School Curriculum and General issues
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Music For Topics
by Guest- 15 replies
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does anyone know of a website where you can find pieces of music of all types to match your topic eg music about minibeasts. i know common ones like Ugly bug ball, flight of the bumble bee. i have been searching everywhere and got nowhere. i am music coordinator in my school and am always being asked for music.
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Social Stories
by Guest helsha80- 19 replies
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Hi everyone, I have a child in my reception class with some behaviour difficulties. I have involved our LEA behaviour support team, who advised me to use social stories. Does anyone know of any publications as I haven't a clue how to write them?( or the time) I know they are supposed to be written in the first person and I guess they should focus on the child's specific difficulties. e.g when I tell the clas to tidy away, if he sees others not doing this he will physically push, pull, pinch, force them to even though he is not doing as I have said. Or has any closet writer out there written some? Helen Sharp
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I have to go to a Maths network meeting and each school has to take a good idea for making a problem solving interactive display for Mathematics. The idea is we take one activity and then share them. Any good ideas?
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"new" Parents Evening
by Guest- 7 replies
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Hi was just wondering if anyone could help me. Tommorrow (i know i'm a bit late) is our "new" parents evening, where the parents of the children coming into my class next year come to school. I'm an NQT and next year will be my 2nd year teaching reception. Although I attended this meeting last year as I had just got the job the head didn't make me speak. However this year I know he will and I am just very nervous. As I am not a parent I am unsure as to what they will want to know - i don't want to bombard them will curriculum stuff etc. Have put together a powerpoint of photographs showing what we've been doing this year but just not sure of what to say. Any ideas …
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Has anyone got any suggestions about the use of floorbooks for planning, recording and developing thinking skills with children. I haven't done this before and would like to have go. I have some idea how to start but hope some kind person on here has experience I could learn from.
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Directed Actvities
by Guest- 12 replies
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Hi! I need some help please and hope that i have come to the right place!!! I am teaching in recepetion and am keen to find out how other teachers run their weeks - am planning a new topic for next term - At the Farm and have loads of great ideas for activities - but how does everyone carry directed activities out within their classroom - without ending up with a standard 3 part lesson (intro, activities and plenary). This is the way i am most comfortable teaching, however i am aware that this is not reccomended in reception and i am thereore trying to adapt my provision. i am aware that some people have a carousel over the course of a week to ensure that all childr…
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Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for this problem - I teach reception in a double reception unit, and a child in my class who is autistic, has developed a huge fear of a child in the second reception class (who is also special needs and possibly also autistic). The second child once hit him, and later on has tried to initiate contact with him to play, but the first child is terrified of him, and will climb over a teaching assistant to get away from him if he comes near. Next year in Year 1, the liklihood is that both these children will be in the same class, and I am just wondering what strategies to use to prepare him for it.... sad situati…
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Outdoor Area
by Guest- 23 replies
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I've been given a job by my head to try and sort out our outdoor area. At the moment it is rarely used - tarmaced area (that unfortunately has had glass smashed into it and its not easy to sweep it all up!) with a grass slope that is quite severe. I have started doing more things out there - maths game with numbers hanging from the bushes etc. and the children loved it so really want to make a lot more use of this space. The area that I work in means that we cannot leave any thing outside on an evening because it will get stolen and damged or used for not very nice things!?!?!?!? We have just invested in some light weight plastic climibing equipment that can be …
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Writing Area
by Guest- 9 replies
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Hi there again! I have a writing area in my classroom where the children have access to a variety of writing media and papers. this is a free writing area but i feel that sometimes it could be put to better use. I was just wondering what everyone else have in thier writing area and do you scaffold any of the activities in there? I am doing under the sea topic next half term and was wanting to encourage the children in different ways. Any ideas greatfully recieved. Thank You Sarah
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Outside Resource Boxes
by Guest- 6 replies
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Hi Guys, I recently went on a course, at the school we were at had themed boxes to take outside eg writing, police etc. Me and our nursery nurse have been racking our brains and can only think of a few. Is there a website or book out there to help? Thanks :-)
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