Monthly Archives: October 2015

#Teacher5adaywrite

I’m still in the middle of  the #teacher5adayPE challenge and actually starting to “enjoy” wallsits and there’s #teacher5adaysketch to look forward to. I’m the new kid on the playground so I don’t know what’s been done before but I wanted … Continue reading

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The hungry cockroach

This idea has everything I love; storytelling, different forms of student production, encouraging imagination, and it’s simple. Just get three pieces of paper, overlap each of them about a couple of inches and then fold, hey presto a groovy book shape. … Continue reading

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Three things that spark up my life

As you probably know by now I’m a sucker for challenges, lists, anything to make me (feel) more effective. The first is audible.com an audio book site run by amazon, this means a) I can buy at the click of a mouse, … Continue reading

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October to-do list

Didn’t September go quickly? Already time for our next to do list. Last month I discovered the wonderful Mrs Tina Murray and her #septembersalubrity on twitter. Teacher well-being is often low on our list of priorities and I know I, and especially … Continue reading

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