Bodies in the Library
The Body in the Library is a famous murder story by Agatha Christie. Thankfully, while our library is full of bodies, they are very much alive :-)Search
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Category Archives: Creativity
Book Week Scotland: Wish I was there …
Scottish Book Trust have put together a book describing people’s favourite places for Book Week Scotland, so School Librarians across North Lanarkshire decided to put together a postcard sharing places pupils would like to be, saying ‘Wish I was there … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Literacy, Reading, Visual literacy
Tagged Book Week Scotland 2012, Wish you were here postcards
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Scottish Ambassadors
2nd year English classes are writing blog posts based on the novel or drama they are currently studying in class. Miss Connell’s class are deciding who would make a suitable ambassador for Scotland. Success criteria for blog articles: includes at … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Creativity, ICT, Information literacy, Investigations, Literacy, Reading, Software, Technology, Visual literacy, Websites
Tagged 2nd year, blogging, copyright, English Department, plagiarism, Scottish people
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Blogging Goodnight Mr Tom
2nd year English classes are writing blog posts based on the novel or drama they are currently studying in class. Mrs Mitchell’s class are working on how World War II affected the characters in the book, Goodnight Mr Tom Success … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Creativity, ICT, Information literacy, Investigations, Literacy, Reading, Software, Technology, Visual literacy, Websites, Writing
Tagged 2nd year, blogging, copyright, English Department, plagiarism, World War II
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National Poetry Day 2012
The theme for this year’s National Poetry Day was ‘Stars’ so we used the named stars to create our own little Milky Ways. There are approximately 400 stars with names and not just numbers in our galaxy, and pupils were … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Events, Literacy, Writing
Tagged English Department, National Poetry Day 2012, Religious Education Department, stars
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Adding images to blogs
Pictures can look great on blogs. They split up too much text into useful chunks and add colour – even if they’re in black and white! Where to find images There are plenty of places to find useful images. 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Creativity, Information literacy, Software, Visual literacy, Websites
Tagged blogging, copyright, photographs, plagiarism
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Millions of Saints
2nd year English classes are writing blog posts based on the novel or drama they are currently studying in class. Miss MsGhee’s class are investigating a saint of their choice, following the example of Damien in Millions. Success criteria for … Continue reading
Posted in Websites, Software, Literacy, Investigations, Visual literacy, Creativity, Information literacy, ICT, Reading, Technology, Blogs
Tagged English Department, 2nd year, saints, blogging, copyright, plagiarism
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Twisting Oliver
2nd year English classes are writing blog posts based on the novel or drama they are currently studying in class. Miss Murphy’s class are going back in time to discover the Victorian world of Oliver Twist. Success criteria for blog … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Creativity, ICT, Information literacy, Investigations, Literacy, Reading, Software, Technology, Visual literacy, Websites, Writing
Tagged 2nd year, blogging, copyright, English Department, Oliver Twist, plagiarism, Victorian life, Victorians
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Doodle God
Try the game of Doodle God. Start with four elements: air, earth, fire and water and combine them to make more. For example, combining air and fire will create energy. Combining earth and water will create swamp. Put swamp and … Continue reading
Holiday in the sun
Mrs Martin’s class have been working hard on their posters advertising the island nations of the Pacific. Having collected a huge amount of information about their specific country, each group decided what was vital and relevant information for a travel … Continue reading
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Tagged Pacific nations
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Monster Bookmarks!
Report by SA Using the internet I have found an awesome template that you can use to make bookmarks for the corner of your pages! The best thing is you can decorate them in anyway you want, personnaly I enjoy … Continue reading
