experience Library, at Park Campus, University of Northampton. This session, arranged by Academic Librarian, Hannah Rose and Library Learning Services, brought two author illustrators to share with … Continue reading

January 21, 2016
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500 words

BBC Radio 2 launched the annual ‘500 words’ writing competition for children this week. You access the website here. It is for children aged between 5 and 15 in two groups – 5 to 9 and 10 to 13. There … Continue reading

September 4, 2014
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Study skills and support for learning at the University of Northampton

There are a number of useful resources available online to support you as you start or return to study at university. Some of these are new this year. SkillsHub The University of Northampton SkillsHub is a place where you can … Continue reading

June 19, 2014
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Handwriting

  A few weeks ago @TeacherToolkit posted an article exploring some issues around handwriting – you can read it here – The Importance of Handwriting On Twitter during that day a number of people tweeted examples of their handwriting. In … Continue reading

May 14, 2013
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David Crystal on grammar

Today Year 6 children take the Spelling, Punctuation and grammar test for the first time. Read what Professor David Crystal says about this here: David Crystal’s blog What is your experience of supporting children to learn and use grammar?