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Seeking playful ideas for the classroom? Mr Minchin has been teaching in Scotland for over a decade and shares his ideas in short episodes that are designed to give instant inspiration and bring fun to your teaching!

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  1. 17 mar

    S1. E10. Top Tips for Playful Learning

    In the final episode of this first season, hear some key tips for getting the most out of your playful sessions in the classroom.

    11 min

  2. 9 mar

    S1. E9. History

    Come on a journey through time in this episode with 9 playful activities for history lessons, whether it’s Greeks, Egyptians, Vikings or Wars of Independence (and more!)

    11 min

  3. 3 mar

    S1. E8. Times Tables

    Outside or inside on a rainy day, this episode shares ten games you can play with your class to develop rapid recall of times table facts whilst being playful and active!

    11 min

  4. 25 feb

    S1. E7. Dungeons and Dragons

    Peg dolls, dice and a ruler are all you need to get playful, cross curricular and begin to immerse your class in their own imaginations!

    11 min

  5. 10 feb

    S1. E6. Writing

    This episode is all about getting playful with one of the toughest areas for learning: Writing. In this episode I share how I’ve tackled Script Writing, Instruction Writing and Biography Writing - as well as offering some ideas for word games that you can play with your class over and over.

    15 min

  6. 3 feb

    S1. E5. Equations and Storytelling

    Slightly different to previous episodes, here I try to explain my plan to weave a sci-fi story into our equations unit, whilst still getting the kids outside and playing with number!

    12 min

  7. 28 gen

    S1. E4. Masking Tape

    Masking tape on your carpet area of the classroom is eye catching, curiosity grabbing and can lead to a plethora of playful learning activities. Deviated from the usual format and rattled through 18 ideas here!

    11 min

  8. 20 gen

    S1. E3. Angles and Coding

    Another set of ideas for the classroom, this time focusing on angles and coding. From dance routines to drone displays, pac man in the woods to driverless technology, there’s such a lot of scope for depth and breadth of relevant learning with this area of maths!

    9 min

  9. 12 gen

    S1. E2. fractions, decimals, percentage

    Back again and getting playful with fractions and percentages. 3 quick activities that you can use and adapt over again for starters and plenaries and three activities that could span a maths unit or few weeks of work.

    10 min

  10. 5 gen

    S1. E1. Telling the Time

    Time is such a tricky concept - why not 100 seconds? And 24 hours?? Hear about 3 quick starter activities that are playful and hands on before also considering how to bring sustainable learning into your teaching of time - all the while providing the pupils with choice, voice and opportunities to stretch their imaginations!

    10 min
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Seeking playful ideas for the classroom? Mr Minchin has been teaching in Scotland for over a decade and shares his ideas in short episodes that are designed to give instant inspiration and bring fun to your teaching!

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