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The Absent Teacher Worksheet Series (ATWS)

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ATWS Religion contains worksheets and wordsearches on: Faith or Fact; The Meaning of ‘Nothing’; Making the World Out of Nothing; Creation of the World; Creation of Humans; Religion Worldwide; Judaism; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Islam; Jehovah’s Witnesses; Mormons; Common Features of Religions; Conflict; Fast Days and Fasting; Feast Days, Holy Days and Holy Places; Miracles; War and Peace.

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The first is the educational and motivational input that the company puts into the tale. Does it give the children something other than a theatrical experience?

And second (and this is something not often mentioned), we must consider the quality of the actors.

The name of the “West End in Schools” company reveals something about this final point – because all our actors are those who have recently been involved in productions in London’s West End theatres.

And our answer to the first point – is this educational and motivational – the answer is most certainly yes. The simple fact that we bring West End actors into schools says something very powerful to all members of the school: teachers, children, parents and governors.

This year we’re off to the mystical world of Old Peking and its most famous reckless ragamuffin Aladdin.

Which means there’s a high-speed ride on a flying carpet, powered by the magic of children joining in, making the actions and singing along. The children are at the centre of making the Genie’s magic, helping Aladdin make sure that everyone lives Happily Ever After – Oh Yes They Do!

You will find more details on our website at www.westendinschools.org.uk/shows

To book the Aladdin pantomime or to ask any questions about our work and our productions, please either:

• Complete our quick enquiry form
• Call Nigel Godfrey on 020 7395 7520
• Email office@westendinschools.org.uk

The projects require students to look critically at other artists’ and designers’ work and then show evidence of a clear line of visual enquiry in art work. All projects cover the areas of exploring and developing ideas, investigating and making, reviewing, adapting and researching into the work of others, and making critical analyses of the work they review. Hand drawn illustrations are included.

The projects in Art and Design at Key Stage Three are divided into section by year group which are intended to be given as handouts to students. For example Year 7 covers Texture and Mark-making, Colour theory, Portraits, Mixed Media, and Ancient Egypt. There is also a comprehensive selection of extra lessons.

It is available as a copiable book (also available on CD Rom so that it can be loaded onto the school’s learning platform).

You can see a full list of the topics at http://www.pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/art/T1711.pdf

Publisher’s reference: T1711EMN ISBN: 978 1 86083 791 3

Prices

• Photocopiable report in a ring binder, £24.95 plus £3.95 delivery
• CD with school-wide rights: £24.95 plus £3.95 delivery
• Both the Ring Binder and the CD £31.94 plus £3.95 delivery
• Prices include VAT.

You can purchase the report… please quote the order ref: T1711EMN

• By post to First and Best, Hamilton House, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Way, Corby, NN17 4HH
• By fax to 01536 399 012
• On line with a credit card at http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=539

The other is that the number of tablets and laptops that are being temporarily “lost” is growing too, and that is worrying.

This is not to say that the “lost” machines are removed with criminal intent. In fact, it is only a tiny minority of machines that are actually stolen.

What happens is that a person in the school legitimately takes a tablet or laptop to use, but then subsequently this specific tablet/laptop is hard to locate.

To help with this most schools mark all their portable IT equipment.

There is a problem though. Tablets and laptops are invariably made of either aluminium or hard plastic with a cured paint to make it hard and scratchproof. This makes putting identification marks on the equipment difficult, because you simply can’t ‘etch’ anything into aluminium or hard plastics as they do not have a porous surface.

One way out of this dilemma is to use (Dantech’s) aluminium trakaplates which, because of the thickness and strong adhesive that they use, are near impossible to remove. In fact, the only way you could get such an identification label off a machine would be to lever it off with a screwdriver – which is extremely hard to do. There are more details on these on our website.

An alternative approach is ID Silver Mark labels. These labels are precision cut stencils which can include your school name. The labels are then painted with UV ink to show up should the label be removed. There’s more information on these on our website.

If you have tablets or similar objects of value in the school and you would like a way to identify them as school property, please do see our website for our complete range of solutions.

Alternatively please call us on 01354 688 488 or email us sales@dantech.co.uk for free and unbiased help and advice.

What actually made my work a lot easier was the arrival of a photocopiable volume with a music CD with the exact title that suited my lessons: Teaching rhythm, melody and harmony.

This 130 page volume presents rhythm, harmony and melody as separate sets of activities which can be incorporated into lessons of any length. Each lesson plan sets out the purpose of that lesson, the materials needed, the method employed and the tasks to be done.

Activities are supported by specially composed short practice segments covering a range of styles, for example rock, reggae, jazz and funk.

Each activity and its accompanying music includes easier and more advanced elements for classes with a range of abilities.

The CD illustrates the text and provides accompanying music for student tasks with at least one CD track for each lesson. Students are guided through scores and lines of music, encouraged to get a feel for the flow of the piece and to sing or play at every opportunity.

