Test Your Reading Skills North, south, east or west...? Using a map of the United Kingdom, find these places and answer the following questions: Example questions. 1. Manchester is to the north of London . . . true or false? 2. Newcastle is to the north of Edinburgh . . . true or false? 3. Cardiff is to the east of Nottingham . . . true or false? Answers included

Test Your Spelling Skills Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct No. 7 – Countries of the World To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line: Example words... Russia _________________ _________________ Spain _________________ _________________ Canada _________________ _________________

Test Your Reading Skills Reading a Map 1 Look at the map of Melton Park (Included in the pack) and show whether these sentences are true or false. If you cannot say whether they are ‘true’ or ‘false’, write ‘don’t know’:

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Return to Kangaroo Island How to use the ‘Map of Kangaroo Island’: The map could be used in several different ways: 1. The most obvious use is as a treasure map. Give learners a map and tell them that there is some buried treasure hidden in one of the squares. Each learner selects a square in turn. Tell them if the treasure is there or not. If it is not the right square everyone must put a cross through it. Keep going until someone guesses correctly. You could also add some forfeits in different squares – for example: ‘B5 – recite the alphabet backwards’, or spot prizes if you are feeling generous! Depending on time and how the game is going, give clues by saying whether the guess is ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ (near or far away). The aim of the game is to practise learners’ listening skills. Lots more other exciting ideas and a map!

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different activities being shown in each of photos. I have created an additional set of writing prompts to encourage creative writing in the classroom and a second PowerPoint presentation to explain how to can use the Photo flashcards in 31 different classroom teaching activities. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Winter and Winter Solstice. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different winter activities. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Are you interested in teaching about the Ozone layer? I have created a simple PowerPoint presentation for this topic. I have also created a PowerPoint explaining 31 different ways you could use this teaching resource in your classroom. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Ozone Layer Preservation Day. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Ozone Layer Preservation Day ideas. The students can then discuss how they can save the ozone. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

I have collected together all the flags of the Commonwealth, included descriptions of what each flag really means and added links for you to read more about each Commonwealth country. This document would be a fabulous starting point for any Commonwealth day celebrations. You could print out all the flags to make a nice flag bunting. You could also mix up the different flags and see how many of the countries the children can identify. I have included some blank world maps for children to add the names of the countries to a map.