Maths today in our wee woodland was an absolute vibe! #outdoorlearning
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Scottish Primary Teacher. Love a vlog and sharing practice. Pupil Voice, Global Goals, UNCRC and Playful Learning. All opinions my own. #EduSky
Wee follow up on my post from yesterday - would be very grateful if anyone able to comment with a picture or example of a PACE grid they’ve used in class 🙌
Wee favour to ask: Looking at PACE grids currently (below is my attempt) and wondered if anyone might have one they fancied sharing?
Time flies but up to episode 9 now with the Plan to Play podcast. This week, 10 ideas for history lessons that will get your class active, hands on and immersed in play! It’s on Apple, Spotify and Podbean
Great wee play session in the morning. 20 minutes of collaborative building to act as a stimulus for our free writing (whilst I pull out the spelling groups) #playinupperprimary
Had a pupil show my a cipher they had created at home yesterday. Invited them to create a wee challenge for the class and it was that good I ditched the maths and took them all outside to extend the learning - dreamland! #pupilvoice
These two wee games for time telling practice have a lot of legs! #playinupperprimary
Superb results from a 20 min morning of collaborative play #playinupperprimary
Brilliant @tesmagazine.bsky.social infographic showing key milestones that lie ahead for schools in England, after this week's White paper www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Schools White Paper: when will the plans be delivered?
Tes sets out the timeline for key reforms included in this week’s schools White Paper and associated plans to overhaul the SEND system
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This was an absolute vibe today - whole class outside working together to build their city before creating their own bus timetables #playistheway
The sustainable city now has a cycle path - and a half! Have loved teaching time through a global goal lens #sdg11 #playinupperprimary
Not posted a book for a while…thought I’d get going with this bit of genius “Ultra-Wild” by @stevemushin.bsky.social is a stunning, wildly creative not fiction text that explore how we may rewind our cities. It’s Science rich and dense, fascinating and wild. A book to pore over for kids.
From power points to proper texts While there’s a place for power points, pupils need more. And if we’re interested in providing them with content that’s more likely to stick, then we have some hefty backup from the research.
Doesn’t get much better than this! This city is our sandbox for learning about time whilst exploring sustainable transport (SDG11)
Day 3 of using this grid and the kids are loving it (almost as much as I am!) #playfullearning
NY resolution was to write more poetry - this one felt apt given Burns Night round the corner 🐶🏴
Another quick tabletop game that can be played whole class whilst still offering challenge and pace 🙌 #playinupperprimary
Better than a tuff tray? Near infinite uses for a transparent spinner and so easy to setup for your class #playinupperprimary
A game show classic for Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. Lots of choice and differentiation and really simple to setup and adapt #playinupperprimary
New podcast episode uploaded 🙌 Available on Apple, Podbean and Spotify, Plan to Play is a to the point podcast that offers 6 playful activities around a specific curricular area. #playistheway
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Bus Timetables 🚌 This is one of those activities that has so many layers to it and opportunities for the kids to take it in novel directions. If you like the sound, I now have a wee podcast where you can get 10 mins worth of ideas for the classroom weekly #playinupperprimary
Great wee game and a good moment to remind myself of effective questioning techniques
How would you count these pumpkins? The solutions my class proposed today were superb!
My latest project 'Paper Plate Robin' is perfect for Christmas, but also an idea you could use all year round. The making video, photos, and instructions are the latest post on the 'news' link on the website www.darrellwakelam.com (Intellectual property of D. Wakelam) #edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching
Whole class area and perimeter lesson, that saw 30 pupils work together to build a floor plan for a castle, before creating an artists impression on their devices - loved it! #outdoorlearning