Had enough Christmas cards? Here are 10 Christmas Autograph boards that friends and classmates can sign rather than send cards. print off on A3 then let the pupils select the design they like. you can then put them around the room to decorate he room and classmates and friends can sign them with festive messages etc, then send them home with the pupils for the Christmas holidays. the blank is also included if you or your class what to design their own,

An assembly on thanksgiving in different countries. USA, Canada, Liberia, Japan, China, Norfolk Islands, South Korea, Germany and Granada. Brief description of history and activities that the day involves. Plus some colouring in sheets that could be used for cards etc.

A twenty minute assembly on Chinese new year, looking at traditions, mythology, food and crafts. plus some activities to do.

In every area of working life today we are all looking for continuous improvements to reduce waste, increase efficiency and still deliver a quality product. We are going to look at how the tools for continuous improvement can be used in the education sector to help you as leaders make improvements. The keys for continuous improvement are Have the majority on-board with the changes you want to implement (there will always be some against any form of change). Do not make changes for the sake of changes – changes should have value and be for the benefit of all, not a vanity project for one (even if the one is in charge). Changes should be incremental, whole sale changes cause confusion and can lead to animosity. The process should be fluid where all stake holders feel they have a voice in the process. Using GEMBA, 5 WHYS, CAPA and MUDA-MURA-MURI you will have tools (and forms) to help you look for waste and develop a culture of continuous improvement.

A template to use for audiobook reviews. in the current covid 19 state more pupils will be listening to audiobooks. This template can be used to encourage the class to write a short review of what they have been listening to. hope it helps. word version can be altered to put n your school logo etc.

A spelling game. a card is drawn you have one minute to find as many words as possible from the letters given. the words must be at least four letters long. for each correct word you move your counter. the first to move their counter to the finish line. printing required

unicorn day ( 9th April) colouring in, poem and blank for your own picture. can be used as cards etc. something fun in current times and will keep children and adults busy.

A cheeky school pupil describes what they did over the summer holidays in poem form then asks what you would say you did in the summer holidays. a bit of fun that is aimed at encouraging a class to use poetry to describe their summer holidays week by week.

Create your own zoo, calculate the profit and loss, have a grand opening day event with your own tag line. An exercise in creating a working business with overheads, operating costs and dealing with customers. have a grand opening, see what spending extra can get you in return. For extension can be performed by hand or on a computer, with added extra of cross curriculum work by creating information sheets about their favorite animals. also a check sheet to help the teacher to check the pupils calculations

A descriptive poem about a ship in a storm on the open waves. Can be used as a way of getting a class to write their own poem

Storms and Shipwrecks Puzzle & Games Word Search Puzzle A word search puzzle Chase the Pirate A game for two people Items required Pack of playing cards Game board (print on a3 paper) Pirate piece Navy piece Objective If you are the pirate your aim is to get to the pirate harbour that are based at the corners of the game board before the navy boat catches and sinks you, or you capture the navy ship or sink it with your cannon. if you are the navy your aim is to capture or sink the pirate ship. Walking the plank Objective The aim is to not walk the plank and get back onto the ship. The game is for two to four players. Items required Pack of playing cards Game board (print on a3 paper) Counters

A set of sheets and aids to use for a few PSHE lessons on rules, it looks at family rules, school rules and then creating your own sport and what its rules will be.

A complete project for packaging including templates Overview As part of the Design and Technology topic of packaging the pupils will pick one of the ‘Toy’ concepts listed below. They will Develop how the toy will look from the descriptions, photos and accessories provided. Also look at how the toys wording (slogan and advertising) will look using their Art/DT book. Decide what type of box or combination of boxes would be best for their toy/s to be displayed in, and what the box/es contains. The aim is that at the end of the topic that they should have a complete presentation / display on their chosen toy.

A quick and easy form to be used after an event, course or training etc. to document what went well, what did not go well, what was useful, learnings for next time and how relevant information will be fed back to a larger audience.

A quick checklist for pupils when they are preparing a piece of fiction / creative writing

Its the last week of the school year and no one wants to be there. Attached is a challenge game consisting of twenty smaller games that cover, Maths, English, Drama, Art, PSHE, general knowledge, research skills, Logic puzzles and PE. All times are for suggestion, depends on your class. It is designed for fun and keeping the class occupied.

RROAR The Black Cat way of problem solving A way of looking at solving a mathematical problem that puts emphasis on understanding the question and setting out the working out to highlight the strategy used and enabling a greater chance of identifying working out errors on either the recheck or marking. Read Recognise Organise Answer Recheck

A helpful reminder of what to check with a pupils written work. PURR, punctuation, check you have all the relevant capital letters, commas full stops etc. Understandable, does your sentence or paragraph make sense? Reword, have used some words repetitively, can you change them for something else, are there any wow words you can use? Finally Recheck, does it still answer the question or task assigned? Congratulations PURR.

A story for assembly about forgiveness. Tommy is the best footballer at school, until an accident happens in a lunch time game, that causes him to get an injury that he blames Robert for. will he forgive Robert or bear a grudge?

An activity for the whole class, you create and design your own superhero. You use a points system to select the powers you want, that way no one is to powerful. From there you can design your hero, create the backstory, create your own super villain and even create your own adventure story. You could even get some pupils to create a team up story that they can write together. Enjoy