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Instead of groans at the beginning of a writing lesson, your class were excited to pick up their pencils and you were the teacher that sparked their imaginations!

Even your most reluctant writers are generating adventurous vocabulary, perfecting punctuation and filling the page with no signs of stopping!

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Engage even your most reluctant writers with inspiring images, fun writing prompts and daily short burst writing activities that improve writing stamina.

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Explorify are great for science lessons in general but they are also doing weekly science activities to complete at home for KS1 + 2.

https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/blog/topics/Explorify%20from%20home

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Home learning play ideas and activities based on popular stories for children in the EYFS. Low resource and easy activities to make them accessible to all.

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea This week's story is a classic. Even baby Kitty loves this one! If you don't have a copy, I've put a link to a video below and on this week's activity ideas. https://youtu.be/BXgW9UCgpc8

Hello and welcome to Wonder and Awe! My name is Kate and I am an Early Years teacher from South London. I have 7 years experience teaching children in Nursery and Reception year groups and I am currently experiencing my biggest challenge to date - motherhood! During this uncertain time, I am aware that many people are having to juggle their roles as parent, employee and now teacher to their little ones! Teaching is a tough, if very rewarding job and if you are one of those people faced with the impossible, I really hope my little website helps you to feel a bit more confident to do so. I...

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea This week's story is a classic. Even baby Kitty loves this one! If you don't have a copy, I've put a link to a video below and on this week's activity ideas. https://youtu.be/BXgW9UCgpc8 Hello and welcome to Wonder and Awe!

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Key Stage 2 is a phase of primary education for pupils aged 8 to 11 in Northern Ireland.

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for home

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Take a look at the engineering Challenge Cards included in the free Engineering Box for secondary school students.

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Einstein's Entertainers is the UK's leading science learning provider. We offer after school science classes, school assemblies, school projects and birthday...

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Join Harry Potter and journey into the wizarding world with our new site! Discover puzzles, quizzes, crafts and more to guide you through the very first book.

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Maths games / activities for families and children to do over easter break.

Playing cards games, maths games to play whilst on a walk or looking out of a window, baking, measuring the height of dens... plus more added everyday.

The home learning packs look really useful too.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/easter-fun/

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Supporting Children with LD  ASD with COVID Isolation

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"Children do make choices to misbehave," states professor Essi Viding, "but the tools they bring to make the choices are different. Someone who has very stable developmental history is making a particular choice with a completely different toolkit than a child who has an unpredictable developmental history."

Viding is professor of Developmental Psychopathology at University College London (UCL) and, together with Eamon McCrory, professor of developmental neuroscience and psychopathology at UCL, she studies the effects of trauma on a child's behaviour, at the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit. Speaking on this week's Podagogy podcast, they explain how trauma affects development, how this affects behaviour and what teachers can - and should - do about it.

"The impact of trauma and early adversity - we want to understand how those experiences develop the brain," explains McCrory.

"The impact of adversity forces the child to adapt in ways that will help them cope in an environment that is chaotic or unpredictable and those adaptations occur in autobiographical memory functioning, their threat-processing, their reward-processing - these systems calibrate to protect the child in that environment. But once they move into a school environment, then those adaptations can cause problems."

Adaptations to environment

He cites the example of a child who has become hypervigilant to survive in a violent household. In a school environment, this can mean the child overestimates threat and this can lead to disruptive behaviour, a tendency towards physical violence and an inability to form social bonds.

To a teacher, this behaviour may just appear to be a child playing up, he says, but it "may simply be a spill-over of the adaptation to their environment in which they live. Ill intent can be perceived in the child when they are just acting how they have learned to survive."

This is not the fault of teachers. Viding stresses that teachers will not have had the training to be able to support students who have experienced trauma. And she suggests that, actually, a mainstream school may not always be the right place for these students.

