Summary of Newsletter Links

PbyP specific links

BECTA next practice case study video on PbyP at Serlby Park School. Here The Becta article explaining the video here.
A presentation about PbyP to help you explain how it works to other people. Please be patient it is quite large (6Mb) Here
Foundations - for Early years and foundation stage, download free guides. Here
The PbyP web tool - download userguides and login as a learner. Here
The PbyP Admin site - download userguides and login as a teacher or administrator. Here
Video of Dan Buckley presenting at the Handheld Learning Conference 07. Here
Video of BETT 07 presentation for the DfES standards site. Here
Powerpoint presentation for the BCSE keynote. Here
PbyP highlighted as one of 30 best practice ideas by eu. Here
PbyP keynote paper for the eIndia national conference in Delhi. Here
PbyP precursor work, 2003 Eggbuckland case study in the Guardian. Here

Links mentioned in our newsletters (in published order)

Please note that all these links were tested at time of publication of the respective newsletter but are not tested after this. We apologise therefore if any link is no longer available.

April 2010

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March 2010

Results of the TELLUS 4 national survey of 250,000 children here
Review of UK library provision here
Science learning centres in England website and impact awardshere
'Show me' website for children to virtually visit museums and galleries here
Children's views on their rights and responsibilities here
EU report on the use of ICT in lanaguage teaching and learning here

February 2010

Click clever, Click Safe Campaign (Zip it, Block it, Flag it) here
OFSTED report - blocking is not the best way to ensure internet safety here
Harris Schools federation Student Commission on Learning here
Science and Mathematics Secondary Education for the 21st Century Report here
Institute of Careers and Guidance report for provision in England here
Janala project in Bangladesh providing learning through mobile phones here
OFSTED evaluation of the literacy and numeracy strategies here
Foreign language teaching forum website here
English Club website of free English teaching resources here
Next generation TV site for learning videos here
Human Rights Friendly Schools Project here

January 2010

National Literacy Trust report on trends in enjoyment of writing here.
IOE / DFID evaluation of the success of international school partnerships here.
OFSTED research the positive impact of creative approaches. Skills Ladders named as best practice here.
Zip it, Block it, Flag it standards for internet safety here.
New year's honours list here.
DCSF reports on Elective Home Education and School Accountability here.
Storyboard site for 3-13 year olds here.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds new children's website here.
Arvon foundation Six Word Story Competition here.
MP for a week: UK Parliament website here.
Consultation inviting children's views on roles of Governing Bodies here
'Your child, your school, our future: building a 21st century school system' paper here.

November 2009

OFSTED annual report here.
GTC anthology of research projects into enhancing participation here.
DCSF sponsored study by CELS into the last 8 years of Citizenship education here.
20th Anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of the child here.
Dedicated youth site for the convention on the rights of the child here.
Video for each of the 54 articles of the convention here.
One minute videos by children inspired by the convention here.
'I have a voice' website here
Children's rights alliance for England's website here.
List of the rights of the child here.
Sir Alasdair Macdonald's report and recommendations in PSHE here.
BETT awards winners listhere.
Actionaid Climate Change campaign and resources site here.
'Small Steps 4 Life' - healthier lifestyle advice site here.
StoryVault site which gives witness accounts of events here.
Virtual world to let children explore government in society here.
Jam Studio to compose and record songs here.
Respect campaign led by youths across the UK here.
First time voter pack on UK Parliament website here

October 2009

OECD latest international comparisonreport here
Swedish research into the impact of education on health here
Noise 2009 Symposium here
Not going to Uni. com here
Online schools recruitment service here
Cambridge Review final report here
Van Gogh letters online here
Galaxy Zoo project to map all the Galaxies here
Year Dot site here
The internet archive here
Growth of self led study here
Educational podcasts on itunesU here
You tube for education here
Open University's Open Learn here
When should five year olds start formal education here

September 2009

Whole newsletter here.
EU Kids online final report here.
Youth citizenship commission's report here.
Heads up: an under 18s political debating site here.
Paul Grainger's think piece on 14-19 education here.
Aiming Higher: findings on importance ofself confidence here.
NCSL futures website in support of BSF here.
GTC council membership here.
Shelter: Teaching resources for understanding homelessness here.
Debate Mate: Developing debating skills in schools here.
Manga high: Maths games aimed at 11-16 year olds here.
National Poetry Day website here.
What works well: Sharing teaching expertise here.

