Classroom Spotlight - What Have You Been Up To In School This Week?
As schools across the land wind down for the Christmas break, there’s just time for a look at the pictures that caught our attention over the past few days… 1 Stars in their Eyes A rapt Y3 class at Lanesend Primary School on the Isle of Wight watches British astronaut Tim Peake blast off from […]
As schools across the land wind down for the Christmas break, there’s just time for a look at the pictures that caught our attention over the past few days…
1 Stars in their Eyes
A rapt Y3 class at Lanesend Primary School on the Isle of Wight watches British astronaut Tim Peake blast off from Kazakhstan for his 6-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
My class watching #StargazingLive today @gazneedle @WatsEd @JennaLucas81 @clcsimon @Nickythomaseren @MrHeadComputing pic.twitter.com/uEbqzkI8SJ
— Graham Andre' (@grahamandre) December 15, 2015
2 Emergency Planning
All-conquering sandbox construction game meets disaster simulation in this dramatic use of Minecraft in the classroom.
Second week of #minecraftclub students are trying to save a town from a volcano @MinecraftEdu @Microsoft_EDU pic.twitter.com/xzD6aedIMd
— Gwilym Evans (@GEvans_SCA) December 15, 2015
3 Winter Wonderland
A show-stopping winter window at Broadwater School in Surrey.
4 Festive Fractals
Acklam Grange School’s maths club crafts a Christmas tree with a difference.
Our amazing maths club have made this impressive fractal Christmas tree. #agspride @AcklamGrange pic.twitter.com/X4Hz9eLBzZ
— AGS Maths Stars (@AGSMathsStars) December 16, 2015
5 Say What You See
And finally, from earlier this month a beautiful meeting of medium and message in poet Brian Bilston’s first entry in his poetry advent calendar.
December 1st: a Christmas tree poem that goes wrong.
#OdeventCalendar pic.twitter.com/OtKQwo4RIo
— Brian Bilston (@brian_bilston) December 1, 2015
Merry Christmas, everyone.