I specialise in English and my experience includes literacy consultancy, management, a role as an English lead teacher and teaching at both primary and secondary. Take a look at my resources for English and other useful bits and bobs. magicinkstand@hotmail.com
I specialise in English and my experience includes literacy consultancy, management, a role as an English lead teacher and teaching at both primary and secondary. Take a look at my resources for English and other useful bits and bobs. magicinkstand@hotmail.com
50+ page PowerPoint presentation with 50 quiz questions based on the world of family film. Questions increase with difficulty and the quiz comprises: Character Round, Setting Round, Film Title Round, Enemy Round and Actor Round. Also included are bonus games: Name that Tune, Film Crambo, Movie Star and Film Rewind. This is a visual presentation with a range of pictures, which are all copyright free. Two versions are included - one with the answers on each slide and one with the answers at the end of the presentation. Also included is a worksheet on which to write the answers and an answer sheet. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you!
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Tags:
Film Quiz, Film Quiz 2019, Film News Quiz, Film News Quiz 2019, End of Term Quiz, End of Year Quiz, End of Term Quiz 2019, End of Year Quiz 2019, Movie Quiz, Movie Quiz 2019, Movie News Quiz, Movie News Quiz 2019, Film News 2019,
Epiphany is on the 6th of January. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 + page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about Epiphany
• Information about the Magi
• The Epiphany Story
• Epiphany traditions
• Church services, chalking the door, king cake, winter swimming
• Other Traditions around the world
• Music
• Interactive picture activity
• Interactive gift matching activity
• Song activity
• Quiz
• Useful information
• Recipe for King cake
• Links to videos and music
and more!
Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
I have been involved with interviews for the role of assistant head in several different boroughs. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018.
This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
Key information about Pancake Day
The History of Pancake Day
Pancake Day Celebrations
Pancake Day Traditions
The Pancake Bell
How to Make a Pancake
Pancake Toppings
Pancakes around the World
The World’s Biggest Pancake
Fun Facts
Pancake Day Around the World Matching Activity
Build your Own Pancake Interactive Activity
Pancake Day Quiz
Pancake Day Jokes
Interactive Counting Activity
Useful information
Links to videos
and more!
Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Tags:
Lent, Lent Assembly, Pancake Day Activity, Pancake Day Assembly, Pancake Day Lesson, Pancake Day Quiz,
Mardi Gras Activity, Mardi Gras Assembly, Mardi Gras Lesson, Mardi Gras Quiz,
Shrove Tuesday Activity, Shrove Tuesday Assembly, Shrove Tuesday Lesson, Shrove Tuesday Quiz
24 page word document with activities for pupils in year two at ‘Working at Greater Depth’.
Each activity is half an A4 page and can be easily completed and added to maths books for evidence.
Useful for moderation and reflects current curriculum.
• read scales where not all numbers on the scale are given and estimate points in
between (12x activities)
• recall and use multiplication and division facts for 2, 5 and 10 and make deductions
outside known multiplication facts (4x activities)
• use reasoning about numbers and relationships to solve more complex problems
and explain their thinking (6x activites)
• solve unfamiliar word problems that involve more than one step (6x activities)
• read the time on a clock to the nearest 5 minutes (8x activities)
• describe similarities and differences of 2-D and 3-D shapes (8x activities)
Black History Month takes place throughout the month of October. This resource consists of a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
Important vocabulary
Key information about Black History Month
When Black History Month takes place throughout the world
How Black History Month began
Criticism of Black History Month
The slave trade
Abolition of slavery
The Civil Rights Movement
Important people in black history
The Windrush
The Black Lives Matter movement
Quotes from celebrities about Black History Month
Quiz
Interactive matching activity
Interactive naming activity
Notting Hill Carnival spotting activity
Celebrity Activity
Useful images
Links to videos
Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
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Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month Assembly, Black History Month Quiz, Black History Month Worksheet, Black History Month Activity, Black History Month Activities, History of Black History Month, Black History Month Presentation, Black History Month Lesson
The Day of the Dead festivities begin on October 31st. This resource consists of a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about The Day of the Dead
• The history of The Day of the Dead
• The Day of the Dead festivities
• The Day of the Dead traditions
• Special foods
• La Catrina
• The significance of marigolds, butterflies and sugar skulls
• Parades
• Interactive film activity
• Interactive Spanish word activity
• Quiz
• Photograph spotting activity
• Useful maps and images
• Links to videos
and more!
This pack includes Day of the Dead colouring sheets, a crossword and a quiz worksheet to accompany the quiz on the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Tags: Tags: Day of the Dead Assembly, Day of the Dead Quiz, Day of the Dead Worksheet, Day of the Dead Activity, Day of the Dead Activities, History of Day of the Dead, Day of the Dead Presentation, Day of the Dead Lesson, Dia de los Muertos Assembly, Dia de los Muertos Quiz, Dia de los Muertos Worksheet, Dia de los Muertos Activity, Dia de los Muertos Activities, History of Dia de los Muertos, Dia de los Muertos Presentation
This activity pack includes:
- ‘Tour de France’ reading comprehension,
- ‘Tour de France Jerseys’ reading comprehension,
- ‘The History of the Tour de France’ reading comprehension,
- Tour de France word search and definition activity
and
- Tour de France crossword activity.
Questions in the reading comprehensions reflect 2015 content domain and include literal questions, inference questions, language-based questions and summarising. Question types include find and copy, multiple choice and ordering. This resource is fully editable and answers are included. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
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Tags: Tour de France Assembly, Tour de France lesson, Tour de France activity, Tour de France presentation, Tour de France quiz, Tour de France 2019 Assembly, Tour de France 2019 lesson, Tour de France 2019 activity, Tour de France 2019 presentation, Tour de France 2019 quiz
5x reading comprehension papers, each with 20 questions, which reflect all KS1 content domains and question types used in SATs reading papers. Includes:
Crab’s Birthday Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included)
How the Turtle got his Shell Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included)
The Frog Princess Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included)
Shops in Westbury Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included)
and
The Pirate Ship Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included)
The papers are divided into two sets of ten questions so that the first set can be modelled /supported if necessary.
