Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
I recently ran a very successful British Values Day. I began the day by inviting parents/carers/governors in and delivered the attached assembly presentation to them as well as to pupils. I then gave each class a value of their own (see guidance). Classes were able to be as creative as they liked but were asked to give me one outstanding piece of display work so I could create a British Values display at the entrance of the school (see photo of display). Pupils dressed-up in their cultural clothes or wore red/blue/white and all brought in a 'gold coin donation' to give to charity.
The assembly goes through each of the British Values and their meanings. There is a song and video clip attached as well as a short quiz at the end. Promoting British Values is extremely important, Ofsted say: 'Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and, within this, the promotion of fundamental British values, are at the heart of the school’s work.'
Powerpoint could also be used for a KS2 lesson on British Values.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
An activity booklet with 9 thought-provoking activities to support your pupils to improve their mindset. These activities are designed to encourage pupils to dig deeper and understand themselves better. Guide them through these activities and alongside teaching, they should start to understand how to improve their mindset. There are two questionnaires, one for the beginning of the project and one meant for when you have promoted a growth mindset for a few months. You can use this to analyse change.
Any questions, just ask!
An engaging tale surrounding the themes of: bullying, self-esteem and friendship. This story is a great tool for PSHE lessons, assemblies or English lessons. Pupils will follow Quinn on his adventure of self-discovery.
I have written the story to include a whole host of interesting language devices, including alliteration and repetition, which can be discussed and pupils can imitate in their own similar story.
Just to use for ideas. I have copied and pasted the last, general comment that I used on the end of year report to parents. Might just give NQTs a few ideas if you're stuck. They are generally very positive in line with the expectations of my current school.
Also some general strengths and targets (again which my current report form asks for). Sorry it&'s slightly patchy - it&';s done for my class and their levels.
This is my own personal statement for the position of Assistant Headteacher for Teaching, Learning and Curriculum - a job which I got.
Being able to download someone else’s personal statement while writing mine, would have been a huge help. Therefore, I thought offering mine, would give practitioners an option to view one before they start writing their own and thus having new ideas and a clear structure.
Obviously, every personal statement should be tailored to the person specification but it is easy to use ideas from this personal statement and shuffle them around accordingly. I have removed specific names from the personal statement and instead typed, XXX.
I created this presentation to support my class in understanding a girl in our class that had autism. It was very important to me as many questions were being asked and some pupils were saying unkind things. After we went through this presentation, pupils were much more understanding and wanting to help. This 14 slide presentation is perfect for an assembly or lesson. It goes through in child-friendly language, what autism is, how people 'get' autism', what people with autism might do and why it's important to be a good friend to all kinds of different people.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources are all English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
A great 13-slide presentation, which can be used for lessons or an assembly. I strongly believe that children should learn about politics from a young age, in an accessible and interesting way. The presentation consists of:
-Quiz and answers
-Facts about Trump and his family
-Facts about Trump's businesses
-Information about the nomination and election
-Some of Trump's views
The presentation can spark some excellent debates and lead into interesting English lessons.
A presentation for primary-aged pupils on National Poetry Day in October. This is a 13 slide presentation, which looks at National Poetry Day, looks at examples of dfferent types of poems, contains fun facts and a 5 question quiz with answers.
As well as for assemblies, this resource can also be used for a general introduction to poetry.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources use English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
A great way to start planning a topic. Get all of your ideas down on a colourful and visual topic map.
Included is an example map created for my topic on Hamlet and a blank version, which can be adapted and tailored to suit your needs.
If you're running CPD on planning a topic, this is a good way to get staff thinking about cross-curricular links.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
An engaging and visual presentation giving an event in history for each of the 31 days in March. Events have been chosen because they are interesting for pupils, They range from disasters to politics to war to theater and everything in between. Included with the presentation comes 10 exciting lesson ideas! Can also be used for a fun assembly at the beginning of the relevant month.
Thank you for looking. Any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Broaden pupils knowledge of important world events with this presentation and lesson ideas.
An engaging and visual presentation giving an event in history for each of the 31 days in January. Events have been chosen because they are interesting for pupils, They range from disasters to politics to war to theater and everything in between. Included with the presentation comes 10 exciting lesson ideas! Can also be used for a fun assembly at the beginning of the relevant month.
Thank you for looking. Any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
CPD feedback form, staff to fill in when they return from a course. Forms then evaluated as to whether their training can be passed onto staff in a training session. If worthwhile.
A title with coloured pencil background for working wall display.
A sheet to laminate and with a drywipe marker, write what we are doing in Numeracy (or can be changed to Literacy) as current topic.
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A simple question sheet to assess children's Numeracy knowledge and find any gaps. Some questions children complete on sheet some require additional resources. Gives a good understanding of where children are at.
Hope it's helpful! Please leave feedback.
A presentation for assembly or lesson on mindsets. The presentations helps primary-aged pupils to understand what a growth and a fixed mindset are and how they can work towards developing a growth mindset. The presentation also talks about comfort zones and Carol Dweck, who created the theory of mindsets. Having a growth mindset plays a vital part in being happy and successful, if you haven't already, I would suggest definitely developing a growth mindset programme for your school...this presentation is a great introduction to that!
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources use English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
International Joke Day is celebrated in July. Here's an opportunity to lead an assembly that will get pupils giggling! The powerpoint goes through the history of jokes, different kinds of jokes with examples and also gives pupils the opportunity to tell their own jokes. I have also included a clip to a funny animal video, which will have children in a good mood for the rest of the day! A fun presenation for an assembly, suitable for KS2 and lower-KS3. The presentation can also be easily adapted for a lesson on joke writing!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
Please do review my resources. Thank you!
Simple chart which can be stuck onto a folded piece of card and sent home to show how the child behaved in school. Should be discussed with parents and child.
