Spellathon Time

By now spellathon cards should be at home and you should be underway learning words and gathering sponsors. Here's a suggestion for pain free and effective 'word - learning'.

Focus on three words per day. Put the visualisation technique into action.

1.Write the word out in three colour blocks ... gua ran tee
2. Say the word phonetically (how the letters sound) goo-a-ran-tee
3. Take a 'photo' of the word in your mind ... close your eyes.
4. With your eyes closed read out what you see in your mind letter by letter, forwards, then try it backwards.
5. Cover the word, open your eyes and write the word.
6. Check it.

We've been doing this at home for two nights now with Tim. 48 hours after learning the words (and they're tricky ones), he can recall them perfectly ... and the learning is a happy time!

Happy spelling :-)

i-touches are go!

We are making the most of the new i-touches that were purchased in the last school holidays. The school has 3 sets of 10, one set of which is housed in our classroom:-) Recently we have been using these to...

research about a year in the history of the modern Olympics ...

track our progress at the Games using the 'London 2012' app ...

and explore apps for the juniors with our buddies.