How to allow pupils to annotate pdfs in Class Dojo, Seesaw and Google Classroom!
Find out how to annotate pdfs in Class Dojo, Seesaw and Google Classroom
How to Work Effectively with School Support Staff
This is a guest post written by experienced teacher Lucy and is aimed at NQTs, RQTs or just those wanting a quick refresher. The relationship you develop with your teaching assistant and support staff will not only affect your day-to-day job success but it will also have a hugely positive effect on your mental health – …
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How to Promote Independent Learning
This is a blog post written by experienced teacher Lucy. Lucy is a content creator for Mrs Mactivity and has been working on our return to school assessments – helping teachers figure out where the gaps are in children’s learning from their previous year group after missing so much school during lockdown. When your new …
How Teachers Should Spend Their Summer
Although the clue’s in the title here, far be it from me to tell anyone how to spend their summer! Having said that, when you’re exhausted at the end of the term, it can be difficult to think ahead and even think straight! So if you’re after some top tips for how to spend your …
How to Teach Guided Reading
Guided reading! Since I became a teacher back in 2005, it seems to have been the scourge of teachers everywhere. How should we teach it? What works best? Why does it take so LONG to plan? Does it even work? Should it replace reading 1:1? Should we teach guided reading in carousels, or as a …
My Top Teaching Time Saving Tips
It’s been a few years since I left the teaching world full time, but I’m lucky enough to do the odd day here and there still to keep my hand in, but one of the most important skills – time management – has never left me. I don’t think non teachers know exactly what it’s …
Top Teaching Tips for NQTs
Welcome to teaching! It really is the best job there is. We’ve come up with our top tips to help your first year go smoothly. Remember we’re also here to help if you need us anytime, just send us an email over at [email protected] and we’ll do our best! Top Tips for NQTs Refer to …
How to Make an Obb and Bob Phonics Sorting Game
Phonics games are fun! And here’s one that’s super easy to make both for teachers and parents at home with their own children. We’ve put together an Obb and Bob Phonics Sorting Game resource pack for you to try, either for preparation for the Phonics Screening Check or just for consolidation in your phonics sessions. …
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Common Teaching Acronyms
There’s nothing worse than sitting in a staff meeting and hearing lots of different acronyms, not having a clue what they mean! Or being a parent and reading your child’s school report – and wondering what the heck things mean! We’re here to demystify common education acronyms so that you can feel empowered and informed …
Easy Snow Day Ideas For Kids
It’s here – SNOW! Your school or setting might be closed today, or maybe it’s open and you’re looking for snow ideas to do with the children. Or maybe you’re at home with your own children, and running out of ways to keep them entertained. So we’ve rounded up some quick and fun snow day …
Classroom Must Haves
One of the questions we get asked quite frequently both as teachers and resource providers is – what are my classroom must haves? Obviously this differs between age groups, but we thought it might be useful to provide a sort of definitive list of some essentials you need for your classroom, especially useful if you …
Phonics Screening Check 2020
Do you want a fresh approach to the Phonics Screening Check 2020? Need some phonics screening resources that are a bit different to what you used last year? Then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve been working really hard to make phonics screening resources that give you the information and content you need, and …
How to Improve Staff Well Being
A hugely important, but often overlooked aspect of school life is the well-being of its staff. As adults, are are well used to prioriting the well-being of children – both our own and the children in our care. But with more and more teachers leaving the profession (myself included) looking after the well-being of teachers …
