This is the third blog in a series of six. I was asked recently by a number of teachers in my zoom training to recommend films for their year groups. There isn’t a right answer as to which films suit which year groups so I have just plumped for those which I have enjoyed using …
There are so many great films that can be used with this age group. When I first developed Literacy Shed, I was teaching Y5 and developing my ‘film for writing’ pedagogy, so I have used many more short films with this year group than any other. These are my favourites but definitely not a list of films …
Top 5 Literacy Shed Films for Year 5 (Ages 9-10) Read More »
I have been asked by quite a few teachers recently, ‘Which are the best films to use with my year group?’ It has been quite difficult to decide on my favourites. There were the obvious ones that many people use: The Piano, Alma, Francis but I wanted to share some that may be under the …
Top 5 Literacy Shed Films for Year 6 (Ages 10-11) Read More »
On Monday 6th July 2020, the Department for Education released guidance on teaching mathematics in primary schools. It is part of the Government’s plan to encourage schools to focus on key knowledge and skills (or operations) in mathematics as they build out and implement a “recovery curriculum”. Since the document was released, we have been …
Teaching mathematics in primary schools – an EdShed guide Read More »
The summer holidays are a much welcome break for both teachers and children, but even more so this year after the Covid-19 pandemic and the uncertainty and stresses that have come with it. The team at EdShed are so happy that we have been able to help teachers plan lessons and make home learning more …
10 Free Apps to help kids continue learning over summer Read More »
With the state of the Covid-19 pandemic uncertain, it is hard to plan for the 2020 – 2021 school year. The 2019 – 2020 school year has been significantly disrupted by the novel coronavirus. Schools and children have adapted amazingly and we’re proud to have been able to help support learning through such a difficult …
MathShed’s Mastery Scheme and How to Use It Not only do we have our calculation fact fluency web game and app, we also provide a full mastery scheme to teachers and schools who subscribe to MathShed. Key features:– Fully-resourced – Complete curriculum coverage – Practical tasks – Worksheets or worksheet-free teaching options – Whole-class with …
White Rose-style and mastery maths learning from MathShed Read More »
This video is of a whole-school training session on getting the most out of Spelling Shed. We look at the different ways word lists can be set up and tools to engage learners. Thanks to Bewdley Primary School for letting us film. Learn more about Spelling Shed HERE.
