Events
Discovery Twilight (Walsall)
Date: Monday, 17th September 2018 Time: 4 PM - 6 PM
Location: The Village Hotel, Tempus Drive, Walsall WS2 8TJ
Join us for an evening workshop exploring a range of proven, highly engaging and easy-to-use activities to support interactive teaching and learning across the curriculum.
This workshop will provide a great opportunity to engage with digital media in a deep and meaningful way. We will explore the resources from Discovery Education Espresso, alongside a number of other free online tools. Attendees will leave with a number of practical strategies they can implement in their classrooms straight away.
Recommended for all primary school-based staff.
Day of Discovery (Manchester)
Date: Tuesday, 18th September 2018 Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Location: The Sharp Project, Thorp Road, Manchester M40 5BJ
Join us at The Sharp Project in Manchester for a day of workshops and activities, designed to engage and motivate young learners and help infuse the news throughout your curriculum.
This FREE day of professional development will leave you with practical examples of how you can use the news to develop powerful writing, critical thinking for online research and creative ways to use digital technologies to collaborate and communicate new ideas.
Recommended for primary school literacy co-ordinators, computing co-ordinators, teachers, teaching assistants & support staff.
The Scottish Learning Festival (Glasgow)
Date: 19th - 20th September 2018 Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Location: SEC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
The Scottish Learning Festival is the annual conference & exhibition for the teaching profession in Scotland. The event aims to inspire better teaching and learning and helping to create a confident teaching profession for the 21st century.
Come and meet the Discovery Education team on stand G120 to hear about our digital learning resources on Discovery Education Espresso and Discovery Education Coding support the Curriculum for Excellence.
Recommended for Headteachers, senior management, librarians and educators in early years, primary and special education establishments.
ICT for Education Conference (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Date: Friday, 21st September 2018 Time: 7:45 AM - 2:15 PM
Location: St James’ Park (Newcastle United Football Club) Barrack Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4ST
ICT for Education Conference is a FREE of charge conference that allows teachers and schools the opportunity to meet experts, network with peers and find solutions to meet their ICT needs.
Come and find Discovery Education at ICT for Education Conference to hear about our recently added digital learning resources, and hear about the professional development and networking opportunities we have available.
Recommended for Head Teachers, Bursars, ICT Co-ordinators, Business Managers and Teachers.
Day of Discovery (London)
Date: Wednesday, 21st November 2018 Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Location: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London N22 7AY
Join us at the iconic home of television broadcast, Alexandra Palace in North London, for a day of workshops and activities, designed to engage and motivate young learners and help infuse the news throughout your curriculum.
Delegates will leave with practical examples of how pupils can use news articles to develop inference and deduction skills, distinguish between fact and opinion and explore writing for different viewpoints. This FREE of charge day of professional development will inspire and excite every educator.
Recommended for primary school literacy co-ordinators, computing co-ordinators, teachers, teaching assistants & support staff.

