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Learning about sea life at Sea Life
Ella is passionate about seals and has been rewarded with many sightings recently on the Norfolk coastline. We also wanted her and Amy to understand the work that goes into helping injured seals so spent…
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Talking Games for Car Journeys
Just a Minute Talking is a fantastic way of committing information to the memory. Having to explain something to others requires a clear understanding yourself. So, we use talking as a way of consolidating learning…
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Bing-inspired writing
Whenever using the BING search engine, you are always greeted by awesome photographic images that amaze, inspire and provoke thoughts and reactions. For this reason, they make the ideal stimulus for writing. Learning during the…
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News production and presenting
Most of us take the news for granted when we sit and watch it on TV but this week Amy and Ella were privileged to go behind the scenes to watch the making of the…
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Making a local delicacy; Cromer crab
Whenever we are at a location, we try to find out local information linked to the area. So whilst staying in Cromer in North Norfolk we felt compelled to find out about the famous Cromer…
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Ocean Science – gyres
Following the outstanding writing lesson with Joe Craig, Amy enthusiastically began planning her own adventure story. One of the issues in the plot is plastic pollution and the environmental impact on marine life so like…
Clear Plastic Bottles
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Writing children’s fiction
Literacy, or English, is a subject that dominates the timetable in school (with good reason). Both girls love writing and particularly enjoy fiction so a lesson with an author was an exciting prospect, particularly a…
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Feature writing – journalism
Recently, there has been a lot of press interest in our ed-venture around the UK. Our story appeared in a local Nottingham paper in September followed by some of the national papers soon afterwards. The…
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Interviewing and presenting
Outstanding learning doesn't have to take place in a classroom; in fact, learning is possibly most potent and memorable when it doesn't take place inside the bricks and mortar of the school. This was certainly…
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Four have fun in Fife
Sauchope Links Holiday Park , based in Crail, Fife has been the base for our last week of adventure and learning. The holiday park is tucked away at the end of the village and ideally…
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