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Primary Lessons @PrimaryLessons

Head of Computing. Share ideas to help improve teaching and learning. Use of #Kodu across curriculum. Co-founder of teachingessentials.co.uk

Joined February 2013
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Tes magazine@tes
15 Sep 2017
Visit our @LEGO_Education hub for tips and tricks on how to engage pupils with #coding and #Stem (sponsored) buff.ly/2jub0J0
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Siobhán Morgan@KoduClassroom
10 Apr 2017
My latest #computing blog @tesEdTech @tesPrimary on #algorithms in #primary. Great ideas from @CodeClub & @Raspberry_Pi on @FutureLearn
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Siobhán Morgan@KoduClassroom
9 Feb 2017
My latest @tes subject genius blog is full of ideas to help rebrand your lunchtime and after school Computing clubs? ow.ly/QwtI308ODmW
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UKEdChat@ukedchat
23 Feb 2017
This week's #ukedchat bulletin▶ us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u… Ft. @RachelOrr @primarylessons & @guruteaching Subscribe via ukedchat.com
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Here’s my favourite idea from Mandie Haywood of @OldParkPrimary whose creative curriculum inspires pupils ow.ly/hVZK3091Yc9 #ukedchat
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Are your children learning about an exciting topic at the moment? Then why not create a pop-up museum? ow.ly/hVZK3091Yc9 #ukedchat
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Siobhán Morgan@KoduClassroom
15 Jan 2017
Need ideas to use #edtech to engage pupils? My @tes article has my favourites: @plickers @LiteracyShed @ClassDojo ow.ly/WSDj3081td7
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Simon Johnson 🙋‍♂️@clcsimon
15 Jan 2017
#connectEd challenge day 15: Write a guest post for an education supplement >> teachwithict.weebly.com/chal… #primaryrocks #sltchat
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Change group work in your #classroom using string. Track participation visually: ow.ly/gxFr306saxc #nqt #pgce #ukedchat #learning

String web group work

This idea is taken from Talk Less Teaching and I have found it to be extremely useful. To encourage all members of a group to participate, use wool or string during the discussion. Every time a per…

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Use raffle tickets to promote #teamwork and increase #engagement in your #primary #classroom ow.ly/7KD5306saiQ #nqt #pgce #ukedchat

Raffle tickets to encourage participation

During the lesson/activity: To encourage engagement in a group activity, use raffle tickets or a similar token. A raffle ticket could equal a house point or something else that acts as an incentive…

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Need a simple #reward system to promote #independence? Here's one way: ow.ly/jlOR306saaM #primary #classroom #nqt #pgce #ukedchat

Stars for independence

This idea is taken from Talk Less Teaching and I have found it to be particularly effective at encouraging independence. Give each pupil 3 stars at the start of the day/lesson. To encourage pupils …

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Teach a topic using a Carrot lesson! An idea from my #primary #pgce at @CumbriaUni ow.ly/AXzz306s9S6 #rewards #ukedchat #independence

Carrot lessons

This idea is based on the Terry Pratchett book, The Wee Free Men, where teachers come to the village and set up lessons in tents. People then decide what education they want and gain education in r…

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Try something new in group work to promote teamwork in your #primary #classroom: ow.ly/fOcC306saMp #nqt #pgce #ukedchat #edchat

Consensus

This is an idea I came across in Osiris Educational’s Outstanding Teaching: Engaging Learners. When gathering ideas and discussing as a group, each group has a piece of paper with a circle in…

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Make a #lesson more exciting with this photocopier task. Engage pupils and collect information ow.ly/RekB306s9do #nqt #pgce #teamwork

Photocopier

Photocopier is an activity that is useful when you want a pupil to end up with a copy of something. This could be a map, a diagram, a piece of text, or anything that suits you. An example would be …

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Need an idea for #classroom #rewards? Recognise effort in #teamwork using contribution tokens ow.ly/Q40W306s916 #edchat #nqt #pgce

Contribution tokens

Using counters or some other type of token, pupils should collect a token when they contribute in a discussion or group activity. Each token could equate to some kind of reward. This is particularl…

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Check #learning at the start and end of a lesson using boarding & landing cards. ow.ly/uVAo306s8Eh #independence #nqt #pgce #SPAG

Boarding card and landing card

This idea has been developed from an idea in Talk-Less Teaching by Isabella Wallace and Leah Kirkman. I used it in the context of a SPAG lesson where Y6 pupils were answering test questions in prep…

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Engage pupils using wristbands for #teamwork and #jigsawing in your #primary #classroom ow.ly/Y25W306s8np #nqt #pgce #edchat

Wristbands for group work and jigsawing

I find wristbands to be particularly useful when I am including jigsawing in my lessons. They are great for grouping and pupils love them! Rubber wristbands are easily found on the internet. I boug…

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Start the day in your #primary #class in a calm way with Early Morning Work ow.ly/1pvn306s9CT #nqt #pgce #independence #edchat

EMW: Early Morning Work

To create a calm classroom environment as pupils arrive in the morning, introduce Early Morning Work. Pupils enter the room, follow the directions on the board, and work on the task they have been …

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Show your #learning journeys as tube maps in your #classroom #edchat #pgce #english #literacy #teaching #pgce #nqt ow.ly/R18V306s7Vw

Learning Journeys Displayed As Tube Maps

This is a great website that has allowed me to create learning journeys displayed as tube maps. I create one for the start of each topic. Pupils like them as they know which direction their learnin…

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Try playing Last man standing in your #primary #classroom to help retain information. #teamwork #learning ow.ly/tUlk306s76e #nqt #pgce

Last Man Standing

This is an activity that can be used at any point of a lesson, in any subject, to check understanding of a topic. I find it particularly useful in Science. Pupils work in groups within a short time…

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