Sumdog Fluency Practice

Information from Sumdog: As we enter into our 15th birthday year, we’re making some exciting changes to how fluency works on Sumdog. In February we will be releasing our new fluency practice feature to help you and your class build those solid number foundations even better than before!   We are inviting teachers to join our exclusive Fluency Community. Be the first to experience our new fluency practice feature by

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October training and live lessons from Adobe

1. Sign up to the new Adobe Express live lessons below. Mental Health Day this Wed/Thurs T Llew Jones Day on Friday Black History Month / Recycling Week / Halloween later this month Adobe Creative Educator – Teacher Training (English & Cymraeg) Click below to join one of the live online Adobe Express training sessions coming up. 7th / 8th / 22nd / 23rd / 24th October Teach COMPUTING using

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STEM-O-VATORS

There are a few places remaining on the Stem-o-vators FREE Climate Smarter project for primary and secondary schools in Aberdeenshire thanks to funding from Aviva Investors, Par Equity and Shell. This is a fantastic opportunity for schools to receive a FREE kit of STEM equipment worth ~£350, allowing them to deliver 18 practical lessons on renewable energy, water, forestry and smart technology (using the micro:bit). Teachers will receive in-person CPD

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Just2Easy webinars for 24/25!

The Just2Easy webinars for session 24/25 have become available. Loads of sessions, geared towards all levels whether you are an old hand at this now or a newbie! Find out more and book here: https://just2easy.com/events/ There are also YouTube live lessons which are great for learning alongside your pupils while someone teaches your class. You can access them either via the YouTube link on the above training link, or directly

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Adobe Express September update

September update from Adobe Express. Live lessons and training availability throughout the month. Great news too! You can now instal the Adobe Express App from Jamf and use Adobe on your iPad! 1. Autumn schedule of Adobe Express Live Lessons. Aimed at 7-12 year olds, lessons are 75 mins long but there’s a half-time for early finishers. Signing up gets you the recording. Back to School / Roald Dahl Day

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Today at Apple for Educators – Aberdeen session

Apple are celebrating World Teacher Day by hosting a series of professional learning sessions for teachers in their Apple stores across Scotland. Our nearest ones take place on the 9th October at Apple Union Square. In the sessions you will look at how you can create presentations, movies, and music on iPad. Please see the attached pdf for further information and you can register at https://s.apple.com/dD1z4N6ZB4 Spaces are limited. Today

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Adobe Express June live lessons

Update for June from Adobe Express: Adobe Express live lessons A couple of EURO 2024 sessions (c’mon SCOTLAND!!!) and some holistic ones to fill out your final term. EURO 2024 / Refugee Week / Malala’s Birthday / Royal Welsh Show / End Of Year Wrap Lesson plans with video tutorials Olympics will be popular this summer term and hopefully the better weather will mean that the Water Cycle might be

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Live Lessons/lesson plans for summer term with Adobe

Follow the links to sign up for some Adobe live lessons this summer. If you can’t manage the live lessons, check out the lesson plans in the second link which you can do when you want. Live lessons – loads of new free sessions: VE Day (tmrw) / Dylan Thomas Day / National Numeracy Day / World Ocean Day / EURO 2024 Lesson plans – useful ones for summer term

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Micro:bit and International Day of Diversity

Celebrate International Day of Biodiversity and get pupils prepped to take part in one of the BBC micro:bit playground survey activities at the same time. We’ll make a biodiversity counter which your class can use later in the day to investigate biodiversity in your school playground. So get your micro:bits out of the box and register for a fun 45 minute session with your class. Suitable for ages 8 – 11 years.

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Adobe Express now in Glow!

We are very excited to announce that you can now find the tile for Adobe Express on the Aberdeenshire launch pad in Glow. This is ready for you and your pupils to start using on your Windows machines and Chromebooks and will shortly be accessible on your iPad.  To support you in your use of Adobe Express, we have the following Aberdeenshire training dates:  LoveLearning with Adobe: Graphics – Tuesday

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