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This is a Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes themed cryptogram. You may also be interested in:
Bonfire Night Puzzle Pack - Set of 13 Differentiated Bonfire Themed Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords and Cryptograms
Bonfire Night and Firework Safety Quiz
This is a fully editable, 50-question PowerPoint quiz on Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes and Fireworks. It is ideal for use with a tutor group or for an assembly during around Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes Night. There are 3 multiple choice answers. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is provided to record answers.
Sample questions:
What did Guy Fawkes change his Christian name to?
What religion was Guy Fawkes?
Which monarch was reigning at the time of the Gunpowder Plot?
How many barrels of gunpowder are said to have been hidden under the House of Lords?
When arrested what false name did Guy Fawkes give?
Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot Presentation
This is a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint on Guy Fawkes and his role in the Gunpowder Plot and how this has resulted in Bonfire Night. The PowerPoint ends with questions for discussion. There are hyperlinks to two videos about Guy Fawkes and Gunpowder Plot.
Bonfire Night and Firework Safety Presentation
This resource contains a 70-slide presentation on fireworks and firework safety. It includes a history of fireworks, firework records, interesting facts about fireworks, the law and fireworks, the firework code and how to stay safe on Bonfire Night. It also contains links to firework Guinness World Records, Handel’s firework music, three firework safety videos - one for very young children, one for primary aged pupils and one for secondary pupils.
This resource contains a short quiz on the Chinese New Year.
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This resource contains a word search on Queen Elizabeth ll who sadly died on the 8th of September 2022 at the age of 96. In 2022, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, celebrating seventy years of service.
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This is a Halloween-themed worksheet on locating coordinates in the first quadrant.
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Halloween Themed Coordinates in First Quadrant Worksheets
This resource contains a set of eight Halloween-themed worksheets on finding and locating coordinates in the first quadrant. Answers for all the worksheets are provided. The worksheets contain sections for what went well, targets for improvement, the level of support provided to the pupil and pupil self-evaluation.
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This is a tennis-themed word search. You may also be interested in:
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This is a highly visual, fully editable 100-slide PowerPoint presentation about tennis and the Wimbledon Championships.
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This resource contains a short quiz on Roald Dahl’s children's books.
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Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books – 100 Question Quiz
This is a fully editable, 100 question PowerPoint quiz on Roald Dahl’s children’s books and includes questions on Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Danny Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Twits, Boy, The Giraffe, Pelly and Me, The Enormous Crocodile, The Magic Finger and The Witches.
It is an ideal resource for an assembly, a lesson or with a tutor group, particularly on World Book Day or on Roald Dahl Day in September.
The quiz contains 100 questions with multiple choice answers. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the Roald Dahl image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is also provided.
Sample questions:
1. In which book is this quote from ‘If you are good, life is good?’
2. Charlie is the last person to find a golden ticket in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ Who was the third?
3. In ‘James and the Giant Peach’ James is forced to go and live with his aunts after his parents are killed. What were his parents killed by?
4. In ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ who runs the chocolate factory?
5. What are the evil creatures that Charlie Bucket meets in ‘Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?
Roald Dahl Presentation
This is an informative, 80 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of Roald Dahl. The PowerPoint focuses on:
His birthplace and parentage
His education and schooling
His career as an RAF fighter pilot
His family
His works
His likes, dislikes, interests and hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
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This is an inspirational acts of kindness poster. It is ideal for use during World Kindness Day, Random Acts of Kindness Week and Anti-Bullying Week. It can be used to prmote discussion.
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This resource contains a PowerPoint presentation on 'Random Acts of Kindness.' It could be used on Random Acts of Kindness Day on the 17th February in the UK, Random Acts of Kindness Week in the second week of February in the USA, on 1st September in New Zealand's Random Acts of Kindness Day and World Kindness Day on 13th November. In fact, it could be used any day!
It is a very poignant and thought-provoking presentation.<
The PowerPoint includes:
- Josh de Jong's story
- Danny Boyle's story
- examples of kindness - Gandhi, Princess Diana
- Jonny Benjamin's story
- the physical and psychological benefits of performing Random Acts of Kindness
- the definition of altruism
- inspirational kindness quotes
- what we can do to make the world a better place
- the importance of kind words
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This resource contains a short Christmas quiz. You may also be interested in
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This resource contains a Pancake Day themed word search.
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Lent and Easter Presentation
The resource contains an informative and fully editable 42-slide PowerPoint presentation on Lent and Easter. It includes all the significant events:-
Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day
Maundy Thursday
Palm Sunday
The Last Supper
Judas’ Betrayal
Good Friday
The Crucifixion
Easter Sunday
Why we have pancakes
Why we have hot cross buns
Why we have Easter eggs
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This is a short PowerPoint presentation containing some amazing biology facts.
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100 Amazing Biology Facts PowerPoint Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable PowerPoint presentation containing 100 amazing biology facts. It is an ideal resource for Biology Week which takes place in October each year.