Sample pages of the book may be obtained by emailing the publisher

Publisher’s catalogue number T1614emn

ISBN: 978 1 86083 603 9

Format of the book: Ringbinder plus CD: £34.95 plus £3.95 delivery

Methods of ordering – please quote catalogue number T1614emn

• By post to First and Best, Hamilton House Mailings plc, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH
• By fax on 01536 399 012
• By phone with a credit card or with an official school order number on 01536 399 011
• On line with a credit card at http://tinyurl.com/lomubj

They range from troublesome similarities (such as words like “coin” and “toy” with the same sound but different spelling choices), to the six different ways of pronouncing “ough”, not to mention the bizarre collection of words which utilise silent letters.

There is only one way in which dyslexic students can learn the spelling choices for the many different phonics and homophones, and that is through a structured reading and spelling programme.

Which is exactly what MSL has devised: the complete reading and spelling rescue programme.

This programme covers all the 90 different spelling and sound rules and adds in ten sections on issues such as word patterns, suffixes, prefixes, homophones and irregular final syllables, making 100 topics in all.

The 90 rules and associated topics can be seen on our website where you can see the structured order of teaching that we have introduced.

What we have then done is broken these 100 topics down into 20 modules, presented in an order which allows students to use the spelling rules as soon as they have learned them.

As a result of this structured approach, which includes placement & progress tests, you can introduce a dyslexic pupil or student to the sequence from the very start. You can also begin work at a point where the individual will be revising key points, before moving on to areas of weakness, where his/her knowledge becomes erratic.

A copiable version of each module costs £29.99, or you can order five modules together on a CD for £80 plus VAT. All 20 modules are available for £450.

You can order the Reading and Spelling Rescue Programme in any of these ways:

• On our website (where you can also see full details of the programme)
• By phone on 01604 505000
• By fax to 01604 505001
• By email to info@msl-online.net
• By post to Multi-Sensory Learning, Highgate House, Creaton, Northants, NN6 8NN

Professor Irvine Gersch & Dr Anna Lipscomb

Children/young people need time, space and kindness to speak openly about the things most important to them and listening can help facilitators understand better the root of children’s thinking and behaviour, and can give an insight into how to better support them to reach their potential. Use these cards to provide prompts for a meaningful, stimulating and positive conversation about the ‘bigger picture’ in life. They will help children and young people understand their views about life, school and people important to them, which is enlightening for the facilitators too.

There are four areas for discussion:

•Identity – allows the child to consider what is special about them as individuals & includes: How would you describe the person you are?

•Important people – children are encouraged to consider who is important to them through questions such as: Who is special to you?

•Meaning & Purpose – questions covering our mission and purpose in life, for example: Do you think that people’s lives are set out for them?

•Thinking & Planning – the final set of questions allows individuals to think about how they reflect and make big decisions, for instance: How do you calm your mind, relax and think best? Have you ever experienced a big change in your life?

Contents: 17 A5-size cards, includes instruction booklet with ideas for use

LITTLE BOX OF BIG QUESTIONS ref. 400H £24.99

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Free, full units for R005, R006 and R007 will also be provided from autumn 2013, and you won’t need a Serif licence to benefit from them. Mapped to LOs, Serifs new Cambridge Nationals resources will underpin the skills needed to complete model assignments to the highest standard.Serif will provide free full resources for:

• Unit R005: Creating an interactive product using multimedia components
• Unit R006: Creating digital images
• Unit R007: Creating dynamic products using sound and vision.

From detailed fact files on professional techniques to guides on using Serif software to create fit-for-purpose work, you’ll have support to ensure effective course delivery. And they’re designed to easily integrate into your own schemes of work.

For your FREE Cambridge Nationals resources, email ocr@serif.com with your schools details.

Claire Macdonald
Education Business Manager
Serif (Europe) Ltd

t: 0800 376 6868 e: ocr@serif.com

We know Academies are at the forefront of new styles of learning and cross-curricular or blended learning. If you are looking for challenging resources, real product development, flexibility and excellent value for money then we have something for you!

Enterprise Soapbox is our most popular resource to date having sold over 500 kits into more than 400 schools and academies nationwide. We’ve even sent kits to Malawi, Ireland and Germany!

Enterprise Soapbox is a self contained Business, Science & Enterprise kit which comes complete with a 70-page teacher pack full of STEM enrichment ideas, curriculum links, G&T projects and more.

There’s enough material in the kit to make up to 700 novelty-sized soaps or approximately 140 bars of ‘regular’ sized soaps or. Develop a real business plan, sell the products and you can donate to charity, make a social,enterprise or buy another refill kit and do it all again!

Use it as a Social Enterprise or try it as a true cross-curricular activity – it’s amazingly flexible and there are many options to choose from to tailor it to your needs!

The Enterprise Soapbox for Science kit contains:

• 1 x 70-page teacher manual
• 1 x Cold process demonstration kit
• 1 x 11kg tub of soapbase
• silicone novelty moulds (10-12 moulds per sheet)
• large sheet moulds (4 moulds per sheet)
• 3 x different colours
• 3 x different perfumes with applicators
• 1 x jug & spatula
• 1 x CD-Rom instructional video and DVD.

Don’t take our word for it though, have a look at the website, video and testimonials on the web link below (caution, video starts automatically!)

website: http://www.innovativeenterprise.co.uk/SoapBox/Default.aspx
e-mail: info@innovativeenterprise.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 434 6424