Welcome to spring 2, week 4 of Talk on Tuesday! What is it? A Consensus Circle is a great way to encourage a group of children to discuss their ideas, resulting in them reaching a consensus or a generally accepted opinion. By requiring children to come to a consensus, you …
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Welcome to Spring 2, week 3 of Talk on Tuesday! What is it? A Consensus Circle is a great way to encourage a group of children to discuss their ideas, resulting in them reaching a consensus or a generally accepted opinion. By requiring children to come to a consensus, you …
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Welcome to Spring 2, week 1 of Talk on Tuesday! What is it? Originally used as an ice-breaker, ‘Would you rather…?’ is an excellent way to get children talking and practising important reasoning skills whilst also having fun. You could use ‘Would you rather…?’ questions at home to support children …
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This week Y5 are starting to learn about Australia in Geography. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning some of the names of places in Australia.
Read More »The South West of the UK
This week Y3 are starting to learn about the South West of the UK in Geography. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning some of the names of places in the South West.
Read More »Forces
This week Y5 are starting to learn about Forces in Science. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning more about forces.
Read More »Sound
This week Y4 are starting to learn about Sound in Science. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning looking at this diagram of how sound travels through the ear.
Read More »Forces and Magnets
This week Y3 are starting to learn about Forces and Magnets in Science. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning the names of the different types of forces.
Read More »Materials and Matter
This week Y2 are starting to learn about Materials and Matter in Science. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning this key vocabulary and their meanings.
Read More »Taking Care of the Earth
This week Y1 are starting to learn about Taking Care of the Earth in Science. Why not spend some time over the half-term learning the meaning for this symbol and spotting in on objects around the house.
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