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Archive for March, 2007
Pl@net.com Stuff
From the folks at Channel 4 comes this website for PSHE, Planet.com, which links to a variety of subject matter. It uses multimedia it gets the pupils to really think about each of the areas of focus, including rich/poor worlds, water, bio-diversity and recycling.
Spanish Stuff (Materia Española)
Depending on what language you may be studying, we’ve found that the BBC now do a Spanish Language Site for primary schools to slot beside their French version. Ésta es buenas noticias.
Blogging at School
We’ve set up a class blog using the same blogging software as you see this site through (wordpress).
The pupils use the blog to record what they’ve been doing at school and what they have been looking at on the internet. One of them has been writing about the frogs spawn he has and we’re regularly updated with its progress, it’s really fascinating stuff. The pupils are also encouraged to let us know about what has happened in their own lives too.
Blogging in the classroom provides an outlet for pupils to be creative in their writing, improving their literacy skills, their communication skills and their ICT skills as well. For the reluctant writers in any group it encourages them to put pen to paper, so to speak, and provides them with a place to show what can be achieved. It also provides a real purpose for their writing.
Take a look at our blog: Miss France’s Class
Science Revision Stuff
As May creeps up on us and its time for SATs, try this site for some nice helpful reminders of what you have been studying.
Channel 4’s Science Essentials.
Storytelling Stuff
For younger children, and from CBeebies, come the Storytelling Activities Game.
Just follow the links to help you build your own tales. There’s several themes to choose from and you can even send them to the BBC to be included on their storytelling site!
Skillswise Stuff
Again Auntie Beeb has created some excellent games for you to use in Literacy and Numeracy lessons, on their Skillswise site.
I used the Bargain Hunt game with my class last year and they really enjoyed playing it.
Grimm Stuff
If you want to use classic fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, then National Geographic have some of the tales, from a 1914 translation, available online.
Use the link here, Grimm Fairy Tales, to access the site.
There’s also a lesson plan – Online lesson plan
Battle for the Planet Stuff
This website, Battle for the Planet, looks at how much carbon we create and how we could all do something to reduce it.
Have a go at answering the questions for each seperate element on the site and then see how much you could do to reduce your carbon.
