You might be interested to know that last year the National College for School Leadership and the National Education Trust hosted a day for 100+ primary pupils to work on a pupil learners charter. The day proved to be excellent and the charter can be found by following the link below – take a look – why not think about developing a learners charter at your own school – i would be very interested to hear from anyone who wants to do this.
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Screencasting
November 30, 2008Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!
take a look at – http://screencast-o-matic.com/
Why not get pupils to make screencasts as tutorials for other pupils – once uploaded to the internet they can be used anytime anywhere by anyone!
Sheffield Headteachers
November 16, 2007Hi Everyone – had a good day working with you all – the links we talked of are below;
The Things We Steal From Children
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The Outdoor Curriculum
July 5, 2007Today I had the privilege of visiting Belgrove Infants School in Aylesbury. This turned out to be a remarkable visit as I can honestly say that I have not seen a school like this anywhere before. Bedgrove is a large 4 form entry infants school with nursery class. What is fairly unique about this school is the richness of its outdoor curriculum. Pupils spend approximately 50% of their lessons outside!
In order to facilitate this the school has extensively developed its grounds. You can see examples of this development by visiting the school website,
Bedgrove Infant School Website
The outdoor classroom has covered seating areas for activities like writing, areas for creative work, physical activity, science and environmental studies. The art trail was particularly impressive. This included paintings (created by the children) by Lowry, Mondrian and Whistler. As it was a kind of time line of the history of art the school made their own concrete cave so that the children could experience cave painting. A simple idea that has produced great results.
The school is also a training school and runs an impressive CPD programme. See the training arm of the school’s website.
If you are interested in any of the CPD events you can contact the school through either website.
