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I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
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This is a seasonal worksheet that involves pupils making as many words as possible from the longer word ‘reindeer’ to help improve their spelling, writing and reading skills . The resource is appropriate for Years 1-6 as pupils and older SEN students. Different degrees of challenge can be set. For example more able pupils could be limited to 5, 6 letter words, a greater number of words to be found, a timed challenge etc . It could be a team activity too.
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This resource is an awesome Advent Calendar – jam packed full with fun and educational activities. Appropriate for Year 1-6 and older SEN students. All activities can easily be adapted to suit the needs of learners as the PowerPoint is fully editable. There are 14 days to open – all the school days in December before Christmas. The activities can be used as starters, main lessons or plenaries. Also great Christmas armoury for supply teachers, large groups etc. The resource contains a fully editable, colourful and interactive PowerPoint with many literacy based activities including:
- Word making activities
- Anagrams
- Elfabetical – oops sorry – alphabetical order!
- Word searches / Crosswords
- Santa Stop The Sleigh
- Memory Game - word game
- Adjectives
- Parts of Speech – verbs, adverbs, nouns, conjunctions,
- Christmas jokes / riddles
- Compound Words
- Antonyms
- Capital Letters and full stops
- Carols and lyrics quiz
Most activities contain accompanying worksheets, many with extension activities.
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Autism Awareness Presentation
This resource contains an editable, 120 slide PowerPoint presentation on autism and Autism Awareness Day (2nd April) and Autism Awareness Week. I had the privilege of teaching and working with many amazing young people on the autistic spectrum for twenty years. People with autism are often misunderstood. Hopefully, this presentation will help others, both staff and pupils, to be more informed about, and more understanding of, autism.
The presentation includes sections on:
What is autism?
Signs of autism
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people With Autism / Asperger’s
The predentation contains hyperlinks to:
A video which shows what it is like to experience sensory overload.
A short video on autism.
A short video about Schools’ Awareness Week by the National Autistic Society.
A video produced by a young person with autism who talks about five things he thinks it is important that people know about autism and five ways we can help him.
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Autism Awareness - Set of 25 Posters
Autism Awareness: Activity Pack
The pack contains six activities.
Sensory Sensitivity / Overload
This activity begins with watching a short clip about sensory overload. There are two tasks that follow designed for pupils to experience sensory overload when attempting to complete tasks; one is more challenging than the other.
Autism Discussion Cards
These contain 4 statements about autism designed to provoke discussion and to get the pupils to think about and develop their awareness of autism. They are not true or false statements and there are no right or wrong answers.
Communication Difficulties Exercise
This is a task designed to simulate the difficulties that many people with autism encounter when trying to communicate.
What is autism? How Can I Help?
Pupils watch a video about autism in which a young man explains 5 things he thinks people need to know about autism and 5 things people can do to help people with autism. Pupils discuss the five things that the person felt people needed to know about autism and five ways that people can help. Pupils complete a worksheet.
Autism Acrostic
Pupils complete an acrostic piece of writing using the word autism as a stimulus.
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This is a word search on Bastille Day / La Fête Nationale which takes place on the 14th July.
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Bastille Day Puzzle Pack - Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords
This Bastille Day puzzle pack contains a set of ten differentiated word searches, anagram puzzles and crosswords on words and vocabulary connected with the French Revolution and Bastille Day/La Fête Nationale. The pack includes three word searches, four anagram puzzles and three crosswords.
Bastille Day Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable and informative 60-slide PowerPoint presentation on Bastille Day.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The causes of the French Revolution
The key events of the French Revolution
King Louis XVI
The Three Estates
The French Flag
The French National Anthem
The establishment of Bastille Day
Bastille Day celebrations
The PowerPoint also includes 3 hyperlinks to the French National anthem, a video of the history of Bastille Day and the French Revolution and Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
Bastille Day Quiz
The quiz can be used for individuals or teams. There is a sheet for individuals/teams to record answers. The answers to the questions can be found by clicking on the flag image on the bottom right- hand corner of each slide.
