I have been a teaching principal in a small rural school for the last 3 years. Before this I have over 10 years teaching experience teaching students ranging in age 5 through to 12 and have loved every minute.
“Students are engaged, motivated and keen to succeed. They take responsibility for their learning and increasingly know about themselves as learners. They stay on task, work well together and help each other. Positive and respectful interactions between students underpin learning”. Educ
I have been a teaching principal in a small rural school for the last 3 years. Before this I have over 10 years teaching experience teaching students ranging in age 5 through to 12 and have loved every minute.
“Students are engaged, motivated and keen to succeed. They take responsibility for their learning and increasingly know about themselves as learners. They stay on task, work well together and help each other. Positive and respectful interactions between students underpin learning”. Educ
This resource is perfect for your Reduce Reuse Recycle Unit or any other caring for the environment study. It has 15 sorting cards to cut and paste into either the reduce, reuse or recycle areas on a ‘Y’ chart. I used this activity to start a ‘Trash to Treasure’ unit that my class did.
I have included both a color version and a black and white version for you to choose from
These Morse Secret Codes are perfect to help students learn how to encrypt and decrypt Morse Code messages. They are great at engaging your students with problem solving and help support your stem teaching.
Included in this resource are
- Writing your name in Morse Code
- Five secret messages
- Answers have been included
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STEM Paper Helicopter: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
This science and engineering challenge will see students create a helicopter that rotates when dropped. It engages the students and challenges to think about helicopter flight and what determines flight. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size and use of wings.
This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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Celebrate the Summer Olympics in Rio with this fun bingo game. There are enough cards for the whole class. 30 bingo Cards Included. I have played this game with my own class this week and they loved it.
Instructions have been included if you are not sure how to play. Simply print this pack off, laminate and cut. The game is ready to play.
If you like this pack you will also like my Summer Olympic Writing Scenario. It is a scenario in first person with a high quality presentation to the class. Included are planning sheets and then you are ready to write. Great for teaching rich vocabulary.
A Pokemon has taken over in this Creative Writing Scenario. This Creative Writing Scenario takes the students on an engaging journey to a football match where the game is hijacked by a Pokemon character. The students decide what happens next.
This pack includes a 5 senses graphic organizer to be completed while they watch the presentation. It is used to generate ideas and used as a basis for extending their vocabulary. This alongside the presentation will help students to produce a descriptively rich story.
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STEM Rotating Starship: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
STEM Rotating Starship: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
STEM Rotating Starship: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
These science and engineering challenges will see students create a Starship, Paper Helicopter and Flying Straw that rotate and fly when dropped and thrown. It engages the students and challenges to think about flight and what determines flight. These challenge looks at speed, direction, size and use of wings.
These packs contain everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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STEM Rotating Starship: A Science and Engineering Challenge.
This science and engineering challenge will see students create a starship that rotates when dropped. It engages the students and challenges to think about flight and what determines flight. This challenge looks at speed, direction, size and use of wings.
This pack contains everything you need. All you need to do is print it off and you are up and running. It can be used as either a group activity or individual. I usually do it as a group as then you can allocate members various roles within the group.
Included are instructions, templates and extension question sheet. As a bonus I have also include an A4 STEM Poster.
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This MEGA Winter Olympic Games Bundle has everything you need to make a fun and engagin unit before, during and after the Olympic game period. It includes 3 writing activities, math challenges, stem activities, and other fun stuff.
Winter Olympics CSI: The Case of the Missing Gold Medal STEM activity
This CSI themed multiplication and division activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve Winter Olympic Games math problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left. Who stole the Gold Medal?
