Hoping you and your school community are well and settled into the new term.
Remember, we at LGfL are here to support you in many teaching and learning aspects. If you would like some support or know more about our work with schools, pleasecontact us at contentsupport@lgfl.net
Read on for:
Mental Health and Wellbeing update
Busy Things' new 'Skylark' activity to support spelling
From Challenge to Craft - Meet Khamani Edwards
Just2Easy J2pdf
Quick bites section
Mental Health and Wellbeing update
LGfL: Supporting your mental wealth
LGfL's Mental Health and Wellbeing service offers online training, blogs, forums and resources (UDL, Wellbeing Connected, and Healthy Minds ) and is intended to support schools to develop a positive culture and talk about "mental wealth".
The latest blog post dives deep into this year's training catalogue. We've significantly updated LGfL's Mental Health and Wellbeing training to incorporate the most recent research and reflect the current educational landscape. This post gives you a comprehensive insight into our full offerings, including a look at our new, in-depth 'masterclass' approach.
Join us at our first Mental Health and Wellbeing forum. This is in the same vein as the safeguarding SEND DSL forum to promote more of a sharing community and foster relationships. Our first one is on 13th November, and we will be discussing EBSA (emotionally based school avoidance).
From funding an accessible primary school playground (as leader of the 'soft play crew') to launching adaptive craft kits for all: Khamani isn't just living with Dystonia—he's redesigning accessibility. His personal experience is now everyone's creative gain!
Success requires support, not limits. Hear from award-winning young entrepreneur Khamani on the new episode of 'The Included Conversation series'
He shares his journey of building a business that makes creativity accessible and explains why disability doesn't define destiny. Access the podcast for his full inspirational story and to learn about KJ's Craft Time!
Sky Larks: a new suite of spelling games. It's an expansion of their popular "Miner Birds" games, designed to make spelling more fun, playful, and competitive.
Like Miner Birds' players are 'birds' collecting gnats by answering spelling questions - the more gnats, the harder the spelling. The first player to 20 gnats is the winner.
Sky Lark is a spelling practice activity that supports KS2 Statutory Spelling words from the National Curriculum (English Appendix 1: Spelling).
It's a versatile tool:
Use it as a fun starter for English or SPaG, or for daily practice.
Children can play individually, with peers, or as a class (pupils vs. teacher).
Settings can be discreetly adjusted for students working above or below age expectations.
Printable/saveable spelling lists are available for off-screen practice.
Teachers can assign the activity to see feedback on correct/incorrect spellings from each pupil, helping to monitor progress and identify areas needing further work.
Just2EasyJ2pdf
Did you know that J2e has a tool called J2pdf?
It is a highly versatile tool that you get as part of your ongoing LGfL subscription.
It is designed to transform static PDF worksheets into fully interactive and editable digital documents that students can complete online.
J2PDF converts a PDF file into a J2Create document using the original PDF as a background image. This allows users, particularly teachers and students, to enhance the document with interactive elements.
Interactivity: It allows users to add features like text boxes, images, shapes, sound recordings, and videos to the PDF
Editing & Annotation: Teachers and pupils can annotate the document, add text, and include graphics.
Merging: Multiple PDFs can be merged into one document, and pages can be easily moved or deleted.
Sharing: The created or annotated documents can be easily shared with a class or individual learners through the platform.
EdTech Hubs Autumn dates There are many EdTech hub sessions scheduled for the Autumn term, find out more here, including the ever-popular Summit on the 24th November at Samsung KX. Save the date now in your diary. Find out more here and sign up here
Canva training and event opportunities Canva is hosting free community events called 'The Canva World Tour' featuring workshops, community events, and expert-led training to help you grow your skills. Events can be found here. Or grow your design confidence and earn certificates with 5-minute to hour-long courses, available across a range of topics available here
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