I haven’t posted for ages – my SATs revision was not exciting enough to be worth writing about! But with SATs now over (for a while, anyway!), I can get back to more interesting teaching.
Last week I did a great project with my class based on the idea of being stranded on a desert [...]
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I found a copy of this book in the sale in Asda the other day and am now planning to use it to inspire an art project as part of our topic on Water and Rivers. The book tells the story of a crate of rubber ducks who are lost overboard a ship [...]
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This website has really inspired me – the quality of the work produced is excellent!
http://www.holytrinity-horsham.w-sussex.sch.uk/ks2/ks2_1grecian%20pots.htm
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Technology timeline
Industrial Revolution
Aeroplanes
Radio
Poster: Iconic inventions
Cameras
Crime scene investigation (including poster)
Machines in medicine
Computers
Gadgets & gizmos
http://teachershop.scholastic.co.uk/mags/21887/mag_issues/21867
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I’ve been meaning to try this approach for a while, but not yet plucked up the courage. I’ve just found a great website though with lesson ideas and skills lists.
http://mantleoftheexpert.com/resources/planning.php
I will have a go over the summer at planning a series of lessons using this approach.
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Here are some ideas for using weather forecasts in literacy – taken from ‘Teaching with Text: Geography’. Most of these could be done using a detailed weather page from a newspaper.
Talk about the different ways in which the information is recorded, e.g. tabular form, and the reasons for this (e.g. to minimise space, make it easier [...]
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On Thursday night, I used this site to contact a few tourist information boards, saying in the comments section that I was a teacher working on a geography project with my class. This morning (only two days later!) I received information from Sri Lanka and Korea. They’ve sent me loads of useful stuff, including maps [...]
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