Archive for February, 2008

The Education Show »

Thanks to all at the Education Show for a really enjoyable day. It was great to meet up with so many people. Thanks to Helen Freeman from Scholastic for a LONG, really open and productive meeting about future plans… WATCH THIS SPACE. Thanks also to the 2Simple, Shoofly, Education City and the Q4Technologies folk for [...]

Ranvilles Infant School – Portsmouth »

. . . . . . A very enjoyable visit to Ranvilles Infant School in Portsmouth. Ranvilles won BECTAs ICT Excellence Awards 2007 – Extending learning opportunities (in the primary category) Congratulations to Fiona Aubrey-Smith (the then Lead Teacher for ICT and Year Leader), John Whitmore (then Deputy Headteacher), Stacey Barnes (Early Years Leader), Julie [...]

Hoddilay »

The blog and I had a couple of weeks of digital and analogue discoveries in foreign climes. FUN!!! Back to it now…

Little Aston Primary School, Staffordshire »

Little Aston Primary School, Staffordshire is a delightful school set in the village of Little Aston. Well done Chris for perspiring us through a great soundtrack! Thank you to Liz Pearce and Noreen Brain and their colleagues for a really enjoyable day. We talked at one point about the elements that make good writing and [...]

Smoke on the Yangtze »

Happy Prosperous Year Of The Rat 2008 Just shows how a great (and simple) theme can be transposed into any culture.

Roskear Primary School, Camborne, Cornwall »

Thank you to Richard Jones and all at Roskear Primary School, Camborne, Cornwall for a fun training day. To return from Cyprus, and be met by snow and hail was a shock. That shock was softened by some warm, sunny laughter and smiles from over 50 folk from Roskear and surrounding schools. Well done to [...]