In education there is never a shortage of acronyms and buzzwords that educators are required to use. Yes, they change often, just to keep you on your toes, so if you are feeling a little …
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Top 25 Education Buzzwords Explained
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How to Teach Full Stops 🇬🇧 Periods 🇺🇸
How many of you have encountered children who struggle to place a full stop in their writing? No matter how hard you try to explain where it goes, some children still find it difficult to …
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Punctuating dialogue
We went from rags to riches today by playing this fun game! Can you become a millionaire, too? Look at the punctuation carefully and choose the right one! Make a mistake and you will …
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Dividing by 10 and 100
Part of the Year 4 National Curriculum targets in Numeracy, are for children to be able to divide by 10 and 100. The post below is for pupils to do as homework as well as …
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Why teachers get sick in the holidays
I always get sick when my holidays start. Do you? Find out more about why teachers get sick in the holidays by watching the video! You can also read the full article here. Like, share …
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Why children and parents need routines
Now that it’s the summer time, adults and kids can easily sway away from their daily routines. While this is a normal thing to happen, completely changing your child’s routine constantly, can have disruptive consequences …
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The Subjunctive Mood Made Easy
You may have come across the subjunctive mood in a grammar lesson and wondered what it means. In grammar when we talk about moods, we do not mean different moods like the ones below…. …
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Formative and Summative Assessment Explained
As reposted before in a previous post, ‘Assessment in the Classroom’ – check it out for more detail – assessment is a must for effective teaching. It is used to improve pupils’ learning as well as teaching. Teachers …
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Mixtures and Solutions
A solution or a mixture? Here is what you need to remember so that you don’t get confused! Mixtures A mixture is made when two or more substances are combined, but they are not combined …
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Metric conversions
Have you ever tried to convert one metric unit to another??? It can get REALLY confusing sometimes! Well here is a little trick that helped my pupils get the answers quickly and correctly! Did you …
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