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Teaching Assistants – what gems!

Ever since I became a teacher back in 1999 I have become fully aware of the value of teaching assistants. Without them in class I really do not think teachers could survive, especially as mainstream schools now have more children with specialised learning needs. However; even without inclusion issues, where on earth would a busy classroom teacher […]

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BETT 2014

Well BETT 2014 returned to the Excel centre in London and this year I was able to attend for three days, which was rather handy as trying to find everything was rather difficult. Before I proceed I need a quick moan: Poor facilities for charging up mobile phones Limited WIFI connection. Very poor support for finding things once […]

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ASE Conference 2014

Well this was my first visit in many years to the annual ASE conference which was held this year in Birmingham. I always enjoy visiting Birmingham either to visit friends, or run courses and other CPD events such as school INSET. I find everyone I meet in the city extremely helpful and friendly. I only attended […]

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Writing for Science

Throughout my teaching career I have always enjoyed teaching science in my classroom. I found that the children were enthusiastic about science learning and they often thoroughly enjoyed the practical activities, especially when I included technology such as data logging and digital microscopes. However, teaching this subject does have a variety of problems such as: finding resources, organisation […]

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Stem Education

There are many debates about getting children into STEM employment. Here from the ASPIRES project at Kings College London, a document outlining 10 fact or fictions about this issue. I received a copy of this on one of my units of work as part of my MA and thought I should share it. I am sure […]

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Planet Images

Well I have now received images of two planets from the Bradford Robotic Telescope; Mars and Jupiter.  Here is a great chance to compare the size of these planets in these photographs with those found on the NASA website http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/about/, along with other images that are available through google searches.   Here is an image taken from NASA’s casini spacecraft, rather different […]

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Telescope Images of the Moon

Well here are my seven images of the moon. There are a variety of teaching ideas that could be developed from them and you will notice that not all of the phase has been captured. I have organised another week of observing.     I had also ordered an image with a short exposure time. This image of the […]

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Space Resources

I am in the process of gathering together a variety of resources for teaching this topic. I also hope to include some examples of children’s work. Here is a PowerPoint presentation showing the phases of the moon. This was shown to the children and they would record each phase in their science books. However, rather than just […]

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Teaching Primary Children About Space

Whilst covering a CPD course on primary science last year, a teacher attending believed that the topic of Space was more likely to involve information gathering and teacher imparting knowledge, rather than hands on practical science. Having taught this subject quite a bit in my career, this is not a view that I hold and […]

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Photography Ideas In Education 1

Schools continue to spend large amounts of money on tablets, whilst I have no views at this time on how beneficial these resources are, I do question why schools are prepared to purchase such expensive items but appear reluctant to buy digital cameras?  As I travel around various schools I see the teachers using digital […]

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