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.
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 free resource there is a PowerPoint with an Advent Calendar made up of 25 snowmen. Behind each snowman is a puzzle for your children to explore.
The puzzles include:
word puzzles
maths puzzles
writing ideas
geography recipes
matchstick puzzles
The resource also includes the answers both as a PowerPoint and as a PDF document.
Within this free PDF there are 18 different Christmas gift tags for your children to cut out and colour.
Here are links to more great Christmas resources from Goodeyedeers:
A ready-made Christmas Carol Service where a group of animals tell the Christmas story.
A PowerPoint lesson showing the children how to write some Cool Christmas Kennings.
A PowerPoint lesson all about Wonderfully Whacky Alliterating Christmas Recipes.
A series of templates for the children to make and colour their own Christmas Cards and Envelopes.
20 great Christmas bookmarks to colour in and use.
The PDF contains 4 bookmarks per page.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids.
If you find this resource useful then please let us know.
This PDF contains six different templates/nets for the Christmas card envelopes and ten cards.
There are guidelines on how the envelopes should be cut out and assembled. There are six differently patterned envelope nets to choose from.
The PDF includes ten Christmas cards (two per page) for the children to cut out, colour and then add their Christmas greetings to before popping them into their envelopes.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids.
If you enjoy this resource then we would love a review.
Show your children how to write some fantastic Christmas Haiku poems.
Ideal for children in KS2 .
The PowerPoint lesson takes you through the process. It starts by explaining what a Haiku poem is and then has the children recognising and counting syllables.
They then have a chance to complete some half-finished Haiku. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually.
Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas Haiku.
The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children.
Also included in this resource pack - a set of Christmas writing frames for the children to use for their completed poems.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.
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
Here is a fun and effective way to get your children using alliteration to write some amazing Christmas recipes.
The PowerPoint lesson takes the children, step by step, how to use a simple chart to write some wonderfully whacky Christmas recipes.
The resource includes:
a PowerPoint lesson
a set of detailed notes explaining each part of the lesson
a set of Christmas writing frames to display the finished Christmas Recipes
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a charity for children called [MedEquip4Kids](https://www.medequip4kids.org.uk/.
If you enjoy using this resource please let us know and tell your friends and colleagues about it.
Your children will love this Halloween colouring book - and you might want to give it a try as well!
The colouring book includes a cover and ten great colouring pages in a PDF format. The pages can be used individually or printed out in book form.
Each page contains a variety of friendly looking yet spooky Halloween images for the children to colour in.
Al the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to the UK children’s charity MedEquip4Kids.
Your children will love this Halloween Gnomes colouring book - and you might want to give it a try as well!
From strange looking gnomes with spider webs hanging down from their fingers to gnomes with bolts through their necks, this booklet has something for everyone.
The colouring book includes ten great coloring pages in a PDF format. The pages can be used individually or printed out in book form.
Each page contains a variety of Halloween images and a friendly Halloween gnome for the children to colour.
Al the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to the UK children’s charity MedEquip4Kids.
Your class are going to love this spooktacular ten-page Halloween Mandalas colouring book. Great for children of all ages - and adults!
From creepy looking trees and smiling bats to young Draculas climbing out of pumpkins, this booklet has something for everyone.
The colouring book includes ten great colouring pages in a PDF format. The pages can be used individually or printed out in book form.
Each page contains a variety of Halloween images in a Mandala pattern for the children to colour.
Al the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to the UK children’s charity MedEquip4Kids.
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
40 bookmarks to colour with a difference.
Each one contains an interesting scientific fact, such as:
*Hummingbirds are the only birds in the world that can fly sideways, backwards, up and down.
Ostriches can run faster than horses and male ostriches can roar like lions.
There are more than 125 billion galaxies in our universe.
Strawberry is the only fruit whose seed grows on the outside.
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… and many more (40 different facts in total).
For more great resources check out The Goodeyedeers Shop.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a charity 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.
In this PowerPoint the children are introduced to a young boy called Henry who lived just around the corner from where the Great Fire of London started in Pudding Lane.
He leads the children through a quiz that will both test their knowledge of this great event and help consolidate what they have learnt.
It can be used by the whole class, small groups or by individual children.
The money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
The background image used - Creative Commons Licence - attribution -puddinglanedmuga.blogspot.co.uk
A great quiz to end the term or school year.
Suitable for KS2 and lower KS3 children.
This attractive PowerPoint contains five rounds in all, each round has ten questions. There are four possible answers to each question. Each round of questions is followed by the answers so that teams can swap answers and mark them.
The rounds are:
Round One - General Knowledge
Round Two - Sport
Round Three - Harry Potter
Round Four - Animals
Round Five - Science
Included is a PDF containing team sheets for teams to record their answers and an answer sheet.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called MedEqup4Kids.
Get your KS2 class writing scary Halloween kennings poems.
The PowerPoint takes you through the whole process of writing kennings poetry.
The children meet Vlad the Vampire who tells them what kennings are. More information about the origins of kennings poetry is contained in the Teachers’ Notes.
The children are encouraged to complete two kennings poems, one about Vlad the Vampire and another about a ghost. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually.
Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own Halloween kennings poems.
The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.
In this PowerPoint presentation, the well known children’s poet, David Horner, will talk your class through a clever way to write a poem for their dad for Father’s Day. He calls it ‘The Best Dad In The World’ and it explores the use of metaphors.
The presentation takes the children through the whole process step by step.
At the end they will have written a poem describing their dad in a series of ‘metaphoric couplets’ - it is bound to melt the hearts of all 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 - Word Association Game
Father’s Day Poetry - Make A Recipe for Your Dad
Father’s Day Poetry - The Magic Box
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.
