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Mindstretchers Nature Kindergartens
I posted a couple of days ago about the Engaging boys and men in education conference. I should have said that it’s being organised by Mindstretchers, a very interestin...
Engaging boys and men in education
One of our readers alerted me to a conference taking place on the 7th and 8th of June (with workshops taking place on the 9th) in Perthshire, Scotland. It looks really in...
Ferre Laevers emotional well being and involvement scales (Leuven Scale)
Following on from my post about planning your learning environment I thought I’d write a little bit about the Leuven scales for emotional well being and involvement (de...
Promoting language through dramatic play
After reading the post about planning the learning environment to promote language, literacy and communication someone sent me a very useful list of ideas for role-play r...
Communication, Language and literacy: Planning your learning environment
It is important that you keep in mind the language, literacy and communication goals when planning your learning environment. Always ensure that there is sufficient writi...
Emergent Writing
Learning to write is about more than just letter formation. It is a cognitive development and emergent or pretend writing is an important factor which should be encourage...
CAF process results in long term savings
The Local Authority Research Consortium (LARC) produced a very interesting report this week highlighting the relative financial value of the Common Assessment Framework....
People Who Help us Resources
Just a quick note to say that as a result of many requests we haveput together several new ‘people who help us’ resources. So far we have some flash cards, a large ba...
Association of Teachers and Lecturers Survey
Following on from the publication of the government’s child poverty and social mobility strategies last week I thought I’d draw your attention to an interesting surve...
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