Watch Your Wallpaper
Imagine a 6 year old child that can spell the following: Great Uncle Bulgaria Tobermory Madame Cholet Orinoco Wellington Tomsk
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People We Should Know: The Agoji Warriors
There are lots of people we should know about but don’t. Some are outstanding individuals and some are extraordinary groups
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The Doorway Effect And Learning
If you want to remember something then don’t walk through a doorway as you are likely to hit a brick
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Active Maths
When most people are asked to think of an ‘active’ subject in school then P.E. is likely to spring to
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RATIONal Food
Food is readily available, supersizing is commonplace and people are bigger than ever. What would John Boyd Orr think of
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Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Thinking in straight lines isn’t good for us because we only see forwards and backwards. Thinking is far more chaotic
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Would You Rather….?
If you want to kick-start a discussion then a fail-safe idea for class (and other contexts) is to play the
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Concept Cake
Can you have your cake and eat it? Not normally but in class you can and as often as you
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Thinking Games: What Is The Opposite Of…?
Thinking games are vital to the lifeblood of any classroom regardless of subject and should be regularly incorporated into the
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The Rule of 3
It has often been said that 3 is the magic number and when it comes to survival then it’s certainly
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