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Christmas is coming…

Tuesday 24th Nov, 2009 by Amy Stock
Categories: Primary, Secondary, 16+, SEN, Other, Blog, Other I had my first exposure of Coca Cola’s Christmas advert on TV last night, which, by the looks of various Twitter comments, seems to be a real sign that Christmas is on its way! We’re starting to think about…

funtheory.com

Monday 16th Nov, 2009 by Amy Stock
Categories: Other, Blog, Other Volkswagen know how to do adverts. Following a link from a friend’s Facebook earlier, I found this amusing little video about how to make walking up the stairs fun! All three videos on this site have a lot to say…

Schoolswork Examen

Friday 3rd Jul, 2009 by Amy Stock
Categories: Other, Blog, Other As we come to the end of term, here is an examen designed to help you reflect back on the school year, with all of its challenges and joys, risks and responsibilities. The examen is a simple spiritual exercise developed…

Cartoons on teaching

Friday 30th Jan, 2009 by Chris Curtis
Categories: Other, Other, Other Transforming Lives have produced a fun quiz for Christians thinking about teaching…. including a set of cartoons. the quiz raises a lot of the same questions and issues that anyone visiting schools face, so check…

National Charter for Youthworkers

Wednesday 17th Dec, 2008 by Amy Stock
Categories: Other, Other, Other “We love our youthworker!” will be officially launched next spring, but here’s a sneak preview of the aims of the charter and the set of seven sections with the cartoons to accompany them. This is a campaign…

Add Letters

Monday 8th Sep, 2008 by Amy Stock
Categories: Other, Other, Extra Curricular, Lunchtime Activities, Other This is an interactive site where you can produce signs customised with any message you like. A useful tool for anything you might be running in schools.

twelvebaskets

Wednesday 3rd Sep, 2008 by Amy Stock
Categories: Primary, Secondary, 16+, SEN, Other, Assembly, Other, Curricular, Assemblies, Other create it, use it, share it. This looks like a site worth checking out. Resources to download (some are free, some you pay for), include assembly material, prayers, multimedia..

Animoto

Thursday 3rd Jul, 2008 by Amy Stock
Categories: Primary, Secondary, 16+, SEN, Other, Assembly, Other, Curricular, Assemblies, Multimedia, Other This looks great. Animoto is a web application that allows you to create great looking movie trailers and music videos, just by uploading photos and selecting some music. If you’re not up to speed on your final…

Free Photos

Monday 2nd Jun, 2008 by Amy Stock
Categories: Primary, Secondary, 16+, SEN, Other, Assembly, Other, Curricular, Assemblies, General Resource, Other Do you use a lot of photos in your work and don’t have the money for istock pictures? Here’s a great site, with thousands of free pictures, highly recommended.

Jackson Pollock painting generator

Monday 28th Jan, 2008 by Chris Curtis
Categories: Other, Other, Extra Curricular, Therapeutic Resource, Other Although this site is fun, there may be a serious use for schools workers too. If you use art to help young people express what they feel about something - like self worth, self harm or family - this could be a useful…