An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An inspiring CPD pack for refreshing and updating your behaviour management toolkit. Extensive word document, bright and clear PowerPoint and survey included.
Understand how to manage a class in a low energy, effective and long term way. Make small changes to your teaching to have a big impact on the focus, concentration and progress of your pupils.
Download a clear, visual and easy to understand 10 page word document explaining fundamental aspects of teaching:
Laying the foundations of behaviour management
Explaining expectations and consequences
4 behaviour management essentials
10 top behaviour strategies
Teaching for engagement alongside behaviour management
Walking around school as role models
Table Plans for minimum disruption
Playground behaviour management
Practical subjects, rewards and tidying up a classroom
Evaluating and changing your practice
Enjoy a 29 slide PowerPoint for training others, covering key techniques and strategies to update teaching methods. Within this there are moments to discuss, reflect and evaluate your practice.
Also included is an optional anonymous survey you can give your class to find out what they think about your strengths and weaknesses - a daring but effective way to move your skills forward.
This would be helpful for any NQTs and other teachers looking to refresh and update their behaviour management.
Useful for individual personal CPD or to provide whole school CPD.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources, lessons and plans at my shop: Teachallenjoy
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5 engaging, ready-to-go and beneficial circle time sessions to increase awareness of mental health. Each lesson includes a quick and catchy starter, paired and group discussions and activities and a reflective calm plenary.
Designed for use during a Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools or at any time you need to develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing.
Appropriate for years 5 -6 they cover these key issues:
Fear of failure (tests, exams etc.)
Bullying
Body Image
The Online World
Career Choices
This week of circle time will develop your pupil’s awareness of these issues whilst improving their understanding of their feelings and how to cope with them.
The children will be supplied with strategies to:
Identify feelings
Communicate feelings
Notice warning signs
Use coping strategies
Ask for help
These effective sessions will develop your pupil’s wellbeing and understanding of mental health.
Why not use my Emotion Cards to further develop your pupils EQ. Or check out my circle time activities for years 3 and 4.
Or download a complete lesson on Dreams and Aspirations here.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
10 complex word searches focusing on mental health. Covering emotion words and synonyms to enhance children’s vocbaulary. Deepen understanding and familiarity with key emotions. Includes colourful images and all answers.
Use these high quality emotion word searches for any lesson to encourage them to think deeper about their emotions.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools and PSHE lessons throughout the year.
Enhance your pupil’s understanding of their emotions and how to deal with them. Engage your pupil’s in this important and relevant dialogue. Enable your students to have a positive mental health.
10 word searches each focusing on one emotion and the linked synonyms. Images and colours reinforce the feeling of each emotion. Words are carefully hidden. All answers included.
Why not check out my circle time activities for years 3 and 4?
Or download a complete lesson on Dreams and Aspirations here.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 3, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English:
Year 3 Writing Assessment Sheets
Year 3 SMART Writing Targets
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
All the year 2 objectives on one handy double sided sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 2 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 2 SMART Writing Targets
Year 2 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find this and more at my shop:Teachallenjoy
A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 1, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Writing Target Sheet Year 1 and 2 Pupils
Year 1 Writing Assessment Sheet
Year 1 Reading Assessment Questions
A useful document for assessing children’s writing in Year 4, guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the New Curriculum.
Make your assessments quick, clear and useful so that your planning hits the spot.
Ensure progress for every child as you confidently identify their next steps and find any small essential gaps to fill.
See all of the writing statements in an easy to understand grid, sorted into three simple steps:
- Beginning/Entering
- Within/ Developing
- Secure
You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track and enhance their progress throughout the year.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 4 Writing Assessment Sheets
Tear 4 SMART Writing Targets
Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop: Teachallenjoy
A useful list of questions for guided reading, reading discussions 1:1 and reading assessments in Year 5. 60 question templates under 12 categories which match the expectations of the National Curriculum and build confidence in reading.
Available in 3 formats to save you time and enhance your pupil’s reading:
A4 black and white questions sheet.
A4 colour coded questions sheet.
Colourful leaflet for discussing reading at home.
Can be used in guided reading, reading 1:1, writing comprehensions, at home to support parents and for assessment purposes.
Useful for teachers, TAs and parent helpers.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular assessment resources:
Year 5 SMART Targets
Year 5 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 5 Reading Corner Display
A complete Year 1 grammar pack including an A4 grammar glossary, grammar memory cards, grammar flash cards and an engaging PowerPoint which introduces these technical terms and gives children the opportunity to practice finding each one.
A colourful and useful resource designed to increase your pupil’s progress when learning English with the New Curriculum. Enhance the confidence of every child, parent, TA and Teacher with these clear and up-to-date glossaries.
All the technical vocabulary used in the new curriculum explained for children from year 1. Every word class and sentence type explained with clear helpful examples.
Useful to have as a large display or as a laminated mat for the tables. Very useful stuck in English or SPAG books to encourage independence, revision and confidence during lessons.
Can also be stuck in homework books to support children with explaining these new technical terms to parents and carers at home.
All reviews welcome.
