Mr. Mitchell's Blog

My wife and I have some great little conversations and tonight was no different! I said that there was no doubt that the most popular colour pepper would be red, however, she thinks it would be green! Help settle the debate: Which is your favourite coloured pepper?online survey

Heathfield Primary School have been producing and publishing so much digital content on our blogs we have encountered a new problem. With OFSTED due, regular book scrutinies, lots of interested visitors most weeks, LA Advisors/SIPs visiting school it has become apparent that if we don’t shove the evidence in the faces of our visitors our [...]

On Wednesday, I asked my Year 6 pupils to plan and produce a video that would persuade people to comment more on class blogs. Before you watch their video, you need to know that ALL the scenes in the video were from their ideas. They produced a plan of made from the ideas from everyone! [...]

I have been in the very fortunate position of being supported by a great network both at school and wider in the Twitterverse. I have been given so many hint, tips and resources that it’s time that I may be able to give just a little something back. Targeting writing has long been the thorn [...]

Our Year 4 teacher Miss Wiggans has a great little problem – she’s a perfectionist! Year 4 have been learning all about Egypt and now that they have many outcomes of learning to display, Miss Wiggans has attacked the display cabinets right next to the main entrance. Now only Miss Wiggans would decorate the wonderful [...]

Please find below some links you may find interesting when looking at PurpleMash. Introductory video of Mash – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpapte3QUq4 Here are some of the best projects: Current http://www.purplemash.com/fireworkspoem1/ http://www.purplemash.com/fireworks/ Involving Kids – good for KS2 http://www.purplemash.com/passwords/ http://www.purplemash.com/LUNCHTIME/ http://www.purplemash.com/bagcomplaint/ http://www.purplemash.com/dearmrsjones4/ also version 1- 8 of these Good for younger pupils http://www.purplemash.com/lostpet/ A database http://www.purplemash.com/members/programs/2inv/Aliens.html Paint projects My [...]

In Literacy, we have been looking in detail at explanation texts. In preparation for their writing task on Friday, they will be presented with the the question: How did Mr. Mitchell lose his hair? If you are reading this, please could you spare a minute to suggest a brief reason explaining how I could have [...]

I’m thinking of setting up a group of schools who are interested in sharing lunchtimes via web cams. If a few schools sign up, we could rotate which school you are linked with and if this takes off we may even get some international schools on the same time line! please take a moment to [...]