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Be happy (in this new year)

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Be happy and welcome in the new year with your learners. My timeline is full of teachers who are anxious about returning to work on Monday. There has been a flurry of planning, marking and general knot-tying of stomachs about the demands and responsibilities that may face us in the…

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ICT to support early years learning

By ICT4 Comments

Looking for ICT to support early years learning? Here are some of the best rated tools out there and some free resources for teachers.   Teach Your Monster To Read Award winning website that helps young people practice their first steps in reading http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/   Beluga Learning / Maths Brilliant site…

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Nearpod for progress and AFL

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What’s the story? A staple of many an iPad classroom is the popular free App, Nearpod. Whilst I firmly believe it is not the be all and end all, this app is one which is great to help bridge the confidence gap for teachers between newbie iPad user to über…

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Use of WordPress for parental contact

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I’ve been working today with a colleague who has responsibility for the Senior Academy at my school and we’ve been talking about how we could better communicate with the parents in our community. We currently have a text messaging service but we discussed different avenues. Parentmail School website and more……..

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