Sample questions include:
On what date is Bastille Day?
What is Bastille Day known as in France?
In what year did the storming of the Bastille take place?
What was the Bastille?
Who was the King of France at the time of the storming of the Bastille?
Who was King Louis XVI’s wife?
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This resource is a Christmas themed version of ‘stop the bus’. This game involves pupils finding the names of various items in categories beginning with the same letter. The categories include:
elf’s name
angel’s name
item of winter clothing
Christmas food
Toy or game
TV programme or film
Item that can be found on an advent calendar
Pupils are placed into teams of 2-4. Teams choose, in turn, a letter via an advent calendar. Behind each picture on the calendar is a letter. Teams have to think of one item to go in to each category beginning with the selected letter. The first team to finish shouts “Santa – Stop the Sleigh!” If you have a bell a pupil can run out to ring the bell to stop the game! The PowerPoint contains a Christmas-Themed timer with music. Teachers can dress up as Santa to make it even more fun!
Teams score 1 point if they have an appropriate item in the category. They get 2 points if no other team has that word. This resource is suitable for primary school pupils and older SEND pupils and… some adults! Great for parties and games to play at home at Christmas.
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This resource contains a 30-question PowerPoint quiz on the Mexican Festival / Holiday of Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) which is celebrated on 1st and 2nd November. Day of the Dead is a time when Mexicans remember and honour their departed family members and friends. This is a fun way to check the pupils’ understanding of the traditions of the festival and the reasons why it is celebrated. Answers can be given either as you go along or at the end of the quiz. The answers can be found by clicking on the skull image at the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. There is also a sheet for pupils to record their answers.
The quiz also contains several hyperlinks to videos about Day of the Dead,
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Day of the Dead Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The Aztec origins of the Day of the Dead festival
The Mexican belief that life on earth is a preparation for the next world
The rituals and traditions of Day of the Dead
Building shrines and altars
Cleaning and decorating cemeteries and graves
The symbolism of marigolds, skulls, Katrina figures
Burning copal incense
Food and drink - Pan de muertos bread, tamale, pib, atole, pulque
Sugar skulls
Papel picado
Monarch butterflies
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This resource contains three revision/practice worksheets (24 questions) on personal, possessive and relative pronouns.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide SATS English grammar revision PowerPoint lesson on pronouns and includes:
Personal Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
When to use who or whom
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Determiners - 70 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners.
Determiner Revision Mat
This resource contains a determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
Key Stage 2 SPaG SATS Revision PowerPoint Quiz
This is a quiz-style revision resource on KS2 SATS English - spelling punctuation and grammar. The SATS style questions include questions on grammatical terms, word/classes, combining words, phrases and clauses, punctuation and spelling.
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This resource contains an autism awareness activity pack. It is an ideal resource for Autism Awareness Day / Week. The pack contains six activities.
Sensory Sensitivity / Overload
This activity begins with watching a short clip about sensory overload. There are two tasks that follow designed for pupils to experience sensory overload when attempting to complete tasks; one is more challenging than the other.
Autism Discussion Cards
These contain 4 statements about autism designed to provoke discussion and to get the pupils to think about and develop their awareness of autism. They are not true or false statements and there are no right or wrong answers.
Communication Difficulties Exercise
This is a task designed to simulate the difficulties that many people with autism encounter when trying to communicate. Pupils take part in an activity in which they have to think very carefully about the words they use and what they are saying.
What is autism? How Can I Help?
Pupils watch a video about autism in which a young man explains 5 things he thinks people need to know about autism and 5 things people can do to help people with autism. Pupils are asked to discuss the five things that the person felt people needed to know about autism and five ways that people can help. Pupils then complete a worksheet.
Autism Acrostic
Pupils complete an acrostic piece of writing using the word autism as a stimulus. Two acrostic autism posters are included to give the pupils some ideas. An autism acrostic template is also included.
