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		<title>Little Book of Chefs for 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=34</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[5 Curriculum Activities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creative practice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tasty creative curriculum opportunity!
Following on from the success of last years Little Book of Scribes which showcased childrens poems and stories, this year we have teamed up with a celebrity chef to help create the Little Book of Chefs!
Stephen Terry of ‘The Great British Menu’ fame is working with us to select and provide comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff - the biggest key to success!</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=33</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[1 Staff - key to success]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Helping you grasp opportunity to extend creative practice and to encourage parental involvement is the most important aim of this Headroom.
Research into creative practice highlighted a re-awakened desire to teach in staff. Empowering pupils with edujam can enable a whole school community to enjoy the outcomes of creative practice in ways that were never previously possible. This change is cultural, powerful, very challenging and like any change, scary at the same time.
However, schools using edujam as highlighted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examples of creative practice - Promoting good work</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[2 Example Creative Practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[creative practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pupil examples]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A growing base of pupils in primary schools building their own creative community with edujam have produced thousands of digital masterpieces covering an extensive range of topics and this continues to grow every day.
Many of the creative outputs are produced from activity based learning of core themes in the curriculum. 
 
It seems that using examples of work created by other pupils can be very inspiring and pupils [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Drama School - lesson plans and workshops</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=25</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[5 Curriculum Activities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Activity based learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greek Myths]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Author and presenter Jerome Monahan has teamed up with edujam cic to provide lesson plans for active learning and onsite workshops.
Greek Myths are themselves just one of a number of active drama workshops available. 
Others explore a variety of Shakespeare’s plays, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Beowulf and Grimm’s wonder tales.
Jayne Edwards, Head teacher of Shirenewton primary school reported
&#8220;Jerome was brilliant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Headroom guest Andy Davis, Clunbury School</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=19</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=19#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[6 Guest columns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Clunbury Church of England Primary is a small rural school with big educational vision. Based in Shropshire the school is run by Head Andy Davis, a keen blogger with a creative approach to implementing ICT across the curriculum. In November 07 Clunbury School won the Becta ICT Excellence Award for the best whole primary school. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas for Involving Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=11</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[3 Involving Parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our experience, most parents are delighted when they see the creative work their child has in their Jam Studio and on their school stage. 
Wanting to share in this enjoyment and achievement is usually enough to keep them revisiting edujam at home with their child. Here are some ideas and helpful resources your school may wish to use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of &#8220;at home&#8221; Parental Involvement</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=32</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=32#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[3 Involving Parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[8 Interesting Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“At-home parental involvement clearly and consistently has significant effects on pupil achievement … which far outweigh other forms of involvement.”
Charles Desforges, ‘The Impact of Parental Involvement on Pupil Achievement’.
Read the full report here:
http://www.edujam.org/headroom/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/impact-of-at-home.pdf
Visit the standards site for information on parental involvement http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk
Research into parental involvement in pupils achievement has shown that it has a significant impact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research and reports on the benefits of Creative Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=31</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=31#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[8 Interesting Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The DfES document, ‘Excellence and Enjoyment’ published in 2003 encouraged primary schools to ‘take ownership of the curriculum…and be creative and innovative in how they teach’. It emphasised ‘children experiencing the joy of discovery, solving problems, being creative in writing, art music, developing their self-confidence as learners
A text version of a report &#8221;Creativity Action Research Awards 2005
initiated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Ken Robinson</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=9</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=9#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[7 Entertaining Speakers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sir Ken Robinson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson received the Benjamin Franklin award from the Royal Society of Arts. In a presentation given shortly afterwards he asks
&#8220;How do we make change happen in education and how do we make it last?&#8221;
 

In this in this entertaining speech given in 2006.
Sir Ken Robinson asked a big question &#8221; Do schools skill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jam Studios for team creativity.</title>
		<link>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=14</link>
		<comments>http://www.edujam.org/headroom/?p=14#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[5 Curriculum Activities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allowing pupils to publish their creative work in their own jam studio is at the core of edujam and allows children control over their own personal creative space. 
In addition to this schools have requested that special Jam studios can be set up for activities involving groups of pupils. 
 
eg School eco-committees and School Council&#8217;s
A Jam studio can be created [...]]]></description>
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