12/09/2012 - Great range of ice breakers, many of which could be used for meeting new classes, circle time, PSHE etc.
15/07/2012 - A well-resourced and comprehensive site, suitable for some of the science taught at upper key stage 2 and beyond (8-11+).
08/70/2012 - "Here at Literacy Shed we aim to provide exciting teaching ideas for the resources that we would love to use if only we had the time to find them."
20/11/2011 - Stunning images with accompanying text. Ideal for setting and description, or reading comprehension if the text were simplified for the audience.
07/10/2011 - Some stunning visuals for setting and description.
20/09/2011 - Well worth a look. Step into a picture, description, persuasion, comprehension - deduction and inference.
20/09/2011 - "A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing:
A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives*"
18/09/2011 - "The sun is high and hot. Impossible rock sculptures tower over the desert floor, casting short purple shadows on the scrub and cacti. An insect chirps.
A trail of speeding smoke appears at the horizon, tearing along the highway with reckless abandon. If we were to take a very fast exposure of the dust cloud as it blasts by, we might get a blurred snapshot of a giant RoadRunner (runforrestus run). Shaking her blue crest, quoth she: "Beep-beep." Brilliant!
18/09/2011 - Great series of photographs, ideal for adding text / drama such as freeze frame or mime.
18/09/2011 - Very clear "Resource Available
Ordering Comparing and Reading Numbers Ordering, Comparing and Reading Numbers VIEW
Addition and Subtraction Addition and Subtraction Resources VIEW
Multiplication and Division Multiplication and Division Resources VIEW
Partitioning and Place Value Partitioning and Place Value Resources VIEW
Word Problems Word Problems VIEW
Fractions Decimals and Percentages Fractions Decimals and Percentages VIEW
Latest Resources Latest Resources VIEW"
15/09/2011 - High resolution images / Free Wallpapers from the Terra Galleria photo gallery
03/09/2011 - A gem! Interesting, original, fun ways to meet your new class. A wide range of activities contributed by twitter folk and compiled by Tom Barrett.
29/08/2011 - "
Documentation to support Numeracy
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Auditing Literacy and Mathematics
Subject Leader self evaluation grid
Guidance on writing RAPs and blank ISP RAP
Maths Co-ordinators file
Sample Mathematics Policy
What should be in your maths toolbox
Looking at a sample of children's work (AT1 focus)
Looking at a sample of children's work checklist
Looking at a sample of children's work (Renewed Framework) Oct 07
Looking at Planning (Renewed Framework) Oct 07"
29/08/2011 - Superb planning site for mathematics.
Planning a unit of work
Flow chart to support planning a unit of work
Long term planning overview
Long term planning overview example for 2007/2008
Long term planning overview example for 2008/2009
A Unit route map: A teachers overview of REVIEW / TEACH / PRACTICE / APPLY / REVIEW for a 10 or 15 day unit.
Long term overview of BLOCKS and UNITS
Objectives and Strands: An Overview
Planning notes / front sheets for medium term planning / I can statements / pitch and expectations
29/08/2011 - Superb idea! Mark Warner (Teaching Ideas) has created a repository of inspiring ideas linked to a growing range of popular and engaging books. There are suggestions for English, together with plenty of cross-curricular links. Great stuff.
25/08/2011 - Full planning and resources for QCA Plus scheme. Some good ideas to get started.
23/08/2011 - Sliding day, date, month, hour, 24 hlour, minute and seconds - could be interesting to use on the IWB when teaching time, days, months.
22/08/2011 - 1. Shortest Street in the World , Ebenezer Place – Scotland
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Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in). In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m, 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire. The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.
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The street originated in 1883, when Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building, a hotel at the time, was instructed to paint a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887.
2. The Narrowest Street in the World (Spreuerhofstraße) – Germany
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Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street, found in the city of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ranges from 31 centimetres (12.2 in) at its narrowest to 50 centimetres (19.7 in) at its widest.
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The lane was built in 1727 during the reconstruction efforts after the area was completely destroyed in the massive city-wide fire of 1726 and is officially listed in the Land-Registry Office as City Street Number 77.
3. Most Complicated Interchange in US, Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange – Los Angeles, USA
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The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is situated in Los Angeles, CA and is one of the most complicated interchanges in the country. It permits entry and exit in all directions between the I-105 and the I-110. It’s a stack interchange with layers of bridges making a complicated network of roads allowing smooth flow of traffic though both the interstate highways. This interchange was opened in 1993. It is a 4 level interchange with a restricted access lane that can be used by high-occupancy vehicles.
4. Most Crooked Street in US, Lombard St – San Francisco, USA
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The street is famous for a small section near the top of Russian Hill, between Hyde and Leavenworth streets. Here the hill is so steep (27°) that it would be too dangerous for most vehicles, so between 1922 and 1923 this part of Lombard Street was transformed into a switchback with eight sharp turns. Cars can only drive downhill, east-bound towards Leavenworth Street.
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The crooked section of the street, which is about 1/4 mile (400 m) long, is reserved for one-way traffic traveling east (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The speed limit in this section is 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).
5. The Steepest Street in the World, Baldwin Street – New Zealand
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Baldwin Street in a suburban part of New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is considered the world's steepest residential street. It is located in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
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A short straight street a little under 350 metres (1,150 ft) long, Baldwin Street runs east from the valley of the Lindsay Creek up the side of Signal Hill towards Opoho, rising from 30 m (98 ft) above sea level at its junction with North Road to 100 m (330 ft) above sea level at the top, an average slope of slightly more than 1:5. Its lower reaches are only moderately steep, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete (200 m (660 ft) long), for ease of maintenance and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters. At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is about 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) – that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.
6. Widest Street in the World, 9 De Julio – Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, features the widest avenue in the world. At over 300 feet wide, 9 de Julio Avenue occupies a gap of an entire block in the city grid, hence its incredible width. Crossing the avenue at street level often requires a few minutes, as all intersections have traffic lights. Under normal walking speed, it takes pedestrians normally two to three green lights to cross its twelve lanes of traffic.
7. Longest Street in the World, Yonge St – Ontario, Canada
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The Longest Street in the World is Yonge Street (pronounced “young”), referred to as “Main Street Ontario”, connects the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto in Canada to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Actually, it starts on the Toronto lakeshore and winds its way northwesterly along Highway 11 to Rainy River, Ontario, at the Minnesota border. Yonge Street is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world at 1,896 km (1,178 mi), and the construction of this street is designated an Event of National Historic Significance.
8. Largest Roundabout in the World, Putrajaya – Malaysia
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World's Largest Roundabout (Putrajaya - Malaysia) Putrajaya is in the south of Kuala Lumpur. It is a new political center, the loop length of it is 3.4 km. The roundabout is situated around a beautiful hill and green parks.
9. Most Confusing Roundabout in the World, Magic Roundabout – Swindon, UK
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The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. In 2009 it was voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a poll by Britannia Rescue. To be fair, once understood this intersection is amazingly functional and actually designed to reduce overall congestion. However, it is certainly an urban wonder and highly perplexing to the uninitiated.
22/08/2011 - Mostly free display & classroom resources (for most subjects), plus a wide range of certificates and awards. Well worth a look.