At this years YALC (which I wasn't lucky enough to attend) it was confirmed that Melinda Salisbury was releasing a new short story, a companion to the Sin Eater's Faughter trilogy, called The King of Rats. Naturally as I wasn't there I was gutted. I was going to miss out. I pestered and pestered both Mel … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: The King of Rats
After some discussion on a forum I am part of on Facebook I decided to share my Improve a sentence powerpoint. It's very basic but it's also very effective. All the children need is something to write on, something to write with and a dice. They roll their dice and then they change the given sentence using … Continue reading Improve a sentence game
I am a HUGE fan of picture books. I think children get so much from picture books - not just the younger children but the older children too. I think a lot of KS2 teachers are afraid of picture books, but there really is nothing to be afraid of. My Year 6 children the past … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Picture books
In my school we are extremely lucky that we have two class sets of iPads which are used regularly. I thought it would be a good idea to share some apps that we like to use with the children and find out which apps you guys all love! I'll probably make a few of these posts … Continue reading Apps we love!
So I think book hauls are going to be some of my favourite posts! I am a fan of a book! This month it's the turn of blue books! Here's a quick synopsis of the 5 blue books above - I will post review posts in the coming weeks... when I've managed to read them! … Continue reading BOOKHAUL: The blue edition
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