by Carol Rainbow | Nov 26, 2019 | Curriculum
Christmas Interactive games can bring a little extra to the classroom in the approach to the magic and excitement of the Christmas period. Most of these can be played on tablets, but not all – one or two need Flash so can only be played on laptops. It can be...
by Carol Rainbow | May 7, 2019 | Curriculum
Boats and Ships is a section in the Hamilton Trust Oceans and Seas project aimed at KS1 which has very clear planning for an 8-session project. All resources needed are provided with the project, including teaching notes and lesson plans with clearly defined learning...
by Carol Rainbow | Nov 3, 2018 | Curriculum
Prodigy is a free maths gaming site designed to develop children’s maths skills through games. It is totally free to schools and children; they make their money from parental contributions in the form of extras, extra games, extra avatar goods etc. – see the...
by Carol Rainbow | Oct 15, 2018 | Curriculum
Random.org is an interesting website to visit and it may prove useful in several different ways in the classroom. I looked at the Playing Card Shuffler and could easily see uses for this in mental maths games done on the whiteboard. Tell it to leave out jacks queens...
by Carol Rainbow | Sep 24, 2018 | Curriculum
Using MinecraftEdu may sound rather too much of a leap of the imagination for teachers trying to develop children’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills but the educational team at Microsoft have developed a set of lessons for the new Aquatic...
