A series of research articles all about pedagogy in the early years. Great to inform essays or your own development as a practitioner.

An assembly script for y2-y6. The classic tale of Jack and the beanstalk with acting or speaking parts for everyone in the class.

Simple board game consisting of ks1 tricky words. I’ve used this in so many different ways; you can divide kids up into colours and in turns ask them read all of the words in that colour. you can play as a normal board game with dice you can play with HA children not just reading the word but putting it into a sentence you can make it a guided reading or literacy lesson by asking the children to write a sentence using the word they land on I have even used this as an assessment lesson in year 2 when I first got to know my class, it allowed me to find out where they were but also have fun with them. Enjoy

A list of phonics games which can be played as class starters or main group lessons. Really helped me fill time during my PGCE/NQT.

A wonderful assembly all about the ancient Egyptians. It includes one song and links to it on youtube, one quiz done in the style of who wants to be a millionaire (all about the Egyptians) and one example power point to put in the background, including lots of ideas for ancient Egypts based lessons; mummifying apples in science, dance and movement and an example of a class display. Enjoy!

Hilarious and fun script all about Robin Hood and Nottingham. Written for KS2 and beyond. Great to use as a class play or assembly based on a literacy topic. Enjoy!

This assembly is based on the unit of work I completed with my class, therefore I’ve included a plan of what I completed throughout my lessons. This was a great cross curricular topic and as you’ll see, I’ve included links to art and DT, literacy and ICT. The assembly included an option between two songs and the words to a poem we performed. There are also a number of templates to create jumping jacks, shadow puppets and zeotropes. The document marked zerotrope template was a great freebie from a childhood museum which has other ‘toy’ related worksheets and activities which I sent as homework. I completed this summer term in a year 2 class, but to be hones at it is all about the work the children complete can really work from year 1 - 6. We had such fun with this topic and assembly, I hope you do too!

Adaptable assembly script of the Biblical character Esther. This script retells the story and involves a lot of acting out scenes of the story with a narrator. There are 30 parts with a range of abilities and an optional dance link and prayer at the end. I actually used this resources during anti bullying week to highlight how my pupils should stand up for one another even when it’s really difficult to do so, but a friend used it simply for an RE assembly. Esther is a great book to focus on for similarities between Judaism and Christianity as both religions have it in their Holy book. Appropriate for end of year 2 - year 6. Enjoy :)

Assembly script based on the classic Aesop’s Fable; The Tortoise and The Hare. It focuses on encouraging kids to work hard and not to compare themselves with others. It has speaking parts for 30 children and includes some use of background music. This can be used for any class year 2 and up. It’s a fun assembly, hope you enjoy it :)

NQT is hard enough without the stress of trying to remember how to meet teaching standards. This is my document, hopefully it will help give you ideas you can demonstrate this in your school experience. Top tip: don’t be afraid to tell colleagues which standards you’re struggling for evidence in before reviews or observations. Really hope this saves you some time :)

An example document detailing lesson plans, interviews and reflections used to meet my School Based Directed Activities during my PGCE. I wasted a lot of time trying to understand how to meet these and what they actually met, hopefully seeing how I responded will save you some time. Enjoy and keep going student teachers! :)