Year Three Teacher

This time last year I was preparing for one of the biggest changes in my teaching career - I was moving to teacher Year Three after nine yea...

Busy is the word that would sum up my June! Holiday in Wales We are fortunate to have two weeks' holiday at Whit (I say fortunate now, ...

When it comes to note taking apps on my iPhone there are two that can't be beaten. The first is the built in Notes app that comes with...

I recently purchased some Bee-Bots for the school. Programming robots is an area of ICT that we were not really hitting - and it's one ...

We recently asked our staff to write a vision statement for the subject they co-ordinate. We asked everyone to make sure that it states our ...

After many years using alternative screenshot software I recently learned about Lightshot . It was instantly better than the previous softwa...

I've heard the term 'digital literacy' being used quite a lot over the years. I recently stumbled across the best definition ...

May was a strange month as I was off on paternity leave for much of the first two weeks. Those couple of weeks were spent enjoying time with...

Jumpstart Literacy by Pie Corbett is a fabulous book for anyone wanting to spice up their English lessons! The best way I can describe ...

I'm currently re-watching my favourite TV series - Lost! It's really interesting how the 'black vs white' theme, which repre...

I recently enjoyed reading Duncan Bannatyne's autobiography 'Anyone Can Do It'. There was an important message made about delega...

I have read a lot of application letters recently. We had around 100 applications for a vacancy advertised. Here are some dos and don...

Here is a list of resources and websites that we learned about on the 21st Century ICT course I attended. I have added details about where t...

After reading this post at the SimpleProductivityBlog  I have put together my own tool box to help me break out of a bad day. Here is my...

It would appear that I inadvertently opened up a small Twitter debate shortly after our baby was born. I had remember Doug Belshaw writing ...

My class and I have fallen in love with 2Do It Yourself (2DIY) which is an incredible piece of software made by 2Simple Software . This is ...

Looking back, April now just seems like a blur. Our baby girl, Lily, was born on the 19th and since then life has been completely different!...

Toodledo and Teux Deux are both productivity apps for the iPhone and websites - to do lists. Which one is the best? Toodledo Good poin...

Earlier this year we purchased a community licence for Interactive Resources which is made by Primary Games Ltd. This website offers maths ...

I recently attended an East Cheshire ICT course called 'Developing an ICT curriculum for the 21st Century' superbly led by @jokprice...