This month, time is of the essence – with SATs only weeks away, we’ve pulled together some resources on assessment to help you fire up young minds. Plus, read our fantastic cross-curricular creative topic on ‘Time’. Read more.
Debate: Should SATs be scrapped?
SATs – Stress Activating Time Snatchers, or Sensible Academic Tests of Success? Five of our contributors have their say
Assessment: Purposeful learning
Assessment for Learning can help show how much a child really understands
By Gillian Ravenscroft — science coordinator and freelance writer
Assessment: The future of assessment
What does the future hold when it comes to assessing children’s learning?
By Andrew Thraves — Group Head of Publishing at GL Assessment
Assessment: The EAL challenge
Help EAL children prepare for their SATs by boosting language acquisition skills and improving basic vocabulary
By Jennifer Beckles — freelance journalist. With thanks to Argyle Primary School, King’s Cross, London for some of their ideas
ICT: Webwise – Young Arctic Explorer Competition
Explore the fascinating world of the Polar Bear and get creative entering our competition, too
Enter now!Also this month
More great articles published this month.
- Assessment: Tools of the trade
- EAL/Assessment: Child’s play
- Numeracy: Looking after the pennies
- Literacy: Reading takes you further…
- Creative topic: About time
- Dance & Drama: Sydney Opera House
- Literacy: Life in black and white
- Literacy: Interview with Brian Selznick
- Art: Revision aids
- Literacy: Poetry corner
- RE: Sacred buildings: mandirs
- Kitchen cupboard science: plants
- Take 5… ideas for science
- Geography: Around the world – New York
- History: Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- After-school club – cooking
- Debate: The last word – Season-of-birth effect
- Your bookshelf: growing up
- Have you seen our star resources?
- After-school club: delicious recipes
This month's resources
Interactive: All around the world -- New York
Use this funky, illustrated resource to explore New York and some of its main attractions. Accompanying activities can be found on pages 40-41 of the April ‘08 issue of Junior Education PLUS.
Interactive: French matching words - animals and colours
Improve children’s vocabulary skills with our fun drag-and-drop French game
Interactive: Sydney Opera House
Inspire dance, drama and creative writing with this sound and audio resource, based on the awe-inspiring Sydney Opera House. Accompanying activities can be found on pages 48-49 of the April ‘08 issue of Junior Education PLUS.
Interactive: The fame game - Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Challenge children to guess the identity of this intrepid explorer. Find accompanying activities on page 47 of the April ‘08 issue of Junior Education PLUS.
Interactive: Time zones around the world
Introduce children to the world’s time zones with this fun and informative interactive resource. Accompanying activities can be found on pages 33-36 of the April ‘08 issue of Junior Education PLUS.
One worksheet: Poetry corner - 'Geography Lesson'
A beautifully-illustrated version of Brian Patten’s poignant poem. Accompanying activities, by Brian, can be found on page 25 of the April ‘08 issue of Junior Education PLUS.
Other resources this month
- One worksheet: Roller ball game
- Poster: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
- Four worksheets: Kitchen cupboard science - plants
- Four worksheets: Sydney Opera House
- Four worksheets: Time
- One worksheet: Essential facts - Poles apart
- One worksheet: Global Warming, the Arctic and the Polar Bear
- One worksheet: You can help!
- Poster: Sydney Opera House
- Poster: Time zones around the world
- Three worksheets: Sacred buildings - mandirs
- Two worksheets: Brainteasers
This month's calendar
| Calendar for May 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Edward Lear’s Birthday | Pope Shot (1981) | Be Nice to Nettles Week |
Latest news
Little language learners 29 Apr 2008
Research reveals children as young as six develop language skills
Single-sex classes could boost the boys 28 Apr 2008
Boys’ would get better English results if they were taught in single-sex classes, a new study has found.
Children’s book awards shortlist announced 18 Apr 2008
The shortlisted titles for the 2008 CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway medals are revealed
Pools for schools 8 Apr 2008
Swimming pool on tour around Britain
NUT leader Steve Sinnott dies 7 Apr 2008
Steve Sinnot, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, has died aged 56.
Coming up in our June issue: PE
Promote healthy hearts with activities and interactive resources; discover child-run sports schemes; stretch minds and bodies with yoga; top sports resources to win, and much more!
PLUS…
Greek gods — cross-curricular activities to explore this exciting topic
D&T— dip-in ideas
Music— create a singing school
Recycling — craft activities
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