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I’ve come across an excellent blog with visual illusions and pictures that are just begging to be discussed in school with children. Some of them would make excellent examples for discussion in P4C. Others are just there because they are. For instance have a look at this paper artwork made out of everyday coloured paper! [...]

‘Do Something Different‘ is the opportunity for every primary school aged child across Britain to get involved in association with Children’s BBC. Sam and Mark are especially looking for schools, after school clubs and holiday clubs to get involved and hope that they will visit the web site where they can find how group and [...]

This is nothing to do with primary schools, but still really funny.  Taken from the Guardian: Two pupils who drew a giant penis on a school lawn using weed killer two years ago can still admire their work from satellite photos now posted on the internet.  Despite the school re-seeding the area, the penis has [...]

My children love using the Lego at wet playtimes (and we’ve had plenty of them recently) but I’ve yet to see them come up with anything quite like this automated Lego car builder built entirely out of Lego bricks! I’m not sure which is best, the above or the Lego car that parallel parks itself!

This is an interesting ‘game’ that I noticed some of my children playing earlier on today.  I was listening as they discussed the ‘physics’ behind it – so it’s definitly got some educational value.  Have a go – it’s great fun seeing how long you can keep the little ‘bod’ on the sledge! Remember its [...]

Just come across this great example of what can be done with the Digiblue cameras.  These handheld video cameras are aimed at primary school children and allow them to create their own videos before editing it with the supplied software.  The video is an excellent example of a stop motion animation and just shows that [...]

Camping was great, if very wet – cycled 16 miles in pouring rain – before deciding that the weather wasn’t going to clear!  The pub meal at the end was worth it though!  As I’ve not been back long I’ve got a load to do for HMI on Tuesday and Wednesday so won’t be posting [...]

Still time for some mindless fun before we all start to think about the dreaded ‘P’ word. Here are a few sites that you may enjoy. Jackson Pollock by Miltos Mantas – Here’s a place where you can indulge your inner abstract expressionist: move your mouse to splatter virtual paint and click to change the [...]

Games for the Brain – one of the links to come out of this week’s CLICK programme. Good for keeping the grey matter ticking over during the holidays and a site that I will definitely use with the children