Mrs Nat

Today for the first time I used Wallwisher – now I didn’t get through the whole class but here is a start and really only 7 more to go. So tomorrow when the student doesn’t have them I will get the rest to complete the work. Things I have realised through using it. Although independent on the computer they are not able to use Caps lock or shift key. Their spelling is awful – to be fair I did know this I just didn’t realise how bad. Finally this was a great way to get a sentence from the boys…More

Well I felt as everyone else and their grannies were doing this in their blogs I should too. I decided to use Tagxedo to see what my job application said about me – so here it is. I have to say this site is good as shows words that have been used lots which can be a good thing or a bad thing. I like that unlike Wordle you can change your shape so that it is more than a thought cloud. In all seriousness the implications of this in teaching language is huge children can type their stories and…More

This site is great, look what I have made I just love it all you need to do is type and generate. Enjoy my sillness.

to a reader who came to me on Twitter and told me I would need to justify my last post in regards to play. Apparently it is not seen outside of the lower primary stages. Now this I can understand and I suppose that I am a mainly KS1 person (although I have KS2 experience). I suppose that is why I made the distinction between play and discovery. At the same time however I do think there is merit to play up in the older stages of the school. I don’t think that we use play enough in these stages….More

Due to my husbands job we are going to leave the sunny heights (ok wet) of Scotland and are moving to Oxfordshire. I feel very nervous, scared, ill and sick to the stomach but I know that it is the RIGHT decision. It will mean that I will be with my husband and not spending 4 nights a week away from him. Now I need to find a job…… in the current job market I don’t think that this will be easy. So here are the things that I believe in as a teacher: ICT – I can embed it…More

It has been brought to my attention that perhaps a valuable resource is not known to all so this post is given over to Robert Drummond who is a fellow teacher in Scotland. It was his post on Twitter that alerted me to the fact that not everyone knows about The Smart Exchange. This is an online resource that is contributed to both by teachers and by the Smart people. Basically it is a place where if you have a lesson that you want to carry out on the Smartboard this is perhaps your beginning point. You are able to…More

Mrs Nat, Mr Nat and the two dogs are going up North on holiday – there will be no internet where we are going. Have a good break all. I leave you with a picture from last year so you can all be jealous of the lovely place we escape to in Scotland