Y6 teacher
@Benton_Park_PS
โข Irish โข NPQSL โข Curriculum Task Design lead โข NCCE Facilitator โข Digital ๐ซ Schoolhouse Lead โข
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Just had some ice cream after dinner.
On a Sunday, after dinner, my granny would bring out the ice cream & cokeโฆ
We made these, what would you call it?
Not mine, but too good not to share. Our Y2 teams creative map tasks in
#Geography
!๐บ๏ธ
Students marked distances with cubes between UK capital cities & delved into population density.
Sparking connections like linking mountains to lower population
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This week in
#Year6
, we wrapped up our
#science
circulatory system, with a new retrieval task inspired by
@AlexJQuigley
's idea - Connect 4!
A short thread ๐งต 1/3
First we it practiced with an easier connection, can you ๐ง guess it?
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Then applied it to our learning:
In
#geography
we explored the conditions within refugee camps. We used Maslowโs hierarchy to determine whether they meet basic needs or rights.
I was intrigued by political cartoons & how these could be used as
#retrieval
tasks, worked well โบ๏ธ
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#Teachers
Today we finished off our History ๐ฐ topic on the Anglo-Saxons๐ก๏ธby linking concepts & ideas we've covered.
Children reasoned & articulated their chosen links.
A great way to show thinking ๐ญ & knowledge ๐ง on the page!
Weโll delve deeper tomorrow!
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Iโm loving developing & adding abstract tasks as well those that open up reasoning outside of Maths.
The โfoundation subjectsโ should also encourage deeper thinking ๐ง
Here are some from our โProperties of Materials Unitโ
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Here it is, transition lesson(s) based on โCan I Build Another Me?โ By Shinsuke Yoshitake
If you donโt have the book, get it! Lessons here๐
Iโll be doing it with my class before they go to Y7, hope it helps ๐
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Today in
#science
, we zoomed in on the circulatory system!
Our
#retrieval
task pulled knowledge from last week's lesson
Orally rehearsed the journey of blood through our bodies using ๐ด & ๐ต counters.
A small diagram hiccup ๐ซฃ (corrected in class)
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I canโt believe I have been married to this incredibly inspirational women for 4 years. Forever my rock, forever my soul mate and alway has my back.
#blessed
In
#geography
today we looked at tourists, tourism & their effects.
Our
#retrieval
task was to identify maps & purposes of them.
Then we identified physical & human reasons a tourist might travel to a place.
Finally, the impacts on a place.
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Iโm putting together a new set of grammar infographic posters!
Hereโs some I made earlier๐
What are the terms you could do with a clear visual for?
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#grammar
Hereโs a preview of my transition lesson(s) & activity booklet, based on the incredible book:
โCan I Build Another Me?โ By Shinsuke Yoshitake.
Iโll share once Iโve had a little check over โบ๏ธ I canโt wait to take it for a spin!!
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#NQT
@DeputyGrocott
@OGTeaches
Obviously Iโm biased, but I love this activity I put together based on the book โCan I Build Another Me?โ By Shinsuke Yoshitake
The book is incredibly illustrated and really witty. Plus I have found it a great way to get to know some pertinent info!
So a child asked me todayโฆ
Mr McGrath do you think there are more๐ชdoors in the world or โ๏ธwheels?
Turns out this is a genuine discourse taking place online ๐ at first I thought doors.
Now Iโm likeโฆ
#DoorsVsWheels
#DoorsOrWheels
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If you like movies, tv shows, comics and video games
@TheWeeklyPlanet
#podcast
is for you. Iโve loved it for ages, my favourite thing to cycle, cook and walk to!
Itโs getting to that time again! ๐
Moving year groups, meeting your new class or preparing Y6s to move to Y7.
Some tried & tested transition activities in this very small ๐งต
More below ๐
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#UK
Broken. Today our family lost its rock. A women who lived each day to its fullest and possessed immeasurable kindness. Each moment in my life has been punctuated with her love, kindness, affection which was often delivered fried or on bread. She was far more than a granny...
Good afternoon, Iโve seen lots of requests for transition activities on
#edutwitter
Iโm currently putting a new set of transition lessons together based on โCan I Build Another Meโ by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Meanwhile, I thought Iโd reshare this pack ๐
Itโs getting to that time again!
Moving year groups, meeting your new class or preparing Y6s to move to Y7.
Some tried & tested transition activities in this very small ๐งต
More below ๐
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#education
#UK
Put these
#computing
knowledge webs/maps/organisers. Theyโre quick reference for teachers to support subject knowledge.
They focus on what I think are key concepts that staff are less familiar with.
Feedback welcome!
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Been away for a while.
