If your children are anything like mine then you will need to have a home learning timetable in place over this lockdown/home learning period. What better way than creating one together!

This template can be customised to have your own ideas, timing and timetable for your students. Simply make a copy of this timetable and add in what you need. Print it out or have it available for students to see and use. You could even add it to Google Keep or set reminders/alarms on Google calendar for your children to move to their next home learning session. 

Teachers could use this template to help keep on track over the home learning period also - if you're looking to help stay on task!

This resource also comes with some resource task cards that can be used alongside the ebook. It prompts students to first listen to the word, then say the word, then write it in the air with an option to create it at the end. The overview task card shows students ways they can create the word. 

I posted a picture of my new trolley over the weekend and had lots of questions about what was actually on my trolley and the stamps I have. So here is a quick post sharing each of the stamps and how/what they are used for!

These stamps were sourced from these places:
​The literacy place
Frame this
Stamp it by Miss B

2 stars and a wish
​This stamp is great for giving feedback in writing time. This could be used in group time, with independent scaffolding, as editing tools or conferencing. It is great for students to think about two things that they did well and something they 'wish' to get better at. 

Your next steps
This is a great further learning stamp that gives students their next steps in their work. It could be used in any curriculum area, with their next steps written next to it. 

Self Check
This stamp is used in writing alongside the Sheena Cameron 'writing book'. This is used when students make checks or corrections tot their writing; and can be used as more of an accountability stamp to keep track of how many changes were made. 

Traffic light stamp
This stamp is a great end of lesson/work finisher that I use alot in all my lessons. This is used in their work as a reflection tool (students tick the circle they feel relate to their work) and I use alongside self feedback. I have done lots of work with this stamp and created other resources that support the implementation of this stamp. 

Super writer stamp
​I use this stamp when students earn the 'super writer' of the day. This is where students writing meet a certain criteria and get to wear a super writers cape for the day for being super at writing. This is placed on the page of writing that was picked for the super writer. 

Growth mindset stamp
I have yet to use this as it is my latest stamp in my collection. I plan on using this once we unpack our mindsets and key competencies more; and use it as a reflection tool for their work evidence. Stay tuned for more on this stamp!

So how does it work? I set up my 'Swat the word' slide deck on the TV or activeboard to use in the lesson. I call out a word (or a different word for each student) and they come and swat the word. It could be doing a challenge also so in this video, crawling under the table to get to the word first. This could be turned into a friendly game or challenge; or with further challenges to make it more exciting or intense. 

Last week I shared a preview of these writing slips I had made for my students. Teachers were going crazy for them and asked if there were more to come. 

Well guess what? There is and the first release of the writing success criteria slips are now live on my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. This bundle includes 66 ready made slips that target different learning intentions from writing level 1B to 2B. These also cover both surface and deeper features of writing. 

Today I ran an after school workshop on Seesaw for parents. I have rolled it out with parents this week and wanted to ensure parents had enough knowledge and understanding to navigate the app, and know the purpose of it for us in the classroom. 

Signing up to Seesaw can be tricky sometimes with parents wanting to know lots about how to make it happen. Teachers are already busy people so I made this quick poster handout that you can give to parents to show them how to join.
Simple instructions with pictures and descriptors to make it explicit and easy to follow. Parents will be able to join via QR code printout successfully. Grab a copy of the handout pdf below. 

Some of the mats are around insects, animals, food, children and more! Something to hook in all your learners. 

Download your free copy here today or purchase it from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. If your students love it please let me know! 

Don't you hate it when your kids come to you and say "I'm done" without looking to choose something to do? 
This resource is a great one for your classroom routine that provides some activities for students to choose from that they can do instead of asking me.

These activities have things for writing, read, drawing, creating, help or catching up. A little bit of everything for everyone and the popular ones for those students that want them. It is used everyday and a popular part of my classroom practice. 

Kahoot! is a free quiz based software that can be designed into interactive experiences for students in the classroom. These can be used for multiple curriculum areas, with its ease of use being used by any year level - even new entrants with scaffolding! 

Check it out here and see how it can work for you in your classroom; or check out these Kahoot! ideas here. 

Osmo is an amazing manipulative digital tool that enhances learning opportunities with game pieces to support. We first started with maths numbers and used this to support our maths programme in class. Students could use this individually or in pairs and work on the learning with that. 

Along with book is a set of task cards and making prompts that students can use to further support learning their target words. The first prompt is a poster that I have on the wall prompting students to create the word using one of the items below. The second prompt is the mini task cards that I have on a ring that students can use to guide their motions on each target word.