A LESSON IN KINDNESS: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INSPIRED BY THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE RELEASED TODAY
A LESSON IN KINDNESS:
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INSPIRED BY THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE RELEASED TODAY
On:07-11-2023
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National Curriculum English KS2: Romeo and Juliet
BBC's animation of Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare - This adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is in nine short video animations.
'The adaptation is intended to be broadly suitable for upper KS2 - that is, pupils aged 9 years old and above. However, be aware that the content deals with a number of sensitive issues including deaths during street fighting and suicide. Teachers should ensure they have watched any content they intend to share with their group in order to assess its suitability.
There is a comprehensive set of Romeo and Juliet KS2 Teacher Notes to accompany the adaptations. The other additional resources include:
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a transcript for each episode - which can be found on the individual episode pages
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a visual reminder of the characters, their names and family groupings
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a sequencing activity to help pupils recall the order of events in the play'.
On:02-11-2023
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Is the DfE acting like ‘Big Brother’
Is the DfE acting like ‘Big Brother’ in monitoring school staff emails and education speakers’ posts? Of course, we all know it is a phrase taken from George Orwell’s famous book ‘1984’. In the book he describes a fictious, totalitarian state which wields total power with ‘every citizen under constant surveillance’. The Guardian, within the space of the last two weeks, has reported that:
‘…the Department for Education is monitoring the social media activity of some of the country’s leading education experts. Now evidence has emerged that the monitoring is much more widespread, covering even the lowest paid members of staff’.
This is a disturbing trend which in a democratic society, should not be ignored. Or are we? The difference between the two is this:
‘Democracy is a form of government in which all the citizens have an equal say in matters concerning their lives. On the other hand, totalitarianism is a political system wherein a single person bestowed with all powers recognizes no limit to his powers’ (Differencebetween.com).
Is that where the DfE is heading?
On:21-10-2023
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Primary Teacher Solutions
Primary Teacher Solutions. This timely book offers a raw critique of the current educational issues and debates, alongside ‘teacher hacks’ to provide teachers, trainee teachers and educators with a plethora of stimulating material to ignite curiosity, maintain passion and culture creativity in the classroom. Robert Morgan, one of the authors, is editor of Primary First on NAPE National's Executive committee.Click here for more details.
On:12-07-2023
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PhD Research Survey_Improving the retention of teachers with young children in the school workforce
PhD Research Survey_Improving the retention of teachers with young children in the school workforce
(Last day for the survey is the 31st July)
Madelaine Best is currently undertaking research at the University of Reading's Institute of Education, under the supervision of Dr Karen Jones and Professor Grace James. The aim of the research is to improve the retention of teachers with young children in the school workforce. Women aged between 30 and 39 account for 27% of leavers from the teaching profession and are the second biggest group of leavers after retirees (Simons et al, 2016).
Although research has explored the challenges facing teacher-mothers, to date little attention has been given to what works and what more needs to be done in terms of work-family policy to support teacher-mothers. Madelaine's research seeks to address this gap. The study began this year with individual interviews with teacher-mothers. Findings from this stage have been used to design a large-scale online survey. Madelaine is now looking for teacher- mothers with pre-school age children to complete the survey, which will take no lomnger than 15 minutes to complete and can be found at this link (below).
Madelaine will also be interviewing headteachers, as key stakeholders, to explore topics such as flexible-working within the school sector, work-family policies, including what works well and what works less well, for whom and why. It is hoped that these discussions, which will be anonymised and confidential, will be beneficial to headteachers who take part, as well as generating fresh ideas to support policy development at school level, and data to inform the recommendations of this study If you are a Headteacher and you would like to take part in these discussions, please contact Madelaine Best on m.best@pgr.reading.ac.uk for more information.
On:03-07-2023
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