July 2009

Summary of the government education white paper here.
Young people's feedback on the digital britain white paper here.
NFER research into the process of change management in schools here.
Report of the six year project to follow NQTs from training to thier 6th year here.
Save our sounds BBC sounds database initiative here.
British Library on the web here.
Fantasy Parliament here.
Environmental issues including this one and this one

June 2009

Research by OTX on changing patters of use of media by 12-14 year olds. here
Article and powerpoint to help understand and get started on Twitter. here
Nuffield independent review of the 14-19 curriculum in England & Wales. here
Canadian institute research into the educational value of homework. here
Ipsos Mori Poll to evaluate the spread of private tuition in England. here
OFSTED's evaluation of the implementation of the new secondary curriculum. here
OECD First international comparison of pupil behaviour in classrooms. here
New OFSTED inspection standards here.
Real meal cookery book here.
12 Seconds TV here.
Futurelab Vision Mapper here.
Free access to newspaper archive for schools here.

May 2009

Positive impact of global school partnerships here. Article here
Global Gateways site here.
Rose Review Consultation here. Article here. Teacher views survey here.
Girls into Physics evaluation report here. Article here.
University comparison tables here. Article here.
PbyP project in Adams 50 Denver article here and the Adams 50 site here.
Over 80% of parents prioritise competencies article here and research here.
May news in brief here.
Have your say ideas for May here.

April 2009

UK 24th in European Wellbeing Measurement. here CRAG report here
Childwise Newsround Survey on children's perceptions here.
Parents as partners where does the responsibility lie? here.
Leading parent partnership awards. here
Tanya Byron's report "Oh Nothing Much. here
The School Partnership Report from the Family and Parenting Institute
Futurelab guide to innovation and Curriculum design. here
Swedish Kunskapskolan Schools, can they translate to UK? here
Kunskapsskolan approach here.

March 2009

Resources for EU Year of Creativity and Innovation here
Language resources: Primary Spanishhere, Linguanet here, Soccerlingua here.
Antony Gormley's Forth Plinth website here
'Imagine' School design database here
Physics Institute annual awards here
Picasso and the online Picasso project here
Case Study of Primary Student Voice 'The Kings Wings' here
OFSTED report: 12 Consistently outstanding schools here

February 2009

OFSTED report on "Making more of Music" here
Sing Up successful initiative to promote the use of singing here
Successful teaching music site quoted as exemplar by OFSTED here
New classroom based Masters qualification for teaching here
Big read taking place on 22nd April 2009 here
Top UK Museums collaborative website here
OFSTED report on the implementation and effective use of VLEs here
Information about PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) here
Cambridge Independent Primary Review latest findings here
Rose Review lastest releases here
Breaking Ranks - schools transformation project in the USA here

Januay 2009

Yougov / Prince's trust report on youth stress here
OFSTED find that innovation leads to improvement here
Cambridge assessment report showing developing emotional intelligence raises GCSE attainment here
Google opens up art galleries here
DCSF schools linking programme here
The great plant hunt website here
Welsh assembly carbon footprint reduction scheme here
Mentoring and befriending foundation national scheme here
Evaluation of the effectiveness of peer mentoring here

December 2008

OFSTED consultation on determining well being here
BIG Lottery Fund consultation here
School report cards introduction consultation here
DCSF consultation for 21st centuryschools here
School food trust international food awareness here
School councils UK site here
Age specific consultations and issues on eleven million site here.
Vote on lowering the legal age of entitlement to vote here.
Every human has rights site here
New research into effectiveness of peer assessment here.
TIMSS international research into maths and science here.
Interim report of the Rose Review here.
Capel-le-ferne case study here

November 2008

Evidence that peer assessment raises achievement here.
Becta guidance for teachers in the use of web 2.0 here.
Becta Harnessing Technology report here.
To read Ofsted's annual report in full click here.
To read the government response in full click here.