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Autism Awareness Presentation
This is a fully editable and interactive presentation on autism and Autism Awareness Day / Week.
It includes sections on
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people With Autism / Asperger’s
There are hyperlinks to videos and clips about:
Sensory overload
Autism
Schools’ Awareness Week
A young person and his autism
Autism Awareness - Set of 22 Posters
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This resource contains an autism awareness activity pack. It is an ideal resource for Autism Awareness Day / Week. The pack contains six activities:
Sensory sensitivity / overload simulation activity
Autism discussion cards
Communication difficulties simulation activity
What is autism? How Can I Help? - Video link and follow up worksheet
Autism acrostic task
This resource contains a PowerPoint presentation on kindness, suitable for younger primary pupils and older SEN students. It is ideal for use on Random Acts of Kindness Day held on the 17th February in the UK, Random Acts of Kindness Week in the second week of February in the USA, on 1st September for New Zealand's Random Acts of Kindness Day and World Kindness Day on 13th November. In fact, it could be used any day! It is also suitable for anti-bullying week.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
examples of kindness
Mahatma Gandhi example of kindness
how we can show kindness to others
It also contains a link to a short, poignant video on acts of kindness and their effects.
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A more detailed presentation, appropriate for secondary-aged pupils, is also available.
Random Acts of Kindness Presentation For Secondary Pupils
This is a powerful, poignant and thought-provoking presentation. It contains hyperlinks to Jonny Benjamin's story and Danny Boyles 'Join Me' Movement and the 'Karma Army.'
The presentation includes:
the origins of Random Acts of Kindness Day
Josh de Jong's story
Danny Boyle's story
examples of kindness - Gandhi
Jonny Benjamin's story
the physical and psychological benefits of performing acts of kindness
the meaning of altruism
inspirational kindness quotes
what we can do to make the world a better place
the importance of kind words
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Acts of Kindness - Set of 25 Thought-Provoking Quotes
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This resource contains a fully editable and informative 85-slide PowerPoint presentation on 'Black History Month' which is celebrated in October in the UK and February in the USA and Canada.
This resource helps to contribute to the students' Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development by finding out about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced.
It includes the history of Black History Month / African-American History Month, the Slave Trade, the Abolition of Slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and its campaign to get human and civil rights for African- Americans, influential people in the civil rights movement - Rosa Parkes, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela - significant events in the struggle for human and civil rights - the Great March on Washington, Tommie Smith and John Carlos' salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the American Civil War and the debate about the appropriateness of 'Black History Month'
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldiers,' Martin Luther's 'I have a dream' speech, Nelson Mandela's story, and an interview with Morgan Freeman's explaining why he does not want a 'Black History Month.
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Simple Text Black History Presentation
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This resource contains a set of 12 worksheets definite and indefinite articles - the, an and a. Answers are included.
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Definite and Indefinite Articles PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a fully editable, 62 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners.
These include:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
Determiner Revision Mat
This resource is a determiner revision mat containing an explanation of, and examples, for all the different types of determiner.
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This resource contains an editable, 100 slide PowerPoint lesson on nouns - common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, compound nouns and collective nouns. All the different types of nouns are explained and examples given.
The PowerPoint contains three activities to reinforce and consolidate the pupils' understanding of nouns.
1. An interactive sorting activity that requires sorting different types of nouns into the appropriate category.
2. A timed noun challenge where pupils have to think of nouns in all categories beginning with a certain letter. A worksheet is provided for this on the PowerPoint.
3. Pupils have to identify all the nouns in the poem 'Daffodils' by William Wordsworth. A worksheet is also provided for this.
This resource could be used to introduce nouns or to revise them. It could be used as a one-off lesson or a series of lessons. It would be particularly useful for SATS revision. It is suitable for primary-aged pupils and for older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the PowerPoint.
