EDDIE’s LAUNCHPADS

Cap'n Dave and his co-pilot Eddie meet up with Anna Thompson on this week's Launchpad. Anna is the Education & Activities manager at Nene Park Trust. They talk about the wonderful countryside cared for by the trust, the ways it supports children's education and 'Ferry Meadows', the green emerald jewel in Peterborough's crown.  www.nenepark.org.uk  

Eddie and Captain Dave explore the fabulous Nene Valley Railway to meet its Assistant General Manager, Tracy Spring. Follow in the footsteps of Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, David Suchet and Freddie Mercury on this learning journey to the stars. Website: https://www.nvr.org.uk https://www.facebook.com/NeneValleyRailway https://www.flickr.com/groups/1032192@N20/ https://www.instagram.com/nene_valley...

On this Launchpad, Eddie and Cap'n Dave find out about Humanutopia. A great organisation and schools resource that produce life-changing programmes aimed at improving the mental-health and wellbeing of children and young people in schools and beyond.  https://www.humanutopia.com https://www.youtube.com/user/humanutopiaTV https://twitter.com/humanutopia https://www.facebook.com/humanutopia/ https:/...

From this Launchpad, Eddie and Cap'n Dave blast-off to Idaho, USA and meet parenting strategist and author, Sue Donnellan. Sue found herself unexpectedly parenting four very young children. She shares with us the highs and lows and what she has learned over the years about parenting and the insights she has gained through her experiences. She even offers us her book on the subject!    Website:  ht...

On this Launchpad of the Dogsthorpe Infant School podcast, Eddie and Cap'n Dave meet the children's author, Alice Chambers who has brought along her delightful little bear called 'Bob'. And Bob likes to explore exciting places!  A chance for parents, teachers and schools to purchase his adventures and even get signed personalised copies! https://storiesbyalicechambers.com https://twitter.com/Stori...

On the Learning Journey this trip, Captain Dave and his co-pilot Eddie Edster meet Felicea Jibson and Kugan Naidoo of PAGS.  PAGS is an innovative and informative platform that provides the personalised approach that all learners deserve. Boosting the learning and psycho-social approach of those with special educational needs using the graduated approach to secure positive outcomes and assist with...

Captain Dave and Eddie bring you the EdTech school and parent app, 'Marvellous Me' and an audio version of our latest Dogsthorpe Infant School Newsletter. https://marvellousme.com https://twitter.com/marvellousmeapp https://www.facebook.com/MarvellousMeApp/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcSXqDks6EqUnVftC9uciUA https://twitter.com/edster_the https://www.dogsthorpeinfants.co.uk  

Captain Dave and Eddie land 'The Learning Journey' in Hong Kong and meet YY Chan. She is a children's author with two very important storybooks. One about a child dealing with bereavement and another about a child with a grandmother suffering with Alzheimer's Disease.  https://youtu.be/UECBya0hZsM https://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-You-Hear-Me-Daddy/dp/9887465232 https://www.facebook.com/yychanauthor/ h...

In this edition of Eddie's Launchpads we feature 'Monster Phonics'. A DfE approved Phonics. This resource uses grapheme-phoneme correspondence as the first and foremost approach. Teaching is supported by using colour and monster sound cues to make the grapheme-phoneme correspondence explicit and easier to learn.  https://monsterphonics.com https://twitter.com/MonsterPhonics customerservices@monste...

Eddie and Captain Dave meet Hayley from Twinkl. Twinkl provide fantastic resources such as teaching and learning visuals, worksheets and videos for teachers, parents and schools. Hear how they can make your little star shine even brighter in their learning.  https://www.twinkl.co.uk https://twitter.com/TwinklKS1  

Captain Dave and Eddie meet Lee Crockett from Premier Education UK. Lee and his team of sports coaches come to Dogsthorpe Infant School to lead our P.E. sessions. These sessions, being part of the school curriculum, dovetail in with the learning taking place in each classroom, in all year groups, all year round. Lee also shares details of his holiday clubs during  half-term and end of term holiday...

