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London’s burning – extended edition The Great Fire of London is a hot topic among primary teachers. It’s time to build up the flames 
What’s the time, Mr Wolf? Watch the clock or lose your flock! Is your class ready to take on the wolf’s timely challenge? 
SEAL series index Don’t miss out on our fantastic SEAL series by Jenny Mosley, free to all ChildEd PLUS readers. Simply click on the links to be taken through to the articles
Favourite books series index Loving our Favourite books series? Then check them all out here
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Globetrotting Set up your own travel agents and let the children enjoy planning a holiday
Getting to know you Practical activities are a great way for staff to bond and learn to support each other. Sue Cowley suggests some fun ideas for successful team building
Happy Father’s Day To celebrate Father’s Day, we meet three dads who spent a day at their children’s nursery
Reading escapes This month’s theme for the 2008 National Year of Reading focuses on holiday reading and what better book to link this to than Mr Bear’s Holiday by Debi Gliori (Orchard Books) 
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Art: Garden games Short on display space for children’s 3D work? Your outdoor area is the perfect place for an interactive exhibition
Outdoor learning: Junior entrepreneurs Swap the classroom for the boardroom and teach children important life skills with our new cross-curricular series. This month: the garden challenge
RE: Old stories, modern messages Discover a fresh new RE series that helps give Bible stories a modern makeover
Numeracy: Step to it Use practical challenges and a simple four-step procedure to develop effective problem-solving skills
Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5 to 7
Really Looking A collection of vividly descriptive poems, which supports the Literacy Framework Y2 Poetry Unit 2 – Really Looking and Y1 Poetry Unit 1 – Using the senses.
Dame Kelly Holmes: Olympic Champion A group of primary schoolchildren pose questions to Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes in this multimedia resource – PLUS a biography and video link
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Literacy Time PLUS Ages 7 to 9
Literacy Time PLUS resource inspires young poets Authors and Letters, published in the March 2008 issue of Literacy Time PLUS, inspired children in one Warwickshire primary school to write their own poems in the style of Moira Andrew
Once upon a time… Use these interactive story frames to plan and write the beginning, middle and end of a traditional story. The amount of support given gradually reduces as children move through the resource.
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Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11
The National Year of Reading… what’s it all about? Honor Wilson-Fletcher, NYR Project Director, tells us more about the aims and structure of the National Year of Reading
Olympic Dictionary Game Interactive ‘Call my Bluff’-style dictionary game in which children must match the Olympic Games topic words to their correct definitions.
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Latest news
Children’s Laureate tells tales 16 May 2008
Michael Rosen is set to read bedtime stories on CBeebies
Nationwide training for primary school teachers 16 May 2008
New teacher training programme launched in order to help young children who struggle with mathematics
Byron report update 15 May 2008
Children Internet Safety will launch in September
Last chance to have your say on Educational Psychologists 15 May 2008
There are two weeks left to feedback on the Children’s Workforce Development Council’s proposed scheme for educational psychologists
Roald Dahl prize honours funny books 14 May 2008
A new prize has been launched by Booktrust to celebrate the funniest children’s books
Davies Sports teams up with SOCATOTS to kick start sport 14 May 2008
Children from six months to five years can now benefit from a new physical play programme to boost soccer skills and fitness levels.












