by Carol Rainbow | Nov 29, 2023 | Curriculum
The STEM Christmas Teaching Resources offered by the IET is an amazing, inspiring set of ideas ranging from 30 minute (or less) tasks to experiments, baking, crafts and outdoor activities split into KS1 and KS2 ages. They are linked to the curricular subjects:...
by Carol Rainbow | Nov 20, 2023 | Curriculum
Christmas paperwork ideas can inspire small quick items that are suitable for sale in Christmas bazaars, may act as small gifts etc, some of them are easy to make and aid the development of drawing and cutting skills, others are more complex and depend on maths...
by Carol Rainbow | Nov 13, 2023 | Curriculum
3D Christmas Cards take a while to make, especially for a whole class! To get everyone’s complete it could well take the art and D&T sessions for a few weeks. Here are some ideas to inspire: For the younger children are a couple of simple ideas on the...
by Carol Rainbow | Nov 6, 2023 | Curriculum
No Pens Day 2023 is coming soon. This event invites your school to join in the fun on Wednesday, 29th November, or any day during that week that works best for you. “No Pens Day is a chance for children to have fun raising valuable funds for Speech and Language...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 31, 2023 | Curriculum
BBC 500 Words competition is OPEN for a few more days, it closes on 10th November, if you have not taken part yet, there is still just about time! It’s a story-writing competition for all children aged 5-11 years. “Write a story you would love to read.” WorldBookDay,...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 25, 2023 | Curriculum
Sustainability Webs for primary science have been developed by the Royal Society of Chemistry. https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/sustainability-contexts-for-primary-science/4014614.article The sustainability webs are here to help teachers to teach sustainability...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 16, 2023 | Curriculum
I tried an AI video maker that could be useful for teachers and children in their classes too. Ai.Invideo.io is free to use but has watermarks on the images. The app needs text prompts which can be up to 3000 characters. I fed ChatGTP with the message: Halloween,...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 2, 2023 | Curriculum
AI and story settings is an exciting concept! Blockade Labs has developed a Skybox website where teachers type a few words in and a 3D scene is created for them. I can imagine gathering ideas from the class and generating several on a whiteboard asking children to...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 2, 2023 | Curriculum, Uncategorized
KS2 poems – Best ideas and resources have been put together by Teachwire. “You may be a budding poet yourself or, frankly, a little afraid of it, but there’s no reason not to dive into teaching KS2 poems with this plethora of resources and ideas from poetry experts...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 2, 2023 | Curriculum
Creating Presentations with AI can be done with several apps. One that I have played with is Gamma. With absolutely minimal prompts I asked it to create an “Online safety for children under-11” presentation – I didn’t give it any extra info. Within seconds...
