Simon Hunt, Author at Nexus Education

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Simon Hunt

Mr Hunt is a primary school teacher who has taught Reception, Year 6 and now a mixed year 3/4 class. He loves creative and innovative ways of teaching to engage children. He is an SLE, specialising in creative and innovative teaching ideas. He shares some of his ideas through his Facebook page and connects with teachers in the UK and around the world. He has presented at various educational conferences and has provided CPD sessions, staff meetings and bespoke twilight sessions. He has also been invited to speak at the international Superpod 6 conference held on San Jaun Island, Washington USA.

https://www.mrhuntfromthefront.com/

Posts by Simon Hunt:

Simon Hunt Tinkering

Wed Mar 2022 by simonhunt

Tinkering Time

My favourite lesson this year so far! Tinkering is taking things apart and looking at how they work. We learnt about the inner workings of a PC.

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Mon Nov 2020 by simonhunt

Dancing To Teach Coding and Algorithms

Dancing is a great way to teach coding and algorithms. Algorithms are a set of instructions, just like the instructions for a dance. By challenging the children to write their algorithm for a dance, they are effectively writing code!

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Tue Apr 2020 by simonhunt

Learning your Times Tables- the fun way

Simon Hunt and his kids are home learning. Here he's helping them with their times tables outdoors while they have fun at the same time.

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Fri Mar 2020 by simonhunt

What is the WALT?

Another video from Simon. This time he gets pupils engaged with his lesson by asking them to try and work out what the WALT/learning objective is. His children love trying to guess what the lesson will be, although he saves it for particular lessons so it doesn't lose its impact.

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Fri Nov 2019 by simonhunt

The Foot Shake

In his latest video, Simon Hunt, embraces another playground fad and turns it into a lesson with help from his colleagues, pupils and Alan the dog!

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Tue Nov 2019 by simonhunt

A Poem About Teaching, Where to Start?

Simon was asked to present a short keynote about life as a teacher. The same week he was teaching the kids that poems are great for sharing a personal, emotive short story. So he decided to write a poem about what teaching means to him.

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Fri Nov 2019 by simonhunt

The Book Hook!

This is a really simple way of hooking the kids and encouraging them to find out about a new book. Whether it’s your class novel or a text you are focusing on, all you have to do is wrap up the book, write a message on it and leave it in the library for the kids to discover. I guarantee that most of the class will be desperate to find out what the book is. Then, it’s up to you to do the final reveal! The book in this video is Escape from Pompeii by the wonderful artist and author, Christina Balit. Go check it out.

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Simon Hunt

Thu Sep 2019 by simonhunt

'Don't Smile Until Christmas'

I’ve seen some Facebook posts recently where people have advised to ‘not smile until Christmas’ with you new class. Personally, I wouldn’t take this advice. Smile from day one- Simon Hunt.

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Tue Jul 2019 by simonhunt

'Show your children that they can change the world'

Nexus Education blogger, Simon Hunt, delivers a keynote speech at the Trams Eti conference in Barcelona.

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Fri Jun 2019 by simonhunt

i-Movie update – How to Guide for Teachers

In his latest video for Nexus Education, Simon Hunt presents a 'how to guide' for teachers in relation to the latest i-Movie update.

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Thu Mar 2019 by simonhunt

Counting: 10 to 0 then 0 to -10

Really fun maths starter for counting from 10 and down though 0 to minus 10. I find that by physically saying the number as they jump through the hoops, it helps them understand how counting through zero works.

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Fri Mar 2019 by simonhunt

5 Top Tips for NQTs and RQTs

5 top tips to remind you to enjoy teaching but also to switch off at the end of the day.

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Fri Nov 2018 by simonhunt

Skype: Invite the World to your Classroom

Most students already use Skype, Face-time or some other video messenger. Simon Hunt shows just some of the ways they can be used in the classroom for any age group or subject.

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