Y5/6 teacher; English and curriculum lead. I play piano and love to pretend I can sing! Grammar pedant & number nerd 🤓
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Jul 19, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
(For those of us still in school next week...!)
HOW TO MAKE EXPLODING BOOKS - A THREAD:
(I was inspired by @MrBedfordsClass’s beautiful exploding books (or “squash books”) & made them with my class today but couldn’t find a clear enough tutorial! Tried to make my own below...)
You’ll need 3 squares of paper & glue. 1. Fold square in 1/2 diagonally into a mountain fold (/\) 2. Flip over & fold in 1/2 both horizontally & vertically into 2 valley folds (\/). You should end up with 3 folds, the diagonal fold in a diff direction to the horizontal & vertical
Mar 1, 2019 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
Here goes. I’m so excited about this I had to articulate it somewhere. Be aware, however, that this is probably going to be the least articulate and coherent thread you’ve ever read, but I wanted to share a summary. So, THREAD:
1) Knowledge-rich, knowledge-led, knowledge-engaged, knowledge-smothered - whatever your poison may be, knowledge is GOOD. The “Matthew effect” = the (knowledge) rich get richer and the poor get poorer