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Nouns - 22 Differentiated Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 22 worksheets on common, proper, abstract, collective and compound nouns. Tasks include identifying and using all the types of noun at word, sentence and text level. These resources would be particularly useful for SATS revision.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint lesson on determiners and includes:
The articles - definite and indefinite
Demonstratives
Possessives
Quantifiers
Numbers
Ordinals
Interrogatives
The PowerPoint explains what determiners are, gives examples, asks pupils to identify the determiners in sentences and to place determiners in sentences.
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This resource is a fully editable and informative, simple text, 75-slide PowerPoint presentation on 'Black History Month' which is celebrated in October in the UK and February in the USA and Canada. Due to the simple text, this resource is appropriate for young / older SEN pupils.
This resource will help to contribute to the students' Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development by finding out about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced.
It contains references to the history of Black History Month / African-American History Month, the Slave Trade, the Abolition of Slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and its campaign to get human and civil rights for African-Americans, significant civil rights activists - Rosa Parkes, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther-King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, significant events in the struggle for human and civil rights - the Great March on Washington, Tommie Smith and John Carlos' salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the American Civil War and the debate about the appropriateness of 'Black History Month'.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldiers,' Martin Luther's 'I have a dream' speech, Nelson Mandela's story and an interview with Morgan Freeman's explaining why he does not want a 'Black History Month.'
A more detailed version of this resource containing 87 slides, more appropriate for older students, is also available:
Black History Month Presentation
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This bundle contains a variety of resources on refugees and asylum seekers. It is an ideal resource for Refugee Week which takes place in June and Refugee Day which is held on 20th June each year.
The bundle includes:
PowerPoint Presentation
This is a fully editable and informative 1100-slide PowerPoint presentation on Refugee Week. The PowerPoint focuses on:
Why Refugee Week was set up.
What happens in Refugee Week.
What a refugee is.
What an asylum seeker is.
Why people become refugees.
The plight of refugees.
Why we have World Refugee Day.
This year’s World Refugee Day theme.
How we can help refugees.
The PowerPoint also contains three hyperlinks to the stories of three refugee children. It concludes by asking the students some reflective questions.
Simulation Activity Pack and Worksheets
This activity pack contains an editable lesson plan. The simulation activity is in the form of a PowerPoint and there are follow-up activities that include questions for discussion and three evaluation and review worksheets.
The simulation has 8 scenarios. Groups of pupils are required to make decisions/take actions. Some of the scenarios are accompanied by a timer with dramatic music playing to simulate the confusion in which refugees have to make quick decisions. Sample scenarios include:
Scenario 1 - War has broken out. Members of the group have to leave home and are required to choose 6 items to take with them.
Scenario 4 - The truck runs out of fuel and members of the group have to walk. To make the journey easier everyone has to take the heaviest item out of their bag to make it lighter.
Scenario 7 – The man with the boat wants payment. The group must give any money they have to him. If they have no money they have to give him their most valuable item.
Refugees Are Human beings PowerPoint Slide Show With Music
This is a powerful and poignant slideshow about asylum seekers and refugees. It contains eighty, thought-provoking images and is accompanied by music. A picture speaks a thousand words and these images certainly do that.
This resource could be used in a variety of ways – for an assembly, to stimulate discussion and creative writing. The slides could be printed off and used for display.
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This resource contains two fully editable, 100 question summer/end of school year quizzes. Click on the individual links for more details.
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This general election puzzle pack contains a set of 9 differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords on the theme of elections, parliament and government. There are 3 word searches, 4 anagram puzzles and 3 crosswords.
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Mock Election Pack
This resource contains all you need to set up your own general election in school. it could be used with a class, a year group or the whole school. It is an ideal way for pupils to learn what elections are all about. This mock election resource involves the pupils conducting an election.
