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Seen this on Facebook.
I can confirm it is an Irish thing 😉 and it is delicious!! 🤤
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Just had some ice cream after dinner.
On a Sunday, after dinner, my granny would bring out the ice cream & coke…
We made these, what would you call it?
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Not mine, but too good not to share. Our Y2 teams creative map tasks in
#Geography
!🗺️
Students marked distances with cubes between UK capital cities & delved into population density.
Sparking connections like linking mountains to lower population
#EduTwitter
#Education
#Teacher
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This week in
#Year6
, we wrapped up our
#science
circulatory system, with a new retrieval task inspired by
@AlexJQuigley
's idea - Connect 4!
A short thread 🧵 1/3
First we it practiced with an easier connection, can you 🧐 guess it?
#edutwitter
Then applied it to our learning:
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In
#geography
we explored the conditions within refugee camps. We used Maslow’s hierarchy to determine whether they meet basic needs or rights.
I was intrigued by political cartoons & how these could be used as
#retrieval
tasks, worked well ☺️
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
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I love my job, I think I’m good at it. Yet, every night before the start of a new half term I’m always like this… 😳😂
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Today we finished off our History 🏰 topic on the Anglo-Saxons🛡️by linking concepts & ideas we've covered.
Children reasoned & articulated their chosen links.
A great way to show thinking 💭 & knowledge 🧠 on the page!
We’ll delve deeper tomorrow!
#edutwitter
#education
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I’m loving developing & adding abstract tasks as well those that open up reasoning outside of Maths.
The ‘foundation subjects’ should also encourage deeper thinking 🧐
Here are some from our ‘Properties of Materials Unit’
#edutwitter
#education
#teachertwitter
#TaskDesign
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👀 for transition activities? I’ve updated my selection I’ve used here👇
I’ve also added the activity slides & booklet I created for ‘Can I Build Another Me?’ By Shinsuke Yoshitake.
@MrTs_NQTs
#edutwitter
#education
#primary
#PrimaryRocks
#NQT
#ECT
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As some
#Year6
colleagues are returning tomorrow, I thought I’d reshare these infographic/poster/knowledge organisers that I put together.
🔗-
I used a support when writing ✍️ or when revising for
#SATs
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
#TeacherTwitter
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Here it is, transition lesson(s) based on ‘Can I Build Another Me?’ By Shinsuke Yoshitake
If you don’t have the book, get it! Lessons here👇
I’ll be doing it with my class before they go to Y7, hope it helps 😊
#edutwitter
#education
#ECT
#NQT
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Today in
#science
, we zoomed in on the circulatory system!
Our
#retrieval
task pulled knowledge from last week's lesson
Orally rehearsed the journey of blood through our bodies using 🔴 & 🔵 counters.
A small diagram hiccup 🫣 (corrected in class)
#Edutwitter
#Education
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In
#geography
today we looked at tourists, tourism & their effects.
Our
#retrieval
task was to identify maps & purposes of them.
Then we identified physical & human reasons a tourist might travel to a place.
Finally, the impacts on a place.
#edutwitter
#education
#TaskDesign
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I’m putting together a new set of grammar infographic posters!
Here’s some I made earlier👇
What are the terms you could do with a clear visual for?
#edutwitter
#education
#grammar
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Here’s a preview of my transition lesson(s) & activity booklet, based on the incredible book:
‘Can I Build Another Me?’ By Shinsuke Yoshitake.
I’ll share once I’ve had a little check over ☺️ I can’t wait to take it for a spin!!
#edutwitter
#education
#ECT
#NQT
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@DeputyGrocott
@OGTeaches
Obviously I’m biased, but I love this activity I put together based on the book ‘Can I Build Another Me?’ By Shinsuke Yoshitake
The book is incredibly illustrated and really witty. Plus I have found it a great way to get to know some pertinent info!
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So a child asked me today…
Mr McGrath do you think there are more🚪doors in the world or ⚙️wheels?
Turns out this is a genuine discourse taking place online 😂 at first I thought doors.
Now I’m like…
#DoorsVsWheels
#DoorsOrWheels
#edutwitter
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If you like movies, tv shows, comics and video games
@TheWeeklyPlanet
#podcast
is for you. I’ve loved it for ages, my favourite thing to cycle, cook and walk to!
