I'm Mark Taylor and I interview educators from around the world so that I can enable you to support your children to live, learn and grow to their full potential
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Free Music Education for All Students: Digital Resources & Live Performances | Aurora Orchestra
Aurora Orchestra’s creative learning programme supports teachers to bring rich musical education and experiences to all children. The Aurora Classroom programme encompasses:digital resources for primary and secondary schoolsflexible cross-curricular resources for SEND settingstraining for teachers from our team of expertsworld-class programme of live activity for children and young people.Music at the heart of your primary…
Read MoreSTEM Identity, AI Powered Learning, Career Readiness with SmartLab
Dr. Jennifer Berry doesn’t just talk about STEM—she redefines how student see themselves in it. As a leading voice in inclusive STEM education, Dr. Berry champions a powerful idea: STEM identity is not something students are born with—it’s something they build. As the CEO of SmartLab, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between today’s…
Read MoreLet Play Lead the Day – Championing children’s freedom to play
Ben Case is part of the Tapestry education team and a former primary and early years teacher. He works closely with settings to support their use of Tapestry and believes tech is only successful if you bring staff with you. As a teacher Ben regularly presented at TeachMeet Sussex and he now helps to host…
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Top 10 resources you can use to support learning
As discussed by guests on the podcast these include:
A Children's Podcast, Mentoring, Online Teaching and Learning Tool, Science, Maths, Spelling, Reading & Writing, Arts, Resilience Empathy & Global Citizenship, Parent Engagement, Whole School Mental Health
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Teresa Cremin – NAPE Annual Schiller Lecture 29th April
National Association for Primary Education in collaboration with the School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, present the Annual Schiller Lecture TERESA CREMIN READING FOR PLEASURE: developing readers for life The lecture will explore the cognitive, social and emotional benefits of reading and in particular will focus on how, when teachers share their reading lives and books…
Read MoreThe 4th Ultimate Wellbeing in Education Conference
The 4th Ultimate Wellbeing in Education Conference with Damian Hinds MP. This landmark event will explore ways in which both student wellbeing and staff wellbeing can be improved in schools, colleges and universities. Through discussions and advice from a…
Read MoreTower of London
A short video from my recent visit to the Tower of London while recording a podcast for the National Association for Primary Education.
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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.