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#classroomorg The first 5 minutes of the day
In my experience the first 5 minutes after opening the classroom door can set the tone for the whole day. Greeting children individually with a smile and calling them by name breeds a positive...
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Until this year I have always counted up. It seemed like a good idea at the time. E.g. “You have 10 seconds to …” I thought that way if I get to 10 I have an in built time consequence where children...
View Article#classroomorg Infrequent resources
Sometimes you have a lesson where there is lots going on. For example, an art lesson with different materials and equipment. You might not want everything all set up for the children at their tables as...
View Article#classroomorg A cue for quiet
Not silence. That’s different. When your class go above the threshold of what is appropriate for the learning they are involved in you need a cue. Save your voice and get a fairly high pitched, not too...
View Article#classroomorg Robots and humans
Your class have a session using computers and use them 1 between 2. You want to avoid them falling out and one person doing everything whilst the other is not engaged. Try using ‘Robots and Humans’....
View Article#classroomorg Stash and flash
Whiteboards and pens. When children have written down whatever is to be written, ask them to stash it (h0lding the board against their chest so no one else can see). Then when time is up, ask all the...
View Article#classroomorg Traffic light self assessment
Get a pack of binding rings. Cut out and laminate circles on red paper, triangles on orange and squares on red. Hole punch them and make a set of 1 circle, triangle and square and fix with a ring...
View Article#classroomorg Traffic light trays
From @ohlottie http://tweecher.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/going-green-rating-your-effort/ Have 3 trays (one green for objective understood, one orange for getting there but need more help or time, one...
View Article#classroomorg All change
A suggestion from Mike Hughes http://www.mikehughes-ets.co.uk. Build in a time during the week for children to consolidate their learning by switch classrooms and sharing what they have learnt with...
View ArticleIBoard+ The super quick way to set quality activities.
A lot of people liked the IBoard. I have to say I never really used it much. It had lots of resources for Foundation and KS1 but not really organised in a way that made it quick to set up from a...
View ArticlePixel Press
Sometimes a tool comes a long that is so innovative, so exciting, so unique that you can’t help but be jaw droppingly in awe of it. Thanks to @Ideas_Factory for pointing out Pixel Press, as for me it...
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*WARNING: This post contains materials that could be construed as the author (that would be me) being self absorbed and dangerously megalomaniacal. The reader (that would be you) accepts that if they...
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IPads and AAC
This is probably the hardest blog post I’ve written. Mainly because it’s to do with my mum, who suffers with Multiple Sclerosis. She has it developed enough for speaking to be difficult and her...
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