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A few people commented & DM about
#retrieval
tasks I’ve shared. So I’ve pulled 24 tasks together here👇
Thanks to
@KateJones_teach
@Mathew_Lynch44
@tommole
@MrRobHistory
for continued
#TaskDesign
inspiration! 💪
#edutwittet
#education
#teachertwitter
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What fresh hell is this?!?!? I’m on board with most things but this... 😳😱🤯😮
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It’s getting to that time again! 🚚
Moving year groups, meeting your new class or preparing Y6s to move to Y7.
Some tried & tested transition activities in this very small 🧵
More below 👇
#edutwitter
#education
#UK
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Broken. Today our family lost its rock. A women who lived each day to its fullest and possessed immeasurable kindness. Each moment in my life has been punctuated with her love, kindness, affection which was often delivered fried or on bread. She was far more than a granny...
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By far the most disgusting & irrelevant chocolate bar on the shelves… next only to Revels a Picnic!
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@Miss__Wheatley
Also… I have a set of infographics that can help break down some tricky grammar here…
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In
#Science
we zoomed🔎in on the heart🫀
The
#retrieval
🧠 task from
@josephkinnaird
, one of my faves!
🙌 We employed the incredible
#AR
app by
@animares
to visualize the blood flow before testing our recall with scientific
#vocabulary
#edutwitter
#education
#teachertwitter
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In
#RE
today, we compared ✝️/✡️ belief in creation with ☪️
The
#retrieval
task was from
@MrRobHistory
&
@josephkinnaird
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This 100% should be made an Olympic sport... when you know you know!
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Final
#History
lesson all about Tutankhamen & primary/secondary sources!
#Retrieval
on the afterlife, then identifying & defining sources.
Finally, used primary sources to Hypothesise about Tutankhamen’s ☠️
#edutwitter
#education
#primaryhistory
#teachertwitter
#TaskDesign
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Good afternoon, I’ve seen lots of requests for transition activities on
#edutwitter
I’m currently putting a new set of transition lessons together based on ‘Can I Build Another Me’ by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Meanwhile, I thought I’d reshare this pack 👇
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It’s getting to that time again!
Moving year groups, meeting your new class or preparing Y6s to move to Y7.
Some tried & tested transition activities in this very small 🧵
More below 👇
#edutwitter
#education
#UK
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I thought I would reshare this to any of those
#Year6
teachers needing a concise illustrative example of some of the key grammatical terms coming up👇
#edutwitter
#education
#teachers
#SATs
#Year6Teachers
#Grammar
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Put these
#computing
knowledge webs/maps/organisers. They’re quick reference for teachers to support subject knowledge.
They focus on what I think are key concepts that staff are less familiar with.
Feedback welcome!
#edutwitter
#education
#CASchat
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So this week I have been trialling
@YouHueApp
in my class & honestly this is one of the best apps I’ve used on a while.
Here’s a thread 🧵 in a nutshell it’s a way to check in on the emotions of my class.
#edutwitter
#education
#UKEdChat
#EdTech
#teachertwitter
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Been away for a while.
Thank you to all those people who had sent messages of support. It has been a hard week.
Yesterday I said goodbye to the most incredible women in my life. She was without question my greatest role model.
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Coming to the end of our
#Science
unit on electricity⚡️in
#Year6
We tested 2 hypotheses based on whether changing the components affects a circuit.
Our
#retrieval
was a chance to use last weeks
#vocabulay
before exploring variables ☺️
#edutwitter
#education
#teachertwitter
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They have arrived! I’ll be getting these straight down to
#EYFS
on Monday!
Another job well done
#Aldi
👏🏼
#edutwitter
#computing
#unplugged
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Today we did a little tester with my
#Year6
before I meeting my new class this week.
Designed & drew our islands of personality based on
@Disney_UK
#InsideOut
Great way to discuss & highlight what makes the children, them for
#transition
days.
#education
#edutwitter
#teachers
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@MR_AECT
You can actually choose the measurements in both landscape and portrait. The Smart convert feature is incredible…
Honestly!! 🤯🤯
Convert to SmartObject is going go revolutionize my
#TaskDesign
!!
The fact I'm only learning 😱😱 this now is criminal!!
#edutwitter
#education
#edtech
#teachertwitter
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A thread 🧵 on disciplinary knowledge 🧠
1/ We’ve being focussing on getting the children to work in a disciplinary way in subjects, like
#History
,
#Geography
etc.
After discussion with
@DominicJ_Martin
& our geography lead. We replanned our geography unit..
