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!
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!
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
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
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
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!
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
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!
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