Moving!!

I'm moving this blog over to Edublog because that will enable me to upload files directly, instead of having to upload them to TES then link to them.

You can now view my blog at: http://misskprimary.edublogs.org/

I'm going to try to import or copy all the posts from here so that they're all in one place.

Independent research blog

I've set up another blog for my class:
http://class5k.edublogs.org/

This one will be used to set tasks for them as part of their independent research. They've each chosen a country to research and are going to do a short presentation at the end of term. I'm hoping that the blog will encourage them to continue with their research at home.

I've also set up a wikispace from there:
http://class5k.wikispaces.com/

I'm going to try having each of them write a page about the country they are researching, in a similar way to this one which Doug Belshaw set up for GCSE history. In his blog, he describes how he went about it. With much younger students I'll need to provide a lot more guidance, and I don't envisage them editing each other's work, but I'll try it and see how it goes!!

Great LEA website for resources

I've just found a great website for resources:
http://www.teachingandlearningtameside.net/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=31
The primary literacy section, for example, has resources for working wall displays and Smart Notebook files with skeleton frameworks for non-fiction writing. There's also a seperate section with Smart Notebook resources such as place value cards.