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Sharing Good Practice in Personalised Learning. Learning Logs are a unique personalised learning resource for children.

Sharing Good Practice in Personalised Learning

In the learning Logs, the children record their responses to learning challenges set by their teachers. Each log is a unique record of the child's thinking and learning. Inglehurst Junior School in Leicester has been developing a unique learning log for several years now. The logs, which are a visually oriented development of earlier well established models of learning journals, have become an integral part of the teaching and learning programme and have had a major impact on their drive to develop a more independent learner.

There is ample published research to support the model. The importance of learners becoming aware of their own thought processes and gaining insights into the strategies they use to resolve problems, or overcome difficulties, is discussed by Blagg (1991). Excellence in Maths. Our aims The aims of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) are to raise levels of achievement in maths, and to increase appreciation of the power and wonder of maths, across the school, sixth form college and further education system.

Excellence in Maths

In this context, our specific task is to try to ensure that all teachers of maths—and this includes all primary school teachers, and non-specialist maths teachers—have easy access to high quality, evidence-based maths-specific continuing professional development (CPD) at every point of their careers. Put another way, we want to help raise the professional status, and the professionalism, of all those engaged in the teaching of maths. Our activities Collaborating with Government and its agencies, higher education institutions, research bodies, maths subject associations and other bodies devoted to maths education, we operate in three main ways:

Kangaroo Maths - Kenny's Pouch. Assessment resources linked to National Curriculum levels ¿Convinced?

Kangaroo Maths - Kenny's Pouch

| Levelopaedia | Level Ladders | Tracking Sheets | Level Descriptors | Assessing Pupils' Progress ¿Convinced? A resource package based on the assessment criteria from Levels 3 to 8, as coded and paraphrased below. Study finds homework has limited value. Updated Wed 26 Jun 2013, 10:38am AEST New research has found that homework is of little value to primary school children, and students are regularly given too much.

Study finds homework has limited value

Australian academics Richard Walker and Mike Horsley's new book Reforming Homework says homework for young primary school children is of little or no value when it comes to academic achievement. The book reviews international research on the subject and concludes that the quality of the homework that is set is more important than the quantity. Associate Professor Walker, of the University of Sydney, admits that homework can be a touchy subject. "There's a lot of disagreement, I have to say. He says another point that emerged from the research was the effect of the involvement of parents in homework. "Where parents are over-controlling or interfering in their student's homework activities, then that's been shown pretty clearly to not be beneficial," he said. "Homework is often an add-on. Health and Safety from Study Ladder. Studyladder has provided this Health & Safety section due to requests from teachers and parents.

Health and Safety from Study Ladder

They are available to anyone even those without Studyladder accounts. These are FREE for everyone, so please share them! Note: These activities are auto-marked, however results will only be saved if you are logged into an account. Click Here to Login - Click Here to Sign Up Road Safety Junior. StickySorter. 21 Literacy Resources For The Digital Teacher. By Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D., learningunlimitedllc.com Update: This post was originally published in February, 2013 If you follow this blog, you know that I believe effective vocabulary instruction is just about the most important instructional activity for teachers to get right.

21 Literacy Resources For The Digital Teacher

For lots of reasons. Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide. Storytelling is an ancient art that is undergoing a renaissance with modern technology.

Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide

By incorporating digital storytelling projects into classroom learning you can reach today’s students and at the same time help them develop the skills needed to be successful in our complex, technology rich world. Creating digital stories engages and inspires students, ignites a love for learning, and creates more teaching stories for others to share and enjoy. Learning becomes personal when students tell the story Microsoft's Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide offers countless ideas on digital storytelling techniques for teachers, points to valuable digital storytelling resources for educators, and tips on using the Microsoft software products most commonly found in digital storytelling projects.

Brilliant (free) educational EY, KS1 and KS2 resources for teachers, parents and children. The Literacy Shed - The Literacy Shed Home. Find Similar or Opposite words at WordHippo.com. Edgalaxy - Cool stuff for nerdy teachers. Printable Graph Paper & Writing Paper & Templates. Math Worksheet Generator. Need a faster way to create math practice problem worksheets for your students? Microsoft's Math Worksheet Generator is your answer. It creates multiple math practice problems, from basic math to algebra, in seconds. You provide a sample math problem and the Math Worksheet Generator does the rest. It even gives you an answer sheet! Create practice problems for a variety of needs - quickly and easily The Math Worksheet Generator analyzes the math problem you provide, or uses the built-in sample that you select.

TES Resources. Good Practice for Leaders. Innovation Unit - do things differently, better, and at lower cost. Making Learning Visible - Reggio Emilia. ProTeachers Video. The Standards Site: Subject list. Australian Studyladder, online english literacy & mathematics. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans.

UK Studyladder, online english literacy & mathematics. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans. Ict games. Science bingo. TopicBox.net - free teacher resources for every UK primary school teaching topic. Help your child’s reading with free tips & free ebooks. Free AAC Printables. Lumosity - Brain Games & Brain Training. NALDIC. Teaching & Learning.