• Blog of the month

    Classroomtm is the blog of the month. It is run by Stephen Lockyer, who is a Deputy Head in Kent. You can follow him on twitter @MrLockyer. The site holds a collection of educational ideas and concepts including books, articles and Drop boxes. Within the Dropbox section there is access to a wealth of resources and ideas, separated into whole school and subject specific.

  • Resource of the month

    Ski Slope Learning allows for people to get to the same end result from different starting points. If you think about ski slopes there are several different degrees of difficulty, with green being the easiest and black being the hardest, however no matter which route you take you always get to the bottom. This method allows pupils to work at their own individual paces and has differentiated routes to ensure all pupils achieve the learning objective. The ski slope method also provides the opportunity for pupils to work independently and allows for rapid progressions.

  • How to share

    Do you have a great resource, idea or article about teaching and learning? If so please email a short explanation, any documents and any images about the resource to northfieldtl@northfieldssc.org.

  • Up and coming events

    Teachmeets are an opportunity for teachers to share ideas with other teachers. In a busy day, you rarely have time to have in depth conversations with other colleagues, let alone share resources. Volunteers are welcome to present their ideas in slots ranging from three minutes to seven. Come along and share good practice. All school teachers are welcome, please follow the link to sign up.

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Digital Tools



Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary


1.       Lingro www.lingro.com

Lingrois is a clickable dictionary with additional features.

2.       Lexipedia www.Lexipedia.com
A visual thesaurus, Lexipedia instantly displays the target word along with other words. It also colour-codes the words by both parts of speech and relationships. As you hover over a word, a complete definition is displayed.

3.       Shahii www.blachan.com/shahi
Shahi, a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images.

4.       Snappy Words www.snappywords.com
Similar to Lexipedia, Snappy Words is another visual thesaurus.

5.       Visual Dictionary Online www.visual .merriam-webster.com
Simple to use. Type in a single word or choose a theme that also includes many sub-categories from which to choose.

6.       Word Hippo www.wordhippo.com
Word Hippo is an all-in-one reference tool. Word Hippo does the following: defines a word, provides a meaning, provides a word that is opposite, pronounces a word, provides rhyming words, and places the word in many different contexts.

7.       Wordnik www.Wordnik.com
A traditional dictionary with a twist, with the definition and images related to the word.

8.       Your Dictionary www.yourdictionary.com
You dictionary provides a definition, your dictionary also includes a thesaurus and places the word in varied sentence examples.

9.       MathWords www.mathwords.com
A dictionary specifically for maths terms and formulas.

Word Clouds and Games


1.       Wordle www.wordle.net
Type (or copy and paste) in a chunk of text or individual words and Wordle generates a word cloud of the key vocabulary based on word frequency.

2.       Tagxedo www.tagxedo.com/app.html
Tagxedo is a word cloud if teachers or students want to create a word cloud in a shape.

3.       Free Rice www.freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/5673

At Free Rice, students can practice matching words to the correct definition, and donate rice at the same time. For each correct answer, the United Nations World Food Programme donates 10grains of rice to a country in need. Subject area lists in: Geography, Science, Math and others.


Adapted from Kimberly Tyson:21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary

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