Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
An important assembly for the end of the year. This assembly thinks about how children can stay safe in the sun, safe if they are playing on their own and safe if they are using the Internet. It also asks pupils to reflect on the year that has just been. Included are songs and a quiz. A chance to say goodbye for the year...
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
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An activity booklet with 9 thought-provoking activities to support your pupils to improve their mindset. These activities are designed to encourage pupils to dig deeper and understand themselves better. Guide them through these activities and alongside teaching, they should start to understand how to improve their mindset. There are two questionnaires, one for the beginning of the project and one meant for when you have promoted a growth mindset for a few months. You can use this to analyse change.
Any questions, just ask!
Presentation on the dodo bird, which I used with my class as writing stimulus. Pupils loved learning about the funny-looking bird and its interesting history. Powerpoint contains information on: history, extinction, fun facts and dodos in the media. There is also a word list included with ambitious vocabulary. I used this presentation for: information leaflets, story writing, poems and a tourist brochure on Mauritius.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message. *My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
International Joke Day is celebrated in July. Here's an opportunity to lead an assembly that will get pupils giggling! The powerpoint goes through the history of jokes, different kinds of jokes with examples and also gives pupils the opportunity to tell their own jokes. I have also included a clip to a funny animal video, which will have children in a good mood for the rest of the day! A fun presenation for an assembly, suitable for KS2 and lower-KS3. The presentation can also be easily adapted for a lesson on joke writing!
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Please do review my resources. Thank you!
A supporting / personal statement (containing blood, sweat and tears!) for the post of Headteacher.
This supporting statement, of over 3000 words, ensured that I was shortlisted. I was subsequently appointed as Headteacher in a 2-form state primary.
I have removed specific names and replaced with XXX.
There is copy write on the document. Please do not simply lift statements. The purpose of the document is to support your understanding of how to write a supporting statement, including the language to use and how to show your impact as a leader. It also shows how you can structure a supporting statement, using the headings provided in the person specification. I prefer this layout style myself and feel that it shows that you are organised, as well as, making the shortlisting process easier for governors/trustees.
This is my own personal statement for the position of Assistant Headteacher for Teaching, Learning and Curriculum - a job which I got.
Being able to download someone else’s personal statement while writing mine, would have been a huge help. Therefore, I thought offering mine, would give practitioners an option to view one before they start writing their own and thus having new ideas and a clear structure.
Obviously, every personal statement should be tailored to the person specification but it is easy to use ideas from this personal statement and shuffle them around accordingly. I have removed specific names from the personal statement and instead typed, XXX.
Used on display, children write captions about any topic. We linked it to Rights Respecting, took photos of children standing to the side and then the speech bubble coming from their mouths.
Ramadan spans a month and is celebrated by a huge number of Muslims worldwide. Educate your pupils with this informative assembly, which goes through why Ramadan is observed, how it is observed and how at Eid Ul Fitr, it is celebrated. There is a link to a lovely story on Youtube and a quiz to ensure pupils were listening! The presentation can also be easily adapted for a lesson on Ramadan.
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Links to five youtube video clips, showing different ways that I taught Hamlet to a Year 5 class in a fun and engaging way. This resource is there to hopefully give you some ideas and inspirations. If you'd like any extra support or ideas, please send me a message.
Thank you
A fun presentation on identification keys for the Science curriculum. The powerpoint runs through what an identifcation key is, examples of identification keys, how to structure an identification key, two fun activities (involving biscuits and Frozen characters) for pupils to have a go at, plus a homework task!
This lesson was used with my Y5 class but can easily be adapted for 8-14 year olds.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message. *My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Good mental well-being has become harder to maintain as life becomes increasingly hectic. That's why it must be our priority to help pupils to understand their own mental well-being and know how to improve it.
This great 12 page booklet is full of activities aimed at supporting pupils to improve and maintain a healthy mental well-being. Activities range from thinking about what makes them happy to designing their own happy place to setting goals to thinking about how helping others can lead to being a happier person.
The activities are suitable to support a 9 week programme on mental well-being, which should become a priority in every curriculum.
Any questions, please just ask.
Many of hours of work went in to creating this whole-school curriculum map. Am uploading is to hopefully save you lots of time as you can simply edit it rather than start from scratch.
This presentation was created for SLT and governors to consider how to improve the mental well-being of their staff; a topic, which I feel strongly about. In the current climate, it is more important than ever to look after the mental well-being of staff. This presentation has: an intro, facts and figures, a look into what mental well-being is and how it impacts a school and some tips for getting started on how to improve the mental well-being of your staff.
This presentation can be adapted to suit other audiences by changing some of the wording.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
Want a planning free weekend? This resource includes everything you need to teach your class about information leaflets. Follow a presentation as pupils learn about foxes and the features of an information leaflet. Included is an example leaflet on badgers so pupils can see exactly what is required of them. There are many resources, including a leaflet template and peer-assessment activity.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A presentation for assembly or for a lesson on Notting Hill Carnival. The 13 slide presentation explains what a carnival is, what inspired the Notting Hill Carnival, the history of the carnival, what happens at the carnival and lots of fun facts. The presentation is finished with a 8 question quiz and answers.
If you have any questions or need any support, please send me a message! My resources all use English spelling but can easily be adapted. Please review my resources - thank you!
A presentation for assembly or lesson on mindsets. The presentations helps primary-aged pupils to understand what a growth and a fixed mindset are and how they can work towards developing a growth mindset. The presentation also talks about comfort zones and Carol Dweck, who created the theory of mindsets. Having a growth mindset plays a vital part in being happy and successful, if you haven't already, I would suggest definitely developing a growth mindset programme for your school...this presentation is a great introduction to that!
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources use English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
I have recently won a TES prize for the creative teaching of Shakespeare. Here's what TES said: 'Hannah embraced the challenge of bringing Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, to life in her KS2 classroom by adopting an original, cross-curricular approach. Featuring learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom, learners were fully immersed into this epic tragedy in every subject area and demonstrated their understanding in a variety of ways. From video retellings and word count pie charts to song writing and unique artistic interpretations, her teaching is the perfect example of how Shakespeare can be made accessible to pupils of all ages.'
In this activity pack, there are ideas for 16 lessons and learning journeys. Many subjects are featured, including: Science, Maths, English, D&T, Art and more. The pack is made-up of resources, photos of when I did these activities with my class and planning. One of the 16 above is a cross-curricular learning journey for D&T and took us three weeks to complete - the children loved it! There are 46 pages in total.
This was used with a Y5 class but can easily be adapted to support pupils from Y3 - Y8. The progress that my class made throughout this project was phenomenal!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
