A learning journal built for primary. Children add photos, drawings, voice recordings and video to their own journal, and the teacher can share selected posts with families.

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Grade 1 fruit kebab instructions with step photos, shared with families through Seesaw

Grade 1 (Year 2, age 6 to 7) · 60 min · 1 tablet per group of 3-4

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Groups make fruit kebabs and photograph each step, then every child writes their own numbered instructions in Seesaw, and the teacher shares selected posts with families, whose comments children read next morning.

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Pre-K autumn treasure pages in Seesaw: a photo and a sentence in their own voice

Pre-K (Early Years, age 3 to 5) · 25 min · 1 tablet per group of 3, with an adult

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After an autumn hunt in the school grounds, each child photographs one treasure and records a sentence describing it in their Seesaw journal, then the teacher shares selected pages with families.

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Grade 3 weekly nature-table drawings in Seesaw journals

Grade 3 (Year 4, age 8 to 9) · 120 min · 1 tablet per child with a stylus

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Once a week for half a term, each child draws one object from the class nature table with Seesaw's drawing tool and adds it to their journal.

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Area and perimeter: design a five-enclosure zoo plan on a squared grid in Seesaw

Grade 4 (Year 5, age 9 to 10) · 50 min · 1 tablet per child

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Each child designs a zoo plan in Seesaw with five rectangular enclosures of 12, 16, 24, 30 and 36 m², chooses the length and width of each, and works out how much fencing the whole zoo needs.

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Grade 3 four-bar body-percussion rhythms recorded as voice notes in Seesaw journals

Grade 3 (Year 4, age 8 to 9) · 45 min · 1 tablet per group of 3

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Groups of three compose a four-bar body-percussion rhythm in stick notation, rehearse it and record the performance as a voice note in Seesaw for the teacher to assess.

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Kindergarten digraph-to-picture matching in a Seesaw drag-and-drop activity

Kindergarten (Year 1, age 5 to 6) · 40 min · 1 tablet per group

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Groups drag six pictures onto the digraph they hear (ch, sh, th, ng, ai or ee) in a Seesaw activity, and the teacher projects contrasting responses.

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Small groups record a turn-by-turn spoken retelling of The Gruffalo in Seesaw, then the class plays two back against a picture story map to check the order and spot missing events.

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Children drag six two-digit numbers onto a 0 to 100 line in a Seesaw activity and record why 47 goes where it does, while the teacher watches responses arrive and pulls a group for a Dienes re-teach.

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The water cycle: dragging labels and arrows onto a landscape in Seesaw

Grade 4 (Year 5, age 9 to 10) · 40 min · 1 tablet per student

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Children drag eight labels and four arrows onto a picture of sea, hills and sky in a Seesaw activity, then write under it how the water moves round the loop.

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Grade 3 drag fraction labels onto shaded shapes across six Seesaw pages and circle the two shapes on each page that show the same amount, including a 2/3 and 3/4 trap.

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Pre-K sort story scenes into the Colour Monster's feeling jars in a Seesaw activity

Pre-K (Early Years, age 3 to 5) · 20 min · 1 tablet per student, with an adult

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After reading Anna Llenas' The Colour Monster, children drag six picture scenes into the five coloured feeling jars in a Seesaw activity, talking with an adult about each choice.

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Grade 2 dragging labels onto a puja tray photograph in Seesaw

Grade 2 (Year 3, age 7 to 8) · 45 min · 1 tablet per pair

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Pairs drag eight given labels onto a photograph of a puja tray in a Seesaw activity and add the purpose of each item from a word bank.

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Pairs drag eight pictures of everyday changes, from a dripping ice lolly to a misted bathroom mirror, under melting, freezing, evaporating or condensing in a Seesaw activity, then type a reason for two of them.

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This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and grade. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.