Wednesday 28 October 2015

Photography: Circles

Our second project this term has been Circles

I based it on an image found  on The Crafty Crow
http://www.thecraftycrow.net/2012/09/beginning-photography-for-kids.html
We also used Paint.net to arrange the images . It is not as flexible as Photoshop but did allow us to add images in new layers.Once in they were difficult to move around and could only be moved by highlighting the images with the selecting tool.

We were very pleased with the results!






Safety at the railway station.

Teaching the rules about the Yellow Line on the railway platform


https://app.box.com/s/k9nmdz08g8cxt6sh3v2efyv0iqzu61tr


Read the Story of the man in Perth Australia

Watch the short film on  You Tube

People Power frees man

Watch the video Safe at the station part 1

Use an information sheet  Word  or PDF about Yellow Line rules and Mind the Gap !

A instruction sheet for a follow up task: Create a poster 



Visiting the Railway station:


A tick sheet to use when visiting a railway station. Word version

PDF version 





From Skills workshop An e2/3 powerpoint about Train safety 

'A railway safety PowerPoint to be used as a discussion on why we need to stay safe around railway lines. Can be used as a speaking and listening tool to form discussion points or as a reading comprehension.'

Southern Rail have produced a series of videos on how to use the ticket machine




See my other Train travel blog entry: Train Safety















Tuesday 20 October 2015

Employing a person with a learning disability

Healthy Living: Taking your Pulse



In the Zone has some  excellent resources
Introduction
Body Trivia questions 

From the resources 9-11 section  Adapt PowerPoint presentation - lesson 1 Use slide 3 
to talk about how the heart works

http://www.getinthezone.org.uk/schools/ages-4-11/ages-9-11/ages-9-11-resources/
They also recommend these videos

The heart and how it works

Keeping healthy - the effect of exercise on pulse rate 

 Heart and circulation 

The try a practical activity about taking your pulse 

How to take your pulse is  a very good guide 


http://www.getinthezone.org.uk/schools/ages-4-11/ages-9-11/game-the-pulse/

Good background information here  including expected pulse rates.

Habits of the Heart


The next step

understanding recovery rates

The amount of time the heart takes to return to a normal at-rest rate after exercise is called recovery time. This is a measure of the body's general fitness. The shorter the recovery time, the higher the level of fitness. ( source Habits of a Healthy Heart )

from 9-11 section  Powerpoint 2  slide 4

The Zone explains 
'recovery rate  which is measured here in beats per minute (bpm). Ask the students what they notice about the recovery rates of the people ... They should notice that the people who do the most strenuous exercise on a regular basis (i.e. the marathon runner and the swimmer) have higher recovery rates than those who do only light exercise (the dog walker and the boy who cycles to school), which means that their heart rate slows down more in the first minute after exercise.'





Saturday 17 October 2015

The Importance of Exercise

A lesson about exercise and health for Entry 3 students studying Healthy Living.

A short film ( I played it up to 3.20)

The importance of exercise 





A PowerPoint from TES

Importance of Exercise 

 Sign in to TES  to access this resource - (one link to a film doesn't work)


An online resource from NGFL Wales  Healthy Lifestyles