The reading debate continues...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9729000/9729158.stm
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Draft National Curriculum PoS - 2012
The new PoS for the draft National Curriculum have been published on the DfE website.
At the top of our blog is a new tab that houses all the documents in one handy place for us to read online if you choose to.
It is important that we remember that they are a draft stage and a final consultation hasn't been undertaken. It will eventually go to unions and other bodies for feedback. This is a chance for us to have a look and provide feedback for our own ends.
Here are some key questions that need answering and considering:
- What's changing?
- How could it affect our school and our approach?
- What might we need to do to prepare?
- What feedback might we give to our stakeholders and to the DfE?
There are Stixy Links at the side of the blog for recording our thoughts. They are public pages (to be shared with governors and parents) so be be professional in your critique!!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Jubilee Resources
Just letting you know that Education City have some good stuff to make the Jubilee come to life in the classroom:
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Think Its - Education City
EducationCity.com are pleased to announce that ThinkIts are now printable and available as worksheets!
The printable ThinkIts and worksheets will challenge fast finishers, provide fascinating and thought provoking homework activities or produce interesting and engaging classroom display material. You can also save printouts as pdfs for use anytime, anywhere!
Print is accessed via the new print button which is located on the right hand side of the screen. This launches a Print panel in which you can specify your requirements, including a print-preview and the option to save them as a pdf.
Let us know what you think about the new printable ThinkIts option!
Monday, May 14, 2012
@CPRnet, 14/05/2012 19:42
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Staff Meeting 2/5/12
Lauren and I (and 24 of our children!) took part in a Brain-Based Learning Conference this week.
In it, we were privileged to be able to listen to a Dr Paul Howard-Jones from Bristol University. His area of expertise is Neuroscience and specifically education.
We will be following up many of his theories over time - but a useful starting point is the journal below.
For tonight's meeting I'd like you to read the journal and form some opinions based on the questions at the bottom of this post. As always - reflect on your practice and be honest about where you feel you could make some changes or developments where need's be or where you could celebrate some techniques that you are using already.
At the side of this blog are some 'Stixy' links for you to respond on - they are under the heading "Fostering Creative Thinking".
You can download the publication here or read below - it's up to you.
Questions for Stixy
- Where are you using analytical thinking? How are you encouraging it?
- Where are you using generative thinking? How are you encouraging it?
- Have you recognised when fixation occurs? How are you/will you help children avoid this?
- How has the article altered the way you perceive creativity?
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