Five Islands School case study now available here.
November news in brief here.
Future Morph site for engaging children in STEM subjects here.
STEM national directories here.
STEM leadership qualification on the Personal Capabilities site here.
New National Strategies website here.
Horses Mouth wedsite here.
Edge Learner Forum here.
DCSF practical guide to Personalised Learning here.
School of everything here.
Animation competition from UK film here.

October 2008

PbyP foundations userguides and screenshots now available here
Futurelab learner voice report comissioned by Becta here
Radstock school case study now available here
Global gateway site here.
ICCS international survey of citizenship. To contribute click here.
Schools radio network here.
Schools solar panel scheme here.
October news in brief here.

September 2008

Every child counts scheme incorporating every child a reader / writer. Here
Bilateral History project employs student voice. Here
Press release from Federation of American Scientists re personalisation. Here
School to give free school meals for all. Here
Tony Blair Faith foundation site. Here
Ideas for the future of education. Add your own here.
Letterbox scheme: successfully helping looked after children. Here
Resources from CERN. Here
National year of reading competition. Here
Sing up. DCSF initiative to increase the use of singing. Here
European Schoolnet competition. Here
Free chess sets from the Chess foundation. Here
Project to give a free cookery book to all 12 year olds. Here

July 2008

Funky dragon - outstanding steps forward in learner voice in Wales. Here
DEA Global learning survey. Here
DEA Global Matters case studies. Here
European Education Network country summaries. Here
Wordle - analyse the most common words used in any text. Here
What we do website. Here
NHS antibiotics awareness poster campaign. Here
Vinspired - Volunteers website for young people. Here
Beyond current horizons, vote for your vision. Here
QCA new GCSE specification consultations. Here
BECTA blog entries competition. Here
Free paper by Frank Offield - Just suppose... Here
CABE building design reports here and PfS press release response here.
OFSTED consultantion on changes to inspection here.
Schools Select Committee report on 'teaching to the test'. Here. Government and OFSTED response to the report. Here
Download Charles Leadbeater's latest book on personalisation. Here
To read the Steer review on behaviour click here.
BECTA report on social networking sites. Here
A guide for use social networking sites in the classroom. Here

June 2008

Report showing that parents feel more involved in their child's education. Here
Global learning communities website. Here
Video clips of children's views about the impact of their new school. Here
Report into the impact of new schools. Here
Free films for all schools initiative. Here
Williams review of Primary Mathematics teaching. Here
Cambridge Education's transforming learning conference flyer. Here
£8 million for promotion of routes into languages in schools. Here
Arts Council arts conference free tickets. Here
Bett awards entry. Here and Bett show general information. Here
Next generation learning awards for FE and skills sector. Here
School Food Trust, free resources for their 'Million meals' campaign. Here
DCSF full consultation on schools admission policy. Here
Two free books for every child starting school in September. Here
Exploratree free resources from Futurelab. Here
Give your computer a Scottish accent. Here
'Find your talent' creativity pilot. Here
21st century learning alliance award winners and case studies. Here
University College London courses on itunes. Open University on itunes.

May 2008

One of the final three Interim reports from the primary review. Here
The DCSF research and strategy for assessment for learning. Here
Writers add their support for a reduction in testing. Here
Peer Mentoring national pilot report. Here
DCSF report on the impact of testing. Here
Co-operative education's first school opens. Here
2 Million funding for children to co-design new play areas. Here
Innovation unit's innovation acceleration site. Here
Routes into languages, tour with a band. Here
BBC's interactive adventure rock. Here
Cheaper or free access to online resources. Here
Contribute to futurlab, learner voice research. Here
ESSA site. Here
NFER free summary of international case studies. Here

April 2008

14-19 Strategy consultation. Here
Children's views on the impact of advertising. Here
Futurelab gaming consultation. Here
Shine Week. Here
BECTA ICT excellence awards. Here
Alright to be Bright. Here
Power League. Here
Children's Action Research. Here
The Good Childhood Enquiry. Here
Consultation on Children's Mental Health. Here

