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This academic year, we have been trying to work in a more cross-curricular way. Each term, the staff at our school have chosen a topic which all classes and age groups use as the starting point for their work in different curriculum areas. So far this year we have used these topics as our themes [...]

Since writing my ‘VLEs, MLEs, LPs… Help!‘ post, we have started using the ‘online learning portal’ that I set up. I showed it to staff in my ICT staff meeting a few weeks ago and I’ve been able to go around different Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 classes to introduce it to the [...]

I have a confession to make… VLEs confuse me. The number of terms used to describe them is the first hurdle (Virtual Learning Environments / Managed Learning Environments / Learning Platforms / Portals…)
I’ve done lots of research online, spoken to colleagues in Kent and further afield and chatted to different providers at exhibitions like BETT but [...]

A few weeks ago, I had to prepare for an assembly for the Key Stage 2 pupils at my school. The topic I had been given was ‘Differences in the UK’. This seemed like quite an open topic, so I decided to focus on one particular type of difference… variations in the language.
As a person [...]

As I mentioned in part one of these posts, the Teachmeet event and the sense of community  at this year’s BETT was the highlight for me. In the past, my BETT visits had always been about visiting stands and seeing new software and gadgets. This year, it was about meeting a wonderful collection of educators, [...]