An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
An English Lead who has been teaching for over 10 years, sharing high quality, time saving resources so you can focus on your pupils and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
You will find bright and engaging resources that are designed to be picked up and easily taught by anyone.
Each resource is focused on progress, inspired by the Outstanding Teachers Course.
This is an engaging 36 slide PowerPoint ideal for a KS1 teddy bear assembly for raising awareness and understanding of mental health. 5 key teaching points included, explaining complex issues in a way appropriate for KS1.
Explained with teddy bears it enables young children to comfortably discuss this important topic.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Week in primary schools. Could also be a useful KS1 PSHE lesson on discussing and coping with feelings to be used at any point throughout the year.
Takes the children through these key question:
What is mental health?
A child friendly definition.
What should we do when things get tough?
Strategies for coping with intense feelings, inspirational quotes from well known fairy tales and reasons for keeping active.
How do I keep my mind healthy?
Easy everyday activities that can keep your mind healthy.
Who has mental health problems?
4 famous people share their experiences.
What have we learned today?
It is important to talk about our emotions, ask for help when we need support and to look after our minds and bodies.
Who can we ask for help?
4 sources of support supplied.
Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly.
All child friendly terms used.
Relevant for KS1.
You can find more high quality KS2 resources at my shop.
You might also be interested in my other new resources for mental health awareness week:
Emotion Cards
Mental Health Awareness Posters
KS1 Mental Health Bundle
Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this amazing bundle of 10 circle time sessions, 14 posters, 10 word searches and a 32 slide KS2 assembly.
Be prepared and organised for this important time.
Designed for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools.
Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies.
3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow.
A large bundle of resources for KS2.
Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this bundle of 30 emotion cards, 14 posters, and a 36 slide assembly.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools. Colourful, bright and easy to use. Be prepared and organised for these important moments.
Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies.
3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow.
A large bundle of resources for KS1.
Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this cover for a class worry box. Encourage your pupils to share their small problems so that they don’t develop into larger issues.
Print out the cover images and stick on a cardboard box. Provide a welcome space for children to share their worries and concerns so they feel heard, valued and understood. Give every child the opportunity to have their voice heard in your class.
Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks within primary schools. This can also be kept throughout the year to safeguard the children.
Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies.
3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow.
This cover is designed with a focus on friendly characters which the children will know and be able to relate to.
Check out my other Mental Health Awareness Week Resources:
KS1 Mental Health Bundle
KS2 Mental Health Bundle
Or check out my PSHE lessons in My Shop
A target sheet for a year 3 child, includes all of the objectives for this year group in child speak. Children can track their targets in the table and teachers can tick in the columns when these are evidenced and then achieved. The rocket sheet is an extra fun way for children to remember which target they are working on.
Learning Objectives for year 3 in easy to understand short phrases.
Can be stuck in the front of English books so children can refer to this in lessons or kept in a teacher’s file.
Teacher can choose how much evidence needs to be collected before the children achieve the target.
You can show recognition of the target achieved in their work with a sticker/star/symbol.
Encourages responsibility for learning and ensures the children know their targets.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other resources for teaching and assessing primary English:
Year 3 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 3 Reading Assessment Questions
Year 4 Writing Assessment Guidance
Year 4 Reading Assessment Questions
Whole School SMART Target Packs
Over 260 differentiated geography comments for boys and girls, covering 10 key areas for your primary KS2 reports. Create your report comments quickly this year by simply choosing a collection of comments to suit each child, one from each section. There are enough comments to create different personalised paragraphs of comments for a whole class of 30 children.
Written for the whole of KS2 focusing on learning aptitudes and the general areas covered so perfect for years 3, 4 , 5 and 6.
Save Time
Teaching is busy enough without report writing as well, save time whilst doing a good job. Easily copy and paste these original comments to create personalised and thoughtful reports.
Differentiated
264 comments overall, divided into high, middle and low ability groups. Each group contains 10 sections with enough comments to make 30 personalised reports. 65 low ability, 76 middle ability and 85 high ability statements altogether. There are also 30 next steps included, 10 for each ability group.
High Quality
Use these high quality geography report comments, covering:
Summary
Continents
World Biomes
Physical features
Human features
Major countries
Major cities
UK
Technical terms
Geographical fieldwork
Easy to Use
They all come in a girl and a boy version saving you having to change any pronouns. Collect statements for each child to make a paragraph then simply add in their name a few times to polish off your work.
Just highlight the comments you have used to make sure all your 30 geography reports are quickly made and completely different.
Also…
Check out my other handy end of year resources:
General Report Comments
320+ English Report Comments
280+ Maths Report Comments
Report Comments MEGA BUNDLE
An engaging PPT and a set of 4 different worksheets useful for a transition day in primary to prepare children for their next year. Differentiated for different ability and contains completed examples of each sheet to give the children ideas. Designed with displays in mind so you can easily get organised for September.