"I think even if you are a teacher informed about how trauma can impact a child, there is still a real challenge because you have to teach a class of 30 - there are 29 other children with needs," she says.

"Increasingly, because of the cuts to social welfare and care, and because of the inadequate state of clinical services for children, schools are left to deal with a host of social and mental health problems that they are quite understandably not equipped to deal with and it is not their place to deal with.

"They are there to educate the children and try to do so in an environment where children have the peace to sit down and learn. I do not think it is reasonable to expect a classroom teacher to deal with a child's very complex needs."

Different approach

This is not to suggest that children who have experienced severe trauma and who present with challenging behaviour should be excluded from mainstream education. Rather, Viding believes we need a more flexible relationship between specialist provision and mainstream provision.

"There is a reality here: you cannot scupper education for 29 children because there is one child unable to engage with mainstream education," she says. "The aim ought to be that, yes, this child should have specialist provision, but with the view that they can be reintegrated into the mainstream provision. At the moment that is very difficult in the British school system."

Both stress, too, that we should not see trauma as having "damaged" the brain, or that trauma causes irreversible changes.

"It is important not to over-interpret this, to see it as brain damage," says McCrory. "What we are seeing is that these changes are adaptive...and there is no reason these systems cannot recalibrate. A new set of environmental experiences can lead to new calibrations. Plasticity continues into early adulthood."

Genetic influence

In the podcast, they go on to talk about genetic factors in reactions to trauma; behaviour-management approaches best suited to children who have experienced trauma; and they also describe a group of children who present as if they have experienced trauma, but who are actually genetically at risk of callous emotional traits.

You can listen below or search for " Tes the education podcast" on your podcast platform.

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Trauma can lead to numerous behavioural issues that require specific support strategies, write two experts

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Bold Beginnings Report - essential reading for EYFS and KS1

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Bold Beginnings Report - essential reading for EYFS and KS1

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Talks from inspiring teachers | TED Talks

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A great teacher can change the trajectory of your life. Here, talks from teachers you'll wish you had.

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Suitable for use on an IWB, PC or Mac at school.

Also for teachers, parents & children at home with a PC or Mac.

Online educational learning games and activities for Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Kindergarten and Elementary schools.

Subjects including:
Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, R.E., D.T., I.C.T, French and Spanish.

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A number functions, three level game based on football. It's time for some ball juggling practice, answer the maths questions before the balls hit the ground.

A basic numeral recognition activitiy. Develop your mouse control and number skills by matching number digits to words in the 1 to 10 range.

A versatile 12x12 square with three highlight colours, hide or reveal, variable start number and a variable step feature.

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Free Interactive Primary or Elementary Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Numeracy, Maths, Literacy, English, Science, Religious Education, Geography, Design Technology, Spanish, French and History teaching resources and kids fun games.

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Topmarks: teaching resources, interactive resources, worksheets, homework, exam and revision help

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Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help. Useful for teachers, pupils and parents.

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"michael rosen" "kids poems and stories with michael rosen" "poems by michael rosen" "michael rosen school poems" "michael rosen official" "click nice" "hot ...

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Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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This is the official Michael Rosen video channel. All videos and playlists on this channel have been approved by Michael Rosen and are safe to watch. Please be wary of any other videos that are offered by different channels and users as it unlikely that they will be authentic or approved.

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YouTube Channel of lovely songs for EYFS

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YouTube Channel of lovely songs for EYFS

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Songs for children. Kids songs. Educational songs and videos for children, toddlers and babies.

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Videos of Oliver Jeffers Reading his Books

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Videos of Oliver Jeffers Reading his Books

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Stay at Home Story Time - Oliver Jeffers

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View all readings below or on Facebook, #Stayathomestorytime

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Free Online Safety Courses and Resources for All Ages

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Free Online Safety Courses and Resources for All Ages

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Free education for everybody!

Cybersmile offer completely free, comprehensive educational resources to people of all ages including schools, parents, young people, adults and students. Find out more about our resources and start learning right away by exploring the options below.