Sample facts:
The human mouth produces 1 litre of saliva each day. In a lifetime, the average person produces about 28413 litres of saliva; enough to fill two swimming pools! Our eyes are always the same size from birth.
If all the DNA in a human body is stretched out, it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
The power generated by our brain when we are awake is enough to light up a bulb.
The mucus from a human sneeze can travel up to 100 miles per hour.
The acid released in our stomach during digestion, hydrochloric acid, is strong enough to dissolve a razor blade.
The smell of cut grass is a plant distress call. When cut, grass releases green leaf volatiles to stimulate the growth of new cells to close the wound and to prevent bacterial infection.
Caterpillars have more muscles than humans. They have 4,000 muscles; the human body has 629.
Alligators have between 74 and 80 teeth in their jaw. As teeth wear down or fall out they are replaced. An alligator can go through 2000 to 3000 teeth in a lifetime.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to a video of the climbing of the world’s tallest tree; an octopus squeezing through a very small hole; dolphins sleeping; the call of the blue whale and the lyrebird mimicking other birds and a chainsaw.
100 Question Biology Quiz
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This resource contains differentiated crosswords on the theme of the 2023 rugby World Cup which is taking place in France from 8th September to 28thOctober 2023.
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This is a sample activity taken from a Roald Dahl activity pack containing differentiated word searches, anagrams, crosswords and cryptograms.
Roald Dahl Activity Pack - Differentiated Word Searches, Crossords and Anagrams
This resource contains a variety of differentiated worksheets and activities on Roald Dahl's books including Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Danny Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Twits, Boy, The Giraffe, Pelly and Me, The Enormous Crocodile, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot and The Witches.
It is an ideal resource on Roald Dahl Day in September and on Book Day. Answers are also provided.
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This resource contains a short presentation on Autumn containing sample slides from a 40 slide PowerPoint presentation. See below for details.
Autumn Days Presentation
This is a fully editable and highly colourful 40-slide PowerPoint on the theme of Autumn containing stunning pictures of Autumn flora, fauna, weather and landscapes. It is an ideal back to school assembly for September and the autumn months. The slide images could also be used for display purposes.
It contains references to
seasonal changes in weather
animals such as hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, leather jackets, dragon flies
trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore
fruits - apples, blackberries
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This is a Christmas themed worksheet on alphabetical order - to the second and third letter.
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Set of 8 Christmas Themed Alphabetical Order Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 8 Christmas-themed worksheets on alphabetical order. Tasks include:
Placing items in alphabetical order by the first letter only.
Placing items in alphabetical order to the second, third and fourth letter.
Locating names in a filing system using the alphabet.
Placing items on a Christmas shopping list in alphabetical order.
Making own shopping list and placing items in alphabetical order.
Placing the names of the characters in ‘A Christmas Carol’ in alphabetical order.
Christmas Themed Alphabetical Order PowerPoint Lesson
This is a fully editable Christmas-themed PowerPoint lesson on alphabetical order, in which Santa’s elves visually demonstrate and explain alphabetical order up to four letters. It is an ideal resource for introducing/consolidating alphabetical order in the Christmas period.
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This is a sample paper-based quiz taken from a set of 5 printable paper-based Christmas quizzes and puzzles with answers. There are 3 sections:-
General questions about Christmas.
The initials of Christmas songs and carols.
Christmas-themed anagrams.
Click on the link for more details.
Printable, Paper-Based Quiz and Puzzles
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PowerPoint Christmas Quiz - 100 Questions
This resource is fully editable, 100 question PowerPoint Christmas quiz. It is an ideal resource for an assembly, a lesson or with a tutor group.
The quiz contains 100 questions, most contain multiple choice answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It is divided into six sections
Christmas Themed General Knowledge
Christmas Literature
Christmas TV and Movies
Christmas Music and Songs
Christmas Around The World
Christmas Picture Round
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the question mark image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end.
A question and answer sheet are provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions: (Most questions contain 3 multiple choice answers.)
In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode - HOH OHO?
Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
What happened at Christmas in England for the last time in 1960?
Which two states in the United States of America have towns called Christmas?
What is ‘pfefferkuchenhaus’?
If you were given ‘frumenty’ at Christmas (in medieval times), what would you do with it?
Which book begins with “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents”?
Also suitable for SEN students due to the highly visual nature of resource and multiple choice format.
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At the Lantern Festival during the Chinese New Year children write riddles which they attach to their lanterns. This resource contains a short Chinese riddles PowerPoint quiz. It is a fun quiz developing thinking and reasoning skills and thinking outside of the box.
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This resource contains colouring pages of letters that spell out harvest festival. There are two sets. One set is filled with images of fruit and vegetables for pupils to colour in, the other set is blank for their own designs.
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Harvest Festival Assembly Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint Harvest Festival presentation. It is an ideal resource for a Harvest Festival assembly.
