Outside the box 9-11

Description

This photocopiable book is full of innovative, user friendly, exciting and unusual activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills in upper KS2. The activities in this book are ideal for less intensive teaching times across the school year: at the end of term (particularly after SATs in Year 6); at the beginning of term, when a teacher wants to get to know the class; or just when a teacher wants to do something different to make pupils think 'outside the box'. The challenges in this book make an exciting change from strictly subject-based lessons and are also ideal for supply teachers and LSAs. All the activities have been tried and tested in the classroom many times by the author, Molly Potter, who is an experienced teacher.

Molly Potter has taught for 11 years in Middle Schools as a class teacher and Science co-ordinator. She now works as a SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) development worker supporting primary schools in the implementation of their SRD programme and policy. She has produced a variety of PSHE related resources for use in primary classrooms. She thoroughly enjoys writing teacher materials and prides herself on being able to spice up any learning objective however boring it might appear at first!

'Packed with creative and refreshingly original ideas for teachers, which can be used in all sorts of ways. Children cannot fail to be motivated and inspired by such innovative ideas.' Paul Stanley, Headteacher, George White Middle School, Norwich Eastern Daily Press (June 2007) 'full of innovative, user friendly, exciting and unusual activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving skills' School Leadership Today