Who doesn’t love a good limerick? A limerick is a humorous and silly poem with five lines. Limericks are often funny or nonsensical and were made famous by Edward Lear, a famous artist and poet who wrote “A …
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Edward Lear – Free Resources for Kids
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Rosa Parks Free Resources for Kids
In Year 4, Rosa Parks is covered under the non-fiction genre of chronological reports, and in specific, newspaper reports. Below are some free resources in the form of a video, worksheet and PowerPoints that you …
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Story time: Forgetful Fred
This is a story about a boy called Fred who always forgot what he had to do. He decided to go on a quest to search for the Bitter Fruit so that he could become …
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20 Screen-Free Things To Do With Your Kids Indoors When School Is Closed
The coronavirus pandemic has closed schools worldwide. Most schools are catering for home learning so that children can continue with their education despite the necessary measures. Let’s take these difficult times as they come and …
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Great Maths Display Ideas
Whilst searching for some inspiration to revamp my maths working wall, I came across these amazing ideas that I thought I’d share with you… #1 Place value and partitioning. I think this is genius! #Fractions. …
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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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Collaborative, Group and Co-operative Learning
Teaching has moved away from a strictly traditional teacher orientated class, where the teacher talks and the pupils are expected to only work individually and independently. Pupils are required to develop skills that help them …
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Recommended Book List for 7-9 year olds
Reading is an essential skill for children to acquire and once mastered, it acts as an important source of knowledge and pleasure that lasts a lifetime! As you help your kids appreciate the magic of reading, …
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Spellings: To test or not to test?
Anyone had thoughts about abandoning age-old practices of Friday spelling tests? You all know the drill, I’m sure many of you did it when you were still at school: you get the words …
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Mental Maths Questions for Children
The mathematics curriculum in primary schools, requires that mental maths strategies are taught to children from an early age. I have been teaching mental maths strategies for many years now and every year I see …