Monday, May 28, 2012

Jubilee Resources

Just letting you know that Education City have some good stuff to make the Jubilee come to life in the classroom:


What Was Life Like in '52?

Get the kids to have a look at this link:




Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Think Its - Education City


NEW! Print for ThinkIts

EducationCity.com are pleased to announce that ThinkIts are now printable and available as worksheets!

The printable ThinkIts and worksheets will challenge fast finishers, provide fascinating and thought provoking homework activities or produce interesting and engaging classroom display material. You can also save printouts as pdfs for use anytime, anywhere!

Print is accessed via the new print button which is located on the right hand side of the screen. This launches a Print panel in which you can specify your  requirements, including a print-preview and the option to save them as a pdf.

Let us know what you think about the new printable ThinkIts option!

Monday, May 14, 2012

@CPRnet, 14/05/2012 19:42

Alison Peacock (@CPRnet)
14/05/2012 19:42
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Staff Meeting 2/5/12


Lauren and I (and 24 of our children!) took part in a Brain-Based Learning Conference this week.

In it, we were privileged to be able to listen to a Dr Paul Howard-Jones from Bristol University. His area of expertise is Neuroscience and specifically education.

We will be following up many of his theories over time - but a useful starting point is the journal below.

For tonight's meeting I'd like you to read the journal and form some opinions based on the questions at the bottom of this post. As always - reflect on your practice and be honest about where you feel you could make some changes or developments where need's be or where you could celebrate some techniques that you are using already.

At the side of this blog are some 'Stixy' links for you to respond on - they are under the heading "Fostering Creative Thinking".

You can download the publication here or read below - it's up to you.




 Questions for Stixy



  • Where are you using analytical thinking? How are you encouraging it?
  • Where are you using generative thinking? How are you encouraging it?
  • Have you recognised when fixation occurs? How are you/will you help children avoid this?
  • How has the article altered the way you perceive creativity?