Newsday Tuesday

Firstly, this idea isn't mine, it was shared with me by John Murray, the fantastic reading and spelling trainer I work with. I believe he had seen this at a school he had done some work with, I will try and find the name of the school and add it to the blog post.The 2016 word of the year was... Post-Truth,...

Mrs May on a school trip - #BeLikeMrsMay

It has been a mad week! I posted a video a couple of weeks ago about "The Play" by Oxford Reading Tree.The reaction to the video has been unbelievable! It surpassed 1 million views on facebook, the Manchester Evening News reported on it as did The Mirror. It was picked up and shared on facebook...

A great idea for your next PE lesson!

I had to share this amazing idea I came across on Facebook:So firstly, a massive thank you to West Elementary School for sharing this idea! To do this with your class, all you need is a projector, an apple TV or laptop with Airserver and a tablet or iPhone. On the tablet or mobile device, download...

For Sale: Millennium Falcon, two previous owners...

Over the past couple of weeks, my digital leaders have been working hard creating their own videos to convince the Star Wars Galaxy to buy the Millennium Falcon.They have researched and noted all the unique selling points, considered the language to help persuade the viewer and used their voice to help...

#BeMoreLikeMrsMay

My daughter came home with a reading book, 'The Play' of the Oxford Reading Tree series. I couldn't help but notice how vastly different the classroom scene was in the book compared to what I see in classrooms today. I felt compelled to share this and so created this video on my Facebook page.Would...

Ofsted School Inspection... in Space!

I sometimes find the best remedy is laughter! I constantly try and make or share videos to put a smile on the face of other teachers to try and see the lighter side of things. If we didn't laugh... we'd cry!This video shared by HammerTone is an absolute cracker!A Star Wars Parody of the dreaded Ofsted Inspection is both hilariously funny, but also scary that so many teachers can relate to this...