Super excited to tell you all that I've been asked to be involved with the UKYACX author blog tour! I have the absolute pleasure to be blogging for MG author Gabrielle Kent, author of the wonderful Alfie Bloom series! Check out her website here! Also featuring the wonderful UK YA authour Sarah Grant too, author of … Continue reading UKYACX blog tour!!
Whilst teaching Year 6 Science I wanted to get some extended writing out of them and decided that the digestive system was quite a good topic. I didn't want them to just write a report about the digestive system or something dull like that so I decided a diary entry was a great idea. We … Continue reading Lesson idea: Science
I visited a place called Lane 7, It's Newcastle's bowling heaven. You get to go inside, It's really hard to decide, Just make sure you've decided by eleven. We were greeted with a lovely big smile, The place has just top notch style. The decor is lush, All swish, swash, plush. The kitchen has beautiful … Continue reading Oh the places you’ll go, Lane 7!
I've been following Bloomsbury Ed on Twitter for a while and they do an awesome thing on a Friday... they give away a prize. Good old #freebiefriday. I'm one of these people who'll RT something, because hell I'm not losing out on anything but I generally NEVER win. So I RT'd their tweet and thought … Continue reading I won a prize?
Adventure filled, badass main character and daringly exciting! Recently in my blue haul I talked about Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton. I decided that there was no time like the present and that I would read that next. I finished another the book I was reading, read the amazing King of Rats and decided that this was … Continue reading Book blog: Alwyn Hamilton
I recently finished the third installment of Holly Bourne's Spinster Club/Normal Series trilogy and it was amazing. What's A Girl Gotta Do officially is described as "HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2. Don’t call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Holly Bourne
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!
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