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The Holocaust: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
This lesson aims to help students to build their skill at inferring and deducing the hidden meanings in texts, whilst also providing students with valuable SMSC messages about the horror of the Holocaust. Students also hone their skills of writing to argue, utilising information that they gain from reading extracts of John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.’
Informative and engaging, this lesson follows a clear and logical learning journey. Students learn to:
- Define key terms related to reading between the lines of a text;
- Consider the concepts of ‘good’ and ‘evil’ using the poem ‘Vultures.’ Use this knowledge to consider the actions of those involved in the Holocaust;
- Read extracts from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas;
- Answer a range of questions designed to demonstrate students’ ability to infer and deduce the hidden meanings in texts;
- Write an argumentative letter from Bruno’s Grandma to his father, using a writing to argue help-sheet;
- Peer-assess each others’ learning attempts.
Included in this resource pack: A comprehensive, whole-lesson, visually engaging PowerPoint presentation, which guides the teacher and learners through the lesson, a writing to argue help-sheet, a copy of the poem ‘Vultures,’ extracts from ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and teacher guidance notes.
All images are cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation, and are licensed for commercial use.
Leadership Assembly!
This fun and original assembly aims to assist children in understanding the value of effective leadership, through:
-Understanding what leadership is and recognising why it is important (with the help of a funny, purposeful video, which is hyperlinked into the presentation);
-Finding out about great leaders and their achievements from across history and in the modern day;
-Demonstrating the power of leadership through an engaging and powerful ‘blindfold challenge’ game;
-Looking at everyday activities and considering which require effective leadership skills;
-Understanding how and why leadership can be important in school, and thinking about how they would use teamwork in different scenarios;
-Ending with a hymn about leadership.
This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (26 slides in total) and the slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
No further resources are required except a blindfold for the challenge activity - everything else that you need to present the assembly is included.
The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Patience Collective Worship!
This fun and original collective worship aids children in understanding the value of being patient, through:
Understanding what patience is, and recognising why it is important;
Understanding the relevance and importance of patience in Christianity;
Looking at examples of patient and impatient behaviour (including through personal examples and acting out an adapted version of 'The Tortoise and the Hare), and determining the impact that it has on the individuals and others around them;
Learning strategies to demonstrate patience in their own lives.
The session includes a comprehensive, engaging PowerPoint presentation, hyperlinks to relevant and interesting video clips, and both a PDF and Word copy of the script for the fable. There are also various discussion prompts to enable children to understand how patience is considered in the Bible, and also to guide them in how they can be patient in their own lives.
The slides are fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guiding notes to assist the speaker. Hope that you find this useful!
Teamwork Assembly!
This fun and original assembly aims to assist children in understanding the value of effective teamwork, through:
-Understanding what teamwork is and recognising why it is important (with the help of a funny, purposeful video, which is hyperlinked into the presentation);
-Looking at everyday activities and considering which require effective teamwork skills;
-Demonstrating the power of teamwork through an engaging and powerful ‘hula hoop challenge’ game;
-Understanding how and why teamwork can be important in school, and thinking about how they would use teamwork in different scenarios;
-Finding out about how teamwork has contributed to some of humankind’s greatest achievements;
-Ending with a song about using our individual talents as a part of a team.
This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (24 slides in total) and the slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
No further resources are required except a single hoop for the challenge activity - everything else that you need to present the assembly is included.
The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Aspiration Collective Worship Session! (Primary)
This purposeful and original collective worship session aims to inspire children to be aspirational, through:
-Understanding what aspiration is and recognising why it is important;
-Finding out about successful and inspirational people who have been aspirational, gone on inspiring journeys and reached their goals (examples include Ed Sheeran, Beth Mead and Malala Yousafzai);
-Understanding what the Bible teaches about aspiration through engagement with relevant scripture;
-Demonstrating the power of aspiration through a powerful video - followed by discussion questions;
-Looking at their own lives and considering how they can apply aspiration strategies (e.g. setting SMART targets, etc.)
-Ending with reflection, a prayer and a well-linked hymn.
This worship session is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (23 slides in total - there is enough material for a 30-40 minute session or two 20-minute sessions). The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people.
No further resources are required - everything that you need to present the worship is included.
