In this month’s special guest-edited issue, get festive with our Santa’s workshop creative topic, bring Christmas to your classroom with some unique cards, and put the sparkle into your teaching as you learn about the drama-based ‘Mantle of the Expert’ scheme. And don’t forget to interact with our latest ‘Through the Keyhole’ resource… Read more.
Santa’s workshop
Feeling festive and just that little bit adventurous? Celia Powell shows you how to use the Mantle of the Expert in the run up to Christmas
By Celia Powell — Guest editor, Year 1 teacher and literacy coordinator
Step up Celia Powell!
The ChildEd PLUS team took a backseat for a month and handed control to one of our readers. How did she find the experience?
By Celia Powell — Guest editor and Year 1 teacher
The Mantle of the Expert
Celia Powell and her colleagues wanted to revolutionise the way they teach. Their idea? To adopt an enterprise that each class can run
By Celia Powell — Guest editor and Year 1 teacher
Win a topic day!
Peter Riley shows you how to host a topic-themed day. Oh, and he also gives you the chance to win him too!
Enter now!Also this month
More great articles published this month.
This month's resources
Santa's workshop poster
Go behind the scenes and see how Santa gets all the children’s presents ready for Christmas
Talk about... Christmas
Six more great little cards to get children thinking about the festive season
Arctic tundra poster backs
Twelve fact cards to support the December ‘08 Life through a lens resource on the Arctic tundra
Colouring in Christmas scenes
Four simple colouring-in sheets that make a great classroom festive filler
Gingerbread house recipe
An exclusive recipe taken from Cookbook for Girls by Denise Smart (DK, ISBN 9781405332613
Other resources this month
This month's calendar
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| 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Rebuilt St Pauls Cathedral opened (1697) | International Day of Persons with Disabilities | Marie Celeste found |
Give-Aways
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Through the keyhole series
These interactive resources are FREE and are great for developing speaking and listening skills.
And don’t miss Santa’s workshop, available to download from 17 November.
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