23 July 2010
I have now started my summer break from school so I will also be taking a break from the daily postings on Teaching News. There will still be occasional updates over the next few weeks, but regular posts will not resume until September. Have a wonderful summer break! Mark Image – Some Day My Prints [...]
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22 July 2010
Alan McKinney from SoundScalpel has kindly contributed a large collection of sound effects to Teaching Ideas. You can download these sounds and use them in your classroom for: Adding atmosphere to lessons, Assemblies, School performances, Adding sound to children’s ICT / multimedia work, Addition to a school website / VLE. www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/dramasoundeffects.htm I’ve also recently discovered www.freesfx.co.uk which [...]
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20 July 2010
Bristol Zoo Gardens has been awarded a badge of recognition for its outstanding education provision. The Zoo has been given the Government-developed ‘Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge’. The Quality Badge is awarded to organisations which have pledged to sustain good-quality learning outside the classroom and have met certain criteria. It makes it easier for teaching professionals to organise [...]
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19 July 2010
The Sorrell Foundation is launching the YOUNGDESIGNCLUB to give pupils and their teachers an exciting new resource to inform and stimulate knowledge and debate about design. The YOUNGDESIGNCLUB is free to UK primary and secondary schools, to run in lunch breaks or as an after-school activity. Each meeting will focus on a piece of design [...]
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18 July 2010
Simon Haughton has set up a number of collaborative documents which are building into very useful resources. The first is a collection of ideas for creative curriculum topics which are perfect for schools who are planning for the next academic year. http://bit.ly/curriculumtopics The second is a list of activities that children can try online during [...]
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18 July 2010
If your school or community group is doing something practical to conserve biodiversity, why not make a short news report about it and enter a competition from the Natural History Museum? The first prize is £500 for the winning group in each age category to visit to a local biodiversity site of special interest and [...]
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17 July 2010
Here is another collection of links to the latest education news stories: SATs for 11 year olds have too high a margin of error to be used to compare schools in league tables, according to the NUT and ATL, who have urged the government to scrap the tests for Year 6 pupils. The leader of [...]
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16 July 2010
Edtechroundup is a weekly online meeting between teachers and educators. It is open to all and the conversations take place via Flashmeeting. The discussions are about education and teaching with a particular focus on the use of ICT. www.edtechroundup.com You can find the links to future meetings on the Edtechroundup wiki. You can also watch [...]
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15 July 2010
neoK12 is a collection of educational videos, lessons and games for children. The site has a focus on Science concepts with clearly organised topics on the homepage. Just choose your topic and find relevant resources on the following page. www.neok12.com You can also browse for relevant pictures and make your own presentations using the online [...]
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14 July 2010
Early Learning HQ is a new site offering hundreds of free Foundation Stage and Key Stage One resources for teachers to use. These include Literacy, Numeracy and themed resources which you can download. www.earlylearninghq.org.uk The site also has a ‘photo and illustration’ area where you can get clip art and pictures to use in your [...]
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