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What do you know about Valentine’s Day? Try our exciting Valentine’s Day Quiz to discover why the heart is a symbol of love or what people in Japan do on Valentine’s Day? If you enjoy this resource please tell your friends and colleagues and don’t forget to leave us a review. Our other Valentine’s Day resources are: Valentine’s Day Haiku 5 Valentine’s Day Writing Ideas

‘24 Lines Make A Day’ is a poem based on the 24 hours of a day. It is performed by the poet - David Horner. Suitable for Years 3, 4 and possibly 5. The resources include: A short, animated film for the children to watch and listen to David reading the poem. Teachers’ Notes which give you a) activities to do with the children based around the poem ’24 Lines Make A Day’ b) ideas for creating fresh poems linked to the ideas used to create the poem. c) suggestions for further activities The text of the poem ’24 Lines Make A Day’. If you enjoy this resource package from Goodeyedeers we hope you will tell your colleagues about it and maybe leave us a review. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

This resource from Goodeyedeers is aimed primarily at Years 3 and 4. In the short video ‘Colour Riddles’, children’s poet, David Horner, talks you through some ideas for getting the children to write colour riddle poems and shape riddle poems. In the short video ‘Talking Riddles’ David reads out three riddle poems of his own. This animated film would make a great lesson starter. The Teachers’ Notes give you some extra ideas for exploring more riddle poetry and how they might be written. If you enjoy this resource please leave us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues about us. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

'Times Tables Twisters' is a great resource that gives you differentiated activities that can be used to combine the learning of times tables with the writing of tongue twisters. It can be delivered as a class lesson or used by individual children on their iPads. The children meet Terry who, like many children, was finding the learning of his times tables difficult, until he came up with this unique way of remembering them. In the PowerPoint lesson Terry describes, in detail, how he uses his times tables to create some interesting tongue twisters. This resource contains: Two PowerPoint presentation lessons one for each of the times tables –11x & 12x. A PDF containing a set of differentiated grids that the children can use to help them create their own times table tongue twisters. An Excel sheet with the same set of differentiated grids on that can be used by children with their own laptops and/or iPads. A set of teachers’ notes with follow up ideas. As well as having fun with words the children are creating their own mnemonics to help them remember their tables. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Recipes’. Children love creating recipes - the stranger the better. Here they have a chance to use words from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List to create some very odd recipes. Spellings Recipes asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to ensure it meets the criteria needed to go into the recipe. The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds! Included in the package is a copy of the Year3/4 Word List, a grid to help the children create their own recipes and a page from Hetti's recipe book to write their completed mouth-watering recipes out on. If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.

This William Shakespeare resource package is an introduction to Shakespeare’s rich, Elizabethan language. Looking particularly at songs from ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ Professor Francis Bacon is your guide – and he has a large box crammed with (until now) unknown first drafts of songs Shakespeare featured in his plays. Unfortunately, each draft is, well, a bit of a mess and in real need of editing. To almost quote Eric Morecambe, it’s the right words but not necessarily in the right order. The songs featured here are from ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ and the focus is on the end rhymes of the songs. It’s a different activity for each song, but the invitation to young readers is to do the editing and in so doing, play with and engage with the language in an active, creative way. As with a lot of Shakespeare’s work this presentation is littered with Shakespearean insults. So, don’t have young readers that are lumpish, guts-griping maggot-pies. Turn them into precious, honey-tongued editors! As well as the presentation, this package includes all necessary texts for photocopying and editing. Ideal for solo, paired or group work. Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and KS3. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.

This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spelling Riddles’. They are shown a couple of examples and then Hetti shows them how to make their own using the spellings from the Year 3/4 Word List. Children like a chance to ask the questions! Along with the exclusive concern with the Word List words, the focus is wholly on the child’s learning of the words - crucially learning by doing. Initially solving and then creating riddles keeps the child curious, in control and mentally active. The presentation also introduces them to Hetti from Planet SPaG, who talks about her love of words. Did you know Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds! Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List and a photocopiable grid to help the children create their own Spelling Riddles. If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving a review. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals

Here is a riddle - ‘While I can catch these with a worm I wouldn’t put one in a Victoria sponge.’ The answer to this riddle (which you can find near the bottom of this page) is a noun phrase. Children both love solving riddles and also creating their own. In this activity they work in pairs to create their own riddle-poems. This material can be used across KS1 – KS3 to both introduce the concept of noun phrases to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the children’s knowledge. In the PowerPoint presentation the children are introduced to the alien creatures Yce and Melo who both live on the far away planet of SPaG. Between them they talk the children through what a noun phrase is and then show them how they can work in pairs to create teasing riddle-poems. The answer to each riddle-poem is always a noun phrase. The basis of the activity is an exciting word game which is played in pairs. To play the game you are provided with a photocopiable grid of 32 squares featuring 16 different noun phrases. This resource is intended to foster youngster’s confidence and skill in navigating the quirks of English spelling, by making it a game to engage with, rather than a problem to worry about. Look out for another Goodeyedeers resource called ‘Noun Phrase Riddles’ where you will again meet the friendly alien Yce. The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – ‘fish cake’ All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. If you enjoy using this resource then please leave us a review. Thanks.

