Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpAoCUN4toE for revolting rhymes clip or read book.
My class who then cut the small images out, stuck them into their books and retold the story next to it with a focus on punctuation. They really enjoyed it because the story is so silly! Pictures can be used for many different activities but will hopefully save you some time!
This resource is an enjoyable way to tackle preparation for the phonics screening. It can be used in class or sent home for homework.
-The first activity requires pupils to read gobbledygook (Pseudo) sentences.
-The second activity allows pupils to write their own gobbledygook sentences for others to read.
-There are also 30 alien cards (with alien picture and pseudo word) for pupils to play memory or snap with (fun to send home to get parents involved). These can be laminated to use again next year!
-There are also 12 blank cards so pupils can design their own alien and write their own pseudo words to include in the games. Pupils have lots of fun doing this!
-Also included is a 'real or rubbish' word game, where pupils need to sort real words from the fake words.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A editable pupil survey to better understand primary school pupils’ thoughts and feelings about their lessons, class and school. The survey uses for cats’ faces for a bit of fun! There are closed 16 questions and 2 open questions at the end. I have used this survey from Y1-Y6. I read and explained the questions to classes.
An interesting and engaging poem on the fear and devastation caused by earthquakes. The 1,2,1,2 rhyming poem gives pupils an insight to the loss that someone may feel. The poem comes with writing paper for pupils to write their own poem about an earthquake and poetry comprehension questions.
Simple tally chart format, which can be changed to suit different topics.
I have chopped the tallies so you can copy and paste the different lines to suit your needs.
Each table group received a different tally. They then created a 3D pictogram by transferring the data.
A n 12 slide presentation on Halloween. 11 slides can be used for introducing Halloween to pupils or for an exciting assembly and 1 slide has 6 ideas for writing lessons. The presentation is made up of the history of Halloween, information about where Halloween is celebrated , how people celebrate Halloween and includes some fun facts!
This was a great tool that I used with my class. It covers contractions, general punctuation , singular possession , plural possession , was/were and much/many. Pupils are taught about a particular aspect of grammar and then shown the slides on the IWB, which asks them to fix the sentences. Perfect for AFL and ensuring that they understand. The presentation is easy to adapt and you can quickly change the sentences to suit other grammar needs that you may have. There is also a blank activity sheet, which is perfect for typing in and sending home for homework once the pupils are familiar with hoe the game works. Pupils could also use this sheet to write their own incorrect sentences for a partner to fix!
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
A presentation for International Peace Day, which is held on 21st September every year. This resource was designed as an assembly but could also be used for a lesson. The presentation focuses on peace in general. It discusses what peace is, what happens when peace doesn't occur and why, gives an introduction to International Peace Day and also mentions symbols for peace and the story of Sadako Sasaki from Hiroshima. Lastly, it acts pupils to reflect on how they can help make this a peaceful world.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources use English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
I created this presentation to support my class in understanding a girl in our class that had autism. It was very important to me as many questions were being asked and some pupils were saying unkind things. After we went through this presentation, pupils were much more understanding and wanting to help. This 14 slide presentation is perfect for an assembly or lesson. It goes through in child-friendly language, what autism is, how people 'get' autism', what people with autism might do and why it's important to be a good friend to all kinds of different people.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources are all English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
A presentation for assembly or a lesson on who will follow David Cameron as the next Prime Minister of the UK: May, Gove, Leadsom, Crabb or Fox. The 17 slide presentation explains why we will have a new Prime Minister, who Boris Johnson is, it gives information on the 5 candidates, on the electoral process and next steps and is concluded with a quiz (with answers).
If you have any questions or need any support, please send me a message! My resources all use English spelling but can easily be adapted. Please review my resources - thank you!
This presentation contains planning and resources for 2 weeks of cross-curricular teaching on Japan's involvement in the Second World War. I followed this learning journey with my Y6 class and that were enthralled by the story. The presentation teaches children about Japan's involvement. Then asks them to focus on the Atomic Bomb and then more specifically on the story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Peace Cranes - a sad yet inspiring story. Focus genres are timelines and autobiographies, with lots of opportunities to show viewpoint.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
Please do review my resources. Thank you!
With Euro 2016 just around the corner, engage your pupils with these exciting Maths and English lessons and have an easier week yourself,,.with all of the resources pre-prepared. Both boys and girls will enjoy these exciting lessons.
Maths lessons relate to fractions and problem solving with truly enjoyable lessons, that pupils will remember. For English, there is a variety of lessons, from leaflet writing to poem writing to ordering countries alphabetically.
There is also a grid so that every child in your class can have a football team for Euro 2016 - who in the class will win?!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Presentation and examples of rubrics, which I created when running an INSET on self- and peer- assessment. The INSET had very good feedback and teachers changed their practice as a result. It was created for an hours INSET.
The presentation is 11 slides long. It asks teachers to reflect, gives information on current practice in self- and peer-assessment, has activities for teachers to complete in teams and gives examples.
My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!
A presentation looking at what a pattern is with real-life examples and explaining how to continue a pattern.
Four differentiated activity sheets, which can be easily edited to suit your class needs.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources use English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
A months worth of words with word type and definition to improve pupils vocabulary choices. There are also photos of displays, a template for display and an activity idea linked to improving pupils vocabulary. Colour-coding word types hugely improved my classes understanding of grammar.
67 flashcards covering all sounds from Phase 2 - Phase 5 in Letters and Sounds. This is one resource, which has been a saviour for many years now. Cut out and laminate the sounds and you have a great, durable set of sounds to aid the teaching of phonics.
Phase 2 - blue border
Phase 3 - orange border
Phase 5 - green border
One key element in the teaching of phonics is to revisit previous sounds taught - using these flashcards is a great way to do just that! Lots of games can be played using flashcards, including, 'your pile, my pile'.
I have uploaded them as a PDF file and also as a word document, in case you wish to edit.
Any questions, please just ask! Please check out my other resources...
A fun and engaging activity pack. These 10 lessons can be done individually or stretched into longer learning journeys.
Planning - a brief description of 10 cross-curricular activities linked to: art, English, maths, history and geography.
Activities - resources linked to Anglo-Saxon times, including writing coded messages in Runes, understanding the story of St. Cuthbert and designing a Sutton Hoo mask.
There is also a useful list of Anglo-Saxon related websites attached.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A short presentation to explain to pupils what Black Friday is. As we know, Black Friday has almost appeared from nowhere and pupils are confused by the emphasis on Black Friday by the mass media. This presentation explains what Black Friday is and where it's come from.
There are many fun activities, which can be done around Black Friday. Included are three activities: design a Black Friday shop window, design a Black Friday shopping bag and reduce prices in your shop (percentages).
Any questions, please just ask. Thank you for looking.
