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As expected, December was a bumper month for Christmas-related downloads. The number one favourite download was Susan McGuiness’s Christmas general knowledge quiz with almost 4000 downloads.
If you’re planning lessons now for 2012, follow these tags to find seasonal resources :
- New Year (4 resources – all English)
- St Valentine’s Day (7 resources – maths and English)
- Winter (8 resources – maths and English)
Follow these tags to find seasonal resources:
Alternatively, type the search term such as christmas into the search box and then use the filters of the LHS to refine your search. You can filter by level, subject (English or maths), resource type ( game, worksheet, PPT, etc), and context.
Simply type Children in Need into any search box or follow this search tag to find the following:
- Children in Need L1 reading comprehension
- Children in Need for ESOL (an adapted E2-3 version of the above)
- Pudsey Collection – E3 Functional Maths
I’m a fan of the “Apprentice” programmes and enjoyed last night’s new series.
Just in case you missed them back in June when the “adult” version was aired: we have two Functional English / Literacy resources based on the popular TV programme. Jodie Travis’ Hired or Fired has been on the site since 2006 but is still as relevant today. In June this year it was hugely extended and adapted into Matt Barnes’ You’re Hired.
Follow this tag to find three Remembrance Day English resources. Two are brand new – published this afternoon.
Follow this tag to find Halloween maths resources. For Bonfire Night ideas (maths and English) follow the Guy Fawkes tag.
… and don’t forget Autumn festivals from different cultures and faiths, listed under the Autumn and Equality and Diversity tags.
I have received several new Remembrance Day resources. These will published during half term week.
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Check out our ice breakers including some recent arrivals.
Functional Maths try Numeracy bingo ice breaker or Foods that we like.
Functional English try People bingo, Capital letter dominoes or Alphabet game quiz sheets.
Functional ICT try the PC Quiz Game
ESOL try the ESOL Chatter groups
We also have lots of games: Tarsia jigsaw puzzles are particularly good and always prompt discussion and teamwork.
Click on any ESOL element link and full details will now appear at the top of the search page. E.g. if you click on Rt/E2.1a you will see this:
ESOL Rt/E1.2a Recognise that the way a text looks can help predict its purpose (i) Recognise different types of text through layout and presentational features (ii) Identify and predict the purposes of texts at this level, using layout and presentational features, and …
This now completes all descriptors (literacy, numeracy, ESOL) except those for pre-Entry.
Click on any literacy element and the full details will now appear at the top of the search page. E.g. if you click on Rt/L2.4 you will see this description.
Rt/L2.4 Read an argument and identify the points of view (a) Understand the characteristic structures of written argument (b) Understand that texts presenting an argument are adopting a particular point of view (c) Understand the difference between objective fact and an opinion.
The numeracy curriculum descriptors were finished in June.