An ideal lesson for Years 5, 6 and 7. Here is a riddle for you to solve - “This aquarium has a big gun on the top.” What is the homonym answer? The answer to this riddle (which you can find near the bottom of this page) is a homonym. Children both love solving riddles and also creating their own. In this activity, they discover how to create riddles where the answer is a homonym. This material can be used to both introduce the concept of homonyms to younger children and for re-visiting it in subsequent years to consolidate the older children’s knowledge. In the PowerPoint presentation, the children are introduced to Freddy, the dictionary monster who eats homonyms and spits out riddles. He explains to the children what a homonym is and then shows them how they can create their own teasing homonym riddles. This resource is intended to foster youngster’s confidence and skill in navigating the quirks of English spelling, by making it a game to engage with, rather than a problem to worry about. Look out for another Goodeyedeers resource called ‘Homonym Riddle-Poems'. The answer to the riddle at the top of this page is – ‘tank’ All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. If you enjoy using this resource then please leave us a review. Many thanks.

In this PowerPoint presentation, our very own children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, David Horner, will talk your children through a clever way to write a poem for their mum for Mother’s Day. He calls it ‘My Mum’s A Ferrari’ and it explores the use of metaphors. The presentation takes the children through the whole process step by step. At the end they will have written a poem describing their mum in a series of ‘metaphoric couplets’ - it is bound to melt the hearts of the mums who receive them. If you and your children enjoy this lesson then watch out for our other Mother’s Day poetry lessons - there will be four in total. We would love to know what you think of our resources, so why not leave us a review. All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. All the images used are from Pixabay.

A poetry workshop for lower KS2. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom. In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad. A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions: Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him! Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings. Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up. A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry. A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson. We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource. If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers

These 24 dictionary challenge cards are great fun and can be used to develop your children’s use of the dictionary. Each card has an open-ended clue to be used by the children to find a word in the dictionary. For each card there is more than one possible answer. There are also 8 bonus cards that each contain a different task for the children to complete using some or all of the words they have found. The cards are in colour and in black and white. There is an answer sheet for the children to fill in as they complete each task card.

In this, stimulating and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far-off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y4 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. In the PowerPoint lesson the game covers: the grammatical difference between plural and possessive 's ' standard English verb inflections fronted adverbials and punctuation apostrophes to mark singular possession. In playing this version of the Great Grammar Game, children will also be revisiting and revising their SPaG knowledge from previous years. Like all other versions of the game, it can be played more than one, either in small groups of 5 or more or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

-UPDATED 2020- Aimed at children in Years 5, 6 and 7. This popular PowerPoint lesson takes the children through the first verse of the poem ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll and gives them a strategy for turning this nonsensical poem into one that makes sense - almost! The children have practice in recognising nouns, adjectives and verbs and in using the dictionary to find suitable replacement words. The Teachers’ Notes gives background information to the creation of the poem and in particular, Lewis Carroll’s use of ‘portmanteau words’. They also have a number of suggestions for further activities. There is a document with the text of the poem plus another where Humpty Dumpty explains the first verse of the poem to Alice. According to him, he can - “… explain all the poems that ever were invented - and a good many that haven’t been invented just yet.” If you enjoy this resource then please tell your colleagues and maybe leave us a review. Many thanks. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

Show your children how to write some fantastic Christmas Haiku poems. Ideal for children in KS2 . The PowerPoint lesson takes you through the process. It starts by explaining what a Haiku poem is and then has the children recognising and counting syllables. They then have a chance to complete some half-finished Haiku. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually. Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas Haiku. The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. Also included in this resource pack - a set of Christmas writing frames for the children to use for their completed poems. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

In this entertaining and creative game players meet – or possibly re-meet - Hetti, a smart and friendly alien living on the far off planet of SPaG. The game is wholly about teaching, rather than testing the Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar demands for Y2 children as set out in the most recent National Curriculum for English. The PowerPoint presentation leads the children, step by step, through the game. It also includes an embedded video introducing the children to Hetti. The Teachers’ Notes give more instructions for playing the game and suggested follow up activities. The precise elements the game covers are: subordination expanded noun phrases the progressive form of verbs commas to separate items in a list apostrophes to mark letters missing in spelling. The game also revisits much of the punctuation demands and the terminology introduced in Y1. It can be played more than once, either by small groups of 5 or more, or by a whole class. The National Curriculum insists that building grammatical knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. This is exactly how this activity is designed to work. Money raised from the sale of this resource will be going to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.

This free resource is to give you an idea of the quality of resources we are creating at ‘Goodeyedeers.’ It is a full lesson that will show children how to create their own kennings poems. An animated reading of ‘Kennings For Kevin’ by the author David Horner is embedded in the presentation. This reading is also included as a separate mp4 file and could be used as a lesson starter. If you enjoy this then please have a look at our other resources and don’t forget to leaves us a review. Many thanks.

In this set you will find 32 task cards about adding and subtracting fractions. This set of 32 task cards looks at addition and subtraction of fractions. The answer sheet has room for the children to show their working out. The cards can be used in a variety of ways by individual children, pairs, small groups and even the whole class. Here are a few ways you might use them: Pairs can work together to solve cards and then quiz each other. They can be used as an enrichment or revision activity for children who finish their work early. You can use task cards with simple traditional board games. The child has to solve a card before they can take their turn. Take them home as homework.

This set of 40 task cards is designed to give children opportunities to develop their knowledge of improper fractions and mixed numbers. This set of 40 task cards looks at improper fractions and mixed numbers. On each card the children are asked to either change a mixed number to an improper fraction or an improper fraction to a mixed number. The cards can be used in a variety of ways by individual children, pairs, small groups and even the whole class. Here are a few ways you might use them: Pairs can work together to solve cards and then quiz each other. They can be used as an enrichment or revision activity for children who finish their work early. You can use task cards with simple traditional board games. The child has to solve a card before they can take their turn. Take them home as homework.