Teaching Resources by

Phonics

evewhite — 2022-09-18 11:05:15 UTC

Working with Primary 1's and helping them to say the sounds and put actions with them. This helps them to associate an action with a sound. Often found in their workbook next to their handwriting exercises.

Handwriting

evewhite — 2022-09-18 11:07:59 UTC

Shows pupils the correct way to form letters in their books and will benefit them in their handwriting long-term

Laminated Name Practice

evewhite — 2022-09-18 11:13:55 UTC

Primary 1 children can trace over their name with a whiteboard pen and then practice on the lines below. Picture slightly similar to the school ones.

Maths Glossary Online

evewhite — 2022-09-26 18:30:45 UTC

Organisation of Subject Resources

evewhite — 2023-04-05 17:03:47 UTC

White - General Information and Theories
Yellow - English and Literacy
Red- Maths
Green - Science
Blue - Computing and ICT
Purple - General Websites

Sumdog

evewhite — 2023-04-05 17:07:14 UTC

Sumdog website

Teaches topics such as addition, multiplication, division etc through games where pupils can score points.

Unifix cubes

evewhite — 2023-04-05 17:17:20 UTC

Can help children understand addition, multiplication, division and subtraction. Also enables them to understand and create patterns and measure objects in unifix cubes.

Talk Factory

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:09:49 UTC

Allows for discussions and pupils can see where the good aspects of a discussion were such as explaining reasons and asking others. They can also see where discussions were let down such as interruptions and participants not listening. Teacher can keep track of data on smart board for children to see how a discussion progressed.

Kahoot

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:28:40 UTC

Kahoot enables children to test their knowledge through a game of multiple choice. There are numerous quizzes that are made up or you can make your own in a specific topic. Allows children to understand where they went wrong as the correct answer is revealed.

Kahoot Example

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:44:30 UTC

Bee-Bot

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:47:31 UTC

Allows children to understand programming, directions and enables them to plan out a route before programming it into the BeeBot.

Variety of materials

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:50:43 UTC

Allows children to understand the variety of materials and what they can be used for. Also allows them to determine which material is best suited for a practical challenge.

Scratch

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:52:00 UTC

Scratch allows children to program 'sprites' to complete certain tasks such as drawing, moving about and creating their own games.

Scratch Example

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:52:48 UTC

Example of programming.

Epic

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:54:49 UTC

Allows children to read and listen to stories, improving their vocabulary, pronunciation, reading and listening skills. Keeps them excited about learning through a variety of stories.

Reading Schemes - Oxford Owls

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:56:59 UTC

Reading Schemes allow children to read at their level and gradually improve their understanding. The banding each contain a variety of books which are correct for the child's level.

Seesaw

evewhite — 2023-04-06 11:58:52 UTC

Allows children to share their work and achievements with their family. Children can articulate their understanding of ideas by using the microphone function. Homework can also be posted by teachers and the responses received online.

Twinkle

evewhite — 2023-04-06 12:00:13 UTC

Contains a variety of worksheets for varying topics which are suitable for all learner levels.

Open Questions

evewhite — 2023-04-06 13:32:10 UTC

Vital to understand what children think, allows their opinions to be considered. Can support their undertsanding by informing teachers of any misconceptions that pupils have.

Tell Me Approach

evewhite — 2023-04-06 13:42:29 UTC

'Tell me, how you did this? What did you do? How did you achieve it? What difficulties did you encounter?'
Allows children to say what they thought and experienced rather than provide a rehearsed answer that they believe is wanted from the teacher.

Scaffolding

evewhite — 2023-04-06 13:50:32 UTC

Builds childrens knowledge from their prior understandings of subjects and topics

Social Constructivism

evewhite — 2023-04-06 13:51:42 UTC

Building knowledge and understanding through interacting with others.

Science Reader

evewhite — 2023-04-06 14:10:59 UTC

Variety of topics to boost my knowledge and help support children's learning.

evewhite — 2023-04-06 16:08:02 UTC

Glossary of key terms, further reading and other areas of support for teachers.

NRICH

evewhite — 2023-04-14 11:39:16 UTC

Useful for maths questions/tasks and can be connected with ICT.

Mrs. B. TV

evewhite — 2023-04-14 11:40:48 UTC

Science Teacher in the USA who shows numerous interactive science experiments

STEM

evewhite — 2023-04-14 11:41:26 UTC

Insight into science technology engineering and mathematics

BBC Bitesize

evewhite — 2023-04-14 11:43:04 UTC

Variety of subjects with information about each.

Blooket

evewhite — 2023-04-14 11:52:05 UTC

Great quiz game where you can create and play your own quizzes for any subject. The variety of games and Blooket avatars makes it extremely interactive and interesting for both teachers and pupils.

StoryJumper

evewhite — 2023-04-24 15:12:42 UTC

Create and publish stories. Read and Listen to books that have been published. Customise characters and art to include in the story.

Storybird

evewhite — 2023-04-24 15:14:27 UTC

Create and share books with artwork created by artists around the world.

STEAM

evewhite — 2023-04-24 15:17:19 UTC

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths - very beneficial interdisciplinary way of learning

TED Talks

evewhite — 2023-04-24 15:19:23 UTC

TED Talks which focus on education are very beneficial for understanding a variety of things such as how children interact with school and other teachers/ psychologists/researchers perspectives.

iMovie

evewhite — 2023-04-24 15:22:09 UTC

iMovie allows children to develop their literacy and ICT skills by telling stories through videos. Inspired by school BAFTA movie awards on OU.

iSpot Nature

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:48:53 UTC

Once the website is working again, I feel like it would be very beneficial for learning about Science through our experiences of nature and other people around the world using ICT

Computing and ICT linked with Science

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:49:23 UTC

Evolution Megalab

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:51:23 UTC

Support citizen science - e.g. snail hunt and then share observations

Zooniverse

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:53:30 UTC

Citizen Science project - people powered research

Zooniverse Classrooms

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:55:07 UTC

Lesson plans and ideas for class

RHS Campaign for School Gardening

evewhite — 2023-04-27 11:57:31 UTC

Lots of resources, lesson plans and projects for teachers to provide to pupils. Very informative and interesting.

Virtual Expeditions

evewhite — 2023-04-27 12:05:17 UTC

Explore new environments without leaving the classroom, consolidating pupil understanding as they get visual representations of concepts. Could also play music from YouTube to create an even more improved experience of the environment to really 'transport' pupils to this area/topic.

Primary Science Teaching Trust - QR Codes

evewhite — 2023-04-27 12:06:52 UTC

QR Code trail enables pupils to be detectives and scientists and utilise their problem solving skills.

QR Generator

evewhite — 2023-04-27 12:08:44 UTC

Can create QR codes for variety of sources - e,g. website or event reminder etc.

QR Treasure Hunt Generator

evewhite — 2023-04-27 12:10:15 UTC

Provide website with Q&A's and they will create QR codes to display around the classroom.