Question types included: find and copy, true or false, draw lines to match, tick a table, multiple choice and ordering.
Content domains covered: 1a -Draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts. 1b - Identify and explain key aspects of fiction and non-fiction texts, such as characters, events, titles and information. 1c - Identify and explain the sequence of events in texts. 1d - Make inferences from the text. 1e -Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is on the 19th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about Talk Like a Pirate Day
• How Talk Like a Pirate Day began
• Talk Like a Pirate Day celebrations
• The Golden Age of Piracy
• Real –life pirates
• Pirate lingo
• Pirate songs
• Identifying activity
• Pirate word matching activity
• Pirate jokes
• Matching activity
• How to make a pirate hat
• Useful diagrams
• Pirate flags
• Quiz
and more!
Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
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St Swithin’s Day is on 15th July 2019. This resource consists of a quiz and a 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
- key information about St Swithin’s Day
- important vocabulary
- the history of St Swithin’s day
- the St Swithin’s legend
- the St Swithin’s proverb
- is the superstition true?
- do other countries celebrate St Swithin’s day?
- other ways of predicting the weather
- quiz
- complete the rhyme activity
- proverb activity
- saint matching activity
- maps and diagrams
and
- links to videos
Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
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St Swithin’s Day assembly, St Swithin’s Day lesson, St Swithun’s Day assembly, St Swithun’s Day lesson, weather lesson, water cycle, famous saints
Roald Dahl’s Birthday is on the 13th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Who was Roald Dahl?
• When and how his birthday is celebrated
• Roald Dahl’s charity
• The life of Roald Dahl
• Roald Dahl’s books
• Quentin Blake
• success and awards
• TV and stage
• true or false questions
• book quiz
• special words matching activity
• useful images
• bibliography
• links to videos
• quiz
and more!
Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation.This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
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This resource includes three reading comprehensions on the subject of ancient Rome. The topics are as follows: Entertainment in Ancient Rome, The Roman Army and The Roman Baths. They are designed for KS2 and the questions reflect content domains 2a- 2d: explaining the meaning of words in context, retrieval, summarising and inference using evidence. Question formats include multiple choice, true/false, ordering and find and copy. Also included are a word search, quiz, crossword and writing activity. Please see my other Roman resources including an assembly script, a Roman day resource and a Roman activity pack. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.
I have been on the panel for teacher interviews in several different boroughs. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018.
Can your class complete the eight challenges to win stars for their team and reach the alien’s planet? This resource pack consists of a thirteen page PowerPoint presentation and a twelve page supporting resource pack for a fun day’s worth of pseudo word activities in preparation for the phonic screening check. Children will need to work as a team to complete eight challenges which include: word orbit game, syllable switch, split digraph countdown and many more. This resource has been tried and tested and the children loved it! The words and phonemes in this resource have been carefully created to match those in the check and include multi-syllable words and split digraphs. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Tags:
Phonic Screening Check Revision
Preparation for the Phonic Screening Check
Pseudo Words
Alien Words
Alien Day
Phonics Activity / Game
You have recently been given the responsibility of managing absences in your school or perhaps you are already in this position. You have a crucial role in ensuring the school runs smoothly, which can be very complex and challenging. This ten-page document will provide you with many useful tips and is organised into the following sections: getting started, beginning of the day, during the day, end of day and general tips. Also included are forms for absences and supply teachers. This document is aimed at organising a primary school but many ideas are also relevant to secondary.
This resource consists of a visual, 30-page PowerPoint Diwali presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about Diwali
• The history of Diwali
• Diwali celebrations
• Diwali traditions
• The Rama and Sita Story
• The significance of the five days of Diwali
• Interactive picture activity
• Interactive prayer activity
• Matching activity
• Quiz
• Useful images
• Links to videos
and more!
An optional worksheet to accompany the quiz is included in this pack.
Tags: Diwali, Diwali Assembly, Diwali Quiz, Diwali Worksheet, Diwali Activity, Diwali Activities, History of Diwali, Diwali Presentation, Diwali Lesson, Rama and Sita Lesson, Rama and Sita Worksheet, Rama and Sita Story
This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
This resource consist of 400 alien and real word flashcards to use in preparation for the phonic screening check. The words reflect the phonics content in the current national curriculum, and include the more unusual graphemes which have appeared on previous papers such as oe, au, e-e, ore, ie and ue. These flashcards can be used for teaching and also for sharing with parents. The resource is fully editable and the images are copyright free. Please see my other phonics resources including all you need for an ‘Alien Day’ of fun phonics challenges.
I have led English successfully in several schools. This document is an example of an action plan for leading English in primary, which would be useful for English subject leaders. Included are ten objectives for improving both progress and attitudes to reading and writing and 100 strategies for achieving these objectives.
This resource consists of a presentation for a staff meeting/ training session regarding Child Protection/ Safeguarding and the Prevent Duty.
Includes:
- Key principles of child protection
- Serious case review
- Signs of neglect
- Vulnerable groups
- Reporting concerns
- Child protection updates
- FGM
- The Prevent Duty
- Signs of Radicalisation
- Statutory Guidance
- Issues to discuss
- Interactive activities
This presentation is fully editable and copyright free.
Please note that this presentation refers to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act of 2015. You may need to check for further revisions and updates with regard to the Prevent Duty and Child Protection before sharing this resource.
Please leave a review if you find this helpful. Thank you.