New topic 'hooks' by Headteacher https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb Ideas to engage and enthuse children at the start of a new topic en-us 2016-07-12 19:06:43 UTC 2026-01-14 19:55:14 UTC hello@padlet.com roy_souter https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293532 Invite a poet in to lead a writing workshop]]> 2016-07-12 19:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293532 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293560 Have a dressing up day.]]> 2016-07-12 19:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293560 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293632 Go for a walk in the woods and write what you can see, hear, and smell. ]]> 2016-07-12 19:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116293632 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116294218 Bring in some food linked to the topic for everyone to share and try]]> 2016-07-12 19:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116294218 Trip - local and free to hook e.g walk to the river for our river topic  https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116327120 2016-07-13 06:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116327120 roy_souter https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116328360 Collection of photos and artefacts linked to the topic. Ask children to 'say what they see' and ask questions they want to know the answers to.]]> 2016-07-13 06:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116328360 roy_souter https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116328450 Show an inspiring picture]]> 2016-07-13 07:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116328450 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116577980 Treasure/orienteering course around school grounds unsupervised 😱]]> 2016-07-18 21:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116577980 Choose 3 things you see on the way to school, explain how they link to the topic https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116578071 2016-07-18 21:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116578071 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608862 Anything in a box! Dear Zoo is a winner]]> 2016-07-19 06:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608862 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608875 A letter from Bear Grylls]]> 2016-07-19 06:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608875 https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608892 A giant letter from the Smartest Giant in Town]]> 2016-07-19 06:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116608892 A letter sent to the class, or a Skype 'meeting', a mystery/crime scene, ugly bug ball... I love the padlet thing you used! https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116609821 2016-07-19 06:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116609821 Bury some clues in an area of the school grounds linked to a history topic. Tell the children we are going to be archaeologists today.   https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116644530 2016-07-19 19:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116644530 Make something...house for a book character https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116779297 2016-07-21 19:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116779297 We've done treasure hunts, dressing up, picnics, dinosaur bone digging, visit from fireman and nurse,Royal tea party  https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116870740 2016-07-24 15:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116870740 I made a tin of corned hamster to start a topic about animals rights  https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945596 2016-07-25 20:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945596 Put your hand in a box and guess what it is  https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945668 2016-07-25 20:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945668 Fill balloons with the key word for the new topic and students blow them up and pop them  https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945686 2016-07-25 20:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/116945686 Natural Disasters https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/117300151 This made an exciting topic hook! Whole of KS2 wrote news reports. ]]> 2016-08-01 14:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/117300151 Buried dinosaur bones https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/117446386 Made salt dough dinosaur bones and covered them in clear varnish to make them less porous. Buried them in the school garden and sent a letter from the British ]]> 2016-08-03 07:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/roy_souter/ldoh6xsuymzb/wish/117446386