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EXCITABLE EDGAR IDEA 6 - SIMPLE FEELINGS CHARTHere's another idea for exploring the John Lewis Christmas Advert. In this video, we look at a simple way for pupils to explore how Edgar's feelings change throughout the story.
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REFUGEES IDEA 5 - EXPLORING IMAGES FROM THE BOOKHere is the next video in the series linked to Refugees through the picture book - The Journey. In this video, we look at another way in which technology can be used to explore, infer and predict using images from the story.
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GUNPOWDER PLOT IDEA 7 - RETELLING THE EVENTS THROUGH DRAMA FREEZE FRAMESThe next idea in the series linked to the Gunpowder Plot looks at progressing from Idea 6. In this idea, the children become the characters and create a series of images recreating key events. This is such a creative way for learners to demonstrate their understanding in a fun and engaging way.
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GUNPOWDER PLOT IDEA 6 - SIMPLE SEQUENCING THE EVENTSIn this next video linked to the Gunpowder Plot, children can do some simple sequencing of the key events. Once the children have learnt about the key events and how the plot unravelled, they can demonstrate this by putting the events into the correct order.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CLASS - IDEA 4 - FIGURE ME OUTThe next idea in this series looking at creative ways to get to know your new class, we look at creating a Figure Me Out activity. It is a fantastic way to have some fun with numbers and also share some interesting facts about yourself.
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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 5 - EXPLORING EXAMPLES OF RHYMEHere is idea number 5 in the series looking at the Gruffalo. In this video, we look at a way in which learners can explore rhyming words in more detail and share their knowledge of different rhyming words through a spider diagram.
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EXPLORING THE GRUFFALO - IDEA 2 - CREATING A FREEZE FRAME STORYBOARDHere is idea number 2 in this series looking at exploring the story of the Gruffalo. This is one of my favourite ideas and introduces a simple photoshopping tool which allows learners to act in role as a character to create a storyboard retelling the story. Again, this can be adapted to any book, historical event or story.
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Blurring Faces in PicturesHere is a quick little tip for when you take a picture of your learners and then realise one of them can't have their picture posted online. Here are a few ways in which you can hide a child's face if you still wanted to share the picture of their learning.
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OUR LOCAL AREA AND BEYOND IDEA 3 - EXPLORING OUR LOCAL AREAHere is idea number 3 in the series linked to the topic of Our Local Area and Beyond in KS1 Geography. Moving from our school, this video looks at exploring our local area and challenging learners to create a collage of all the local amenities in their village/town.
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Seasons KS1 Idea 4 - Weather Reports for Different SeasonsIdea number 4 in this series looking at the KS1 topic of Seasons. In this video, we explore using Greenscreen to let children describe the weather of all four seasons. This gives pupils the opportunity to share their knowledge and understanding of how weather changes and also how we change by what we wear.
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Idea 3 - What do we know about each season?Idea number 3 in the series linked to Seasons in KS1. This would be a direct follow on from idea number 2. Children create collages with pictures and text sharing everything they know about different seasons. They can then record over the top exploring these ideas in more detail.
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Animals Including Humans Year 4 Idea 1 - Classifying AnimalsThis first idea looks at creating a simple Venn Diagram to sort animals in herbivores, omnivores and carnivores.
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Comparing height within classIn this video, I share a quick activity I did recently with Year 2 looking at comparing different lengths using each other. It was a great fun activity that helped children understand <, > and =.
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Measuring Objects in CM and MetresCarrying on from the work we did last week, looking at measuring different objects around the classroom.
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Accurately measuring objects in centimetresThis week I started our unit on measuring height and length in Maths with Year 2. The first lesson looked at accurately using a ruler to measure different objects. This video explores how we effectively used technology to help us evidence the practical work we did.
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Discussing why people edit and filter selfiesYou may have seen this post about a digital literacy lesson I did last week - click here.
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create simple storyboards, timelines and ordering activities through pic collageWhen we start to use technology creatively, we unlock opportunities to enhance the whole curriculum. This video provides a step-by-step guide for how to create simple storyboards but then explores how the same idea can be adapted for ideas in maths, science, history and the rest of the curriculum.
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Creating different amounts with a combination of coins and notesI thought I would share what I did with Year 2 today. We are covering Money in maths and so I used the app Pic Collage and challenged the students to try and make different amounts using different combinations of coins and notes.
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How to create interactive story mountain/graphFor 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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A Simple Inference and Deduction ActivityAn extra idea on top of the blog looking at the new John Lewis advert
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