The Island At The End of Everything: heartbreaking, touching and inspiring. "Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy. Ami loves her home - with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Kiran Milwood Hargrave
As you know from my #AskMissElliott posts (#AskMissElliott 3, #AskMissElliott 2, Ask Miss Elliott) I have been sharing things with my Year 4 class as they've had the chance to ask me questions which I answer. This week I saw on Twitter the idea of 'I wish my teacher knew...' and I thought it would be an … Continue reading I Wish My Teacher Knew…
Here we are again! Even more #AskMissElliott! (If you're interested in the other posts, you'll find them at Ask Miss Elliott and #AskMissElliott 2) The kids are loving this so I am going with it! I'm going to try something new next week, I'll let you know how it goes! But here goes with this week's select few … Continue reading #AskMissElliott 3
I've been working on expanded noun phrases with my Year 4s recently and the CT noticed that one of the dips they have in their independent writing is their setting descriptions lack detail. I decided we would use some visual stimulus from Once Upon A Picture to add some sparkle to their writing. We talked … Continue reading Wonderful writing?
Welcome to Wednesday! It's me. I'm here to talk about something which is quite dear to my heart... education. As you all know I work in a primary school and am currently doing my degree and everything going well I should be doing a teacher training course in September. I can't wait. I've never not … Continue reading The state of education…
Not the whole week... just snapshots! As you all (I hope by now) know I work in a primary school! I am a HLTA and I teach in most of the classes from Year 1 to Year 6! I thought it would be interesting to give you a snapshot into the working week of me … Continue reading A Week In My Life…
The Christmasaurus: fun, engaging and exciting! I KNOW I KNOW. IT'S MARCH. We've just finished The Christmasaurus in Year 4 and it was SO GREAT. I get 1/2 afternoons a week to read to Year 4 (hence why it's taken us so long to get through it!) and listening to me read is their favourite … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Tom Fletcher
When I found these pictures whilst browsing Pinterest I knew instantly that I needed to use them to inspire my Year 4 class to do some drawing! Throughout the year we have been doing a variety of different portraits (we did selfies, then used Picasso as inspiration) displaying them on the window facing out for … Continue reading Drawing on interests?
We're All Wonders: moving with an important message. (Released: 28th March 2017) I was very lucky to be sent this by Lauren at Puffin and I was taken completely by surprise! I didn't even know this book existed. It was such a lovely surprise. Book post is excellent, but surprise book post is one of … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: R.J.Palacio
I really enjoy taking you guys inside my classroom and sharing my ideas in the classroom. I love it even more when I'm taken into someone else's classroom and I see their ideas that I know that I need to magpie and try myself! Enter Mr N. He wrote a blog post titled #AskMrN in which he … Continue reading Ask Miss Elliott
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