Previous Posts – Leeds for Learning Blog

17th December 2019

Supporting children’s language development through Tales, Toys and Tunes

Dr Jamie Lingwood and Dr Cat Davies from the Leeds Child Development Unit write about the importance of discussing the...

27th January 2020

Learning Beyond the Classroom with Literacy Inspired Outdoor Education

Leeds KS2 teacher and English specialist from Farsley Farfield Primary School Kate Heap blog post talks about the effectiveness of...

25th January 2020

Behaviour, booths, exclusions and the current debate

There has always been a debate about how we approach and manage behaviour in schools, but recently, on social media...

20th January 2020

How a story (and a foster carer’s love) changed my life

By Anita Le Tissier In nursery recently, the children have become quite taken with the book The Paper Dolls, by Julia Donaldson. I read...

1st November 2019

Story Makers Festival

Lisa Stephenson from The Story Makers Company writes about the importance of stories and imagination in education and the recent...

25th October 2019

Leeds Libraries are fine free!

Hopefully you will have picked up on the coverage that we are now Fines Free for adults and children in...

4th October 2019

Exclusions Workshop

Pinball Kids Workshop Event with the Royal Society of Arts 1.10.19 Katie Gascoigne On Tuesday the 1st of October 2019,...

28th September 2019

The Leeds Big Book Grab!

On Friday 27th September, as part of the launch month for the Year of Reading, 40 schools, settings and charities...

17th September 2019

Year of Reading Launch Event

On Thursday 12th September 2019, pupils, teachers, councillors, librarians, council officers, charity colleagues, Ronny the Rhino and others gathered at...