The PowerPoint presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Aspiration Assembly! (Primary)
This fun and original assembly aims to inspire children to be aspirational, through:
-Understanding what aspiration is and recognising why it is important;
-Finding out about successful and inspirational people who have been aspirational, gone on inspiring journeys and reached their goals (examples include Ed Sheeran, Beth Mead and Malala Yousafzai);
-Demonstrating the power of aspiration through a powerful video - followed by discussion questions;
-Looking at their own lives and considering how they can apply aspiration strategies (e.g. setting SMART targets, etc.)
-Ending with reflection and a well-linked song.
This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (20 slides in total - there is enough material for a 30-40 minute assembly or two 20-minute assemblies). The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
No further resources are required - everything that you need to present the assembly is included.
The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly!
This fun and original assembly is designed to teach children all about Martin Luther King Jr., including covering:
-Who Martin Luther King Jr. was;
-The world he was raised in and what he stood for;
-His actions as a civil rights activist;
-What he achieved;
-Why we still celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day today.
The slides are visually-engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. It includes links to well-chosen videos to emphasise/ reinforce key points, in addition to song suggestions and interactive activities to involve the audience.
There is enough here for a 25-30 minute assembly (it is 17 slides long), but of course you can cut bits out/ tailor to your own individual needs. No further resources are required, everything that you need to present the assembly is included. I would say that the assembly is ideally pitched at KS2, but both KS3 and KS1 would be able to access it with only minor vocabulary/ language adaptations.
Hope that you find this useful!
Thankfulness Assembly!
This fun and original assembly aids children in understanding the value of being thankful for what they have in their lives, through:
Understanding what thankfulness is, and recognising why it is important;
Learning the importance of living life being thankful for what we do have, rather than being focusing too heavily on what we don’t have;
Considering the positive aspects of their lives, and considering those less fortunate than themselves;
Learning strategies to demonstrate thankfulness in their own lives.
This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people.
The session also includes an interesting story, which demonstrates how our outlook, morale and behaviour changes as we become more thankful. Furthermore, there is an internet link to a beautiful, thought-provoking video which demonstrates how far too often we spend time focused on what we don’t have, rather than the many ways in which we are fortunate. There are also various discussion prompts to enable children to understand how they can be thankful in different areas of their own lives.
The slides are fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included to pages of notes to assist the speaker. Hope that you find this useful!
Faithfulness Assembly!
This fun and original assembly aims to assist children in understanding the value of faithfulness, through:
-Understanding what faithfulness is, and recognising why it is important;
-Understanding how faithfulness can be shown, through watching and intrepreting a short scene from Harry Potter;
-Looking at examples of faithfulness in real contemporary life;
-Thinking about times when they might need to be faithful to their friends, families and themselves;
-Learning strategies to demonstrate faithfulness in their own lives.
This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in (for example how they might act during and after conflicts) in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
All links to videos/ songs are included in the PowerPoint as hyperlinks. No further resources are required - everything that you need to present the session is included.
Please note - this assembly is not religious in nature - I have a ‘Faithfulness Collective Worship’ session available for this purpose. Thanks!
Leadership Collective Worship!
This original and purposeful collective worship session aims to assist children in understanding the value of effective leadership, through:
-Understanding what leadership is and recognising why it is important (with the help of a funny, purposeful video, which is hyperlinked into the presentation);
-Finding out about great leaders and their achievements from across the Bible and in the modern day;
-Demonstrating the power of leadership through an engaging and powerful ‘blindfold challenge’ game;
-Looking at everyday activities and considering which require effective leadership skills;
-Understanding how and why leadership can be important in school, and thinking about how they would use teamwork in different scenarios;
-Ending with a prayer and a hymn about leadership.
This worship is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (26 slides in total) and the slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
No further resources are required except a blindfold for the challenge activity - everything else that you need to present the worship is included.
The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Out of the Blue - Simon Armitage - 9/11 Poem
These informative and engaging resources enable students to build the skills needed to interpret and analyse the langauge used in poems. These resources also give students a strong foundation knowledge, including the SMSC implications, of the events of 9/11 - an important historical day that should never be forgotten.
Students learn through the following tasks:
- Collecting and discussing knowledge of the events of the day through an interactive starter task;
- Reading the poem ‘Out of the Blue’ and identifying the descriptive devices throughout the poem;
- Discussing a model analytical paragraph about the language used in the poem, in order to form their own success criteria;
- Using a template to form their own analytical paragraphs about the language used in the poem;
- Using peer or self-assessment in order to establish their success at analysing language.
