Construction with Kapla blocks
Construction with Kapla blocks, look what we can do! I set this tricky challenge for my P1s, bridging this gap… more
Symmetry in Action: Numicon
Symmetry in Action: let’s bring out my favourite resource ‘numicon’. Just when I thought I had got everything I possibly… more
Symmetry in Action: Lego
Symmetry in Action: let’s explore with Lego! Sometimes you stumble across a new way to teach a concept and sometimes… more
Medaase and thank you
Medaase and thank you to everyone who made my project in Ghana such an incredible adventure. I’ve thought a lot… more
Brighter Futures
“Brighter Futures”, not just for the children here, but for Ghana itself. I’ve borrowed these words from the Sabre Trust,… more
There’s just no telling how far I’ll go
There’s just no telling how far I’ll go! We had planned a Moana moment as we sailed the seas on… more
Fun with phonics
Phonics really is the most fun. As we are training infant teachers on this project, I worked with a team… more
My Ghanaian classroom
Welcome to my new classroom. It is one of the three classrooms we have borrowed at a local school to deliver… more
Home sweet hut
Home sweet hut! This is where I am living for most of my 3 weeks in Ghana during my LRTT… more
Planning meeting 101
Planning meetings, things you will need: insect spray, sunshine, water bags, intermittent WiFi, pens and paper. After the school visits,… more
Kids in the classroom
The kids in the classrooms in Africa are very sweet! I’m not going to post my photos of the Ghanaian… more
Our staffroom
Welcome to our staffroom! We had a meeting with a view and sound tracked by the ocean. Here we met… more
Arriving in Accra
Trains, planes and automobiles, that’s how we arrived in Accra on Sunday night. No long dwindling summer evenings, the… more
This time next week . . .
This time next week I’ll be arriving in Ghana! Test pack is done, list mostly checked, reasonable amount of freaking… more
Subitising is the new counting!
Subitising is the new counting! That makes it sound like a fad, but it’s not. It’s just good practice in… more
Taller and Shorter Towers
Learning about shorter and taller, not a worksheet in sight. We were developing the use of comparative language to measure.… more
Number Exploration
Number exploration, so much fun in P1! After a really engaging CPD about conceptual number development, I challenged myself to… more
Really Reading
Are my students really reading? Yes! As in properly reading? Yes! The good news is that there are lots of… more
More fun at the maths table
Back to the maths table, now with even more maths! We started with number to 10, then onto number to… more
Tens and Units Count and Clip Cards
Numbers up to 100! Here we go! We’ve had lots of fun exploring numbers to 100 on our hundred square… more