#TaskDesign
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@i_teach_things
@smithsmm
@reads_and_draws
@chrisdysonHT
@PaulWat5
@jonnybid
@MeakerR
@FVachhiat
@SarahFarrellKS2
@DarrellWakelam
@PaulGarvey4
Hello, this week I’ve been experimenting with grammar infographics. I’ve made 3 so far with more to come...
#ShareStuffSunday
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Exploring Vikings in
#History
today in
#Year6
!
#Retrieval
task tied to Anglo-Saxons from
#Year5
.
Tried a physical timeline for chronological concurrence.
Discussed factors enabling Viking invasions & delved into primary & secondary sources.
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
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I’ve decided to be passive aggressive responding to relentlessly obvious questions😂
Child: Should I take a new page?
Me: No, you need to start at the top & write over the work you’ve just done
Children: *whispers* Aw no really..?
Me: Of course take a new page!
#edutwitter
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Another
#BackToSchool
icebreaker activity we’ll be doing.
Get the children to design their own islands, landmarks for different personality traits etc.
You then add an island with a bridge to negative things that you ‘allow’ over occasionally. Examples below.
#edutwitter
#NQT
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#NQT
Tip for your standards this year.
@MrTs_NQTs
1️⃣ Set up a Google account (Free)
2️⃣ Open the document in the link below
3️⃣ Download Docs onto every device.
You can update standards at break, lunch, in class etc. Examples included in doc
#edutwitter
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I’m doing some training for PGCE students soon and these sneaky little ‘relics’ will be featuring 😂
Hands up if a Roamer formed part of your primary computing education 🙋♂️
#edutwitter
#computing
#CASchat
#Retro
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I am enjoying my
#DailyDoodle
but in need of some inspiration...
Below is a showreel of all that I’ve drawn so far! I’m most proud of my
#Thor
Additionally, should I make it interactive, i.e. I tweet what I’m drawing and you can join in etc?
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
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Another thread 🧵 on graphic organisers & thinking models!
1/8 The more I work with various GOs & thinking models by putting ideas from
@MrGoodwin23
&
@olicav
into practice, the more apparent it becomes that more of us need to do this…
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@i_teach_things
@PaulWat5
@SarahFarrellKS2
@reads_and_draws
@DarrellWakelam
@FVachhiat
@jonnybid
@smithsmm
@MeakerR
@MrsBezoari
@PaulGarvey4
As it’s nearly Transition time again I thought I’d share this lesson I do with my new classes.
It really helps me get to know them, the children design an island 🏝 representing everything that makes them... them! ☺️
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Hello
#edutwitter
a short 🧵
#TaskDesign
I’ve previously shared an example of this task type, but thought sharing other examples & sources of my inspiration could be helpful.
1/5
We discussed inferring & interpreting sources at school. I’ve used inference squares a lot…
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In
#Year6
today our
#History
focussed on ‘cause & consequence’.
A quick
#retrieval
to🔗to last week.
Explored the chaos of Viking invasions & the consequences for Alfred the Great.
We then asked what factors contributed to Viking shipbuilding.
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
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@Teaching_MrsE
Get whiteboard tape from home bargains and turn it into a teaching wall for maths! Much better!
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Two words that most parents dread over the holidays…
SOFT
PLAY
😂😱😂😱
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I can no longer contain my excitement!
I’m writing a series of unplugged computing lessons!
🔌unplugged: no device needed
👨🏫all resources included
🎯assessment & progression
📶years 1-6
💷FREE!
Sneak preview👇
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
#edtech
#Computing
#caschat
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As it’s my wife’s birthday we ordered in afternoon tea! I genuinely could it eat morning, noon and night!!
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As promised I've added 3 new
#grammar
infographics to the google folder👇
It includes - simple, perfect & progressive tense infographics. Hope they are useful
I'm feeling the urge to produce historical concept posters?
#edutwitter
#education
#resources
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In
#History
we explored leadership qualities & what made Alfred the Great worthy of the title.
A
#retrieval
task connected previous learning & defined specific words.
We judged Alfred on his military, political & language achievements.
#edutwitter
#education
#teachers
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I am unapologetically a pen thief... if I see a cracking pen unattended it’s gone!💨
What is your shameless teacher trait?
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
#SaturdayThoughts
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I’ve had a few
#NQT
’s/
#ECT
’s message me today about websites used for English & Maths
I found this document a few years ago and I have been adding to it…
Great resources to supplement what you’re already doing
#edutwitter
#education
#ShareStuffSunday
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In
#Year6
, we've been using sources to prove statements true or false.
