The countdown to Sport Relief 2010 kicks off this month with the launch of exciting, free education resources for primary, secondary and early years groups. The resources, spanning the English, physical education and citizenship curriculums, bring alive the stories of young people in the UK and overseas. Sport Relief’s School Kits are available to order [...]
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Concept Draw Mind Mapping Software
The Mind-Mapping software, Concept Draw, has been reviewed on the site before, but a new update has been launched and as our school was looking at evaluating different software to help with our curriculum planning, I agreed to trial it. When you download and open the software, you are taken aback with just how complicated [...]
ConceptDRAW Mindmap
I have used mind-mapping software for many years for my own personal use, so when Andrew asked me have a look at the ConceptDRAW Mindmap Professional software; I was intrigued to see what this software had to offer over the programme I use. My initial impression when opening the program was WOW! The screen [...]
Learning Essentials from Microsoft
Today I’ve received a copy of Microsoft ‘Classroom assistance for Learners and teachers.’ This two CD pack contains ‘Learning Essentials’ and the ‘Best of Innovative Teachers’. According to the website Learning Essentials “helps students get started, stay organised, and successfully complete high-quality assignments. Learning Essentials can help educators easily create effective instructional resources, complete administrative [...]
Labours of Heracles Review
At last I’ve had time to get together a review of the Labours of Heracles by Gareth Pritchard! Last weekend I downloaded a copy of Primary Extra’s new pack – The Labours of Heracles. I’ve used the story of Heracles (or Hercules if you’re Roman) a number of times in the past, often using the [...]
Teachers' TV Videos
I came across the Teachers TV video library the other day – there is an impressive collection of all kinds of different types of videos that are all free to watch online. Use the search tool to find videos in either the Primary, Secondary or General Zones. Some videos are just 1 minute long, other [...]
A Guide To Using Interactive Whiteboards
I have just read an excellent review of “How to Use an Interactive Whiteboard Really Effectively in Your Primary Classroom” by Jenny Gage, on TES Online. This is a book for users of SMARTboard or Prometheon ACTIVboards. Tes Online states: As well as giving examples of good practice, the book also sets out some of [...]
PE Primary Review
Last month I was talking about the PE Primary resource website. After discussion with the Huw, the site founder, they have very kindly allowed us access to the site to review the resources.
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