I made this powerpoint for a Staff Training session on the importance of teaching reading and challenging vocabulary. It contains evidence from research studies, ideas from the simple view of reading, activities for engaging reading sessions. assessment opportunities and ideas for teaching vocabulary.

This pack contains ‘Under the sea’ themed recources that I have made from scratch for the classroom. It consists of: ‘Dive into a book’ title ( To hang in the book corner. We have created an under water themed book corner that links in with the whole class theme) Editable Labels for drawers / trays Table names ( Under the sea animals, with interesting facts for each one. We laminate these and stick them onto folded card. Picture are front and facts at back) Editable Book box / magazine labels for class books Pen pot labels to match table names If you like this, please also see my under the sea reading incentives to enhance reading. I have created a bundle for both packs too.

This inspirational assembly contains information about Rowan Atkinson’s life, including his successes and failures. It focusses on the fact that he struggled with his stutter and rejections in earlier life and goes on to explain how successful he is now and what we can learn from this I have also included a page that includes cool facts about the well loved actor and a song link to play at the beginning and end of the session if you wish. The song’s theme is linked to never giving up. If you like this assembly, please see my shop page for more aseemblies on mental health and well being.

This is a Presentation I created for a well being assembly when being observed and it got excellent feedback. It focuses on one of the 5 steps to well being: CONNECTION. It includes information about the importance of connecting with others, ideas on how to develop meaningful relationships and explains that it is not always that easy for some and what we can do about it. The presentation also contains links to videos from BBC TEACH that focus on the benefits of connection. I have also included a song link to play at the beginning and end of the session that relates to the topic of connection. This could be used for a whole school assembly or a PSHE session in class.

I made this presentation for an assembly linked with the 5 steps to well being and focusses on being active and how it can help our mental health. This presentation contains information about the importance of staying / being active for our well being as well as ideas on how to achieve this. I have included a little challenge for the pupils in there as well as a song link for the beginning and end of the session that relates to the theme of being active. There is also a discussion point on how the pupils are active in their day to day life. I have also included links from the BBC TEACH well being page that you could use or share for further reference. This was created for an assembly but it could be used for class use in a PSHE session.

This assembly is about famous products that were originally made through mistakes such as fireworks, coca cola and many more. It has engaging pictures to support and the story behind each product. The message is clear, celebrate your mistakes. This can be used for any key stage and easily adapted to suit your needs.

This is a PowerPoint that I have used for several years now. It contains a lovely welcome letter that can be printed and sent home with children and contains slides for you to edit and personalise with your own photos etc. It give ideas for talking about your likes and dislikes, fears, challenges, your hopes and dreams, things you find difficult, any big mistakes you have made when teaching for example ( keep it appropriate!). It helps with letting your class know you are human and even you make mistakes and also enjoy a challenge! There is a discussion point at the end for the children to discuss theirs, which can lead into a nice writing activity or just an oral discussion. I have used this in both KS1 and KS2.

This is a comic strip themed activity for your new class. It contains a Powerpoint explaining the features of comic strips and then a template for the children to create their own comic strip about themselves.

This assembly Powerpoint includes stories behind inspirational people such as Jessica Cox, Kurt Yaeger and more.

I have designed this for a whole school assembly about the effects of littering on our world. I have included a link to a beautiful video and music for the children to listen to and watch whilst entering the assembly. The Powerpoint contains facts and figures about the effects of littering and provides discussion points for what we can do to help. It does contain photos to show the effect of littering too. I have used this assembly numerous times and it always gets the message across.

I made this presentation to begin our topic of Roald Dahl and have used it for a few years now and it never fails to engage. It talks about his life, with many interesting facts and shares his inspiration behind his stories.

This has been made for Year 2 Reading. An information Powerpoint all about orangutans and a question sheet to go with. The powerpoint includes examples of the questions to work through and the information is condensed into one sheet so the children can use the subheadings to find key information. These have been used in an observed lesson in Guided Reading that had excellent feedback.

I made this powerpoint for a staff training session. It explains the importance of working walls and an engaging learning environment as well as giving hints and tips for creating purposeful environements and displays to support learning. Great for INSET or staff PDM’s.

I created this presentation for a staff training session on the importance of taking learning outdoors. It contains information on the impact, benefits and tips on how to begin as well as links for good quality websites to find resources and ideas. I have also included some lovely quotes to inspire and some facts based on real surveys and research. This is also editable so you could add to it to tailor it to your own needs.

I have created this to tie in with my ‘Under the sea’ book corner display. It contains resources to help encourage children to read at home. Used in previous years and really does work to inspire children to read more regularly at home. It also contains resources to create a small display, explaining the reading incentives within class. This pack consists of: Poster explaining why reading is important Editable posters explaining the class incentives to read Reading Incentives Title for the display Under the sea themed bookmarks to collect the stickers on Class Reads Border to write the number of reads so far Bar Graph Template to show progress each week ( we have a weekly readers monitor who enjoys completing the bar graph and adding the numbers so it shouldn’t take too much time etc. Editable Daily Readers list for your class Ideas and ways to use these resources

This transition activity is all about being a successful learner, using learning powers such as curiosity, imagination, co-operation etc. It talks through all of the 7 powers and what each one means and then provides a task for the children to design their own super hero for one of the traits. This can then be used as a lovely classroom display. I have also included a template for the children to plan their super hero before creating their final piece for the display. I have used this activity for a transition activity in KS2, but it can be easily used for KS1 too.

I made this powerpoint for INSET 2018 to explain the importance of questioning. It provides many ideas for questioning in class, ideas for engaging reluctant pupils and refers to Blooms taxonomy. Can be used in primary for staff training.

This Assembly presentation talks the pupils through the importance of diversity and how their morning would not have been possible without it. From breakfast to getting ready for school and more. This assembly fascinates the children and is a great way to getting them to understand the importance of a mulitculteral world. It is a detailed presentation that includes how diverse the UK is, how all our clothes, music and sport is so very diverse. It also talks about how to celebrate it and how to respect differences. It also conatains a wonderful youtube clip from DIVERISTY, which is a great dance celebrating diversity itself. I have used this as an assembly but it can easily be used for a class lesson.

I made this assembly to celebrate failure and explain how you succeed by never giving up. It provides the interesting and inspirational stories behind successful businesses and people who never gave up such as Colonel Sanders, JK Rowling, Honda and Lionel Messi. This can be used for any Key stage and really engages all pupils.

This presentation explores many different families and celebrates the diversity of them all. It has many ideas for discussion points and shows examples of famous families such as Elton John,Dolly Parton and the Royal Family. It begins with a youtube link for a song from Ice Age, about families, explains how we recpect the diversity of everybody’s families and explores how each family is special in their own unique way. This can be used as a whole school assembly or lesson.