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Maths activity: two-colour counters
This is one of my favourite pieces of mathematics equipment. A very simple idea: basically a counter which is red on one side and yellow on the other. ...
How to Help your Dyslexic & Dyspraxic Child
Jack seems to be in a world of his own. While other children run and play, he hangs back and when it is time to put things away and sit on the carpet for story time he se...
EYFS Lesson Plans
Just a quick note to draw everyone’s attention to our new lesson plan section which can be accessed on the menu bar. It features loads of interesting ideas for use in e...
Cooking together as a family
I am delighted to be working with the Reepham Learning Community and extended schools programme which is very active in providing a wide range of activities for their loc...
A visual approach to pupil data
The trouble with data is that there is just too much of it and sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees. Successive governments have encouraged us to gather inform...
An interest in food can start in the classroom
I have recently been working with a local school in my area providing cooking lessons as part of their personal learning activity. I was trying to think of activities to...
Visual Storytelling…Technology Convert
I felt compelled to share with you the following short video (Click on the link to download it). The voice that you hear is of a 3 ½ year old on the autistic spectrum....
National Storytelling Week
We’re on the verge of National Storytelling Week. Between Saturday January 28th and Saturday February 4th, events that are part of the week will be happening all over t...
What is a learning journey?
In early years circles the term ‘learning journeys’ (sometimes referred to as learning journals) refers to a collection of different documents collected by ea...
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