A different way to teach maths.

Heard of the Khan Academy? Millions of users have, all around the world. ‘A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.’ Teaching maths by mastering basic skills before moving on to higher problems. A great way to help those in your class you have gaps to fill them and to help you monitor and teach to

Who made your clothes?

Thursday April 24th is Fashion Revolution Day. Read more about it here and here   Who made your clothes? Lots of links to fair trade/1st World/History topics and ecology/air miles/etc. etc. and that’s before we start on the ‘making’ potential. Did anybody in your class make any item of their own clothing? Do you know anybody

Not another video!

No, that’s right it’s not another video! Term is nearly over we’ve finished our Science unit (KS3 cell biology, KS2 plants and habitats) and we’ve a couple of Science lessons to fill. We could watch a video but I think we could find something more fun to do here. Being inclined to be a EYFS teacher

Another Research Friday

Another week done and Friday rolls around 🙂 Today (20th March) is the first day of spring. This weeks research topic is Spring Traditions Around the World. Visit this blog to see some options. Chose some of the links on this page to investigate further. You can also find information here on the bbc . 

Still planting

After planting our seeds (cress, beans and tomatoes) we now go on to look at plants in more detail whilst waiting for the growing to happen. Get the students to help you save Sarah Jane by growing the Rakweed. These pages contain useful information and a quiz to see if your LKS2 children have absorbed

Finish First? Here’s a filler…

A resource based around food tech questions and answers for those who finish first/extension activities.

Research Friday

Our first task on Friday mornings is ‘Research@. This weeks themes for research are – think of a name linked to the mission for the first British astronaut to work for the European Space Agency on the International Space Agency. The competition to name this mission can be found here and opens this morning at

More links in the (food) chain

We’re still exploring food chains (KS2) and cells/systems (KS3) A quick quiz for food chains – perhaps an extension activity for those who finish fast? Or an alternative for anyone who likes PC tasks. Meanwhile in art our exploration of stop motion animation continues this week with the beginning of building a collection of photographs

Food chains and webs

Another busy week ahead. Web resources: Science: to reinforce learning on food chains and food webs http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml and http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/food_chains/play/ (Deadly 60 is always popular )! Printable images for ocean food chains. A video explaining photosynthesis (think interdependence and cyclical systems). It’s quite long and most suitable for yr 6 and above but nicely covers a

Fractally Speaking

We’re close to the end of our exploration of texture in Art lessons so I have started looking ahead. With all of my students enthusiastic about computers and gaming, I am considering exploring ICT in Art. Our current topic is very tactile so this would be a complete contrast. Whilst I am undecided yet, I