Paul B
@paulgb60m.bsky.social
Primary Teacher in the East Midlands; average at best, operating mostly at 60%
Currently in Year 4; passionate about writing, Active English and Active Spelling
TES: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paul_gb60
Currently in Year 4; passionate about writing, Active English and Active Spelling
TES: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/paul_gb60
Summer Holiday book haul so far, can’t go wrong with a 30p book sale at the local library for a few of them 🙂 #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
July 29, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Summer Holiday book haul so far, can’t go wrong with a 30p book sale at the local library for a few of them 🙂 #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
The only way to arrange cakes in the staff room when it’s your birthday #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
June 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The only way to arrange cakes in the staff room when it’s your birthday #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Please say a prayer for our school photocopier who is apparently addicted to heroin 💉 Stay strong, buddy #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
May 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Please say a prayer for our school photocopier who is apparently addicted to heroin 💉 Stay strong, buddy #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
New view and update: We are now at the ‘one person needs a piss so everyone needs a piss’ stage. Two hours after lights out, clockwork. Oh, it’s a radiator and chairs #UKEd #EduSkuPrimary
March 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
New view and update: We are now at the ‘one person needs a piss so everyone needs a piss’ stage. Two hours after lights out, clockwork. Oh, it’s a radiator and chairs #UKEd #EduSkuPrimary
It’s school residential tonight, which means sitting in the corridor until everyone is asleep. Here is my current view (it’s a wall) #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
March 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It’s school residential tonight, which means sitting in the corridor until everyone is asleep. Here is my current view (it’s a wall) #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Lincolnshire Show is on the horizon and this year my Year 4s are entering with an Urban Garden made from recycled materials. Seeds planted this week and look at what the Site Manager made! All from pallets, legend! #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
March 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lincolnshire Show is on the horizon and this year my Year 4s are entering with an Urban Garden made from recycled materials. Seeds planted this week and look at what the Site Manager made! All from pallets, legend! #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Great day at Waterstones Lincoln. Took the nipper to a story telling session and then got a signed copy of Hunt for the Golden Scarab SIGNED by @mglnrd.bsky.social and a load of badges! The kids will love it! #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
February 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Great day at Waterstones Lincoln. Took the nipper to a story telling session and then got a signed copy of Hunt for the Golden Scarab SIGNED by @mglnrd.bsky.social and a load of badges! The kids will love it! #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
I sometimes wonder what I would do if Descriptosaurus didn’t exist. Fab resource for quality writing ideas #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
January 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I sometimes wonder what I would do if Descriptosaurus didn’t exist. Fab resource for quality writing ideas #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Happy New Year folks, let’s hope for a cracking 2025. And remember… never the hootenany #peepshow #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
December 31, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Happy New Year folks, let’s hope for a cracking 2025. And remember… never the hootenany #peepshow #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Talk about a plot twist! WOW! None of us saw that one coming. The amount of ‘whats!?!?’ and questions we had were massive. 40 pages to go and we can’t wait for the end #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
December 17, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Talk about a plot twist! WOW! None of us saw that one coming. The amount of ‘whats!?!?’ and questions we had were massive. 40 pages to go and we can’t wait for the end #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Child in my class taught us this genius way of remembering your 12’s today. Blues count up from 1 (just miss 5 and 11) and the reds repeat your even numbers from 0 🤯 Very cool (excuse gross board in picture) #EduSkyPrimary #UKEd
December 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Child in my class taught us this genius way of remembering your 12’s today. Blues count up from 1 (just miss 5 and 11) and the reds repeat your even numbers from 0 🤯 Very cool (excuse gross board in picture) #EduSkyPrimary #UKEd
Statutory words for us this week in #ActiveSpelling complete with strategies that link to our orthography, the way to word looks, to get them to stick. #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
December 2, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Statutory words for us this week in #ActiveSpelling complete with strategies that link to our orthography, the way to word looks, to get them to stick. #UKEd #EduSkyPrimary
Showcasing outstanding writing on display outside of each classroom. This was by one of my Year 4’s from our writing about the short film The Lucky Dip #EduSkyPrimary
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Showcasing outstanding writing on display outside of each classroom. This was by one of my Year 4’s from our writing about the short film The Lucky Dip #EduSkyPrimary
Active Spelling in full flow! #EduSkyPrimary
November 12, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Active Spelling in full flow! #EduSkyPrimary
This week, we have been working hard on our sentences in #ActiveEnglish to build some quality sentences for our shared writes. Want to know about Active English? Get in touch! #EduSkyPrimary #UKTeaching
Any guesses for what we are writing about?
Any guesses for what we are writing about?
October 4, 2024 at 3:49 PM
This week, we have been working hard on our sentences in #ActiveEnglish to build some quality sentences for our shared writes. Want to know about Active English? Get in touch! #EduSkyPrimary #UKTeaching
Any guesses for what we are writing about?
Any guesses for what we are writing about?
How about this #ActiveEnglish sentence crafted by a child today. Ignore the punctuation (it was just a draft) but the creativity is fab! Their stem sentence was ‘Varjak saw…’ Top work #EduSkyPrimary
September 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
How about this #ActiveEnglish sentence crafted by a child today. Ignore the punctuation (it was just a draft) but the creativity is fab! Their stem sentence was ‘Varjak saw…’ Top work #EduSkyPrimary
This week in #ActiveSpelling we have been exploring words that have the ‘ou’ letter string. Most used phrase: if you can spell mountain, you can spell fountain! #EduSkyPrimary
September 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM
This week in #ActiveSpelling we have been exploring words that have the ‘ou’ letter string. Most used phrase: if you can spell mountain, you can spell fountain! #EduSkyPrimary
This week in #ActiveSpelling we have been exploring the -ly suffix in some tricky root words. The green arrows show the tricky parts, and look at that imposter word in brightly ➡️ #EduSkyPrimary
September 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM
This week in #ActiveSpelling we have been exploring the -ly suffix in some tricky root words. The green arrows show the tricky parts, and look at that imposter word in brightly ➡️ #EduSkyPrimary
This week in #ActiveSpelling, we are exploring doubling consonants before adding a suffix 🙂 Defo focussing on those short vowel sounds! If you want to know more about Active Spelling, get in touch ✏️ #EduSkyPrimary
September 5, 2024 at 3:02 PM
This week in #ActiveSpelling, we are exploring doubling consonants before adding a suffix 🙂 Defo focussing on those short vowel sounds! If you want to know more about Active Spelling, get in touch ✏️ #EduSkyPrimary
Can’t wait to explain this to parents 🤣 #EduSkyPrimary
August 30, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Can’t wait to explain this to parents 🤣 #EduSkyPrimary
Schools that are focussing on Grammar, Sentence Construction and Spelling this upcoming year might want to consider Active English and Active Spelling. Both research lead and research driven, and fun! Shares hugely appreciated, happy to discuss if you want to message 🙂🙌🏻 #EduSkyPrimary
August 16, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Schools that are focussing on Grammar, Sentence Construction and Spelling this upcoming year might want to consider Active English and Active Spelling. Both research lead and research driven, and fun! Shares hugely appreciated, happy to discuss if you want to message 🙂🙌🏻 #EduSkyPrimary