Parent Meetings In UK - Fail to answer questions

Here are some extracts from the BBC article:

Parents should also make sure they ask the teacher how they could help their child at home, she says.

But more than three quarters arrive at parents' evenings without having made any preparations or thought about what information they want.

The survey also claims that two thirds of parents have been unable to attend a meeting because of work commitments - and one in three fathers think that going to a parents' evening is a job for their partner.

A majority - 57% - would rather receive an e-mail update about their child's progress and the same number would like to have more frequent informal meetings.

Making quizzes in Google forms

See this tutorial for help with this versatile tool.

Tentrends...thanks to thecleversheep.blogspot.com

Here are some ideas about what we need to teach in the future.

Ten Trends Rmc

View more documents from Rodd Lucier.

Cyber bullying

Cyberbullying is a growing problem in primary schools, according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance. See BBC

Many of the 227 10 and 11-year olds questioned said they used social networking sites, even though users are meant to be over 13.

It defines cyberbullying as deliberately upsetting someone using information technology, especially the internet or telephone.

Almost a quarter (23%) said they would allow their child of 10 or under to go on the internet unsupervised at home.

These steps are given if cyberbullying is happening:

The group tells children:

• Don't give out personal details such as your mobile number, address or email online

• Regularly check and clean your friends lists on social networking sites

• Keep evidence - callers and mailers can be traced

• Find the "report abuse" or "block sender" options on your favourite websites

• Remember that sites you create and emails you send can be traced back to you

• Protect your password to keep your files and information safe

• If you are being bullied in any way you must tell someone who can help - a teacher, parent/carer, friend, sister/brother or other relative

Visual prompt for writing from piclits.com

See the full PicLit at PicLits.comHere is a great visual prompt generator for writing.  Although sign up is required if you want to save the projects, it is quick and easy to do.

Boys into books

Thanks to Anthony Tilke for this recommendation.


Yesterday at a parent teacher coffee afternoon some mums of sons were looking for ways to enthuse their children into reading. Here's a website which offers some advice and a downloadable booklet.


Please send me any comments if you get the chance to read it.

ipod touches in class with 8 year olds!

Two items have recently appeared about ipod Touch.

The first is below:




The second is a story about a school in Oklahoma which is handing out ipod touches to all teachers and students in the school...for grades 3-12.

It would be interesting to know how they are being used and how it is affecting their classroom learning and home learning.