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I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
Welcome to Goodeyedeers - the home of quality resources for primary teachers. Visit us and check out some great ideas.
I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
In this bundle of Powerpoint presentations, the well known children’s poet, David Horner, will talk your children through some great ideas for writing four different poems for their dads on Father’s Day.
1. The first idea is called ‘The Best Dad In The World’ and it explores the use of metaphors.
2. The next one is a ‘Recipe Poem’.
3. The third idea involves playing a word association game to get ideas for a poem.
4. The final idea for a poem for Father’s Day, David calls ‘The Magic Box’ and is based on the poem ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright.
The poems the children write are bound to melt the hearts of the dads who receive them.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
A poetry workshop for lower KS2. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom.
In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you.
You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
A set of poetry workshops to cover classes in KS2.
In this resource bundle David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you four typical workshop session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. Each package includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your children enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
A poetry workshop for Year 6 children. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom.
In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical workshop session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
Here is a lesson plan for an exciting session that will get your children writing scary kennings poems for Halloween.
Within the printable PDF you will find:
Facts about Halloween.
Details about what a kenning is and where it comes from.
A detailed lesson plan to get the children creating their own Halloween kennings and then using them to create some poems.
Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones.
If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.
A 50 question quiz for you to try out with your class this Christmas.
The PowerPoint includes questions and answers:
Round One - Christmas Food
Round Two - A Christmas Poem
Round Three - The Christmas Story
Round Four - Christmas General Knowledge
Round Five - Christmas Books and Films
The resource also includes a PDF containing blank team/answer sheets for the children to use.
What do you know about Valentine’s Day?
Try our exciting Valentine’s Day Quiz to discover why the heart is a symbol of love or what people in Japan do on Valentine’s Day?
If you enjoy this resource please tell your friends and colleagues and don’t forget to leave us a review.
Our other Valentine’s Day resources are:
Valentine’s Day Haiku
5 Valentine’s Day Writing Ideas
Your children are going to love these five Valentine’s Day writing ideas.
Each one contains activities that will have all your children writing.
They include:
Valentine’s Day Cinquain Poems
Valentine’s Day Acrostic
Countdown to Valentine’s Day
A secret Valentine’s Day poem
An ‘If only…’ Valentine’s Day poem
If you enjoy this resource please tell your friends and colleagues about us.
You might also like to check out our other Valentine’s Day resources:
Valentine’s Day Haiku
Valentine’s Day Quiz
A 2021 calendar which can be coloured in by your children or be given as a gift and coloured in each month.
Each month has a mandala to colour and an inspirational quotes.
The calendar is in both landscape and portrait.
The Goodeyedeers Blog
Our blog is the place for lots of free writing ideas and resources.
Where Else To Find Us?
On Twitter @goodeyedeers
On Pinterest - Goodeyedeers
Kenning is used in poetry to create different effects, They can be combined to make a poem called a Kennings in which a collection of kenning lines are combined to describe an object.
This is a great exercise for analysing different forms of poetry.
In the short animated film a friendly hamster reads out David Horner’s poem - ‘I Am Hamster’
The powerpoint presentation can be used in the classroom to show how the children can create kennings and then make them into poems.
The teachers’ notes give some interesting background information about the origins of kennings. Then there are further suggestions for developing the work started in the powerpoint presentation.
All the materials are fully adaptable, so you can make them your own if you wish.
Please let us know how you have used this resource. We would love to hear from you.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
These music lesson ideas are suitable for children in both KS1 and KS2.
The short video will give teachers ideas for lessons about getting the children to create simple rhythms.
It explains how crotchets, quavers and semiquavers work and how, combined with one, two and four syllable words, interesting rhythms can be created.
The Teachers’ Notes give suggestions as to how the ideas put forward in the video can be developed.
If you enjoy using this package please let us know and don’t forget to tell your friends. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
This resource from Goodeyedeers is aimed primarily at Years 3 and 4.
In the short video ‘Colour Riddles’, children’s poet, David Horner, talks you through some ideas for getting the children to write colour riddle poems and shape riddle poems.
In the short video ‘Talking Riddles’ David reads out three riddle poems of his own. This animated film would make a great lesson starter.
The Teachers’ Notes give you some extra ideas for exploring more riddle poetry and how they might be written.
If you enjoy this resource please leave us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues about us. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
Here are some great ideas for an exciting lesson about writing some spine-chilling cinquain poems for Halloween.
Within the printable PDF you will find:
Facts about Halloween.
Details about what a cinquain poem is and who invented the format.
A detailed lesson plan to get the children learning about syllables and write their own cinquains.
Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones.
If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.
In this PowerPoint presentation, our very own children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, David Horner, will talk your children through a clever way to write a poem for their mum for Mother’s Day. It is a ‘Recipe Poem’.
The presentation takes the children through the entire process step by step.
At the end they children will have written a recipe poem describing what goes in to making a great mum - it is bound to melt the hearts of the mums who receive them.
If you and your children enjoy this lesson then watch out for our other Mother’s Day poetry lessons - there will be four in total.
We would love to know what you think of our resources, so why not leave us a review.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
All the images used are from Pixabay.
This Father’s Day poetry idea is developed from playing a simple word association game.
In this PowerPoint presentation, the well known children’s poet, David Horner, will talk the children through a clever way to write a poem for their dad for Father’s Day.
The new words they come up with in the word association game will be used to create four line verses, each ending with the same refrain.
The presentation takes the children through the process step by step.
At the end all the children will have written a four verse poem that will warm the hearts of the dads who receive them.
If you and your children enjoy this lesson then watch out for our other Father’s Day poetry lessons - there will be four in total.
Father’s Day Poetry - Make A Recipe for Your Dad
Father’s Day Poetry - The Magic Box
Father’s Day Poetry - Using Metaphors
We would love to know what you think of our resources, so please leave us a review.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
A poetry workshop for upper KS2. Here is an opportunity for you to have a real poet in your classroom .
In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you.
You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
In this PowerPoint the Christmas story is narrated by four cats who were there.
They are:
Oscar - Mary’s cat who was with her when the Angel Gabriel appeared.
Mia - a cat who lived in the stable where Jesus was born.
Cat - a wild cat who hangs out in the fields with the shepherds.
Simba - a royal cat from the palace of King Herod.
The children will enjoy listening to each one give an account of what they saw.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a children’s charity raising money to provide paediatric medical equipment and facilities for hospitals and community health teams.
Growth Mindset Colouring Banner.
These 30 black and white, growth mindset banner pennants are fun and need no-prep. Set 1 and set 2 have different shaped pennants and different growth mindset quotes, giving a total of 30 growth mindset quotes in all.
You can mix and match between the two sets.
Laminate and staple to a ribbon to display in your classroom, on a display board or in the corridor.
A great back to school activity.
