Author Archives: Claire Holt

About Claire Holt

My passion in education lies in supporting children and their teachers to be the best they can be, whilst keeping it simple. I work on science and curriculum development, as well as the more generic skills of good teaching and learning. I'm also interested in ICT, outdoor learning and continuous provision.

NQT training resources

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Claire Holt

As promised to course participants a variety of resources used on the days are below. Thinking mat 20 Golden Questions

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Reception NQTs share ideas in Keighley

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Claire Holt

Reception NQTs have been inspired in Keighley today with excellent training from a variety of Learning and Curriculum team consultants.  The day began with focused science tasks with Claire Holt using ice, margarine, food colouring, Lego people and much more. … Continue reading →

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Assessing Progress in Science

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Claire Holt

Many of you will be familiar with the level posters that I’ve been using for assessment for some years now. To go along with these I have created tick sheets that can be used to log progress on an on-going … Continue reading →

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ASE Free Regional CPD – March 21st Bradford College

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Claire Holt

Join the West Yorkshire ASE group for ‘Inspiring primary science enquiry’ with Brenda Keogh and Stuart Naylor. 6:30 – 8:00pm, Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at Bradford College. Are you looking for new ideas to enhance primary science enquiry in your classroom? … Continue reading →

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Using films to teach Science

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Claire Holt
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The art of ‘noticing’

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Claire Holt

I have been practising the art of ‘noticing’.  What’s that all about then?  Essentially it is taking time in your day to actively ‘notice’ things and write them down in a journal.  It’s a great technique as it is very quick, doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Astrazeneca science teaching trust

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Claire Holt

This site is for Foundation, Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 science teachers and science subject leaders. Funded by the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust, the site reports on exciting developments, provides excellent resources for Continuing Professional Development and offers a … Continue reading →

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Good books for FS science

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Claire Holt

The following books are a good sources of ideas for the science strand of KUW in foundation stage. All the books are available from www.ase.org.uk ‘Newport Stepping Stones 2000′ ‘Early Years Handbook’ ed. Max de Boo   ‘Made you look, made … Continue reading →

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Primary Upd8

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Claire Holt

Primary upd8 activities are downloadable white board presentations (with teacher notes for guidance) for all primary children which use topical events to create uniquely engaging science lessons. Click here

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STEM at Bradford blog

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Claire Holt

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) is getting a big boost in Bradford with the opening of a fantastic new centre at the University. You can follow  progress via the blog. http://blogs.brad.ac.uk/ If you are interested in further STEM work you … Continue reading →

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