It is exam season - Year 7 English test or classwork. A comprehension with a serving of Paul Jenning’s “Smart Ice Cream” adapted for a 1 hour test. The ending is missing! Reading Assessment Questions cover a range of comprehension skills and grammar focus. Encourages quoting from the text. Writing Assessment Three different tasks with style choices. The mark scheme is attached. A lovely engaging resource and ideal for end of year assessment.

A stay at home task sheet in Excel covering formulae, formatting, sorting and a bit of football knowledge. Great for Year 7/8 for basic skills in ICT/Computing Task sheet and model answer attached.

Time for a python coding task -my Yr7 will have a go at this as I have covered Sequence, Selection and Iteration. So if you have taught For and While loops then this is a cute little challenge. Room for extension with lives if the array is extended. Have fun!

A lovely ICT project using Sway from Microsoft Office 365 suite of programmes - an alternative to PowerPoint with lots of fun and presentation skills to consider. The students can create a SWAY for a fictitious shop - Wind and Waves - consider layout, graphic skills and language to support all abilities and a lovely transition topic for Year 6 too. Our students enjoy this to round off the year in Computing.

Teaching game narrative in Computing combines English skills with their coding ability. This sheet offers the nudge that Kodu gaming demands a seed of creativity just like a story. Make them think about characters and setting then create the worlds and the creatures that inhabit their visualisations. Plenty of discussion and then loads of fun. A writing frame is provided.

The CPU - the nerve centre of a computer system...

Kodu is a great platform for game making of any age. It is free from Microsoft. This worksheet will allow students to add interactive buttons. So many possibilities for coding and teaching Selection.

Do you think you can make CIRCLE in Scratch? Have a go - Get busy making your favourite apps in Scratch. A step-by-step guide which you can adapt for the ability of your coders. Computing can be so much fun - when you are making games. Tried and tested in KS3.

We know that our students have to upgrade their writing - here is a handy worksheet to get them going. Could be used with KS3 and it should motivate for better style. A few tricks to offer them a way forward. Happy Pimping!

George Elliot at her best - An easy chapter summary guide to the novel, Silas Marner. Good for low ability students or an easy ready to grasp the plot.

A little bit of winter comfort - use as a homework task, end of unit assessment or a seasonal classroom opportunity to consider personification. Mark scheme attached. Have a good one…

Who says we can't have festive fun in Computing. If you are teaching Small Basic (free coding software from Microsoft) then how about a Christmas assessment for KS3 with If Then Else. Teaching Selection has never been more festive! Try the worksheet and then set the assessment - Mark Scheme and code provided. HO - HO - HO!

It’s exam season and we are all thinking about holidays! An ideal scenario for testing those Excel skills. Here is a spreadsheet assessment with plenty of scope for good layout skills and calculations. The resource offers a task sheet and suggested answers with 50 total marks available. It should suit a 40-60 minute lesson. I have written it for my Yr9 ICT class but certainly will suit other years to practice a range of skills. Just added a revision crib sheet too plus a marking rubric for Microsoft Teams The holiday planning scenario should be ideal for the summer term!

The English Language is influenced by our technological age. This SOW comes at Language Change from the front-end and offers students a glimpse into Language and Technology with a view to future A Level English Language aspirations. Ideally for Yr 8 but Yr 9 could be switched on. The lessons offer discussion points, linguistic terminology and tasks to do in class or at home. I have put together 8 lessons covering topics such as the language of Webpages, Reviews, Texting, Twitter, Memes, Emails and a fun game show to end the term. Grab a bargain and be enthused by language that is evolving in our influential tech world.

If you are setting a reading comprehension and a piece of writing as an end of term test to Yr7/Y8 then this hand crib sheet will steer them in the right direction. A nice little writing assessment attached too.

How could you resist - a fidget spinner on Scratch. Start coding...then start spinning. Worksheet tells you how...but not why!

Some of you will want to watch the game but you have to teach - why not combine the two! Here is a quick sheet I have knocked up for any age group with a focus on lexical fields (an A Level English Language topic) so start them off early! Have fun and may the best team win.

The English Language is influenced by our technological age. This free library booklet of 5 lessons is a companion to my SOW covering 21st Century Language and offers students a glimpse into Language and Technology with a view to future A Level English Language aspirations. Ideally for Yr 8 to stimulate a reading lesson in the library linked to non-fiction texts. The booklet stimulates discussion on topics such as Language & Technology, Instant Messaging, Websites, Reviews and the Language of Gaming. Grab a bargain and be enthused by language that is evolving in our influential tech world.

The English Language is influenced by our technological age. This free writing assessment with 3 tasks is a companion to my SOW covering 21st Century Language and offers students a glimpse into Language and Technology with a view to future A Level English Language aspirations. Ideally for Yr 8 - this offers a website stimulus and three non-fiction tasks. It can be marked using an in-house criteria or NC levels. Grab a bargain and be enthused by language that is evolving in our influential tech world.

Non Fiction writing - a good area for exploration of language and layout. Here is a piece of writing to instruct stimulus with questions and mark scheme. Lovely test for Yr7 or 8 to do in 30 minutes. Worth a look even…just for the lemon drizzle recipe!