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I know it's been forever since I updated this. I feel very guilty. Not pleased with the quantity of work I have to do at the moment. 'Tis the report writing season and so my head is swamped by them. But alongside this, I have all my usual class based things to do. On top of that, my sister recently got married and that took up a huge amount of time and I made a big decision about my future.

So, sorry for not writing more, but I am still very much alive and I will write more regularly when things settle a little later in the month. Hopefully.

Look at the different Gods and explore this website.

• In your curriculum books, I want you to do a drawing of one of the Gods and make a fact file.


• After this, create a God for modern day - God of Texting, God of The Internet etc. Draw it and then create a fact file.

Back in 2005, I wrote about Martin Kyslun. I fully expected to see his name among the election results when they were finally published. However, I did not. This is the reason why. Sorry, belatedly, to hear of his passing.

Martin famously received 5 votes in 2005 - and now that I'm older I can appreciate better his reasons for standing in the first place.

This year, Godfrey Spickernell received the least votes in his constituency of Chelsea & Fulham, gaining 17 votes for his Blue Environment Party (Source: BBC News). Now, given that the Green Party until this election had never won a seat, the desire to replace the Green Party was somewhat ambitious. However, I admire him for trying, even though I certainly do not agree with all that is written on his comprehensive website.

While I wasn't alive to see him race, I've read about and seen enough of his career to know how fabulous Gilles Villeneuve was.

Today, 25 years ago, Formula One lost one of its greatest ever exponents, a man whose modest record belied an impact on the sport so profound that his memory lives on today. He combined the best qualities of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and Juan Pablo Montoya - a dazzling talent, an unquenchable spirit and desire, and a magnetic charisma that attracted millions of fans. He also possessed an honesty and honour from a bygone age - traits which were to be contributing factors in his death.

That man was Gilles Villeneuve, whose brief but glorious career was ended on 8 May 1982, in a horrific accident during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.

This review of his life sums up just what made him a great driver. (BBC Sport)

Find short starter clips for use on interactive whiteboards in your classroom, covering primary maths, science, French, history, and literacy here.

Link: Teachers TV: Primary Lesson Starters

• Link: Fraction Wall - A wonderful interactive fraction wall. Can show fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio.
• Link: Fractions of a circle

This is brilliant: enter anything and it will sing it to you.

Investigate plant life cycles here!

A fabulous blog showing ways to write terribly. Could be used at the start of a big writing session to show pupils how not to write...

Link: How To Write Badly Well

For girls especially, body image can be an issue. This site takes a photoshopped image and shows you 12 ways in which it has been altered for magazines.

Link: Girlpower: Retouch