by James Dolan | Dec 12, 2022 | Curriculum, Uncategorized
A Free Christmas Curriculum is being shared by KidsKonnect, members that do not subscribe can download a sample with one activity, while Paid members can download the whole pack and access the editable file for easy customization! “We promised that we would be adding...
by James Dolan | Dec 14, 2020 | Curriculum
Plazoom Christmas Resources are great for the last few days of term and there is a free 14 day trial period if you are not a member. The first is a wonderful set of KS1 Christmas Activities – Festive Writing Resources Pack: “Keep pupils in Year 1 and year 2...
by James Dolan | Nov 16, 2020 | Curriculum
The Diwali Festival is being celebrated this week by many Hindus, wherever they are living. It is a wonderful, colourful celebration often called The Festival of Lights. Lamps, candles, fairly lights and similar are lit in houses all around the world. The light is...
by James Dolan | Jan 14, 2020 | Curriculum
The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is great fun to introduce to children. It is a humorous musical suite created in 14 movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. For me, the ideal way to introduce it would be to think about it...
by James Dolan | Nov 27, 2019 | Curriculum
Creating a kindness, or friendship Advent calendar, as a whole class event, or even using one that is teacher created, is perhaps a nice thing to do at this time of the year. The idea is shared here but there are several bits that I don’t like, especially those...