March 2008 and earlier

BT ‘Seen and Heard’ campaign. Here
BBC school news day. Here
Headliners site. Here
The World’s Biggest Lesson. Here
Home access consultation. Here
Migration Twinning. Here
Teaching outside the classroom. Here
First cyber university. Here
Children’s love of reading. Here
Innovation Nation report. Here
Byron Review. Here
eLanguages Here
Global gateway. Here
Cambridge Education Foundation, DFID report and site
Within school variation. Here
Truetube. Here
Survey of teacher’s reading. Here
'The Key' - Free research site. Here
February Primary Review. Here
School councils Wales. Here
Welsh student voice initiative. Here
"Lessons from Aushchwiz" programme. Here
Information and two competitions for World book day. Here, Here and Here.
The Good Childhood Survey. Here
Stranger Film Festival. Here
Shout out website. Here
Junior 8 Summit competition. Here
OFSTED 'Every Language Matters' report. Here
Futurelab latest call for ideas. Here
Latfas languages competition entry. Here
Report on the Letfas languages project. Here
YouTube video example of 'Why language learning is important'. Here
Find out about and apply for a European Languages Award. Here
DCSF year of reading. Get involved. Here
Healthy Lifestyles experiment. Get involved. Here
iNet Student Voice Conferences. Get involved. Here
BBC report on what makes effective teachers. Here
Beyond current horizons. Have your say. Here
NfER research into social software for teaching. Here
Checklist for parents at Next Generation Learning. Here
Annual survey of the views of primary and secondary heads. Here
Bryant L. (2007) ‘Emerging trends in social software for education.’ Here
South Australia's essential learning competency framework. Here
The QCA Personal Learning and Thinking Skills. Here
Compare education systems across Europe. Here
NfER's country by country breakdown of the UK PISA report. Here
As above but for the PIRLS report. Here
Amateur video showing Laptop for every child initiative Nigeria. Here
UNESCO monitor report for primary education and literacy. Here
Futurelab's latest call for ideas. Here
Student conferences run by iNet. Here
The 'Children's Plan' setting out the UK governments plans for the next ten years. Here
The General Teaching Council framework for teacher progression. Here
The Teacher Development Agency framework for teacher progression. Here
Register with the Innovation unit next practice. Here
Contact DCSF to get involved in the latest round of research projects. Here
Full PISA report. Here
Primary Review Interim reports. Here
TELLUS2 report on the findings from large scale student surveys. Here
OFSTED checklist for best practice in student voice. Here
Large scale survey by NfER in Northern Ireland showing value of collaboration. Here

The Role of Teachers

Oct 09 - Debate on correct time to start education here
July 09 - Report on first six years of teaching - relationships with learners and ability to continue working collaboratively with teachers are key determinants here
May 09 - Teachers not passionate hinder Girls into Physics here
May 09 - Positive impact of Global School partnerships here
Feb 09 - Schools and teachers working more in clusters here
Feb 09 - VLEs not widely used OFSTED here
Nov 08 - Teachers using ICT extensively.... at home !! here
Sept 08 - EYFS comes into force in England and Wales here
June 08 - More teachers with subject specialism but more needed in Maths here
April 08 - 13% of leaners with mental health issues. here
Reading role models here.
Training opportunities decreasing here

Learner Trends

Nov 09 - UN convention on the rights of the child here
Oct 09 - Growth in self directed and initialised learning here
Oct 09 - Increase in life expectancy due to education here
Oct 09 - Variations in educational Journeys from OECD members here
Sep 09 - Uptake of afterschool activities more dependent on conidence here
Sep 09 - EU kids on line survey here
Jun 09 - Danish schools first to have exams with access to internet here
Jun 09 - Private Tuition popularity growing here
Jun 09 - Children dependancy on internet and mobile tech here
Apr 09 - Childwise survey (62% of secondary children on social networking) here
Apr 09 - Well being in UK amongst EU lowest here
Mar 09 - Flying without wings - learner voice here