I specialise in English and my experience includes literacy consultancy, management, a role as an English lead teacher and teaching at both primary and secondary. Take a look at my resources for English and other useful bits and bobs. magicinkstand@hotmail.com
I specialise in English and my experience includes literacy consultancy, management, a role as an English lead teacher and teaching at both primary and secondary. Take a look at my resources for English and other useful bits and bobs. magicinkstand@hotmail.com
This resource consist of 400 alien and real word flashcards to use in preparation for the phonic screening check. The words reflect the phonics content in the current national curriculum, and include the more unusual graphemes which have appeared on previous papers such as oe, au, e-e, ore, ie and ue. These flashcards can be used for teaching and also for sharing with parents. The resource is fully editable and the images are copyright free. Please see my other phonics resources including all you need for an ‘Alien Day’ of fun phonics challenges.
I have been involved with interviews for the role of assistant head in several different boroughs. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018.
I have led English in several primary schools and had a positive impact on improving both reading results and attitudes to reading. Strategies for this have included whole school initiatives, providing training for staff and organising exciting book weeks. This document contains 100 ideas for improving reading standards and encouraging a love of reading in primary schools. Tips are organised into the following categories: whole school initiatives, in-class activities, home reading, strategies for phonics and staff training.
You have recently been given the responsibility of managing absences in your school or perhaps you are already in this position. You have a crucial role in ensuring the school runs smoothly, which can be very complex and challenging. This ten-page document will provide you with many useful tips and is organised into the following sections: getting started, beginning of the day, during the day, end of day and general tips. Also included are forms for absences and supply teachers. This document is aimed at organising a primary school but many ideas are also relevant to secondary.
Interactive 20+ page PowerPoint presentation on the subject of Father’s Day with images and activities. Father’s Day is on Sunday 16th of June. A quiz and accompanying worksheet is included. This presentation could be used in an assembly or as part of a lesson and also considers those who do not have a father in their lives. Includes:
what and when is Father’s Day and who celebrates it?
how is Father’s Day celebrated in other countries?
fathers in fiction
how did the tradition of Father’s Day begin?
who else can we celebrate on Father’s Day?
how can we celebrate Father’s Day?
Father’s Day gifts
nature’s best dads
quiz
true or false activity
discussion points
identifying activity
matching activity
Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright-free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Tags:
Father’s Day Assembly, Father’s Day Quiz, Father’s Day Presentation, Fathers’ Day, Fathers Day, Father’s Day presents, Father’s Day for pupils without a father/ dad
The Tour de France starts on 6th July 2019. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and 30+ page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
- important vocabulary
- key information about the Tour De France
- how the Tour began
- a map of the route
- the red devil
- types of race
- stages
- teams
- previous winners
- prizes
- spectators
- publicity caravan
- hay art
- jerseys
- fun facts
- French vocabulary matching activity
- photo activity
- matching game
- quiz
- questions to discuss
- links to videos
and more!
This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers can be found at the end of the presentation. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Top resources:
Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet
Tags:
Tour de France Assembly, Tour de France lesson, Tour de France activity, Tour de France presentation, Tour de France quiz, Tour de France 2019 Assembly, Tour de France 2019 lesson, Tour de France 2019 activity, Tour de France 2019 presentation, Tour de France 2019 quiz
This activity pack includes:
- ‘Tour de France’ reading comprehension,
- ‘Tour de France Jerseys’ reading comprehension,
- ‘The History of the Tour de France’ reading comprehension,
- Tour de France word search and definition activity
and
- Tour de France crossword activity.
