University of Derby Primary ITT/E

Proud to be celebrating amazing achievements today with our PGCE Primary with QTS beginning teachers! 🎓#derbygrad

Our third year UG ITTE students have been exploring the role of peer and self assessment. A fantastic collaborative workshop with some excellent considerations of the benefits and challenges of different approaches #primaryteaching #derby #assessment

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PG ITTE students working on problem solving using manipulatives to demonstrate their conceptual understanding

How bedtime stories synchronise your child’s brain with yours When parents read to young children their neural patterns begins to align, an experience no screen can match

Thanks to @thetimes.com for joining us, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social & @profsamwass.bsky.social to explore the neuroscience of early shared reading.

This is why it’s key we #GetBritainReading & why our #ReadingRights report explores how to make that happen 👇

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Systematic Synthetic Phonics; the benefits, limitations, connection with spelling and everything in between. Super collaborative work today from the Stage 2 UG students #SSP #pedagogy #assessment

Our third year UG ITTE students have been exploring the role of questioning and observation. How will you use these when on teaching practice to inform teaching and learning? #pedagogy #assessment #formative

Why thousands of England's poorest children are missing out on free school meals The Education Policy Institute is recommending a new national system of auto-enrolment for free school meals and other measures to ensure more eligible children can benefit, as too many who should get...

Free School Meals need review to better serve disadvantaged children. 

The final report in our @nuffieldfoundation.org-funded project examining FSM as a measure, argues that relying on FSM as a single proxy doesn't reflect the complexity of children’s experiences.

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Stage 2 UG ITTE students exploring the theme of sustainability within enrichment activities by using sand art to generate community art ideas.

We enjoyed talking to people at our postgraduate careers’ event today. Great to tell you about our fantastic ITTE courses. #BecomeATeacher

CPD session with one of our partnership schools today with a focus on adaptive teaching and improving outcomes for all learners #cpdoffer #adaptiveteaching

Many thanks to our expert  colleagues from Esteem MAT for sharing their knowledge on the power of multi-sensory storytelling with our PGCE Primary students.

Children’s Literature Day - PG. With colleagues from UoD, Bemrose and Firs with colleagues from UoD, Bemrose School and Firs Primary School.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students exploring principles of active learning at Carsington Water. #ActiveLearning

Stage 2 UG ITTE students exploring increasing cultural capital through creative arts experiences and critical thinking in Enrichment 2

Stage UG students reflecting on civic literacy and planning civic engagement projects for primary schools.

Stage 2 UG students in Theories of Behaviour were using a range of theoretical frameworks to analyse the behaviours of different children in a classroom setting to support their understanding of behaviour as a form of communication.

Why is civic engagement and civic literacy important in our role as a teacher? Our Stage 3 UG students are exploring these big questions in our Civic Responsibility module #widerroleofateacher #civicresponsibility

Stage 4 MEdu primary maths curriculum enhancement - exploring research about problem solving in primary maths and relating this to political influences on teaching and learning maths. Creating a problem solving progression map. Great discussion on the impacts on teacher identity.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students exploring active learning approaches to story sequencing using drama freeze frames and thought tracking to develop understanding of characterisation

Stage 1 UG ITTE students exploring Aboriginal dot art in their School Practice 1 module.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students developing their knowledge of safeguarding building on the foundations they explored in Stage 1.

Stage 2 UG beginning teachers exploring how to teach chronological understanding and use primary and secondary sources in the classroom.

PGCE ITaP today looking at behaviour. This morning two keynotes were delivered by Julia Trickey and Andy Bloor, then Professor Ava Hunt and some of her students led an activity on voice and presence in the classroom.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students on the Creative Arts pathway within the Enrichment 2 module exploring social justice through human sculpture

Stage 3 UG beginning teachers exploring teachers’ civic responsibility and civic engagement in education and how this impacts on the learning of children and families.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students planning to use stories to teach history and develop historical concepts.

Stage 2 UG ITTE students learning to teach investigation in primary history using artefact pursuit, history mysteries and developing chronological understanding.

PGCE Science session. Creating and carrying out an experiment to see what is most effective shape for a parachute…. What do you think and why?

Stage 1 UG ITTE students today creating art influenced by The Dot story and Kandinsky