SCIENCE: The Moon Field Trip (Student Age 5-11)
2019 was the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing and as a result, I wanted the students to have an experience of seeing the Moon. These experiences were part of...
ENGLISH: Return to Bude (Student Age 10-11)
Our Year Six pupils had recently spent four nights on a residential trip to Bude. We wanted to harness their exhilaration from this experience to generate some fantastic descriptive writing...
SCIENCE/HISTORY: Introduction to Microbes (Student Age 10-11)
We work here at BSB with Integrated Learning Themes (ILT) which link all of the traditional foundation subject in a thematic learning approach. This term, Year Six were looking at...
SCIENCE - Sense the Scene (3rd - 6th grade)
Using virtual reality, students were able to explore and describe locations that most students will never get the opportunity to see in person. This in-class vacation helped students to easily...
HISTORY: Mary’s Escape from Lochleven Castle (Student Age 10-11)
Following Mary’s arrest, after the death of Lord Darnley, she was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle and forced to sign her abdication under threat of death. With the help of Willie...
READING INTERVENTION: Happy Places (Student Age 11-14)
We have students in our reading intervention classes, as well as English Language Learners (ELL), who struggle with test anxiety. I put together what I called a “Happy Places” lesson...
SCIENCE: Interconnected Systems (Student Age 10-11)
"Throughout this Year 5 unit of inquiry on ‘interconnectedness’, students conducted an investigation into living things. They were tasked with the question, How do living things adapt to suit their...
ENGLISH: Descriptive Writing (Student Age 10-11)
"Prior to this lesson, students were familiar with using Google Classroom and Google Docs for digital writing. They also had several lessons throughout the school year about how to create...
SPANISH: Exploring Spain (Student Age 14-18)
"Over the semester, we have been learning about various cultural topics of Spain and trying to embrace as much of the local culture as possible. Throughout this, we have used...
