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Well the spider certainly produced some scary, creative writing! It was a sculpture that was part of Liverpool’s Biennial in 2008 and was created by the artist Ai WeiWei. At night, the web & spider were lit up with neon lights!You can see it here As usual, it was very difficult selecting pieces for the showcase. Many stories were very different. Here […]
Read moreWell done everyone who linked in Week #15 ! Again we had some unusual ideas including a wind sock from Learning Ideas Grades K-8 and how to show place value using paper clips from Sarah at Confessions of an Untenured Teacher Now that we have got all those bank holidays over (well part from the last of the academic year) it is […]
Read moreDear Year 6 pupils, I know SATs start next week so I thought I’d send you this! I know you may be feeling a bit nervous but you will be fine. Take a deep breath, read the questions carefully then off you go! Don’t forget to read through your answers at the end. I know that’s a pain but you […]
Read moreThese balloons are for everyone who entered 100 Word Challenge Week 7! You are all being given a balloon for giving up some of your holiday time to write a piece and as usual they were great! I’m not going to showcase any because they were all worthy ‘winners’ so help yourself to a balloon! This week is still a […]
Read moreThis is the final of the short series of guest posts looking at the use of technology in schools. Here are Part One and Part Two. We return to Michael Shepherd for our third reflection where he shows how far ahead the children may already be! The Original article is here ‘The New Currency’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The principle goal of education […]
Read moreThis is the second in a short series from guest writers. The first can be seenhere. Today’s contribution comes from Neil Finney who is a teacher in Ontario, Canada. The original article can be seen here ‘Should Mobiles be Allowed in Class?’ It would seem that the UK is not the only place where mobile technology appears to be getting in the way of […]
Read moreI follow a lot of enthralling blogs, reading really thought provoking articles. I have recently come across some posts by two writers that I really enjoy. They have been writing about similar subjects and I felt that together they made a good series. The first is by Michael Shepherd who is a headteacher in Blackpool. The original article can be seen here […]
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