Questions in the reading comprehensions reflect 2015 content domain and include literal questions, inference questions, language-based questions and summarising. Question types include find and copy, multiple choice and ordering. This resource is fully editable and answers are included. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Top resources:
Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet
Tags: Tour de France Assembly, Tour de France lesson, Tour de France activity, Tour de France presentation, Tour de France quiz, Tour de France 2019 Assembly, Tour de France 2019 lesson, Tour de France 2019 activity, Tour de France 2019 presentation, Tour de France 2019 quiz
Epiphany is on the 6th of January. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 + page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about Epiphany
• Information about the Magi
• The Epiphany Story
• Epiphany traditions
• Church services, chalking the door, king cake, winter swimming
• Other Traditions around the world
• Music
• Interactive picture activity
• Interactive gift matching activity
• Song activity
• Quiz
• Useful information
• Recipe for King cake
• Links to videos and music
and more!
Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities. The pack includes all resources needed for an hour-long, interactive staff meeting or INSET session.
Includes:
- Requirement sorting activity
- Question marks: subject knowledge and activities
- Exclamation marks: subject knowledge and activities
- Sentence types subject knowledge
- Interactive advert activity for staff
- Apostrophes subject knowledge
- ‘Greengrocer Apostrophe Game’ for staff
- Commas and inverted commas subject knowledge
- Parenthesis subject knowledge
- Hyphens subject knowledge
- Colons and semi-colons subject knowledge
- Interactive colon activity for staff
This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings:
WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training)
A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar.
**WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training)
**A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills.
PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies
A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics.
**[
READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading]( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-staff-meeting-pedagogy-strategies-for-reading-english-inset-training-11540049)**
A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading.
24 page word document with activities for pupils in year two at ‘Working at Greater Depth’.
Each activity is half an A4 page and can be easily completed and added to maths books for evidence.
Useful for moderation and reflects current curriculum.
• read scales where not all numbers on the scale are given and estimate points in
between (12x activities)
• recall and use multiplication and division facts for 2, 5 and 10 and make deductions
outside known multiplication facts (4x activities)
• use reasoning about numbers and relationships to solve more complex problems
and explain their thinking (6x activites)
• solve unfamiliar word problems that involve more than one step (6x activities)
• read the time on a clock to the nearest 5 minutes (8x activities)
• describe similarities and differences of 2-D and 3-D shapes (8x activities)
Visual 30+ page presentation for an assembly or lesson on Star Wars Day with accompanying quiz worksheet. Star Wars day is on May the 4th. Includes:
• important vocabulary
• key information about Star Wars day
• what is Star Wars? Star Wars films
• characters, plot, setting, the Force
• the success of Star Wars
• the first Star Wars Day
• Star Wars Day celebrations
• the fantasy genre
• interactive ‘Speak like Yoda’ activity
• ‘Complete the Star Wars Quote’ activity
• interactive anagram activity
• quiz
• useful information and images, Star Wars galaxy map
• video and website links
and more!
Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
TAGS: Star Wars Day Lesson, Star Wars Day Quiz, Star Wars Day Assembly, May the Fourth Lesson, May the Fourth Quiz, May the Force Assembly
Resource pack for an exciting and informative Roman-themed day. Includes instructions for five fun sessions, a factsheet for homework, a letter to parents, challenges and a song. This Roman day has been tried and tested with key stage two pupils who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learned lots of new information. Please see my other resources including a script for a Roman assembly.
A two page document with information for parents about the SATs for year 2 pupils. Sections include:
What are SATs?
What is the content of the SATs?
How are the SATs administered?
How will the results be used?
How can I support my child?
All images used are copyright free.
A two page document with information for parents about the SATs for year 6 pupils. Sections include:
How are the SATs administered?
How will the results be used?
How can I support my child?
What are SATs?
What is the content of the SATs?
Information is up-to-date for 2017 and images are copyright free.
Burns Night is on January 25th. This resource consists of a visual, 30+ page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• important vocabulary
• key information about Burns Night
• the history of Burns Night
• Burns Night celebrations
• Burns Night traditions
• the life of Robert Burns
• what happens at a Burns supper?
• extracts from his poems with links for listening
• interactive poem counting activity
• interactive Scottish food matching activity
• interactive Scottish word matching activity
• quiz
• useful images
• links to videos and resources
and more!
Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Tags: Robert Burns Burns Night Assembly, Burns Night quiz, Burns Night lesson, Burns Night Worksheet, Burns Night 2018 Burns Supper
This document consists of a series of ten questions to quiz pupils on their general knowledge of Easter. Children from year 2 upwards could access this activity. Please see my other Easter resources and leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
30 page presentation with quiz worksheet on the Summer Solstice, which is on 21st June 2019. Includes:
Key information about the summer solstice
Information about the winter solstice
Vocabulary and definitions
Length of the day in London / Salisbury
Stonehenge
How is the summer solstice celebrated?
Summer solstice celebrations around the world
Questions
Photographs
Fun facts
Interactive picture activity
Stonehenge activity
Matching activity
Quiz
and more!
This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
TAGS: Summer Solstice Lesson, Summer Solstice Quiz, Summer Solstice Activity, Summer Solstice Presentation, Summer Solstice Assembly, First Day of Summer Lesson, First Day of Summer Quiz, First Day of Summer Activity, First Day of Summer Presentation, First Day of Summer Assembly, Longest Day Lesson, Longest Day Quiz, Longest Day Activity, Longest Day Presentation, Longest Day Assembly,
Pack of interactive presentations, quizzes and worksheets on events in September: Roald Dahl’s Birthday, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Harvest Festival and the Autumn Equinox
Roald Dahl’s Birthday is on the 13th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
important vocabulary, who was Roald Dahl?, when and how his birthday is celebrated, Roald Dahl’s charity, the life of Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl’s books, Quentin Blake, success and awards, TV and stage, true or false questions, book quiz, special words matching activity, useful images, bibliography, links to videos, quiz and more!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is on the 19th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: important vocabulary, key information about Talk Like a Pirate Day, how Talk Like a Pirate Day began, Talk Like a Pirate Day celebrations, The Golden Age of Piracy real –life pirates, pirate lingo, pirate songs, identifying activity, pirate word matching activity, pirate jokes, matching activity, how to make a pirate hat, useful diagrams, pirate flags, quiz and more!
Harvest Festival is celebrated throughout the month of September . This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes: important vocabulary, key information about the Harvest Festival, the history of the Harvest Festival, Harvest Festival celebrations around the world, Harvest Festival traditions, Interactive picture activity, interactive missing word activity, anagram activity, quiz, useful diagrams and images
links to videos and more!
The Autumn Equinox takes place in September each year. This resource consists of a visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation and quiz worksheet which includes:
important vocabulary, key information about the autumn equinox, the history of the autumn equinox, autumn equinox celebrations around the world, autumn equinox traditions, interactive picture activity, interactive matching activity, identifying activity, quiz, useful diagrams and images, links to videos
and more!
These resources are fully editable all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
Harvest Festival is celebrated throughout the month of September . This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes:
• Important vocabulary
• Key information about the Harvest Festival
• The history of the Harvest Festival
• Harvest Festival celebrations around the world
• Harvest Festival traditions
• Interactive picture activity
• Interactive missing word activity
• Anagram activity
• Quiz
• Useful diagrams and images
• Links to videos
and more!
This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!
You may also be interested in these resources:
Pop Quiz
Book Quiz
September Assembly / Lesson Pack
Roald Dahl’s Birthday Pack
Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack
Autumn Equinox Pack
Free Getting to Know You Games
Getting to know you games / icebreakers for KS1 and KS2. 40 ideas included.
You may also be interested in these resources:
Pop Quiz
Book Quiz
September Assembly / Lesson Pack
Roald Dahl’s Birthday Pack
Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack
Autumn Equinox Pack
Harvest Festival Pack
Tags:
Getting to know you games KS1 , Getting to know you games KS2 , Getting to know you games Year 1, Getting to know you games Year 2, Getting to know you games Year 3 4 5 6, Icebreakers KS1 , Icebreakers KS2 , Icebreakers Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 , circle games KS1 , circle games KS2 , circle games year 1 2 3 4 5 6 , back to school, start of term , free