This case includes
Clue 1: Solving Division Problems
Clue 2: True or False Multiplication
Clue 3: Multiplication and Division Sequence
Clue 4: Moving up and down 10's, 100's amd 1000's
Clue 5: Multiplication and Division Cryptogram
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Narrative Writing Scenario
Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the Olympics in first person.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the 5 senses chart provided. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a vocabulary rich story.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Newspaper Writing Scenario
Winter Olympics in PyeongChan is upon us. This Visually stunning writing scenario takes the audience on a journey to the PyeongChan Winter Olympics as a Newspaper reporter. During this presentation an Ice Hockey game is played out, with one country accused of cheating. Everything is included in this pack to make every student successful.Photos are taken and quotes are given.
Included in this pack is a PowerPoint Presentation to show your students. The bigger the screen the better as these are high quality images. During the show, students discuss and fill in the graphic organizers that are included. These notes will help direct the students in their writing with a detailed, accurate and rich story. Then complete the included newspaper templates.
STEM Winter Olympic Raising the Flag 2018: Engineering Math Challenge
The Winter Olympics is here
This STEM challenge includes both an engineering challenge and sheets for students to work out the median, mean, range and mode in the context of creating a flag pole that raises the Olympic flag the highest. Students are asked to both record and graph their results.
This challenge is perfect for the Olympic games and includes everything you need to actively engage your students in team work.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Word Search Find
A word find with the Winter Olympic Sports to be found. A great fill in time for winter or a lead in for a bigger project.
Winter Olympic Games South Korea PyeongChan 2018 Hundreds Chart Hidden Picture
This fun Winter Olympic hidden picture will engage and excite your students. Everything you need is included. Just print and go. No preparation required.
This pack includes 2 Olympic themed Hundreds Chart Hidden Pictures. They include the rings and the torch
STEM Winter Olympic The Luge 2018: Engineering Math Challenge
This STEM challenge includes both an engineering challenge and sheets for students to work out the median, mean, range and mode in the context of creating the fastest Luge.. Students are asked to both record and graph their results.
This challenge is perfect for the Olympic games and includes everything you need to actively engage your students in team work.
This fun and engaging Game is huge with over 100 general knowledge questions including sport, music, math, movies and pop culture. The games shuffle ability assures that no two games are ever the same which means you can use the same resource in a lot more than once. Also ideal for a regular class to bond with your class, build class relationships or just waste a tough afternoon. It has a range of questions from easy to hard to include everyone.
I typically put the class into small groups and ask a member of the group to choose a color and number. That is the question that they have to answer. If correct they get one point. Then I move to the next group. Alternatively the whole class answers and then we tally up the points to get a winner.
I run it on an interactive whiteboard but would be equally successful on a projector, computer or TV screen. Alternatively it could be run for an individual student on their own device.
When you start the game press the shuffle button to randomize the questions ensuring that no game is ever the same. This means that this Jeopardy game can be used multiple times with the one class as it is different every time.
This is a PowerPoint Macro Show. To run the game double click the file and make sure you say "yes" to running macros. If you do not the questions will not shuffle correctly. I have tested on a PC but it should work on other devices. If this is your first time with Macros let me know by personal message and I am happy to answer all your questions.
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Included in this pack are two gorgeously designed labels with both English and Maori Language. Words included are the days of the week (including Saturday and Sunday) the months of the year and numbers up to 10. Further I have included the number symbols which make it ideal for your daily calendar in your class. Both designs are bright and colourful.
This is an excellent resource to use all year long and in particular for Maori Language Week. I use them all year long and interchange between Maori and Language.
If you like this resource also check out my other quality Maori Language products.
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This fantastic Growth Vs Fixed Mindset Wall Display will encourage a growth mindset in your classroom. They are bright and colourful with a polka dot theme. They make a perfect reference tool all year round and great when setting up your classroom.
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This Animal Adaptations Presentation looks at the differences between physical and behavioral animal adaptations. It provides examples with high quality images to reinforce the children's learning and talking points. At the end of the presentation there are further images to provide the students with an opportunity to explain what they have learnt.
