Printed Resources
This week, I thought I would share a few useful websites for educators to help support pupils. First, here are the sites I use most for printed resources. For a range of excellent printables, including assessments, games and curriculum support, I recommend ‘Twinkl’ on http://www.twinkl.co.uk and there are various memberships available. However, if you are looking for some great free resources, then the site http://www.senteacher.org is really amazing for specialist teaching and whenever I need to create precision sheets, I always go to the site http://www.johnandgwyn.co.uk.
Free Maths Resources and App
This week I also wanted to ensure everyone was aware of http://www.whiterosemaths.com who share lots of free resources and workbooks to help educators and parents support children with their maths. They have just released a free new 1-Minute Maths app, which looks as if it will be really helpful to enable children to build greater number confidence and fluency with number. It’s all about targeted practice in engaging, one-minute chunks! This first version of the app is aimed at Key Stage 1 pupils, and focuses on adding, subtract and ‘Subitising’. The free mobile app is available to download for Apple/iOS, Android and Kindle. https://whiterosemaths.com/1-minute-math White Rose Maths also have a competition on facebook at the moment to win an ipad and other goodies.to celebrate that fact that their new free app is available to download!
Made by Dyslexia
Made by Dyslexia offer advice for parents to spot, support and empower a dyslexic child as well as offering a free two hour training course for teachers on their site http://www.madebydyslexia.org. They also have an amazing selection of videos on their youtube channel which cover a range of subjects such as dyslexia awareness, dyslexia thinking, celebrity interviews and training.
Nessy
Nessy have a new look website on www. nessy.com where you will find a wealth of information regarding dyslexia, how to support the dyslexic learner, details of related difficulties and some free resources. The award winning Nessy Reading and Spelling programme really helps children to enjoy learning reading and spelling through the various games and activities. Nessy offer a free trial to see if it their programme is suitable for your needs before subscribing.
SEND STATION TRAINING
SEND Station offer practical, affordable and effective support for children with SEND through their online training courses. I have attended some of their courses with their founder member Sarah Singleton and have found the courses really enjoyable and informative. All their literacy related sessions have an element of dyslexia friendly practise, however this week they have announced a new course entitled ‘Dyslexia Awareness’ . The first session on 15 February discusses dyslexia, how it impacts individuals and strategies to support them. For more details on all their courses, go to http://www.sendstation.co.uk. You can book this course at £8.50 per delegate (which includes a handout and certificate of attendance) with Eventbrite on the link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dyslexia-awareness-tickets-235920894747?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Thank you
Finally, it was lovely to see so many new subscribers to my blog this past couple of weeks. Thank you and welcome! I hope you will find this blog and site useful. It is all still very much a work in progress, so if you find there are specific spelling rules you want me to put on next or anything else that you think would be helpful for me to write on here, then please send me a message on the contacts page and I will try and get some more information on the pages. Constructive feedback would be very much appreciated, as this is a new project for me but I hope it will make life easier for us all by putting all the spelling rules and phonics information in one place to refer to when required.
Is it me, or is January already seeming like the longest month ever? I am longing for the spring, the lighter mornings and evenings plus the sight of the colourful flowers emerging. Not too long to wait now though – I have seen the first snowdrops of the year appearing and the evenings do seem to be starting to draw out a little. Have a lovely week everybody. PJ 🙂
At the end of the day,
remind yourself that you did the best you could today
and that is good enough.
Help your child learn to read, write and spell 