Teachers READY! October holidays READY! 3,2,1! What a great way to start my holidays with a morning of Gladiators Live.
Mary J
@primaryteachermary.bsky.social
Primary Teacher 🦕 #SDG obsessed. #EduSky MEd Early Years Pedagogue (dist) #MIEExpert #WakeletAmbassador #noveleffect, travelling elephants and other stuff. Was @ElliePrimary1 on that place ✝️🏳️🌈Aberdeen, Scotland https://primary1help.wordpress.com/
We’ve had a lot of rhyming fun with this book by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and Helen Oxenbury. We all took turns to say our page aloud to turn it into our version of the story.
Our “Many Stories, One Community” Day at school was a joy - cultural dress, sports teams, languages, hobbies, food and heritage all celebrated. We learned more about each other and all the little things that make us us.
Numeracy in play. The learner is busy counting and dividing the imaginary snacks fairly. This is real world maths learning, and also very cute!
Ellie had a bath in the water play. It wasn’t planned, but was needed!
This week conkers have been used as counters. And what excellent counters they make!
Our P1s are learning about past and present. They have requested certain songs for their disco. This week they will ask their grown ups at home what songs they liked at a party when they were 5 or 6. Some of the songs Mrs J danced to at her First school discos have been long forgotten!
Instead of putting our time and energy into making changes and doing things in school that the inspectors might want to see, how about looking at the children in front of us, working out what they need most, and finding the best way to do that. That is how we will make schools better.
I'm sorry, "people who work harder"? This will be news to every nurse, teacher, nursery worker, delivery driver, care worker, refuse collector, cleaner, shop assistant and many millions of others who work their backsides off for far less than 100 grand a year. What an utterly appalling thing to say.
When I was a child, I thought this was the greatest Disco song of all time!
Ottawan - Hands Up 1981
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I’m amazed by how many people think I need to offer an explanation as to why I’m not watching Celebrity Traitors.
Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) Asks 'Why?'
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Writing a story is much more fun when you get to do it as a book!
Saying what we see in art. So far we have a clear highly rated piece! Children know what they like and what they don’t like. They also notice things I miss. (I’ve blanked out the children’s observations as they have names on them) Favourite comments: ‘Time is stretchy.’ ‘The sky is dancing.’
Today my little learners sorted donated items - choosing their own categories, practising new vocabulary, exploring maths and literacy. We also had a wellbeing chat about private parts ensuring dolls are clothed… Mrs J cannot abide naked Barbies! #EduSkyPrimary
Real stuff you can move is usually better than worksheets for little learners.
In 2020 I made 5 minute videos for Phonics using RWI. Little did I know I’d use them for 5 years - turns out children are more engaged with me on screen than they are with me sitting in front of them and doing the same thing! Now using Twinkl Phonics I’m starting from scratch. youtu.be/Av3Z_mmkJbg
Paintings of the week. All we do is say what we see and rate them out of 5. Deep stuff! Which will win?
This book about a family of ducks navigating their way across Boston to find somewhere safe to settle is always a big hit with my little learners. Adding the @noveleffect.bsky.social soundscape makes it even more charming.
My issue with standardised tests that wrap every maths question in a context is that they rarely show whether a child can actually do the basic maths. Applying maths matters, of course, but sometimes they just need a chance to show what they can do without wrestling with the scenario.
Somebody donated this toy to our class and it is superb!
Low prep activities are the way to go! Fly swats, chalk pens and wipe clean dice are a must have tool in the P1 classroom.
This is an HQ build by two children. They waited to hear ‘beep, beep, beep’ and then left it to help people in trouble! #PlayIsTheWay
They said my Sindy dolls are creepy but are fine playing with these monstrosities!
