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Category: Student Teacher

Unplugged Tots: Fun Screen-Free Coding for Young Kids

24th September 2025 Lisa Leave a comment

Introducing Unplugged Tots by Hannah Hagon With coding now recognised as a core skill for the future, many parents and…

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Posted in: Learning Through Play, Sensory Play, Student Teacher
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Creating Autism-Friendly Classrooms: Essential Tips for Supporting Autistic Children

29th August 2025 Lisa Leave a comment

World Autism Day 2026 World Autism Acceptance Week begins on 2nd April 2026 with World Autism Day. Check out The…

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Posted in: Neurodivergent, Student Teacher
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12 Top Tips for Teacher Standards – Student Teachers & ECTs

22nd June 2025 Lisa

Link to Teacher Standards here. Feel free to drop me an email or leave a comment if you have any…

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Ukrainian Christmas Traditions – Tinsel and the Christmas Spider Free Audio Story

1st December 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Christmas Excitement This is the first year my daughter Floss (six) has shown SERIOUS excitement about Christmas time. Often her…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Celebrations, Iris Folding Papercraft, Learn a Language, Student Teacher
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Phonics – What is Phase 2 SATPIN?

14th September 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Phase 2 Phonics – why we start with SATPIN. Ideas and games to support learning the first phonemes including reading and writing with them.

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Phonics, Student Teacher Filed under: Phase 2 Phonics

My Amazing ADHD Brain: A Guide to Children Thriving with ADHD

8th May 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

⭐My Amazing ADHD Brain ✒️🎨 Emily Snape @emily_snape_illustrator 📚 Summerdale Books – kindly gifted (ad-pr) @summersdalebooks Theme Quick Review: 🦋ADHD🪞🪟Mirror…

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Neurodivergent, Reading, Student Teacher
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People Who Help Us – Early Years Play

25th January 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

People Who Help Us People who help us is such a fun theme in the early years. It’s also an…

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Story Sacks – Ideas and Play

6th January 2024 Lisa Leave a comment

Story Sacks We love story sacks! Books really come alive for little ones when you have story props. They help…

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Posted in: Art and Crafts, Books and Storysacks, Learning Through Play, Neurodivergent, Sensory Play, Small World, Student Teacher, Tonies, Tonies and Yoto, Yoto

Phonics Phase 1 Listening Skills

7th September 2023 Lisa Leave a comment

Phonics Phases The majority of schools in the UK use schemes that follow phonics phases. This blog post will give…

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Posted in: Books and Storysacks, Phonics, Reading, Sensory Play, Student Teacher

Phonics & ABC

5th September 2023 Lisa 2 Comments

Is this for me? Whether you’re looking to support your child in their phonics alongside what they are learning in…

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Posted in: Learn a Language, Phonics, Student Teacher Filed under: Phase 1 Phonics

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