The presentation is non-denominational and focuses on the letters that make up the words Harvest Festival. It allows pupils to reflect on the meaning of the harvest from a variety of perspectives. It also contains a hyperlink to a lively harvest song.
Harvest Festival Puzzle Pack
This resource contains a set of seven differentiated Harvest Festival-themed word searches and anagrams.
Harvest Festival Bunting
This resource contains bunting for an harvest festival or harvest festival display. The pennants are available in three background colours - green, peach and multi-coloured. The bunting is available in A3 and A4 sizes.
Harvest Festival Banner Letters
This resource contains letters for a Harvest Festival banner for a display. The letters could also be used for a Harvest Festival assembly. They are available in both A3 and A4 sizes.
Harvest Festival Poem - PowerPoint Lesson and Poem Templates
This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and poem templates for creating an acrostic poem for the Harvest Festival. The PowerPoint explains what an acrostic poem is with examples. It also includes a link to a fun harvest song to give pupils some ideas for their poems.
Pupils can create their own poems and/or make a class poem that could be used in a Harvest Festival assembly.
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Worksheet on making plurals by adding ‘es’ to nouns ending in -s and -x.
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This resource contains five worksheets on plurals. Tasks include making plurals for:
- regular nouns - adding ‘s’
- nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’ and ‘s’
- nouns ending in ‘f’ and ‘fe’ - change ‘f’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’
- nouns ending in ‘y’ preceded by consonant - change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’
- common exceptions
There is also a revision sheet on making plurals.
An accompanying highly interactive and fully editable 30 slide PowerPoint lesson on making plurals (Christmas themed) is also available.
Christmas Themed PowerPoint Lesson on Making Plurals
This resource is a highly visual, seasonal and interactive and fully editable 30 slide PowerPoint lesson on making plurals for nouns. The lesson is ably delivered by Santa. The PowerPoint is editable and can be adapted to suit any time of the school year! It is appropriate for primary pupils and older SEN students to the highly visual nature of the resource.
Resources include:
1. PowerPoint explaining the rules for making plurals for
- regular nouns - adding ‘s’
- nouns ending in ‘ch’ , ‘sh’, ‘x’, ‘ss’ and ‘s’
- nouns ending in ‘f’ and ‘fe’ - change ‘f’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’
- nouns ending in ‘y’ preceded by consonant - change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’
Opportunities are provided within the PowerPoint for pupils to apply the rules.
Christmas Themed Making Plurals PowerPoint Lesson and 5 Christmas Themed Worksheets on Plurals
These resources are suitable for Year 1-6 pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the highly visual nature of these resources.
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These are sample slides /posters taken from a resource on collective nouns.
Collective Nouns - Amazing Photographs
Although the subject of the PowerPoint is collective nouns, this resource could be used for displays, as a starter activity to promote discussion, as part of a tutor group activity and / or to introduce pupils to the richness of vocabulary in describing groups of things. It also contains examples of collections of images of inanimate objects such as arrows, onions and more.
This resource contains two worksheets with answers on common nouns and collective nouns.
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Nouns - 24-Page Workbook
This resource includes two information sheets and twenty two worksheets on nouns. Tasks include identifying and using all the types of noun at word, sentence and text level. These resources would be particularly useful for SATS revision and are suitable for primary aged pupils and for older SEN students who will benefit from the visual nature of the PowerPoint.
Nouns - 100 Slide PowerPoint Lesson
This is an editable, 100-slide PowerPoint lesson on nouns. All the different types of nouns are explained and examples are givengiven.
The PowerPoint contains three activities to reinforce and consolidate the pupils’ understanding of nouns.
A sorting activity that requires sorting different types of nouns into the appropriate category.
A timed noun challenge where pupils have to think of nouns in all categories beginning with a certain letter. A worksheet is provided for this on the PowerPoint.
Pupils have to identify all the nouns in the poem ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth. A worksheet is also provided for this.
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This is a preview version of a fun Halloween game based on ‘Stop the Bus.’ It is an interactive PowerPoint Game that can be played with the whole class or the whole school in assembly time. Please note that only the pictures denoted by a star can be played in this preview version.
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Stop The Broom! Halloween Themed PowerPoint Game
Instructions
Put pupils into teams of 2-4
Pupils take turns in choosing a picture. Click on the picture. Behind each picture is a letter. The letter will magically disappear so that pupils know the choices left.
Pupils think of one item to go in each category beginning with that letter. A sheet for recording words is provided.
Teams have 60 seconds to complete task. There is a timer on the slide. The witch will gradually disappear and the end of the 60 seconds culminates in a witch’s cackle. ‘Happy’ Halloween music plays in the background whilst pupils complete task.
To return to the image page, click on letter on the top right-hand corner of each slide.
If a team finishes before the 60 seconds, they shout “Stop the Broom!” Click on the slide to activate the witch’s cackle.
Teams score 1 point if they have an appropriate item in the category. They get 2 points if no other team has that word.
The length of time pupils have can be reduced or extended by altering the timing of the witch image.
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