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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This website has various resources available to download. For example, in Resources/English/KS2, there is a powerpoint on myths, using pictures etc. from the FLS module on Persueus and the Gorgon.
http://elearningbwd.net/Resource_tree/
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Here’s the planning and resources I used when I taught The Highwayman to my Year 5 class. I’ve added them as a (quite large) zip file because there are 13 files, including planning, Smart Notebook files, worksheets, the text of the poem and a short list of websites. I also used a few resources from [...]
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After going on a very brief course about transition from Year 5 to Year 6, I spent a morning with the literacy advisor adapting the parents leaflet produced by the DfES. We simplified many of the objectives and activities to make it more user-friendly to the sort of parents I work with. I then produced [...]
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I came across the BookTrust website today, and thought it might be useful to others. I was particularly inspired by the myths section and ideas for using The Fire Thief by Terry Deary.
http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/education/education_docs.php4?sectname=Genres%20in%20children’s%20books&topicname=Myths%20and%20Legends&topicid=26
It will link in perfectly with my topic next term on Ancient Greece and also link back to the work I did at [...]
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I’ve recently been made Assessment Co-ordinator, and one of the issues I’m looking at is how we use teacher assessment to generate fine-graded levels (e.g. 3a). We’re using the Ros Wilson criterion scale to assess writing, and wanted something similar for maths.
I wanted to create a list of Key Objectives for each year group which [...]
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I’m working on planning this unit using the new framework. So far, I found a few resources that will be helpful.
First, the Framework site itself. In the resources, there are various files to download, including the video and several interactive whiteboard files.
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframeworks/literacy/planning/Year5/Narrativestories/unit5/
Another similar animated film is The Beauty of Life, which could be used as [...]
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