Captain Dave and Eddie use their LaunchPad to bring you an audio version of the Dogsthorpe Infant School Newsletter dated 20th May 2022 and then they feature 'Star Lincs'. This is the giant inflatable planetarium that teaches our children about the planets, the stars and the men and women who have travelled in rockets into Space.  https://www.starlincs.co.uk https://www.dogsthorpeinfants.co.uk  

Captain Dave and Eddie meet with Ben Harding, the creator of maths resources to discuss Ben's latest and exciting 'Winning With Numbers'. Ben explains in this episode what makes 'Winning With Numbers' so special and why it works so well with parents, teachers and schools. https://www.wwnumbers.com https://instabio.cc/WWNumbers https://twitter.com/_Ben_Harding_  

Today Captain Dave and Eddie meet Avril from 'Mitchy Titch Yoga'. Award-winning resources using Yoga to stimulate concentration and communication.  https://www.mitchytitch.co.uk https://twitter.com/MitchyTitchYoga https://www.facebook.com/MitchyTitchYoga https://www.instagram.com/mitchytitchyoga/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeB8awZh3-3Hry10T0q15Sg/videos https://www.linkedin.com/in/avril-o-br...

In this episode of the Dogsthorpe Infant School podcast we meet Food Channel presenter and Nutritional Therapist, Louise Mercieca. In her book 'How Food Shapes Your Child' she explores how children are shaped by the food we set before them. This process begins well before birth. Hear how Louise is helping to curb the rise in child obesity and how her book offers help to the children and families o...

Captain Dave and Eddie the well-being dog meet Emma and Lisa from the National Literacy Trust on the LaunchPad. These two amazing ladies and their Trust colleagues do incredible work with families across Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and the entire U.K. to improve literacy levels of children and parents. We also ask every parent with an infant starting school in September, 'Is your chil...

Captain Dave & his co-pilot Eddie talk to Atomic Tom in this episode of 'Launchpad'. Atomic Tom is a frequent visitor to Dogsthorpe Infant School bringing his exciting Science experiments with him. https://www.atomicscience.org https://twitter.com/atomicscienceuk https://www.facebook.com/atomictomuk/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGFLLvq0ka3xIAYOInXytw https://www.dogsthorpeinfants.co.uk/l...

Cap'n Dave & his co-pilot Eddie bring you an audio version of the Dogsthorpe Infant School Newsletter for 27th April 2022 and Mrs Waters and some of her pupils share their hopes dreams for the future as Dogsthorpe Infant School celebrates the 40th birthday of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. https://twitter.com/BBCCambs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_cambridge https://captdavidwater...

This week the marine biologist Nicola Everett from Rockpool School taught our Year 1 and Year 2 pupils at Dogsthorpe Infant School all about sea creatures. Cap'n Dave invited Nicola onto 'Eddie's Launchpad' podcast to tell us more.     https://www.facebook.com/rockpoolschool www. Twitter.com/rockpoolschool1 https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/marine-biologist-launches-rockpool-school-165260...

On the Launchpad this time, Eddie & Captain Dave meets actor and YouTube star, Lauren Grierson. They discuss the importance of history lessons in school and the ways Lauren's history channel aids teachers, parents and children at school and in the home. Series Three of Lauren's history channel, Lauren Learns History is currently in the making, with thanks to the support and funding from Arts C...

On their 'Easter Woof' Launchpad, Eddie & Cap'n Dave meet children's author, Lynn McAllister. The creator of 'Pixie Van Dimple'.     https://lynn-mcallister.com https://twitter.com/Lynn26088825  

Eddie meets the actor, film producer and YouTube star Julian (Joolz) McDonnell. He visits and films many areas of London to show us historical locations, places of interest and point out the quirky and interesting aspects of the city's past that we would probably walk by without even noticing them. Website, Instagram and YouTube Channel can be found below.  https://joolzguides.com https://www.inst...

In this episode Eddie & Captain Dave meet Ian from KeyStageFun who offer 12 Squeeble apps to help children with their Maths and Literacy learning. The squeebles encourage children to learn regularly in a fun and effective way. Teachers and parents can then interact with the child's learning via the apps. The more work the child does the more characters the squeebles rescue from the Maths Monst...

In this episode of 'Eddie's LaunchPads' Captain Dave and Eddie talk to Kat Cauchi from NetSupport. They discuss her 'Of Primary Importance' podcast, 'Rise' magazine, ReallySchool and the very exciting things to be found on the NetSupport Stand at this year's Bett Show. The Bett Show takes place at ExCeL in London (23rd-25th March 2022).  https://www.reallyschool.com https://www.netsupportsoftware....

In this episode we meet Chris Williams from 'Chatta', an exciting visual #EdTech company that provides software resources to help children with their vocabulary and we talk through the resources of Amanda Peddle. Amanda offers listeners a programme that teaches children the body science around emotional responses. A range of story books (including Tam's Journey) and other teaching resources are av...