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Creativity in the classroom: myths and strategies

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Claire Lotriet

Back in April, I was a mentor at London’s Google innovator Program where I ran a session on strategies to improve creative thinking. Then in […]

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Exploring maths through a core text

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Claire Lotriet

Last week, we had our annual school carnival and this year it was linked to the book Leon and the Place Between. For two weeks […]

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#proudofmyselfie one year on: some new ideas

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Claire Lotriet

Thanks to my Timehop app, I was reminded that yesterday was a year to the day since I came up with the idea for #proudofmyselfie, […]

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Getting physical: computing at Raspberry Pi Towers

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Claire Lotriet

I was lucky enough to be one of 20-odd educators to be selected to take part in the first ever Raspberry PiCademy that took place last […]

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Ask your students: how can I help you?

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Claire Lotriet

If a child is struggling with something, it can be easy to forget to just ask them how you can help them before setting off […]

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Creating and using ‘self-led’ ICT units

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Claire Lotriet

After a suggestion from my colleague, I’m working on a kind of ‘self-led’ ICT unit for next half term. I say ‘self-led’ because it includes […]

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Reading activity quick fix

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Claire Lotriet

Any primary teacher knows the importance of choosing engaging and worthwhile reading activities in order to ensure you don’t get constantly interrupted with your guided […]

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The Learning Journey

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Claire Lotriet

Along one of the walls in my classroom, is a long orange arrow; it’s my class’ learning journey. In The Perfect Ofsted Lesson, Jackie Beere […]

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Bad SPAG!

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Claire Lotriet

This year, as a year 6 teacher, all of my class will have the pleasure of sitting the new spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPAG) test. […]

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Taking notes like Tony

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Claire Lotriet

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been one to use what I would have called ‘mind maps’ both in and out of the […]

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