Presentation Topics:
- Behavioral Vs Physical Adaptations
- Webbed Feet
- Sharp Claws
- Whiskers
- Sharp Teeth
- Large Beaks
- Wings/Flying
- Hooves
- The Body and Camouflage
- What Adaptations Can You See
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This resource contains 2 multiplication mosaics, “The Power of Yet” and “Growth Mindset”.I find they compliment each other extremely well and provide a fun, engaging and creative way for your students to learn their timetables.
I have included 2 versions of each, one with a title on it and one without. Just choose which version is best for your class and print them off. They are all ready to go. The student just needs pencils, felts, etc to color it in. If I have a struggling student that does not know their timetables yet, I hand out a timetable chart to them so that they can complete it, or make sure they can see a copy of it on the wall.
This STEM activity is a great group activity for your students. The challenge in this activity is to design a more efficient parachute to jump out of the Battle Bus. The students need to work together to complete the challenge and experiment given. This Fortnite activity is perfect for a back to school activity or all year around.
You do not need to know what Fortnite is (your students will) to do this challenge, but this will earn you your kids respect and you will be that “cool” teacher.
Included in this resource are teachers notes, student questions, the experiment, a PowerPoint on the history of flight and comprehension questions to go with the presentation. Everything you need to make a fun filled activity with your students.
SCIENCE: Students will use skills in the scientific method: observing, communicating, comparing, organizing, and relating.
TECHNOLOGY: Students can document learning through the use of digital technology.
ENGINEERING: Students will devise and implement a strategy to construct Marble Roller Device.
MATH: Students will explore measurement, graphing, statistics, patterns, and build mathematical knowledge through problem solving
Mu torere is said to be the only native board game of the Maori. It is played on the points and centre of an 8-pointed star, by two players with four pieces each. The object of the game is to block your opponent so they cannot move.
Mu Torere is the perfect game to celebrate Matariki, or Waitangi Day, especially if it is raining. I also put the boards in my math game area for my math rotations and early finishers.
I have included 2 different game boards. First ,the traditional star board and the other being more of a wheel design (My students seem to prefer this one) Further I have included some counters for it (Or just use your plastic ones). Oh yes I have included instructions on how to play.
Simply print, cut and laminate for a long lasting resource. I laminate the game board on one side and the instructions on the other.
Celebrate the Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham with this fun 5 in a row bingo game. There are enough cards for the whole class. 35 bingo cards included. I have played this game with my own class this week and they loved it.
On each screen is a high quality image of the countries flag so that students can begin to associate which flag goes with which country.
This game can be run on computers, whiteboards or projectors. All that is required is that you print, cut and laminate the Number Boards and press start on the PowerPoint Show. If you don’t have access to the technology, no problem, I have included a document with all of the country names on. Then you can do it old school and pull them out of a hat.
The order of countries can be simply changed by pressing the shuffle button at the start. Each slide stays there for 10 seconds before it transitions to the next slide. If you want it to go quicker then simply click on it. I prefer to let it just run as it gives me a bit of quiet time while all the students are engaged.
Instructions have been included if you are not sure how to play.
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The Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham is here.
This wall display is the perfect way to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. It captures the students imagination and fits in with any unit that you may be doing for the Commonwealth Games.
Included are all 23 Commonwealth Game Sport Categories, with a description of the event and a picture to illustrate it.
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This Commonwealth Games 2022 bunting includes the flags of all 70 countries and territories competing in the Commonwealth Games.It is the perfect way to celebrate the Commonwealth Games and captures the students imagination and fits in with any unit that you may be doing for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
It includes 2 versions; one with country names and the other without.
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The Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham are almost upon us. Build up the excitement with your students with this word search.
My class wanted a challenge so I gave them one. This Commonwealth Games word search is huge. Personally, I printed it off on A3 paper as it has all of the 70 Nations and Territories that are attending the Commonwealth Games in 2022. I actually “buddied up” some of my struggling students to keep them focused as 70 words takes time. My others loved the competitive challenge.
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The Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham are almost upon us. Build up the excitement with your students with this word search. This wordsearch contains all of the Commonwealth Games sports categories for the students to find.
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