Register your school to take part in this new and exciting sponsored spelling competition.

New iPod / iPhone / iPad apps for schools
Discover some new educational apps for mobile devices… could you use these in your classroom?
This week’s Education News (10/7/10)
It’s been another busy week with lots going on in education. Here are links to some of the headlines: Hundreds of school buildings projects were scrapped this week. However, there was confusion after the original report included errors which gave some schools hope that their plans were to go ahead, only to be cancelled later. [...]
This week's Education News (22/5/10)
This week’s education news is once again dominated by political issues, including the publication of the coalition government’s plans for the next five years. The information quoted below comes from the section about Schools: “The Government believes that we need to reform our school system to tackle educational inequality, which has widened in recent [...]
Spelling Resources
Here are links to a selection of online resources which can help with the teaching and learning of spellings: SpellingCity.com – Teachers can register on this site and add spelling words for their pupils to learn. Children can then try a range of activities and take part in tests. SATs Spelling Tests – @arsenalchris has [...]

Things I’ve discovered on Twitter recently (part 2)
Here’s another selection of links and ideas that I’ve discovered from my Twitter network over recent weeks: Mapzone (via @simonhaughton) – Learn how to read maps with this interactive site from Ordnance Survey. Interactives Spelling Bee (via @keisawilliams) – Just like an old-fashioned spelling bee, but played on your computer, with different grade levels to [...]
Fingerspellathon
If you’re looking for innovative and creative activities to fit into next year’s lesson plans, why not take part in a Fingerspellathon and help raise much needed funds for the National Deaf Children’s Society! A Fingerspellathon is a sponsored interactive spelling event for all schools and pupils of all ages. Pupils learn to fingerspell using [...]







