Autism has garnered much attention recently, however, despite advances in science, treatments and educational techniques, there are several common misconceptions about autistic children. We’ve looked at 5 common myths about autism and dug deep into their roots to try to reveal the truth behind these myths. Our hope is that with a greater understanding of autism, society’s perception and treatment of autistic individuals will move in a positive direction.
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After a summer full of free time – most of which kids will have spent sleeping, lazing around and playing – it’s no wonder that many pupils find the return to school a difficult adjustment. The school routine of the previous year is a distant memory, and this can make coming back into a learning environment challenging. As teachers, this is an issue we all face, but it can be exceptionally hard to address. With increasing distractions from learning (predominately in the form of smartphones and handheld games consoles) on top of the usual excitement of seeing friends again and
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Just a short message to wish you a very happy Christmas. We will be back in the New Year, with lots of exciting things and the usual mix of education news, classroom ideas, and opinion. Look forward to speaking to you then.
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Do you have creativity in your soul? Creative Education are looking for a new graphic designer. The role is 3 days a week to full time and is based in our Croydon HQ. If you’d like to find out more, or to apply please read the full advert. And if you know someone who might be suitable don’t forget to let them know!
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Please note – if you are looking for this post it has been relocated here. Many thanks! Creative Education
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At Creative Education we think it’s incredibly important to have courses that are inspired for and designed around real practitioners. But as far as I know we’ve never had courses suggested to us directly by the community, and the people who will actively be benefiting from them. So here’s your chance, and it’s a simple idea. If you suggest a course which we like enough to commission, you and a colleague can go for free the first time we run it. You can enter as many times as you like. To fill out a form, click here. If you have
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This was an idea I had last week – and I wondered what your thoughts were on it. At Creative Education we spend lots of time updating our courses, and course materials – pretty much essential these days with the pace of change in education. Every now and then we decide to stop running a course – either because it wasn’t as popular as we’d hoped or because we’ve replaced it with something better. For those courses we stop running that’s the end of it – those materials we’ve developed never get seen again. Which to me seems like a
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Our initial post on 10 Great Maths Games Sites – as suggested by friend of the blog Vijay Krishnan – has been one of the most popular ever with literally thousands of teachers taking a look. So I thought it would be fun to try it for a new topic. So here we go – 10 Great Literacy Games Sites:
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What with Pooky leaving and me taking over the reigns here at the Creative Education blog it was only today that I started to catch up on my pile of new TES Magazines. Firstly I think the new design’s really great (even when Pooky’s not listening), but there was one short story that I just wanted to draw your attention to. It really affected me, because it showed what a huge impact and stabilising force schools can be in some children’s lives – particularly those that really need it. Here’s the article itself, it’ll only take a minute to read
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As followers of @creativeedu on Twitter will probably know, Pooky has just started an incredibly exciting new role heading up social media at the TES. The TES’ gain, is of course our loss, and we’ve all been incredibly proud at Creative Education how under her guidance and with your help the blog has flourished into more than we could have ever dreamed of. Creative Education’s a family company – so I suppose it’s only appropriate that the role passes across from Pooky Hesmondhalgh to me Tom Hesmondhalgh, her husband. So even though she’s escaped to the TES, she won’t be
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If you can’t decide whether or not to give Twitter a go, here are some ideas to sway you. I’m pretty biased as I’m lucky enough to interact with thousands of teachers who find twitter invaluable – maybe one day you will too.
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A series of ideas by teachers, for teachers about how to plan lessons that will engage, excite and motivate learners.
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All you need to know about RSCON3 – 3-day long online conference for educators worldwide – and what’s more, it’s free!
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Save the Children are currently running a very ambitious campaign to raise awareness of the number of children dying each year from preventable diseases. 1 in 5 children miss out worldwide miss out on the vaccines that we take for granted here in the UK. On June 13 the UK is hosting a half day global vaccination summit in London where world leaders and decision makers will decide how to get vaccines to the world’s poorest children. Save The Children have made suggestions as to how 4 million lives could be saved by 2015 if the following commitments are
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Philip Black, Head Teacher at Bell Baxter High School in Fife might just go down in history as the coolest head teacher in the world after leading a flashmob dance in his school’s canteen and becoming an overnight web sensation. Many of you will have already seen the footage but I just had to share it for those of you who may have missed it: The dance was organised as a send off for senior pupils about to go on exam leave by Chloe Simpson, a student at the school. Dozens of teachers and students took part and the whole
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