The Great Christmas Dinner Shop Debate

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with our great Year 6 and so decided to use an idea from my eBook - The 12 iPad lessons of Christmas.But we decided to take it even further and bring in a performance element.In groups, the children were given a different shop:AsdaTescoSainsbury'sAldiWaitroseCo-opIcelandMarks...

The Staff Christmas Do

It is that time of year again, teachers up and down the country will be preparing for their annual Christmas party. On my facebook page, I put this video together for what happens on every staff do. See if these sound famili...

A Special Letter To Father Christmas!

I had to share this letter written by one of our Digital Leaders! Amazing! Not going to lie, I had a tear in my eye!Please take a minute to read it and then help it come true!Please help by sharing and downloading a copy of the so...

Do they know it's Christmas Comprehension lesson

As many of you know, I often use music as a way to explore text and improve comprehension skills.To get in the festive mood, here is another brilliant song to deconstruct with your class and inspired a recent project with my pupils.It is my favourite Christmas song - Band Aid - Do they know it's Christmas?Here...

Our Christmas Wish!

Finally, I can share this amazing project done by the pupils at our school.What started as a discussion about the links between music and poetry, where I demonstrated my love for songwriting and what an amazing way to express yourself has now turned into the children publishing a song they have written...

UK Blog Awards Nomination

I am very excited and honoured to see that my blog has been nominated for the UK Blog Awards 2017. This will be the third year my blog has been nominated. In the previous two years, I have made it to the shortlist and narrowly missed out on the top prize!This year, I would love to go one step further!...

The Struggles for a Teacher Putting on a Christmas Play!

I am sure there are plenty of teachers around the country who can relate to this! So feel free to sha...

50 ways to use my app 1-4-0 in class

I have been meaning to put this blog post together for a long time. Just before Summer, Alan Peat and the team very kindly turned one of my ideas into an app.The 1-4-0 app.My main focus when it comes to using mobile technology is trying to get teachers and pupils to see themselves as creators and focus...