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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 [...]

Following my Prezi presentation to headteachers a few months ago, I was asked to give another presentation about Myst to some staff at my school, as well as teachers from other local schools. Whilst I’m certainly not as experienced as Tim Rylands in using Myst, it’s always nice to be able to share what we’ve [...]

It’s over! This week has been our last week exploring Myst IV as part of our Literacy lessons. It’s been amazing fun and the children have gained SO much from the experience.
I currently have a student teacher in my class, who has been teaching the starter for Literacy this week (10-15 minutes), so I used [...]

Phew! What a week…

I was really pleased that last week’s blog post received a comment from THE Tim Rylands. After I was inspired by Tim’s work with Myst and his presentation last July, it’s great to see him commenting on my own work with Myst.
Then, THE Mandy Barrow sent a tweet asking me if I [...]

After an extremely successful set of lessons using Myst III (Exile) to support our Literacy work in November, my children have been asking me to use the next game in the series in class. I was keen to take advantage of their enthusiasm, and decided to investigate Myst IV (Revelation) to see how it could [...]