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The Cybersmile Education Program provides a full curriculum of interactive modules suitable for all age groups and abilities. The program delivers fun and engaging education on important topics affecting internet users of all ages. The program currently provides geo-targeted versions of either US or UK English languages, depending on the user's location.

Explore the full education program here or click on the links below to choose from a selection of educational modules and start learning completely free of charge. Internet users that successfully complete a module with a 100% first-time pass rate will be provided with an option to share their results on social media!

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Educators looking to engage their students on topics related to online safety and digital civility can explore our free-to-download lesson plans below. Our lesson plans provide schools with an easy-to-read, PDF booklet containing guidance on how to engage students, topics of discussion, suggested video materials and exercises that can be carried out in a classroom setting. Each age-specific lesson plan is designed to provide teachers with all the necessary information, in simple, easy-to-deliver workshops for people aged 5-16+

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Free Play Prompts to Download Reception to Year 6

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Free Play Prompts to Download Reception to Year 6

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With the thought of schools possibly closing (or for many schools already closed) the idea of having the kids at home all day to entertain can fill us with dread! Especially if you are also trying to hold down a job or care for younger siblings too. A difficult task indeed.

Therefore, I have created lots of free downloads for you to print and use at home catering for lots of ages of children. I am guessing if schools do close they will be providing school work/ homework to keep children learning. However, we all know they won't want to do that all day everyday so play is a great way to break up the day but continue to support their learning and development. Play encourages children to be active, not only physically but mentally too!

As you are aware I already cater for babies and younger children with tips and activity ideas on my blog and social media pages with plenty of videos and photos to offer a helping hand. Please do come and have a scroll!

I don't usually cater for older children too but I am well aware that families are in need of help and support and so would like to offer out a helping hand when it comes to entertaining the children.

Simply click the picture you need, download, print and stick to the fridge and feel free to send on to any fellow parent friends. I'd love to see your playful adventures so please remember to tag @play.hooray in your photos.

And finally I would like to take this opportunity, if you are in need of more ideas we have our PRINTABLE playPROMPTS for you to download and print at home which I am offering 25% off when you use 'PRINTANDPLAY' at the checkout. You can browse the range here.

Happy Playing!

Claire x
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With the thought of schools possibly closing (or for many schools already closed) the idea of having the kids at home all day to entertain can fill us with dread! Especially if you are also trying to hold down a job or care for younger siblings too. A difficult task indeed.

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YOGA | MINDFULNESS | RELAXATION FOR KIDS! Screentime that gives kids SUPERPOWERS! ⬇️ D O W N L O A D T H E C O S M I C K I D S A P P ⬇️ 🍏Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-kids/ 🛍️Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmickids 🖥️ Desktop (great for teachers!): https://app.cosmickids.com/ 📺 Roku: https://rb.gy/44r8d -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why watch on the App?

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Audible - free audiobooks for children...

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Audible - free audiobooks for children...

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Audible is the world's largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, enriching the lives of our millions of listeners every day. With our customer-centric approach to technological innovation and superior programming, Audible has reinvented a media category, and is the driving force behind today's audio entertainment revolution.

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Audiobooks & Original Audio Shows - Get More from Audible

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Audible is the world's largest producer and provider of spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, enriching the lives of our millions of listeners every day. With our customer-centric approach to technological innovation and superior programming, Audible has reinvented a media category, and is the driving force behind today's audio entertainment revolution.

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Teacher CPD: teaching grammar - noun phrases

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Teacher CPD: teaching grammar - noun phrases

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Set of short articles on how to teach grammar embedded in literacy. Quite Jonny Allams in style!

Number 1 - teaching noun phrases (through The Iron Man). Lovely way to introduce the concept of a noun phrase and to up-level writing.
https://ukla.org/downloads/Noun_phrases_Jim_Crinson.pdf