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Education sector articles covering a range of topics.
February 2014 – Time for a bit of Crowdsourcing?
Posted on Thursday, January 30th, 2014The word ‘crowdsourcing’, which means taking the contributions of the general public, was coined in 2006, although the practice has been around a lot longer. The RSPB have been at it for the last 35 years with their Big Garden Birdwatch, which is an annual event that saw 590,000 people taking part last year. […]
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January 2014 – Best Wishes for the New Year
Posted on Thursday, January 2nd, 2014I hope you all had a great time at Christmas and New Year. Time spent with family and friends made the holiday for us. One other aspect of a good break for me, is the books I’ve enjoyed, and the Stella Rimington series of thrillers certainly ticked that box! Last month we had a […]
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December 2013 – Christmas Resources for Everyone!
Posted on Thursday, November 28th, 2013We are getting festive here at Good Morning Children so we would like everyone to be able to share our resources this Christmas. As a present to all our readers who might not have a current paid membership, we are giving away a month’s full access. Simply click on this link to take up our […]
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November 2013 – Preparing for Christmas
Posted on Friday, November 1st, 2013The new half-term is just beginning for many and that puts preparation for Christmas firmly on the agenda: school plays to rehearse; carol services to arrange and parties to enjoy. But first there is bonfire night – one of our rather bizarre celebrations. For us at Good Morning Children, we’ve completed requests for Halloween and […]
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October Newsletter – A Gallery is Created
Posted on Friday, September 27th, 2013Newsletter October 2013 As you’re probably aware, every school week we make a new set of resources. We plan what topics we need to cover: either a new one you’ve requested; a special event or awareness week; an old one which needs revisiting or a mixed bag to add to many of the existing […]
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September 2013 – A Quick Trip to India
Posted on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013Sometimes it takes us a long time to fulfil a topic request. In June 2012 we were asked if we could oblige on the topic of India – daily lives of children in particular. Well, just over a year later we were visiting a state school in India, as well as many other wonderful sites. […]
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July 2013 – A Function Machine that Functions!
Posted on Friday, June 28th, 2013This month I’d like to share another resource that we have animated. We now have a Function Machine that actually functions! As an engineer in another life I know the importance of understanding function machines, with their inputs and outputs. Maybe, if I’d met the humble function machine in my early education I wouldn’t have […]
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June 2013 – A Day in the Life of a Water Molecule
Posted on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013Newsletter June 2013 Well, we were about to embark on some resources with the theme of Summer, but after this week’s weather we really thought it inappropriate. Never mind, report writing is always less painful when it’s horrible outside. We are continuing our development of the resources that are both interactive and animated. […]
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