Our
#retrieval
task linked to previous lessons, and we discussed sources in
#Oracy
trios, changing perspectives with new info.
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
#TeacherTwitter
#History
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We started
#Geography
in
#Year6
today!
This half term is - hazardous ⚠️ Earth.
We explored ‘continental drift’ & the evidence supporting it in fossil remains.
A slight variation on connect 4
#retrieval
task from Y5 mountains🏔️
#edutwitter
#education
#teachertwitter
#teachers
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After an idea stemming from a question from
@FVachhiat
and continually inspired by
@olicav
,
@MrGoodwin23
&
@XpatEducator
I put together these ‘Vocabulary Detective’... I’m going to tentatively call them organisers 😬
Feedback welcome
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
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In
#Science
we were asked how pulleys & gears help us.
The
#retrieval
linked to defining levers.
Then labelling before using a target 🎯 map to apply the tasks with a mechanism?
Finally, if it wasn’t a gear or pulley what was it?
#edutwitter
#education
#TaskDesignThursday
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Today’s
#RE
continued Faith vs Belief.
Looking at Jesus & what he believed to be GOOD.
We then decided the importance of these things to Jesus. Loving teaching RE at the minute.
#edutwitter
#education
#ReligiousEducation
#RETeacher
#REthinkRE
#PrimaryRE
#
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📚 Exploring
#History
with our
#Year6
today 🕰️ Was this era really the golden age? 🌟
#Retrieval
task on the triangle trade route & in particular one child’s memorable diagram! 🎨
Plus, ranking aspects of Elizabeth's reign✨
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachertwitter
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In Y6 our new humanities topic is ‘Our Island, Our Future’ about human impact on climate change🌎
Watching a video of glaciers melting, we used inference squares to organise our thoughts and questions
If you’ve never used them before, I urge you to!
#edutwitter
#NQT
#learning
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@i_teach_things
@PaulWat5
@jonnybid
@reads_and_draws
@MeakerR
@FVachhiat
@SarahFarrellKS2
@DarrellWakelam
@smithsmm
@PaulGarvey4
As promised yesterday, I’m sharing a selection of transition/PSHE activities I’ve used.
Click👇 below to access
👍Tried and Tested
🎚Easily adapted
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
#ShareStuffSunday
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So tomorrow I head back to my class. I’m incredibly excited but naturally hesitant as well!
#edutwitter
#EduNQTconnect
#educhat
#PrimaryRocks
#UKEdChat
#teacherlife
#teachertwitter
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So the
#DailyDoodle
went down well with the class
I’m going to keep it going next week, before half term
Any suggestions? 5 days, alliterative options preferred 😂
#edutwitter
#education
#NQT
#PGCE
#inktober2020
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This morning my 2 year old is playing a new game it is called... guess which potentially poisonous ☠️ thing I’ve eaten! She starts by running in shouting “daddy, daddy what am I eating?”
I launch my fingers in her mouth in a desperate scramble... it was a discarded Quaver!!
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In
#Year6
our
#Science
continued our evolution unit.
Our
#retrieval
steered discussion on Darwin’s finches & natural selection.
We explored two case studies. Foxes 🦊 & human impact on natural selection using ‘Moth’ by
@isabelwriting
#edutwitter
#education
#teachers
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The Vikings in
#History
this week!
The
#Retrieval
task linked to sources of evidence.
Then interpreted 🥈 sources as well as 🥇 sources from
@TWAMmuseums
box of delights ☺️
We used example of Birka grave to discuss potential historical bias.
#Edutwitter
#Education
#Teachers
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We started our
#History
unit on WW2!
Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
We looked at events of WW1 & directly proceeding, the treaty of Versailles & appeasement.
Discussed which was the most significant & why?
#edutwitter
#education
#TaskDesign
#teachertwitter
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We drew our Islam ☪️ RE unit to a close last week by connecting knowledge we have covered using ‘concept maps’.
Previously did this in pairs, whereas here the children discussed each one, but built their own in their books.
#education
#edutwitter
#teachertwitter
#RE
#rethinkRE
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#NQT
&
#PGCE
tip!
Put your morning task out before you go home 🏡
Tables are set and you might save time for that valuable coffee ☕️
#edutwitter
#education
#NQTsrock
#PGDE
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