Check out these other popular resources:
Whole School SMART Targets
Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets
Whole School Guided Reading Questions
Useful KS1 target sheets.
Can be used with the children stuck in their English books or kept in a teacher’s file.
Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target.
Can show recognition of target achieved in work with a sticker/star/symbol.
Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 1 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 1 Reading Assessment Questions
Year 2 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 2 Reading Assessment Questions
All the Year 4 English writing objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar. All National Curriculum comments included for AFL, marking or planning to ensure coverage and progression.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance
Tear 4 SMART Writing Targets
Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions
You can find all of this and more at my shop: Teachallenjoy
Year 3 English objectives on one handy sheet. Separated into transcription, composition and grammar.
Useful for remembering what to cover, assessing work and for planning for progress.
You could have one sheet for each child or use as a resource on its own.
All reviews welcome.
You might also be interested in these resources for teaching English with the New Curriculum:
Year 3 SMART Writing Targets
Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
3 complete noiseometers, to enhance the learning in your class. Choose the style that best suits your class or change every now and then to mix things up.
All ready for you to quickly print out and pop up on the wall so you can enjoy teaching with this tool for clear communication with your class.
Works well laminated as well, either in A4 or A3 size.
Save your voice when teaching and simply turn the arrow to point at the level of noise you would like.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources, lessons and planning at my shopTeachallenjoy
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Seating Plans
Behaviour Management CPD Pack
Self Esteem Boosting Lesson
A visual and interactive assembly celebrating public speaking and debating. This engaging PowerPoint explains the history of National Speech and Debate Day, the importance of this day and provides ways to celebrate it.
This 20 slide, fully editable and animated presentation takes the pupils through these key areas:
How to debate,
The purposes of public speaking,
Famous speeches,
Famous speakers,
Famous debaters
Famous debates.
Highlights of this resource:
Each section contains an equal balance of role models, including gender, race and era.
Top quality open questions are provided throughout to encourage higher level thinking and discussion.
It includes a model showing the essential cycle needed for debating.
A copy of a speaking and listening success criteria for speaking and debating.
A hyperlink to a famous debate.
Ideas for celebrating this day.
Many images and colours to keep the pupils entertained.
All reviews welcome.
You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy Shop
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Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this bundle of 30 emotion cards, 14 posters, and a 36 slide assembly.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools. Colourful, bright and easy to use. Be prepared and organised for these important moments.
Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies.
3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow.
A large bundle of resources for KS1.
Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this cover for a class worry box. Encourage your pupils to share their small problems so that they don’t develop into larger issues.
Print out the cover images and stick on a cardboard box. Provide a welcome space for children to share their worries and concerns so they feel heard, valued and understood. Give every child the opportunity to have their voice heard in your class.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks within primary schools. This can also be kept throughout the year to safeguard the children.
Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies.
3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow.
This cover is designed with a focus on friendly characters which the children will know and be able to relate to.
Check out my other Mental Health Awareness Week Resources:
KS1 Mental Health Bundle
KS2 Mental Health Bundle
Or check out my PSHE lessons in My Shop
Bright inspirational posters designed to get the children excited and talking about science. A pack of inspirational posters quoting famous scientists from history, from Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking. Each quote instigates high quality thought and discussion, perfect for KS2
Every scientist is British so a great resource for British Science Week.
Could be used both as posters or as starters or plenaries in a science lesson. Also handy for science displays throughout the year. Relevant to both KS2 and KS3.
You might also be interested in my other updated British Science Week Resources:
British Science Week KS2 Homework Tasks
British Science Week LKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
British Science Week UKS2 Mini WOW Investigations
4 Engaging and animated assemblies, explaining and bringing to life 4 important days in our year. Each one full of information, video links, fun facts, higher level reasoning questions, interactive elements and discussion opportunities.
World Poetry Day - 21st March
Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry.
World Kindness Day - 13th November
Celebrate this day or use on Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February) or Random Acts of Kindness Week (February).
Enthuse children to be kind by sharing how it is celebrated around the world, what is kindness, who is the kindest person you know, famous influential kind people, why it is difficult to be kind sometimes, how to overcome this, ideas for being kind and how to pledge for kindness.
Includes activities to use in the classroom.
National Speech and Debate Day - 1st March
This animated presentation takes the pupils through how to debate, the purposes of public speaking, famous speeches, famous speakers, famous debaters and famous debates.
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
This thought provoking and interesting assembly explains the history of slavery, how it has changed and what we know of slavery today. Discuss some famous quotes about this subject and encourage pupils to think about how their generation could make positive changes to the world.
A complete assembly on the Australian Open 2024 for KS2. Includes a 24 slide PowerPoint, interactive moments, higher order questions, video and song links, reflection time and worksheet templates.
Takes about 20 minutes to use as an assembly.
Could be taught as an hour lesson in class, using the differentiated follow-up written activities.
This assembly/lesson explains this Grand Slam of tennis, inspiring the next generation of sports athletes.
Highlights:
Interactive
Colourful
Engaging
Scaffolded
Ready-to-go
Check out my other popular assemblies:
New Year Assembly
Martin Luther King Junior Day Assembly
National Breakfast Week Assembly
