Bake a Funny Face: Fun Recipes To Make With Children
It’s Red Nose Day on Friday 13th March! If you’re having a bake sale, our Busy Things cupcakes and pizzas are fun recipes to make with children!
The Changing Faces of Children’s Characters Over Time
Do you look back on your favourite childhood toys and remember their cheery faces fixed with a broad grin? These days children’s toys are expressing a much wider range of emotions.
Primary Curriculum: The Shape Of Things To Come
In June 2012 the Department for Education published draft Programmes of Study for primary English, maths and science.
e-society update: what are the digital natives up to?
Here we pull out the findings of Ofcom’s latest report to throw light on the way children are using digital communications technologies, in particular the rise of the tablet.
#Rethinking ICT in schools: what’s in a name?
Reflections on the debate of how ICT should figure in schools following our visit to the Rethinking ICT conference. Should the reform of ICT in schools start with a change of name?
e-society; digital technology and children’s media literacy
Some interesting findings relating to the use of digital technology in homes and in schools and children’s media literacy.
The Nutbrown review of early education and childcare qualifications
We take a look at and highlight the key points of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s interim report on her review of early education and childcare qualifications and career pathways.
Latest Changes to busythings Explained!
Some of you may be wondering why the busythings interface has had a significant makeover, so I thought I would use our Blog to explain what’s been going on. We are bursting with ideas on how to ‘grow’ busythings and so we need to fit more on the Main Menu in preparation for this. Rather …
Shortage in Primary School places
“There are plenty of potential education policy time bombs primed to go off during 2012” We consider; Just how big is the problem? What is being done about it? What will it mean for parents, children and schools?
Smoothing the way from EYFS to Key Stage 1
How do you achieve continuity in learning for children as they progress from home and pre-school through Reception into Years 1 and 2? Our thoughts on smoothing the way from EYFS to Key Stage 1, drawing on three substantial reviews of early years and primary education in England.