094: Reading for Pleasure – Prof. Teresa Cremin
It was my privilege to be at the NAPE Annual Schiller Lecture last week to listen to Prof. Teresa Cremin speak on the topic – Reading for Pleasure: developing readers for life.
You can find out more about Teresa Cremin on the Open University website
http://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc242#tab1
https://researchrichpedagogies.org/research/team/reading-for-pleasure
National Association for Primary Education are the sole sponsor of the Education on Fire Podcast Network and it is my pleasure to be able to share one of their events with you to support this English & literacy season.
093: Write On! Webb
Melissa Webb: entrepreneur, credentialed teacher, author, and parent. In all of these capacities, I work hard positively impacting the lives of children.
Do you feel it is our responsibility and privilege to empower and engage today’s young learners?
Me, too, which is why I created Write On! Webb.
Since the summer of 2017, through my online community and instructional video lessons, I have been igniting children’s curiosity, knowledge, and passion for writing.
- Why my heart belongs to devoted homeschooling families
- Wonderful (simple) ways to develop strong young writers at home
- Workable strategies to apply to weekly writing lessons
- Why I use writing communities to support and encourage homeschooling families
- Publication of my first children’s picture book – coming Summer 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/writeonwebb/
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.
We have some FREE English & literacy resources for you to download please click the link below to find out more.
https://www.educationonfire.com/blog/
092: Mr Hunt from the Front
Simon (Mr Hunt from the Front) recently shot to international stardom as the dance floss teacher, although he does teach from time to time! He recently won the Manchester Evening News School Awards in the ‘Inspirational Teacher of the Year’ category. Simon is an SLE and Year 4 teacher at Tottington Primary School. He has also taught in Reception, Year 3 and 6 in his teaching career so far. Through his work on poetry, he has spoken at the Superpod6 conference in Seattle USA alongside the cast and crew of the documentary Blackfish and help change EU parliamentary Law! He also loves using technology to enhance the teaching and learning and shares his thoughts and ideas on his Facebook page @mrhuntsideas. This February, he was a guest on the BBC Live lesson expert panel, talking about literacy in primary education.
Mr Hunt from the Front.
Simon Hunt
Facebook= @mrhuntsideas
Twitter= @simonjameshunt
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National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.
We have some FREE English & literacy resources for you to download please click the link below to find out more.
https://www.educationonfire.com/blog/
091: EducationCity
Haylie Taylor has 13 years’ experience in teaching, 10 of these in primary education. She is passionate about helping other teachers with their day-to-day jobs and ensuring students’ success. She is driven by her passion to continually develop instructional techniques in the classroom and has experience working with children of many ages and abilities.
Haylie now works for EducationCity who are passionate about providing engaging, educational resources and games for students aged 3-12 years, as well as time-saving tools that support teachers in the classroom and at home.
Twitter: @EducationCity
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/educationcityuk
Show sponsor
National Association for Primary Education
Our aim is to achieve a higher priority for the education of children from birth to 13. High quality learning in the early years of life is vitally important to the creation of an educated society. Young children are not simply preparing for the future, they are living a never to be repeated time of life and the best way to learn is to live.
We have some FREE English & literacy resources for you to download please click the link below to find out more.
https://www.educationonfire.com/blog/
090: Enchanted Wanderers with Emmy & Taran
Two primary school teachers from Devon, Emmy and Taran, make up the Enchanted Wanderers. At their core, they just want to help children to grow; grow with self- confidence and self-belief in their own voice and ideas and to use this to empower their future learning.
Contrary to the serious tone of this statement, they to do this in a way that is fun and creative for all involved. With stories and storytelling as the root, the Enchanted Wanderers use art, circus, music and drama to produce a space that immerses children into new worlds. A space in which children can be themselves and express their ideas in ways that suit them best. A space that inspires children to create and combine, learn and grow.
Within the workshops, children learnt how to make their own pieces of magical art, conjured up circus tricks that led them through pivotal story moments and added musical accompaniment to deepen the mood and atmosphere of their stories. Throughout the day, the children got to experience new activities, solve problems, make friends, tell stories and be the leaders of their own learning. It all ended with the opportunity to share their stories, creations and/or circus skills in a child led show for the parents.
Following their first tour of workshops around Devon and Somerset, the Enchanted Wanderers had acquired a plethora of stories from children who had been inspired to write and they felt that more should be done with these stories to really show the children that what they create is valued and important.
Soon followed the next branch of Enchanted Wanderers who have created a platform for children’s stories to reach the world. Teachers, parents and children can all send stories and Emmy and Taran will re-tell them on their YouTube channel. As YouTube’s importance grows, stories need to remain relevant and accessible.
There is more to come from the Enchanted Wanderers with books, new workshops and a few extra little secrets sprouting some roots.
Schools in Australia are encouraged to contact Enchanted Wanderers throughout 2019 to book their workshop. Schools in England are encouraged to get in touch about availability in 2020. While schools all across the world should email about availability to have their children’s stories read online by these international storytellers.
https://www.enchantedwanderers.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SxNfXTRRkJc_8ew9cw0_w
www.facebook.com/enchantedwanderers
www.instagram.com/enchantedwanderers
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