9th September
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“As a teacher you know something is working well when pupils are chasing the teachers to want to do it and that’s how it’s been here.” We were recently funded by The Mercers Company to develop Peer Tutoring programmes with 4 schools in the West Midlands. Though not involved in the day-to-day running of the
24th June
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I got into the business of education through a more unusual route than many colleagues; I home educated my daughters for almost all of their primary phase and a couple of years of KS3 in the younger one’s case. In the process I learnt much about how children learn when allowed to do so
17th June
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Last week, I finally got a task at the bottom of my to do list at home; sorting out the piles and piles of young children’s books that were still taking pride of place on the bookshelf and yet has been untouched for such a long time. I found myself thumbing through beautifully illustrated fairy
4th May
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If you’ve known UFA for a while you may remember the first publication that UFA put out called “Brain Friendly Revision”? It consists of a series of workshops to help young people prepare for revising and exams in that brain friendly way – one that is active, considers different preferences for taking in information, multiple
10th February
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We have been thinking quite a lot about “reciprocity” recently here at UFA. We measure the impact of our work with young people based on Guy Claxton’s 4 R’s model of Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reflection and Reciprocity and this has got me thinking this month about how we help young people to value reciprocity – how
14th January
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‘Peers’ a film showcasing UFA Peer Tutoring in action at St Philip Howard School, Glossop from UFA National on Vimeo. We aren’t ones to blow our own trumpet at UFA, but we are incredible proud of this film. We are proud of ‘Peers’ because it captures the massive impact of our Peer Tutoring programme on
7th October
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The importance of young people’s voices is at the heart of UFA – its why we do what we do in the way that we do it. Our programmes have been created to support and develop a young person’s voice in their school, their community and their home. So when a key note speaker setting
17th July
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The summer holidays are looming and seven weeks to fill can be a daunting prospect for families. But ‘I’m bored’ doesn’t have to be the battle cry of the summer. Here are the UFA’s top ten tips for a fun, healthy, happy summer that doesn’t have to break the bank. Get physical – getting moving,
