Teach your students about growth-mindset, what it is and why it’s important to work on developing a growth mind-set. By the end of this lesson, you’re students will know: What growth mind-set is The habits of people with a growth / fixed mindset Ideas on how to transform from a fixed mind-set to a growth mind-set Enjoy this 55 minute fully prepared PSHE lesson including group, individual and home learning activities!

Teach your students about LGBT, homophobia and homophobic bullying in this detailed PSHE lesson. Students will learn the content and make a poster at the end of the lesson to demonstrate learning. This is a no prep resource. Simply download and enjoy :-)

Celebrate the world’s diverse beauty with this resource designed for teaching your students about International Week. Take your students on a trip through a different continent each day, ending on one special country on the last. This resource includes a detailed Powerpoint containing two lessons per day, combining taught content on social studies, the arts and global mindedness. Accompanied with the Powerpoint are a whole host of reosurces to use along side them. This is a minimal prep resource, all you have to do is print off the handouts to go with the lessons and you’re ready to go!

Help your students gain a thorough understanding of what adjectives are and how to identify and use them in their own writing. This Power Point contains 5 full lessons to introduce / review the use of adjectives, suitable for key stage 2, 3 and lower ability key stage 4 classes. These lessons are also great for EAL/ESL learners. These lessons are perfect for a quick review and a great way to assess students’ understanding and use of adjectives. Accompanied with the Powerpoint is a 5 page Home Learning document to give to students to complete after each lesson to further embed learning. If you’re looking for a very easy, no prep adjectives package then this is ideal!

This resource has been designed to fit the IMYC Celebrations Unit for a key stage 3 (grade 6) or lower ability class. The lesson explores how people in the US responded to conflict and change during the 1950’s when segregation was law. This resource is an entire lesson, including starter tasks and differentiated exit tasks. Enjoy!

Teach your students about theme with this quick and easy Powerpoint and worksheet to go with it. Suitable for ks3 and lower ability.

Keep thinks creative with these innovative ice-breakers to adapt for any lesson in any classroom.

Never be stuck for plenary ideas again. Download and choose from one of these 100 plenaries to keep your end of lessons innovative and engaging.

Use this resource to teach students about the different types of characters they may find in a novel, relating it directly to the novel Holes. Included in this resource: 1. A list of character types and definitions (I recommend cutting them out and laminating the character type and definition separately, and using it as a starter task that gets students to match character type to definition). 2. A table which students complete to identify the different character types in Holes.

Use this mind map early on in the book to get students to think about how Stanley feels about certain people and situations. This will encourage students to develop a strong understanding of who Stanley is and how he's being described by the narrator. This worksheet can be used as an independent exercise or as part of a group activity.

Use this worksheet early on in the phase of reading to allow your students to practice making inferences from quotes in the text.

Use this fun creative writing worksheet to assess how well your students know the characters in the novel . This is a great little activity to assess comprehension, writing development and SPAG.

Use these creative writing prompts to get your students thinking more deeply about the characters in the novel.

Use these handy flashcards and character descriptions to asses how well your students know the characters in the novel Holes by Louis Sacher. Included in this pack: - Drama based activity lessons and variations - 21 character flashcards - 21 character descriptions - Criteria for success handout - Custom made lizard stickers for envelopes (to give it that extra special touch!)

Help your students enhance their vocabulary with this nifty little word bank that they can use to record new words they encounter while reading. Students can stick it in their exercise books or keep it in their folders, and record new words each or every other lesson.