Saturday 18 June 2011

A lesson on Money

A lesson on money Entry 1. Time - 40minute

Aim : to get better at reading and recording money values and coins.

A game on the interactive whiteboard to start

Recognising coins up to £2.00 from Crick web



A work sheet on coin recognition - Match the values


Writing money amounts practice- use a small whiteboard, paper or a large calculator (for those that don't use a pen) . Use the money values from the Bingo game


Bingo game (uses Java to open)

Tuesday 7 June 2011

IFL membership fees

Many Further Education teachers have withheld their IFL membership fees this year .
Following discussions with trade unions and employers, the Institute for Learning (IfL) has issued a statement setting out the agreements reached. For those who teach under 28 hours membership is no longer a requirement.
Membership fees at a a reduced rate of £68 for two years have been agreed and should be paid by Friday 22 July 2011
Further information from the IFL website

Sunday 5 June 2011

Facebook for The Grid 2


Smartbox has announced the launch of


The grids are easy to understand and can be used straight away – all you need is a Facebook account.(and be a user of The Grid 2!)