I'm going to try and post a new resource every Friday! Freebie Friday.. Free-day. I'm hilarious. I know. The time between the bell going at 8:55 and the register being saved at 9:05 was a time when I found Year 6 were the most restless... unless they had something to do. I started thinking back … Continue reading Free-day: BOGGLE
Picture book haul
As you've probably guessed by now... I love me some picture books! This is one half of my recent acquisitions of picture books. Some absolute gems. Some suitable for KS2 too! KS2 teachers need to be happy to use picture books. Kids get so much from it! Some just for fun. Some for working from. … Continue reading Picture book haul
Display ideas: esafety!
I love a display! My displays never quite look how I want (I mean look how skew that title is... I did correct it after the photo was taken mind!). We use the SWGfL e-safety resources to assist us in our e-safety week teaching. The resources are great! They have resources from EYFS all the way to … Continue reading Display ideas: esafety!
Beauty and the Beast love!
Now for something a bit different. I don't normally talk about my collections... other than my book collections obviously!! So... you ask me who my favourite Disney princess is there's no question that Belle is. She is incredible. She's sassy, she's bookish, she's intelligent and she's kind. I mean she gets a library for crying … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast love!
Reading: it’s good for the soul!
Recently a conversation has emerged on Twitter about reading. It has been a MASSIVE thing. Questions have been thrown up such as is it important to teach reading? how do you teach reading? why do we need to teach reading? do you need to enjoy reading to be a good teacher of reading? There has been … Continue reading Reading: it’s good for the soul!
Lesson ideas: Number bonds to 20
In my job I'm quite lucky that I'm often called to cover for all classes! I created this resource for Year 1 to revise number bonds to 20. As you'll see there's a butterfly with a number on one wing, and then an empty wing. I explained what the children needed to do and they … Continue reading Lesson ideas: Number bonds to 20
Book blog: Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train... very Gone Girl. "Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls … Continue reading Book blog: Paula Hawkins
Display: Magic Maths
To try and encourage my rather reluctant Year 6's this past year I decided to make a Magic Maths display with challenges on. There were 2 challenges per colour, and 4 colours. The children had to pick to do all set 1 challenges or all set 2 challenges. The challenges explored the 4 different operations … Continue reading Display: Magic Maths
My bookshelf!
This is my bookshelf. There is a whole host of different types of books on my shelf. This is just one shelf. I have a drawer full of books too! This also doesn't include my picture books... we will get to that collection another time. Most of this is my TBR pile. I've probably read … Continue reading My bookshelf!
Lesson ideas: The BFG #2
As a follow up to my Dream Jars idea, I thought I would share another BFG themed resource. This time it's a resource linked to the emphasis the new curriculum puts on being able to edit and check sentences. I used this sheet with Year 1, but there is no reason why it couldn't be … Continue reading Lesson ideas: The BFG #2
