Archive for 2013

Pins I Love Part 1

Just thought saying as I use it a lot more id share the things I love on the blog. Hope they can create ideas and be of some help! The first is an idea I am planning to use for our ICT day at the end of term to be displayed in the entrance.

Tag : 2013 , board , Children , Classroom , computers , ICT , Interactive , Little Pigs , pin , pinterest , Teacher , topic

iPads in Primary Education - Persuasive Writing

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Here is a 'guest' post I have found on iPad's in the classroom and how they can be used for persuasive writing at Key Stage 2. Definitely an idea I'm going to pass on to other teachers at school. iPads in Primary Education: Using the App Store for.

Tag : App Store , Classroom , ICT , ipad , literacy , Purple Mash , Teacher , Technology , Twitter , Whiteboard , Year 6

Buried Treasure

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This is a fairly familiar game for most Early Years Teachers and one that is very popular with the children. The focus here is to sound out, read, sort in to real and fake words and discuss meaning of words. This is a very useful game in Year One leading.

Tag : blog , Children , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , Jolly Phonics , Letters , Letters and Sounds , literacy , Mr Thorne , NQT , Parents , Phonics , PhonicsPlay , School , Sounds , Technology , Twinkl , Twitter , Year One

Rhyming Sing Along

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With the new school term (fast) approaching, I found this awesome video for a rhyming pig song. The children enjoyed it. Excellent for The 3 Little Pigs topic! Also another on Jolly Phonics from the big book. .

Tag : 2013 , Actions , blog , class , Classroom , ICT , Letters and Sounds , Parents , Phonics , Rhyme , Sounds , Teacher , Video

Beginnings: How To Teach Phonics

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Here is quite a useful early strategy I have found from another blog. Definitely worth a look, some excellent resources and ideas! The blog can be found here and the article here. Fantastic work tamarind! The following describes how.

Tag : 2013 , Actions , blog , Classroom , Introduction , Jolly Phonics , Letters and Sounds , Mr Thorne , NQT , Parent , Phonics , School , Sounds , Teacher , Year One

Triptico

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Some ICT resources for the masses! This has been a recent discovery of mine and very time saving in the classroom. From previous experience it takes time making lollipop selectors, setting random groups, setting a group tally. Well this app, for.

Tag : 2013 , App , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , New , Parents , School , Software , Video , website , Whiteboard , Year One

Jolly Phonics Actions

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Widely used in schools this poster may be of use to parents and other educators in order to match sounds to movement. Very useful for children at an early stage of development. Give these guys a look up on their webpage or on twitter for.

Tag : 2013 , Actions , Children , class , Classroom , Interactive , Jolly Phonics , Letters , Letters and Sounds , literacy , Mr Thorne , Parents , Phonics , Teacher , Year One

Phonics Sounds

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A useful video clip showing the correct pronunciation of phonemes from DfE. .

Tag : blog , Classroom , Government , Letters and Sounds , Parents , Phonics , School , Teacher , Training , Video

#ClassDojoLove

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Just a new post from me ... well really its from a favourite webpage of mine. Class Dojo (as mentioned before on here) is a revolutionary behaviour management software for the classroom that works. From personal experience it has made such a difference.

Tag : Apple , Behaviour , class , Class Dojo , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , Mobile , Relationships , Teacher , Twitter , Year One

Small Steps

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Just a quickie... I have just passed 1000 views for the blog and as the title says its small steps to what I want to achieve. Here is to all that have helped and shared with the world! Thanks agai.

Tag : 2013 , blog , Children , Classroom , ICT , Phonics , Teacher , views , website , Year One

Purple Mash

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Back Again! Decided after the light of the BETT Learning Technology Event at the weekend I want to make you all aware of a piece of cloud software I have loved using in the classroom. Became aware of this software a few years back as an individual.

Tag : 2 Simple , 2013 , App , BETT , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , literacy , Purple Mash , School , Software , Story , Teacher , Technology , Year One

All Things Phonics #4 Parents

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Hey Recently we decided in school over the Christmas holidays to send home some phonic resources to parents. This included a letter explaining about what we do, a phase appropriate sound mat and a set of tricky words. I figure this is the best place.

Tag : 2013 , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , Letters and Sounds , Mr Thorne , Parents , Phonics , PhonicsPlay , School , Teacher , Twinkl , website , Year One

Avatar Ani-me!

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Hey Just wanted to share this, been looking at these for ages and really wanted one for myself. Those folks over at Twinkl have these avatars on their blogs and now they have an Avatar Creator! YAY! Check me out! Now go and create your own! Will.

Tag : 2013 , Avatar , Children , class , Classroom , ICT , Interactive , New , Picture , School , Teacher , Year One

All Things Phonics #3 Mr Thorne

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Hey Another post from me, this time on a resource that I have found so useful. I have decided to break these websites down into individual posts in order to give them their limelight! First up is Mr Thorne Does Phonics. This is available as both.

Tag : 2013 , Apple , class , Classroom , ipad , iPhone , Letters and Sounds , literacy , Mobile , Mr Thorne , NQT , Phonics , Teacher , Twitter , website , Year One

Snow Day!

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Well by my surprise, got out of bed this morning, then my phone rang, turns out it only had been snowing over night and school was closed! Specific instructions that teachers use the day as PPA time. Ill settle for that and proceeded to plan for.

Tag : alternate , astra , car , class , Classroom , Phonics , poetry , progress , snow , spellings , Teacher , vauxhall , Year One

All Things Phonics #2 Planning

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Okay This one is for all the teachers out there, but hey if you are a parent and this is useful, feel free to make use. Just thought I'd provide some sample planning that I use in my classroom. In Year One we do Phonics on a daily basic in quick.

Tag : 2013 , Children , class , Classroom , Interactive , Introduction , Job , Letters , literacy , NQT , Parents , Phonics , Sounds , Teacher , Year One

All Things Phonics #1 Introduction

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Howdi Think I am goings to do a bit of focus on Phonics. Being just qualified phonics was quite difficult to teach with very little input given at university other than a little theory. But what once was a little difficult I am now beginning to.

Tag : Children , class , Classroom , Degree , Introduction , Job , Letters , literacy , NQT , Parent , Parents , Phonics , Sounds , Teacher , Twitter , University , Year One