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Welcome to the latest issue of Education Today, the last before schools break up for
young minds engaged with holiday. This month we
summer learning gap, and also take a look at learning during the holidays and avoiding the
In our first feature on bridging the summer timber construction in a school context.
learning gap, we hear from the organisers of
part in the first year. Since then, the Summer instant success, with 440,000 children taking Summer Reading Challenge in 1999 was an the Summer Reading Challenge. The first
programmes: children have taken part in the UK’s biggest children’s reading for pleasure Reading Challenge has become one of the
garden or the local park more appealing by RebeccaWyatt, who suggests making the second, we speak to Forest School leader Challenge over 13 million times. In our
trying out some simple Forest School
Stable Company, discusses the reasons why construction, Gareth Barber,MD of The Meanwhile, in our feature on timber activities this summer.
timber construction is passing with flying
Elsewhere in the magazine we hear from colours in education.
authorMike Sharples, who explains how pedagogy can be applied in the classroom to improve outcomes for both teachers and learners; and in our ever-popular View from the classroom series we speak to Steven
school is doing to help children navigate their Avenue Primary, who explains just what the Pavey, Assistant Headteacher at Filton
way to success and support them in making
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FEATURE FOCUS: BRIDGING THE SUMMER LEARNING GAP
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FEATURE FOCUS: BRIDGING THE SUMMER LEARNING GAP 36-37
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