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Joanne Gibbins

LearningGrids goes live!

12th February 2020
by Jo Gibbins

We are very excited to share the news that our brand new LearningGrids website is now LIVE and, we think you’ll agree, looking AMAZING!

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Tania Johnston

Our Clicker Listen and Say sets are great for English language learners, giving children the chance to listen to new vocabulary and practise it themselves.

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Joanne Gibbins

Share a story with Clicker

15th May 2019
by Jo Gibbins

Storytelling is a great way of getting your pupils actively engaged and motivated in sharing stories with others, so if you’re looking for some inspiration, why not take a look at LearningGrids?

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Tania Johnston

Customising Clicker Sentence sets

24th April 2019
by Tania Johnston

Sentence Sets in Clicker give children a great opportunity to share what they have learned and develop fundamental writing skills.

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Joanne Gibbins

Venn diagrams are a great of helping children to identify similarities, differences and relationships between sets of items.

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Joanne Gibbins

500 Words writing competition

30th January 2019
by Jo Gibbins

Get writing for the BBC Radio 2 "500 Words" short story-writing competition this year with our LearningGrids planning resources.

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Tania Johnston

Clicker Board and Sequencing

2nd January 2019
by Tania Johnston

I have created a short video to show how the Build a Snowman Sequencing set can be extended to support instruction writing, making use of the great features in Clicker Board.

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Tania Johnston

Christmas literacy focus

28th November 2018
by Tania Johnston

Using seasonal or topical themes can be a fun way to reinforce important literacy objectives.

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Marcus Dux

Learning about Rosa Parks

2nd November 2018
by Marcus Dux

I really enjoyed last week’s episode of Doctor Who, which celebrated the story of Rosa Parks and her impact on the civil rights movement in the US.

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Joanne Gibbins

High-frequency words with Clicker

24th October 2018
by Jo Gibbins

It is really important that children learn how to read and spell the common words (often called high-frequency or sight words) that make up a large proportion of the words they will see and use most often in their everyday reading and writing...

Tania Johnston

Start your day with Clicker

19th September 2018
by Tania Johnston

Why not start the new school year with a fun daily routine that reinforces the days of the week, months of the year and the weather?

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Clicker Board story planners

13th August 2018
by Tania Johnston

Clicker Board story planner templates are ideal to use when children are planning their stories before writing them.

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Summer Haiku

4th July 2018
by Tania Johnston

Want to keep learners’ creative juices flowing over the long summer break? Check out the Clicker set Summer Haiku. This Word Bank provides 1, 2 and 3-syllable words...

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Joanne Gibbins

Speaking sets in Clicker

6th June 2018
by Jo Gibbins

Speaking is one of the four essential literacy skills that help children to become well-rounded communicators – not just in school, it’s a hugely important life skill too!

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Roman Soldier labelling

2nd May 2018
by Jo Gibbins

Did you see our Roman Soldier sets on LearningGrids recently? We’ve had some really positive feedback about these resources from schools, so if you haven’t seen them and your class is learning about the Romans, go check them out!