Birmingham Teachers Unite to Make Schools More Active
Teachers from across Birmingham came together at a special event last week to help the region’s primary schools be more active.
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Entries by Damien Challenger
Developing Reasoning Skills
Getting children thinking for themselves is so important in the modern world where not everything you are told is necessarily correct. Children need to be taught how to evaluate, be critical, share opinions and evaluate information. Learn how to challenge children’s thinking through 6 simple reasoning tasks that can be used in any subject!
Using Cognitive Load Theory to Crack Addition (Part 2/3)
In the second part of his blog series, Ben Harding explores the special day when a child begins to learn how to solve ‘2-digit add 2-digit’ addition problems.
i-Movie update – How to Guide for Teachers
In his latest video for Nexus Education, Simon Hunt presents a ‘how to guide’ for teachers in relation to the latest i-Movie update.
Eco-Tech
During the 2000’s we became a throw-away society. Today, we are encouraged to be more considerate of the environment. Apple advocate, Andy Patten argues that we can save money and the planet by considering upgrading our old tech instead of discarding it.
Nexus Education Announce Partnership with the Independent Schools Portal
Nexus Education, has today (20th June 2019) announced a partnership with the Independent Schools Portal. This will enable over 800 schools in 2019/20 academic year to access great training and informative, money saving, speed networking sessions across the UK.
Partnership Announced to Help School Budgets Go Further
Discovery Education and Probrand are delighted to announce a new partnership which will give schools access to the latest education technology and help teachers make budgets go further.
The Power of Positivity
As adults, many of us want praise and recognition so why wouldn’t our pupils? Nadine shares the ways she makes sure her classroom is a positive environment.
Using Cognitive Load Theory to Crack Addition Pt 1 of 3
Cognitive Load Theory- Ben Harding shares how teachers can successfully teach ‘3-digit add 3-digit’ problems by first helping pupils to solve ‘2-digit add 2-digit’ problems.
Tools and Projects to Build Research and Information Fluency
In the last of her series on Research and Information Fluency, Janelle shares how she encourages teachers to set up PBL throughout the curriculum and why it isn’t scary. She also shares some more general tips.