THERE'S A RANG-TAN IN MY BEDROOM PROJECT - IDEA 4 - PERFORMING OUR WRITING WITH GREENSCREEN

In the next video in the series linked to the Rang-tan project, we look at using Greenscreen to perform our writing. To enhance the video further, I explore using GIFs as an animated background in our Greenscreen projects.

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CLASS - IDEA 9 - CREATING OUR OWN PROVERBS

Here is the final idea in the series looking at getting to know your class. This was one on my favourite lessons where I challenged my class to create their own proverbs. They then shared and discussed the meaning by creating their own videos.

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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 10 - PERFORMING OUR OWN GRUFFALO STORY

Here's the last idea in the series looking at the Gruffalo. Once learners have written their own version of the story, they can then perform it by creating their own cartoon. This further adds purpose to the children's writing by allowing them to turn it into a more engaging form of media which can be shared with the world.

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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 9 - ORALLY PLANNING OUR OWN GRUFFALO STORY

Here's idea 9 in the series linked to the Gruffalo. After learners have created images to structure their own story, they can now orally plan their story before they put pen to paper. This can be an incredibly powerful way to support learners with their writing by having their ideas recorded orally so when they write, their focus can be on structure; capital letters, full stops, handwriting etc.

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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 7 - DESCRIBING OUR OWN CREATURE

​Following on from idea 6, idea 7 in this series looking at the Gruffalo looks at orally describing the creature learners have created. This is a great way to explore vocabulary and description which can be used when learners create their own story.

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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 3 - ORALLY RETELLING THE ORIGINAL STORY

Here is the third idea linked to the Gruffalo. In this video, we take the storyboard in idea 2 and record a retelling of the story in our own words. This is a great opportunity to see how much of the story they can remember and also improve key oral speaking skills.

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Interviewing Storybook characters

In this video, we look at another way to explore a character's feelings/motives/actions by interviewing them through ChatterPix Kids. This idea can easily be adapted to any other story and provides an accessible way for pupils to show empathy and understanding to characters.

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Retelling Stories in KS1

Here is a video exploring a simple but effective way for pupils in KS1 to retell stories you may be reading in class. The app Shadow Puppets Edu allows pupils to orally record over pictures giving them the opportunity to develop vocabulary and other key reading skills. We used this idea linked to the story Granny's Quilt in Year 2 but this can be easily adapted to any picture book.

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Exploring a Character with Apple Clips

Here's another way to explore picture books with Apple Clips. Using the speech bubble effect and record button, children can think in role as a character exploring their thoughts, motives and feelings. Again, even though we use this idea with Flotsam, it can easily be adapted to any other picture book.

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exploring a picture book through apple clips

​In this video, we explore how children can orally record and explore a picture book making inferences, predictions and deductions without worrying about the barrier of writing. In this example we look at Flotsam but this idea should be adaptable to any other picture book with KS2.

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Creating Visual Poems with Apple Clips

Here is a creative idea for performing poetry. In the curriculum, this is a great way to cover the objective 'preparing poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience.'
We used Daffodils by William Wordsworth after our residential to Grasmere earlier in the term.

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Creating Audiobooks on Explain Everything

Mr Tullock brings another fantastic video sharing a brilliant way to encourage readers by enabling them to create audiobooks in Explain Everything. This can then be shared far and wide, supporting younger children and promoting reading throughout the school!

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When I'm 100 years old...

Here is a quick little idea I did with Year 2 last week linked to their science topic on the human life cycle. Using a fun ageing app, they turned themselves old before recording some ideas of what they think life will be like when they are 100.

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Destroying the Death Star: A Star Wars Greenscreen project

May the 4th be with you!

As it is Star Wars day, I thought I would share this greenscreen project we did a few years back. In the video, I explore some of Alan Peat's Exciting Sentences that link in well. As well as demonstrate how to create your finished video.

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Storytelling Through Explain Everything

Mr Tullock is back with a brilliant step-by-step tutorial for how to use Explain Everything to create effective animations to improve storytelling in class.

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A beginner's guide to puppetpals

One of the supporters asked if I could make a quick little guide for the app Puppetpals, so here it is! I will be following this up with more videos demonstrating how this brilliantly creative tool can be used to enhance the whole curriculum.

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Adding a voiceover to a film clip in imovie

The final part of the Avengers project is the performance part. This video explores how pupils can perform their writing over a film clip giving the editing process more purpose and creating a really authentic finished product to the project.

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5 ways to use pages in English

Mr Tullock is back with another brilliant video exploring how Pages can be used to support learning in English. Pages is the Apple alternative to Word or Docs but has so much more creative potential.

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recording narratives over google expeditions

This video demonstrates how your pupils can add narration or an explanation over the top of the video creating their own video guides.

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5 ways to explore the front cover of a book through SEESAw

We're diving in to the wonderful world of Seesaw again. This video will explore 5 ways you can explore the front cover of a book. Maybe you are starting a new text and want to develop the inference and prediction skills by investigating the cover and blurb.
These ideas can be great carousel activities for guided reading or just independent reading activities.

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Learning by Questions and Seesaw to improve oral reasoning across the curriculum

LBQ.org is one of my favourite tools to use in class. Although it is a paid tool, you can sign up for free to access thousands of questions that link to the curriculum. This video looks at how to use these questions with Seesaw to improve oral reasoning.

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5 Reasons Why YOu SHould be encouraging your pupils to vlog

Here I discuss how encouraging your pupils to vlog can not only improve writing but embed key digital literacy skills and give oral speaking a purpose.

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A Step-by-Step guide for using animate anything

Here is another step-by-step video for how to use the app Animate Anything. This brilliant app allows you to bring images to life and record videos as a character. I love how realistic the videos can be. The app is completely free and has so much potential to enhance oral speaking skills across the curriculum.

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How to create interactive story mountain/graph

For their reading journal homework, my children were making interactive story graphs. This video is a step-by-step tutorial for how you can do it. This creative idea has so many cross-curricular links.

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Creating an interactive Christmas Scene

I thought I would share a step-by-step guide for this activity I did with year 2 recently. They created an interactive Christmas scene - https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1124373709570703363

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