TES 4 November 2011
Links to resources, events, reviews and forum posts featured in TES this week
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- Remembrance Day (page 38)
- World Diabetes Day (page 39)
- Maths (page 42)
- English (page 43)
- Science (page 44)
- Humanities (page 45)
- ICT/ Arts (page 46)
- Modern Foreign Languages (page 47)
Remembrance Day
November 11
See what the TES Community have to say
- Laying a wreath is not important enough – join the discussion on the TES forums and share your thoughts.
What else?
- There's an abundance of resources for Remembrance Day on TES – visit the collection
World Diabetes Day
November 14 - Scientists who changed the world
William Harvey (1578-1657) - Circulating blood
- The first person to describe completely the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped through the body by the heart. Learn more about his life.
Edward Jenner (1749-1823)- Vaccines
- An English scientist credited as the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine and sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Immunology.' Check out an excellent resource from ruthanneclarke to explain how he did it.
Sir Frederick Grant Banting, (1891 –1941) - Insulin
- A Canadian medical scientist and doctor he was one of the main discoverers of insulin and received the Nobel Prize for Medicine at the age of 32. Learn more about him with a resource from HarrisSchool.
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) - Penicillin
- Fleming's accidental discovery and isolation of penicillin in 1928 marks the start of modern antibiotics which changed the face of medicine. Find out more in a detailed PowerPoint from Susan Reed.
Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1923) - The X-Ray
- The German scientist is considered the father of diagnostic radiology – but he almost didn't become a doctor. Read more about him.
Maths
Are we teaching maths or arithmetic? Dave Gale
What else?
- Camerona has shared a lesson plan for brighter, faster and correct times tables which is getting positive reviews from the TES community. Try it out and tell us what you think. Or try dps66uk's active times tables resource, full of simple and adaptable games.
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers shares ideas on how to make times tables more interesting for their pupils.
- And in another thread TES contributor bluerose shares a wealth of of times tables activities and websites
- If you're times tables are terrific, but your word problems lack lustre, there's suggestions from teachers on TES to make them more interesting.
Craig's Resource of the week
- The History of the Resources Resource Author: CIMT
The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) is part of the University of Plymouth and is a content partner with TES Resources. Their resources are highly recommended as innovative and the pinnacle of which is the Mathematics Enhancement Program (MEP). The MEP began life in 1995 and since then has grown into a complete mathematics curriculum from primary school right up to the transition to A Level. All of the MEP resources are now available on TES.
Recommended
- For more of Craig Barton's maths recommendations visit the maths collection page on the TES website.
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teaching GCSE maths to a disaffected group – teachers share advice on the best ways to cope
English
Kung Fu punctuation
- Try Kung Fu punctuation for yourself with worktop04's Powerpoint – it'll help you get started.
- See how your pupils are mastering their writing skills with with sublevelled writing targets for children, shared by Caroline.a.moore
See what the TES Community have to say
- Capital letters and full stops – teachers share their thoughts on the best ways to explain them
- A worried teacher looks for advice with grammatical errors in her speech – can you help?
Secondary resources for speaking and listening
- Try GCSE Spoken Language resources from TES English to help pupil development on the topic of accents and dialects.
Resource of the week – KS1 English - Stories by Familiar Authors
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
- Lesleyblahblah's Powerpoint asks pupils to begin to analyse the text by looking at sentence construction and punctuation
- Louise Bruzon has produced a set of worksheets and activity ideas
- Jarvisce suggests that pupils write a new version of the book using a different animal who comes to tea – how would their animal behave?
Science
Recommended
- To find out more, read the ASE's guide to #asechat
See what the TES Community have to say
- What lessons would you leave for a non-scientist who has to cover for you? Teachers share their ideas and tips
- Teaching electricity is rubbish! Do you agree? Visit this discussion to share your thoughts
Focus on Manchester University
- The Children's University of Manchester website contains activities and resources for KS2 Science lessons.
- Visit their link on TES to see what teachers think – don't forget to add your feedback
Partner spotlight – Chemistry_teacher
- Try the Chemistry_teacher is a content partner on TES resources and she has shared over 100 innovative chemistry resources for secondary teaching, which have generated nearly 250,000 views so far.
Tell us at letters@tes.co.uk
ICT / ARTS / D&T
ICT. The Fear Factor
For Jan's recommended websites visit the following
Virtual Worlds
- In a video from Teachers TV, pupils explore virtual worlds and teachers comment on the educational benefits of programmes such as Second Life.
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers discuss their experience with open source databases
D & T Resource of the week
- Gadget show: USB vs. Digital Camera shared by Simon Forestiero
Music - London Jazz Festival 11-20 November
- Nathaniel Facey – saxophonist with award winning quartet Empirical – is running a workshop for 11-16-year-olds at Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 20 November
- To develop your pupils' interest in jazz, it's best to start with a solid introduction so they can understand the culture and history behind it. Try jb261's history of jazz Powerpoint , including samples of Miles Davis, to help them get started.
- For more jazz resources, try Graham Hickey's jazz and improvisation booklet to demonstrate these styles and develop pupils understanding at KS3.
Modern Foreign Languages
Resources
- For some ideas on how to combine playground games with language learning, try a Teachers TV video featuring short dramatised clips of native French-speaking children, presenting scenarios to use in the classroom.
- For German lessons try rhawkes' resource to introduce young pupils to colours (and the verb haben!) while linking them to paintings
MFL Contributor Spotlight - Annelouisep
- Templates for AfL they focus on German but can be easily adapted for Spanish or French.
- GCSE Writing target stickers full of useful feedback to improve pupil performance.
French Film Festival UK 9 November – 6 December 2011
- Try philmex's set of questions for describing a film – in English and in French
- Role plays are a great way to bring language to life - slick has shared a fantastic resource on the theme of cinema
See what the TES Community have to say
- To get your pupils up to speed before their cinematic quest, try some useful target phrases for French shared by teachers.
Humanities
Geography, How to sow the seeds to grow a geographer
See what the TES Community have to say
- Have you got any good ideas for personalising your outdoor area at school? Share them in the TES forums – In another thread a teacher looks for inspiration for lunchtime games - what do your pupils like to play?
What else?
- Comenius has shared a huge pack of topic planning resources for year 1 – including 5 weeks of cross-curricular planning on the theme 'Gardener's world'
- For more ideas on activities for cross-curricular outdoor learning visit the TES Outdoor Learning Collection
History - Royal manuscripts
- The British Library is running events for primary and secondary school history teachers in November, and next January. To register interest email. Or for more information visit www.bl.uk/royal To find out more about what is on register for the online newsletter.
Resources
- For more medieval musings, why not try Naomi Rowan's summary of secular or sacred music during the medieval period.
- If you want to try a creative approach, marsoma has shared an adaptable scheme of work for illuminated letter designs
See what the TES Community have to say
- Teachers discuss original artwork, artefacts and illuminated paintings
Previous TES links
Featured links from previous editions
- TES 16 September
- TES 23 September
- TES 30 September
- TES 7 October
- TES 14 October
- TES 21 October
- TES 28 October
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