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Thanks to Mark Simpson Deputy Headteacher at King EdwardsVI in Morpeth for sharing with us his framework for lesson observations.

Example results

Congratulations to the following students for their success in the recent Athletics Trials. A number of students were entered into Sheffield trials at Don Valley Stadium. Success in this meant a chance at representing Sheffield in a South Yorkshire competition.
Smart Academy PE staff are pleased to announce that Chris Mason, Simon Brown, Emma Jones and Megan Fisher have all been asked to represent Sheffield in the South Yorkshire competition that will take place at the Keepmoat in Doncaster.

Congratulations on your success and the best of luck!!!!!!

Anthony Heley, a student in year 9, has for many years taken part in the “Karting Scene”. He has visited many different countries where he has continually improved his status and ranking. Anto took part in the European qualifiers in Lincolnshire recently, along with 74 other drivers. He qualified for the final, to be held in Zuera, Spain at the end of July. He will compete against 90 other drivers from around the world who have annual budgets of up to 2 million pounds. Anto knows it will be a tough event, but he is sooo looking forward to it.

All of us at Smart Academy wish him all the best!!

This blog post from www.teachhub.com has some great ideas for using google and the google apps in the classroom.

Take a look at this great tutorial on how Aviary’s Myna tool can be used to create pod casts.

http://www.aviary.com/tutorial?tutorial=getting_started_with_myna&singlepageview=1

Perhaps you could use these pod cast file in an rcast?

Click here to find out more about rcast

www.discoverlabskills.org
Practical Chemistry LabSkills is a set of ICT resources covering core lab skills. Not designed to replace practical work, but instead to ensure pupils get the best out of time spent in the lab. Developed at the University of Bristol.

www.historyofvaccines.org
A really interesting project from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The Educators section contains various online activities and lesson plans about all aspects of vaccinations. There are great resources on the main site area too.

www.yenka.com
Yenka Basic Circuits is a free, cut-down version of Yenka Electronics, which lets you build circuits using a set of basic electrical components. Simple but useful.

www.periodicvideos.com
A great resource from the University of Nottingham. A periodic table with videos of experiments and stories linked to every element. They are now also adding videos for a range of molecules and compounds.

www.bp.com
Science Skills (from BP) is a nice set of resources for KS3/4, set in real-life contexts designed to develop scientific enquiry skills. There are ample opportunities for planning, fair testing, pattern seeking and concluding.

www.scienceshare.co.uk
A great site for Science teachers to share resources with each other and discuss interesting ideas. It’s still in beta-phase, but there are already over 700 teachers sharing some inspiring materials.

nobelprize.org/educational
A fascinating collection of games and simulations, based on Nobel-prize winning achievements. Each online resource comes with Nobel background information and a range of downloadable goodies.

www.planet-scicast.com
A truly brilliant site containing hundreds of videos of creative science experiments carried out by schools across the UK. They are really inspiring – whether just to watch or to recreate with your own classes.

store.steampowered.com
Moonbase Alpha is a very popular resource from NASA for cooperative game-based learning. Pupils assume the roles of astronauts trying to maintain life support on moon settlement. Great for improving problem solving skills.

www.studyjams.scholastic.com
A nice collection of animations, videos, slides and reference articles exploring a wide range of topics. It is a US product, but clearly relevant to the UK too. Lots of real-world examples keep the content interesting.

This tutorial will show you how to quickly and easily create and share google calendars through your wordpress website.

There are four main steps;
Create a new calendar in google
Share it publicly
Create a bespoke embed code at https://www.google.com/calendar/embedhelper?pli=1
Copy that code in to your wordpress blog post or page.

Watch this video for step by step guidance.

How to embed a google calendar in a wordpress post from realsmart on Vimeo.