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Please support my class with their #StopDirtyPalmOil campaign – Education Article

February 15, 2019

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In Year 4, we have been inspired by the latest Greenpeace Advert – There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom. The advert tells the story of Rang-Tan, a young Indonesian orangutan that has been forced out of her home by humans. It is a beautifully animated video with a very powerful message: We decided to look at the text used in the advert in more detail: There’s a Rang-tan in my bedroom and I don’t know what to do. She plays with…

Creating your own Lego Movies – Education Article

February 13, 2019

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With Lego Movie 2 hitting cinemas this week, I decided to embrace the children’s enthusiasm to introduce stop motion animation. Stop Motion Animation is a brilliant and creative way for students to tell stories, explore ideas and explain different concepts. There are plenty of different stop motion animation apps. My go-to app is I Can Animate. There are so many possibilities with this app as you can link it with greenscreen to add an animated background before editing further in…

Continuing our Journey with the #StopDirtyPalmOil campaign – Education Article

February 12, 2019

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A few weeks ago, I blogged about a project my Year 4 class had started, inspired by the recent Greenpeace advert – There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom. To read that blog post, which includes original questions linked to the advert, please click the picture: The response we received from the video the class created where they wrote in role as a helpless Orangutan, seeing their home destroyed was so positive and empowering. Again you can read more about this…

Support Rang-Tan by Downloading my Pupil’s eBook – Education Article

February 6, 2019

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You will have seen over the past half term I have been working on a very important topic with Year 4 inspired by the Greenpeace “There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom” advert. This has since been used by Iceland Foods as their Christmas advert but has been banned from TV. This has culminated in a very special project where my class have all become published authors. To read what we have done so far, click the pictures: The first link looks…

Deconstructing The New John Lewis Christmas Advert – Education Article

January 29, 2019

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It is that time of year!! We’ve been waiting all year in anticipation for the new John Lewis Christmas Advert and I love this year’s effort. I know not everyone is a fan. Personally, I think it is more about people possibly not liking Elton John but the message of the advert is brilliant. If you’re not a fan, you can always use the adverts I have previously blogged about here: Here is this year’s advert: As always, I would start…

Book Review Vlogs – Education Article

January 26, 2019

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As I recently discussed in a previous blog post (click here to read) I really think, when used effectively, technology can enhance and support a student’s love of reading. In most classrooms, once a child finishes a book they will be asked to then fill out a book review worksheet. Something along the lines of this… I don’t want to sound like I am having a go at any teachers who do these types of worksheets. I just believe with technology…

Creating an Interactive Christmas Scene – Education Article

January 18, 2019

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I love using Christmas as a way to engage children in their learning. They are excited, inquisitive and generally really interested in anything Christmas. Recently, I worked with Year 2 where they created their own Interactive Christmas scene using Chatterpix Kids and Thinglink. Here is an example of what they created: I have posted a step-by-step guide for how to do this activity on the supporter part of my Facebook page. Sign up by tapping the picture below: This idea…

The Power of Reading! – Education Article

January 15, 2019

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As much as I love technology, I will always talk about the importance of reading on my CPD sessions. It really annoys me when people like to blame technology as a reason why children don’t read as much. We like to blame technology for a number of things but for me, it comes down to choices. I hope through this blog and my social media pages, I demonstrate how, when used effectively, it can transform teaching and learning. Unfortunately, I think too…