Thank you to all those people who had sent messages of support. It has been a hard week.
Yesterday I said goodbye to the most incredible women in my life. She was without question my greatest role model.
A thread ๐งต on disciplinary knowledge ๐ง
1/ Weโve being focussing on getting the children to work in a disciplinary way in subjects, like
#History
,
#Geography
etc.
After discussion with
@DominicJ_Martin
& our geography lead. We replanned our geography unit..
#TaskDesign
Iโve decided to be passive aggressive responding to relentlessly obvious questions๐
Child: Should I take a new page?
Me: No, you need to start at the top & write over the work youโve just done
Children: *whispers* Aw no really..?
Me: Of course take a new page!
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Another
#BackToSchool
icebreaker activity weโll be doing.
Get the children to design their own islands, landmarks for different personality traits etc.
You then add an island with a bridge to negative things that you โallowโ over occasionally. Examples below.
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Tip for your standards this year.
@MrTs_NQTs
1๏ธโฃ Set up a Google account (Free)
2๏ธโฃ Open the document in the link below
3๏ธโฃ Download Docs onto every device.
You can update standards at break, lunch, in class etc. Examples included in doc
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Iโm doing some training for PGCE students soon and these sneaky little โrelicsโ will be featuring ๐
Hands up if a Roamer formed part of your primary computing education ๐โโ๏ธ
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#Retro
I am enjoying my
#DailyDoodle
but in need of some inspiration...
Below is a showreel of all that Iโve drawn so far! Iโm most proud of my
#Thor
Additionally, should I make it interactive, i.e. I tweet what Iโm drawing and you can join in etc?
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#PGCE
Another thread ๐งต on graphic organisers & thinking models!
1/8 The more I work with various GOs & thinking models by putting ideas from
@MrGoodwin23
&
@olicav
into practice, the more apparent it becomes that more of us need to do thisโฆ
Hello
#edutwitter
a short ๐งต
#TaskDesign
Iโve previously shared an example of this task type, but thought sharing other examples & sources of my inspiration could be helpful.
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We discussed inferring & interpreting sources at school. Iโve used inference squares a lotโฆ
In
#Year6
today our
#History
focussed on โcause & consequenceโ.
A quick
#retrieval
to๐to last week.
Explored the chaos of Viking invasions & the consequences for Alfred the Great.
We then asked what factors contributed to Viking shipbuilding.
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I can no longer contain my excitement!
Iโm writing a series of unplugged computing lessons!
๐unplugged: no device needed
๐จโ๐ซall resources included
๐ฏassessment & progression
๐ถyears 1-6
๐ทFREE!
Sneak preview๐
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As promised I've added 3 new
#grammar
infographics to the google folder๐
It includes - simple, perfect & progressive tense infographics. Hope they are useful
I'm feeling the urge to produce historical concept posters?
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#resources
In
#History
we explored leadership qualities & what made Alfred the Great worthy of the title.
A
#retrieval
task connected previous learning & defined specific words.
We judged Alfred on his military, political & language achievements.
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My 2 and a half year old daughter after Moana has finished...
โDaddy I want to watch Moana again.โ
โAgain?โ
โYes please daddy, because she is strong and brave!โ
Me: ๐ญ (proud dad)
#SHEro
#Disney
#Moana
Iโve had a few
#NQT
โs/
#ECT
โs message me today about websites used for English & Maths
I found this document a few years ago and I have been adding to itโฆ
Great resources to supplement what youโre already doing
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#education
#ShareStuffSunday
In
#Science
we were asked how pulleys & gears help us.
The
#retrieval
linked to defining levers.
Then labelling before using a target ๐ฏ map to apply the tasks with a mechanism?
Finally, if it wasnโt a gear or pulley what was it?
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#TaskDesignThursday
In Y6 our new humanities topic is โOur Island, Our Futureโ about human impact on climate change๐
Watching a video of glaciers melting, we used inference squares to organise our thoughts and questions
If youโve never used them before, I urge you to!
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#learning
This morning my 2 year old is playing a new game it is called... guess which potentially poisonous โ ๏ธ thing Iโve eaten! She starts by running in shouting โdaddy, daddy what am I eating?โ
I launch my fingers in her mouth in a desperate scramble... it was a discarded Quaver!!
We started our
#History
unit on WW2!
Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
We looked at events of WW1 & directly proceeding, the treaty of Versailles & appeasement.
Discussed which was the most significant & why?
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We drew our Islam โช๏ธ RE unit to a close last week by connecting knowledge we have covered using โconcept mapsโ.
Previously did this in pairs, whereas here the children discussed each one, but built their own in their books.
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#RE
#rethinkRE