The following resources are provided:
- Engaging and colourful step-by-step PowerPoint
- Poem
- Teacher lesson guidance;
- Identifying worksheet;
- Analysis template;
- Writing to analyse help-sheet
- Analysis model
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the PowerPoint.
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Assemblies - Personal Development Bundle!
These fun and original assemblies have been designed aid children in developing their skills of compassion, honesty, resilience and humility as well as their propensity for celebrating differences.
All of the assemblies are tried and tested, and each has been really well received in the past.
The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in, in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives.
There are also fun role-play activities, beautiful, thought-provoking videos exemplifying each theme, and various discussion activities regarding how to show the skills in different areas of their own lives. No further resources are required, everything that you need to present the assemblies is included.
Each set of slides are fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included to pages of notes to assist the speaker. Hope that you find this useful!
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GCSE Poetry Huge Lesson Bundle!
This huge resource pack contains highly stimulating, detailed, and informative whole-lesson resources for 18 different poems - each of the poems feature on the new GCSE poetry lists for the vast majority of examining boards. In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique! The poems included are largely from the Relationships and War/Conflict poetry lists.
Individually, these resources are worth more than double the price of the bundle, meaning that you can make a considerable saving!
Each lesson employs a wide range of teaching and learning strategies, with a large variety of interesting tasks and ideas. This pack contains a whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation for each poem, in addition to all of the worksheets, task resources, and lesson plans that you need to teach.
Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes
Before You Were Mine - Carol Ann Duffy
Dulce et Decorum est - Wilfred Owen
In Paris with You - James Fenton
Love's Philosophy - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mametz Wood - Owen Sheers
Mother, Any Distance - Simon Armitage
Neutral Tones - Thomas Hardy
next to of course god america i - E.E. Cummings
Out of the Blue - Simon Armitage
Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poppies - Jane Weir
Sonnet 116 - William Shakespeare
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Falling Leaves - Margaret Postgate Cole
War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy
What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov
When We Two Parted - Lord Byron
Comparing Poems!
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of the presentations.
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War/Conflict Poetry Big Lesson Bundle! (Whole lessons - all PowerPoints, resources, and lesson plans included!)
This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the content, language, and structure features of ten war/conflict poems. In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique! Each of the poems are widely studied, with many being from the Literary Heritage bank, and most being fixtures in examination board anthologies.
Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings poems, understanding the writer’s ideas within poems, understanding the social and historical contexts of the different wars/conflicts, and analysing features of content, language, and structure.
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
- Engaging
- Defining/ Understanding
- Identifying/Remembering
- Analysing/ Creating
- Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
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Holiday Fun Activities Bundle!
Included in this bundle are hours of fun, interactive, and productive activities that have been tried and tested with hundreds of happy children. Not only are the activities engaging, they also enable young people to develop their key skills in areas as varied as: Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Art and Design, PSHE, and Speaking and Listening.
Included within the bundle are the following popular resources:
- Murder Mystery Investigation: Students use exhibits, maps, evidence, and budgeting skills in order to solve a murder mystery case;
- Fantasy Football Club Group Project: Students design and resource their own football team from scratch, using a limited budget and selection of classic and modern footballers;
- Stating Your Case for the World’s Greatest Sportsperson - Students use their researching, persuasive writing, and speaking and listening skills to argue the case for the best sportsperson of all time;
- Space Mission: Find Us A New Earth! - Students are given an imaginative scenario and real-life information about the current most hospitable exo-planets, and must use their scientific and literacy skills to build a case for the next planet humans should inhabit;
- Crazy Animal Limericks Anthology - Loads of fun animal limericks for students to read, and comprehension/ creative tasks for them to complete.
All that you have to do is print and go, everything that you need for these resources (including teacher guidance) is provided.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slides of the presentations.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Resources Bundle!
These varied and engaging resources have been designed to enhance the learning of John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.’ They are perfect for aiding and developing comprehension, and also gaining a secure understanding of the social and historical context of the novel.
Included in this resources bundle are:
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Comprehension Activities Booklet - 21 pages of comprehension activities aligned with the text;
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Holocaust Lesson - Enabling students to link the text to its social and historical context;
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Pointless Game - A fun and interactive way of securing understanding of the text.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat - An hugely detailed resource aiding revision of all aspects of the novel!
All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited at the end of presentations and in separate documents.