Schools have closed for the Christmas break – the nativity has been performed, Christmas gifts made in art lessons for parents and grandparents and the carol service went without a hitch.
Merry Christmas
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Staffrooms!
Every school you find yourself in will have a staffroom – but the size, layout, furniture will all be different. Ranging from the newly kitted out spacious room to the pokey space that has all the old furniture in it and you share with the photocopiers!
Every classroom needs storage…
Every classroom needs storage – but as obvious as it seems this is not necessarily provided !!
It’s not ALL about the academic! (3)
We’re going to start to pull all our thoughts together on this issue and come to some sort of conclusion.
It’s not ALL about the academic (2)
Having outlined our premise in the first of these articles we can now look in more depth at vital outcomes that are so important in the education of primary children.
Its not ALL about the academic! (1)
We are, in my opinion, in danger of losing our way in the teaching of Primary age children.
Technology in the Primary Classroom
We are in a technological age and the pace of change seems to get quicker day by day!
But just how does this affect things in the classroom and how useful are these things?
Achieving a balance at Christmas time.
It’s always a fine line to tread at Christmas time…..and it’s the same every year!
How do you maintain the balance of Christmas preparation, classroom management and increasingly excited children??
Lesson timing and structure in Primary Classrooms
This is, of course, a wide ranging topic area and there are going to be many variations according to the different nature of lessons and the topics covered. However having said that let’s aim for a few basics around which you can structure things.
Pop up cards are always a winner !
In another article on Art for non – artists….I am going to show you how to make my “Famous Pop-up card”