I have bullet pointed a few ideas I had to use iMovie in the classroom. Although these were written with a mac in use, many of the ideas could be used with iMovie on the iPad or a similar video editing program. Please leave a comment if you find this useful.

Lesson Plans for teaching the area of Calligrams / Shape poetry. Ideal for year 3/4. I have also included a set of resources for use in the genre. Reduced price.

Massive update to my highly popular resource… Found these really hard to find so made my own resources up. I am unsure why they are so scarce as they often come up in SAT tests etc. As I like to call them 'missing box sums’ I have included differentiated worksheets and a smart notebook file to accompany the lesson worksheets. Great for years 3/4 possibly lower ability year 5. UPDATE: Feb 2018: due to the popularity of the previous version of this resource I have added a additional content similar in nature, for example, 'the role of the equals sign.' At this age it is important that children understand (leading onto later years and algebra etc) that ‘Equals’ doesn’t mean ‘the answer’ but is a BALANCE of two equations. There is a lesson plan included here as well I used for an observation during a Numeracy lesson on the topic.

A Smart Notebook file, about finding change from £1. The coins can be moved into the actual hand as required to help the childrens understanding. I can’t stress how helpful the notebook file is to illustrate this. Suitable for years 2-4 I have also included a lesson plan for this particular lesson I was observed on and a large collection of differentiated worksheets.

Powerpoint to aid teaching about David Hockney including photos of some of his work. Made personally, initially used with 9 year olds although could easily be adapted for older. I have also included a Powerpoint with information about him. NEW October, 2015 Due to the popularity of this resource I have included some additional work. A weekly plan I made for use with these resources A pdf. that can be printed out to make an enormous picture of his Artwork 'splash' on separate A4 pieces and put together like a jigsaw for display. On the UK site this resource is rated extremely highly 4.7 / 5 with reviews from users. I have included it at a lower price here for a short introductory period, enjoy!

Pupils must write the names of the bones (written to match up) next to the corrent location on the skeleton. This can easily be differentiated by not giving higher ability pupils the list of bones to match up. There are 29 in total. A really high quality worksheet

This is a professionally written ‘Big Fat Quiz of the Year’ pub style quiz. Covering events (with a UK slant) that have occured in 2021. Includes… Picture Round - Name the celebrity that has trended in the news during 2021. Blank answer sheet to write on (50 questions in total.) Professionally written questions and answers. (50 questions in total.) Music Round (7 edited tracks, name the TV show or artist / song from the 15 second clips.) This is formatted as a video file for ease. One example of a question is… A Zoom meeting went viral in February for Handforth Parish Council. Complete the quote “You have no authority here ______ _________” Answer: Jackie Weaver We produce professional online quizzes on www.facebook.com/quizinators presented every Tuesday and Friday night so you can be sure this is a quality resource. Perfect for a staff or work event. (No unsuitable material for children, but more aimed at adults.)

A set of differentiated worksheets I made where children have to add the two numbers below to get the final brick of the top of the pyramid. The harder worksheets require inverse operations. Fantastic for an activity relating to how additional and subtraction are linked, or reinforcing the concept.

Worksheet where children have to identify what genre the description is from generalisations. Useful as a starter or part of a main lesson.

If you are teaching settings this is bound to interest boys and improve their writing. This topic has produced some outstanding work from pupils in classes I have taught myself and assist others in an advisory capacity. UPDATE to one of my best selling resources with more! Suitable for years 3-6. Powerpoint Worksheets Extensive word banks (differentiated abilities.) Initial texts to discuss Plenary text PLUS! -Worksheets and word banks (differentiated.) -Phrases for display -Examples to read -Examples of children writing -Story Starters (Please note full DAILY plans are not included, this is designed simply as a bank of resources to dip into.)

LO: Understand how writers portray character personality through writing. This is a lesson based on exploring the techniques a writer uses to show a characters personality and requires pupils to use the evidence from the text extract I have included from the book 'The Hobbit' it is an excellent extract featuring the character 'Gollum.' The Powerpoint I have made goes through the process of... S (speech) A (actions) D (description) Children can then annotate their text accordingly and / or draw the character with annotations. Highly adaptable for many ages. The 1970's version of the hobbit features a similar conversation on YouTube. BONUS I have included a snippet of the text from 'The Hobbit' an activity for children to highlight all the parts of the text that describe the hobbit / wizard and the house. They then draw a picture to match their highlights. The results can be compared to the artists impression I have included.

Newspaper Headlines Homework. Useful activity to set fro homework when doing this topic.

A good notebook file I made to use in a lesson teaching about writing adventure and mystery stories.

A worksheet that can be printed to help with telling the time.

Autumn Term Year 3 revision Powerpoint. Can be used as an assessment tool.

An idea for using comic life in a creative way.

Simple self assessment for play-script features

Simplistic worksheet to aid estimating and measuring to the nearest 1/2 kg

Personally made Powerpoint. Points out the features of play scripts

Another revision aid for year 3 autumn term 2 in numeracy.