A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.
A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.
A fully researched set of slides based in Iron Age Britain. The topic is divided into easily digestible sections. Each section has an information slide followed by a quick question, multiple choice or discussion point slide. You should find real archaeological evidence from around Britain, reconstructions to show children what features may have looked like and links to videos on external sites to support the learning of the slides. The slides have been designed to be colourful and engaging and should save you time in planning. There are other topics in the shop that can be used in conjunction with this one. Please note that the slides have been created in microsoft 365 with fonts and animation, if you are using an older version then some of the fonts and animations may not work but the information should be there and you can add your own.
This is the full school set of cover sheets for all year group topics. These can be glued into the children’s book before each topic starts. Great for Ofsted and we use them to mark out interventions for TAs in the small steps.
Each maths area has its own border, eg, length is tape measures and place value has colourful numbers. I have left them as a word document so you can edit to suit your school. As i have uploaded it to a new computer, the school font has not been recognised so you will need to change the font and ensure each unit is on a new page.
The title is the unit topic, then the White Rose small steps for that unit are below, a box for a before and after test results and a box at the bottom for the children to reflect on their learning within the topic. You can edit the boxes or wording, even the image around the edge if you like (it is a watermark under the design tab in word).
A catchy way to introduce letter formation groups and to continue practice throughout the primary years. There is the curly-wurly family (all c based letter formation), the bouncing family (letters that fall down and bounce back up), the soldier family (straight line, standing tall letters), the smiley family (rounded bottom letters) and the dangerous family (containing all the letters with sharp edges). A presentation that can be used for posters or on the Interactive White Board.
A PowerPoint for History Subject Leads to train staff in primary schools. The PowerPoint is around the effective use of artefacts in the classroom. It focuses on asking questions and using observation skills. It contains games that can be used in the primary classroom from the Foundation Stage to Year 6. Download and edit to personalise to your school.
This PowerPoint investigates how ruins can offer an insight into the history of a buiilding, a village, national history and can be used as the incentive for a larger project including art and design and technology. It provides ideas for using the ruins themselves as a learning tool for the building’s history and then ideas for a wider project. If you are thinking of using local ruins, then this is a presentation to use before you plan your unit of work.
An effective support for any primary child, dyslexic student or SEND pupil. Print a copy and put on the table to remind children of the letter formation families, the writing process, a sentence checklist, a sounds mat on the back and a personal dictionary inside. It is colourful and bright to engage the user and support their long term memory of key literacy skills.
This PowerPoint outlines how primary teachers and home-schoolers can use the local area for a unit of work in History. It takes the teacher through the resources that they can use to support a rich and multi-sourced investigation. It is intended to be used by the History Subject Lead as CPD or for a teacher / parent who needs help to plan a unit of work. There are embedded links to useful sites within the slides themselves, where sources have been suggested.
This is a handy sized booklet with a range of basic facts and reminders from the Key Stage 2 curriculum. It includes addition and subtraction (100 square and the part-whole model), multiplication and division (multiplication square and the part-whole diagrams), a range of shape key facts (including features and symmetry), angle reminders (shapes and lines), area, perimeter and volume formulas, fraction key information with diagram and a table of key facts for measures.
It is downloadable as a PowerPoint so that you can edit to suit the needs of your children by adding or removing diagrams or key information. It can be used for SEND children or those with dyscalculia.
These colourful and engaging sheets offer children a chance to stop and think about how they are feeling. The first question asks them to identify an emotion they are feeling and is followed by having to identify what it looks like on a face. For those children that are learning to read emotional and social cues this can be invaluable training. For those learning to recognise emotional triggers, using these sheets daily as a morning task can support their growing awareness of themselves and their feelings. The sheets come in a multitude of genders, skins colours and hair styles so that you can find a fit for the child you are working with. A simple but really effective resource supporting our primary aged children as they try to make sense of themselves and the world around them.
An effective tool for all children but especially those with dyslexia or SEND and experiencing short term memory issues. This small booklet has simple colors on the cover to support any colour sensitivity and this makes it easier to copy on to coloured paper or card. The dictionary can be populated with useful words or can track the misspellings of the child to support their independent use when writing.
Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about the Ancient Greece. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Ancient Greece on the slides, they are designed to have Greek images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and suited to the Romans topic. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text.
The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own.
Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
A bright and engaging illustrated dictionary of things you might find in a church. It could be used as CPD by history/RE/Literacy subject leads in school, teacher knowledge if using a local church, parent knowledge if home schooling or for pupils to carry as they investigate a church. Pupils could use it like a checklist or as a reference to extend their knowledge. A great reference for a range of subjects and a range of purposes.
A collection of PowerPoint design templates:
Roman
Greek
Early Man
Vikings
(buy as a bundle and get one free - 4 for the price of 3)
The slides include:
front cover
agenda
famous quote
activity sheets with images relating to the topic
conclusion
final talk to your partner about what you have learned
Fully editable and ready for classroom use.
A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and focuses on the blood-thirsty nature of the Vikings. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text. If you want more slides duplicate the slide required to ensure the design and style is maintained.
The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own.
Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about Early Man. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Early Man on the slides, they are designed to have Early Man images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
A set of 8 mantras to support leaders to create a respectful and cooperative environment. Taken from the perspective of a classroom teacher who has seen the good, the bad and the down right ugly. They are the lessons I have learnt where leaders, heads and managers can make easy changes to win the trust and respect of their staff. Once that respect is achieved, it becomes a sted-fast loyalty and you have a school that shares the load and works together. Through my experience, this open, honest and cooperative environment can be the difference between a Requires Improvement inspection and a Good one.
These engaging posters have hand-picked quotes from the inspirational Eleanor Roosevelt (the wife of FDR, American President 1933-1945). She is responsible for quotes like ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ and ‘Today is a gift and that is why it is called the present.’ These posters have specially selected quotes that should resonate with younger children in the primary classroom. They could be used as a display around a growth mindset or as part of a larger project about Eleanor or building resilience.
A twist on the usual end of year worksheets with this fortune teller. It has the questions that you would normally write on a piece of paper but this time they are in the centre of the fortune teller with some fun ways to find them. Watch the video with the images to find out how to put the fortune teller together. The sheet also has instructions. A lovely keep-sake for your students to take home at the end of the year.
A great keep-sake for your students to celebrate their best bits of the last year. It covers their favourite memories in picture form, their proudest moment, the most important thing they have learned and their favourite topic. A super way to celebrate their best bits with open ended questions so students can celebrate all successes. The download is a PDF format and is in both colour and black and white.