A set of AfL target bookmarks. Write the next target in the space provided. A simple reminder for the children (and yourself) and easily updated as targets achieved. I have laminated mine and fastened them into the books using ribbon - so they don’t get lost!

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Romanian heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Romania.

A guide and activity linked to the use of Henna to create beautiful, intricate designs on hands and feet. A great activity to link to work on Islam or Hinduism. The guide also has a link to an excellent, online Henna activity.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Japanese speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Japan.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Russian speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Russia. ~ Mike :0)

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Mandarin speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on China ~ thanks!

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Portuguese speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Portugal or Brazil. I’ve also added a Portuguese/English jigsaw puzzle ~ Mike :0)

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Slovakian heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Slovakia ~ Mike :0)

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Polish heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Poland. ~ Mike :0)

As part of Assessment for Learning many classteachers now encourage the children in their classes to assess their own work - have they achieved the lesson objective? Are they happy with their work, or could they do better? The ’smiley faces’ are for display and help reinforce the need to self assess. At the end of each lesson, the children can stamp (or draw) a face and then add the mouth. A smile, a straight line or a wiggly line (personally I don’t like sad faces).

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Swahili speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, and/or to support topic work based on Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and other countries of East and Central Africa who speak Swahili.

A great jigsaw puzzle, matching basic French and English words together. Perfect for an independent activity, basic assessment activity, homework task or just a bit of fun! Simply print onto thin card, cut out and ask the children to complete. The puzzle will last much longer if the pieces are laminated and if using more than one set, it may be better to print each puzzle using different coloured card. ~ Mike :0)

A selection of basic Words, Phrases and Numbers to help you make children with a Spanish heritage feel welcome in your class, and/or to support topic work or MFL work based on Spain.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Hindi speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on India ~ Mike :0)

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Punjabi/Panjabi speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Pakistan and/or India. Note: Many Pakistani Punjabi speakers do not use the Punjabi script. It may be more appropriate to download our words and phrases in Urdu in such cases.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Pakistani heritage feel welcome in your class, and/or to support topic work based on Pakistan.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Chinese/Cantonese heritage feel welcome in your class or to support topic work on China.

A selection of useful words and phrases in Bengali/Bangla. Suitable for children with a Bangladeshi heritage or for topic work on Bangladesh.

A selection of basic words and phrases to help you make children with a Somali speaking heritage feel welcome in your class, or to help support topic work on Somalia. ~ Mike :0)

A selection of useful words and phrases in Gujarati. Ideal for helping a Gujarati speaking child and/or topic work on India or Pakistan.

A clear, step by step, photographic PowerPoint guide on how to make a volcano from junk paper and card. I successfully made this to teach a class of Year 4 children online. It went very well. I am sure that KS2 children can make it independently. KS1 might need some adult support in some ares. I built it around a small plastic water bottle with the idea of using baking soda, vinegar, soap, water and food colouring to simulate an eruption.