The pack contains:
An Explanation and Task PowerPoint
Voting Registration Card Template
Ballot Paper Template
Postal Vote Application Template
Eligible Voter Register
Tally Counter
ManifestoTemplate
Election Officers Team Planner
Political Party Planner
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This resource contains all you need to set up your own general election in school. it could be used with a class, a year group or the whole school. It is an ideal way for pupils to learn what elections are all about. This mock election resource involves the pupils creating their own political party.
The pack contains:
- An Explanation and Task PowerPoint
- Voting Registration Card Template
- Ballot Paper Template
- Postal Vote Application Template
- Eligible Voter Register
- Tally Counter
- ManifestoTemplate
- Election Officers Team Planner
- Political Party Planner
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This resource contains a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 50-question PowerPoint quiz about Halloween.
Halloween Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The Origins of Halloween - All Hallows’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the rituals, traditions and customs surrounding these feasts
The Origins of the Jack O’ Lantern
The Origins of Trick-or-Treat
The Origins of Apple Bobbing
The presentation illustrates how, over time, Samhain, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day have merged to create the Halloween we know today. It ends with some questions to promote discussion. It also contains hyperlinks to Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York City - the world’s largest Halloween parade and a link to a short video of the history of Halloween.
Halloween Quiz
This is a 50-question PowerPoint quiz on Halloween and all things spooky! It is Ideal for use with a tutor group or for an assembly during Halloween. Can you spot the trick question?
There are 3 possible answers for students to choose from. This makes it accessible to all pupils. An answer sheet is provided to record answers. The answers can be found by clicking on the haunted house image on the bottom, right-hand corner of each slide. .
Sample questions:
What date is Halloween celebrated on?
What do pumpkins grow on?
In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o-lantern?
Why did people put lanterns outside of their homes?
What is the name given to a ghostly light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes?
What is the name for the fear of Halloween?
In Harry Potter when does Remus Lupin become a werewolf?
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This bundle contains three editable and informative PowerPoint presentations on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in 14 different countries around the world.
Christmas Around the World 1
This 62-slide PowerPoint presentation features Christmas celebrations in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Iceland, Russia and Spain.
Christmas Around the World 2
This 72-slide PowerPoint focuses on Christmas customs and traditions in Austria, Brazil, Ethiopia and France.
Christmas Around the World 3
Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana and Greece are the countries featured in this 57 slide presentation.
The presentations conclude by asking the pupils the following questions:
Some of the countries’ Christmas traditions and customs are very different from the UK’s. Which countries have very different customs? What are they?
Some of the countries have similar Christmas traditions and customs as the UK. Which countries have similar customs? What are they?
Which country would you like to visit at Christmas and why?
These are ideal presentations for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral,social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 100-question biology quiz and a 100 amazing biology facts PowerPoint presentation. These are ideal resources for biology week or as end of term or end of year resources.
PowerPoint Quiz
The quiz contains 100 questions with varying degrees of challenge. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the tick image on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions:
What is the longest bone in the human body?
In humans, the atlas and axis bones are found in which part of the body?
Otology is the study of which part of the body?
In medicine what do the initials MRI stand for?
Singultus is more commonly known as what type of action in humans?
How many pairs of chromosomes are in found in most humans?
What is the largest internal organ of the human body?
Amazing Biology Facts Presentation
This is a fully editable 105 slide PowerPoint presentation on some amzing biological facts.
Sample facts include:
the human mouth produces 1 litre of saliva each day
in a lifetime, the average person produces about 28413 litres of saliva; enough to fill two swimming pools!
our eyes are always the same size from birth
if all the DNA in a human body is stretched out, it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
the power generated by our brain when we are awake is enough to light up a bulb
the mucus from a human sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour
the acid released in our stomach during digestion, hydrochloric acid, is strong enough to dissolve a razor blade
The PowerPoint also contains links to the world’s tallest tree; an octopus squeezing through a small hole; dolphins sleeping; the call of the blue whale and the lyrebird mimicking a chainsaw.
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