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02/02/2011 - By Andrew Jeffrey - one booklet for each year group, 10 games in each book.

03/02/2011 - Planning, Smart notebook files and resources

04/02/2011 - Correlation or causation?!

04/02/2011 - "Schools are unlikely to be able to close the achievement gap between pupils from rich and poor backgrounds, say researchers."

09/02/2011 - Scholastic offer sings for maths and science. Well worth a look for introducing topics or consolidation.

09/02/2011 - Sound clips recorded at various points around the UK.

24/02/2011 - Videos by British teachers, demonstrating how to use new software and websites.

25/02/2011 - Useful videos for teachers from Mark Warner (Teaching Ideas)

01/03/2011 - @DeputyMitchell's brilliant pupils writing inspired by Avatar.

02/03/2011 - The free resources site from the Guardian.

06/03/2011 - Thanks to @simonhaughton on Twitter.

09/04/2011

10 obvious - and yet not widely discussed - generalities relating to education.

12/04/2011 - a wide range of documents relating to ICT progression on the brilliant Lancashire Grid for Learning

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19/04/2011 - An American Professor of Educational Psychology, Daniel Willingham makes a lot of sense. Good ammunition to use against those who would inflict Brain Gym or learning styles on your classroom.

23/04/2011 - "Combining thinking skills scaffolding, Philosophy for Children practices and MI theory, Ian took the eight intelligences (in no particular order): 1. Logical/Mathematical 2. Verbal/Linguistic 3. Interpersonal 4. Intrapersonal 5. Naturalistic 6. Body/Physical 7. Musical 8. Visual/Spatial And (over) simplified them into: 1. Numbers 2. Words 3. People 4. Feelings 5. Nature 6. Actions 7. Sounds 8. Sights Imagine putting these areas on each side of an octagon. Then you take what it is you want to explore, put it in the middle of the octagon and then simply work around each area asking questions to begin with. So, for example, if your topic was, say, 'beer' (I am typing this on a Friday night) you might come up with questions like: 1. How much beer is drunk in the UK each Friday night? 2. Where does the word 'beer' come from? 3. Who invented beer and why? 4. What sort of emotions do advertisers try and associate with beer in their marketing? 5. What are the natural ingredients of beer and where are they grown? 6. What are the various stages in the beer-making process? 7. What songs have been written about beer and its effects? 8. In TV and magazine advertising, how is beer portrayed?"

"REALLY useful FREE stuff for teachers, your class and your classroom."

12/06/2011 - This whole site is worth a long look.