Themes
Me In a Nutshell
Looking forward to next year
Who am I?
Each format includes sections for children to reflect on their year, share details of themselves and to set goals and plans for the coming year.
Include lines or blank so you can choose how to present it. Spaces are just the right size so children aren’t overwhelmed but have enough room to right what they would like to say.
You could complete all the sheets if you have time, all cover different aspects of this change. Each resource comes with a completed example so you can peer assess this work before you begin, give them some ideas and discuss how it could be even better.
Use to help children adjust to their new year group and teacher.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular resources for this time:
Reading Corner Display
Report Comment Mega Bundle
Place Value Display
Just what you need to start your report writing - tips, tricks and shortcuts, a tracking sheet and a positive adjective bank to save you time.
Use the pack of strategies to help with the mammoth task of writing reports for your class. Suitable for any school and age group.
Use these tips and techniques to help ease the pain of report writing. Browse through a variety of ideas, which can be inspiring for new or experienced teachers. Reports don’t have to fill you with dread. Try something new and be surprised at how much more enjoyable it can be.
This pack also includes a free report writing tracker - list the children in your class and be motivated by all the ticked or highlighted boxes you complete. Also a bank of positive adjectives to help vary each comment.
All reviews welcome.
To save time further check out my bundle of report comments:
Report Comment Mega Bundle
A large pack of bright inspirational posters designed to get children excited and talking about science. Every poster covers the new national curriculum for working scientifically in KS1. They are cheerful, realistic and clear. Perfect for engaging all the pupils.
Place around your school to inspire Science learning during British Science Week or any science topic. Use as discussion prompts or as part of your classroom displays.
Key Stage One
A set of 10 bright colourful posters asking and answering the question: What is Science?
For example, ‘Science is Observing’.
You might also be interested in my other updated time-saving British Science Week resources:
British Science Week KS1 Homework Tasks
British Science Week KS2 Posters
An engaging assembly on World Kindness Day on the 13th November. Includes a 33 slide PowerPoint, paired discussion activities, inspirational famous people, a mindfulness moment and much more.
The interactive assembly looks at:
How this special day is celebrated around the world
What is kindness?
Who is the kindest person you know?
Famous influential kind people
Why it is difficult to be kind sometimes
How to overcome this
Ideas for being kind
Kindness Challenge
Resources provided so you can extend this assembly into a lesson to further the learning. Templates included for children to write a poem, short story or make a leaflet focusing on kindness.
Written for KS2. This thought provoking PowerPoint is an excellent assembly, workshop or lesson for World Kindness Day.
Could also be used on Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February), Random Acts of Kindness Week (February) and for New Zealand’s Random Acts of Kindness Day (1st September).
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A complete New Year’s assembly, it includes a 23 slide PowerPoint, video links, activity, information, writing extension tasks and a song link to finish.
Use this KS2 assembly to embrace the New Year with your school. Learn about cultures from around the world and try one of their new year traditions. Encourage the children to think of a range of new year resolutions and discuss the examples given.
Highlights:
All ready to go
Interactive
Differentiated extensions
Inclusive
Inspiring
Start the new year with an engaging assembly to kickstart discussion, aspirations and focus.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular assemblies for special days:
Mental Health Awareness Assembly
World Poetry Day Assembly
British Science Week Assembly
An engaging 26 slide PowerPoint for a KS2 assembly on the life and success of Charles Darwin. Includes a video link, interactive activities and reasoning questions.
Inspire your pupils by learning about this brilliant man, be amazed by his achievements and see how they are still relevant today.
Includes many higher level thinking questions and a memory challenge to keep every child focused.
Can be used on Darwin's birthday February 12th or for starting a topic on famous scientists or explorers.
Takes the children through these key questions:
What did Darwin think?
How can we be a great scientist?
Who was Charles Darwin? - Early Life, Careers, Big Break, Exploring, Thinking and Writing, Later Life
What were Darwin's theories?
What impact did his theories have?
Is evolution important today?
Differentiated writing tasks included and resourced:
Task 1 - Draw or write a flow chart of Darwin's life journey.
Task 2 - Write a radio script interviewing Darwin about his life.
Task 3 - Write a comparison of Darwin with another famous person who inspires you.
Writing templates provided. Other activity ideas also included. Lots of opportunities for discussion and higher level thinking. All concepts explained clearly.
Relevant for KS2 and KS3.
All reviews welcome.
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You can find many more reliable and useful KS2 resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy
A complete assembly on Martin Luther King Junior Day, including a 23 slide PowerPoint leading you through his life story and achievements. Bright, colourful and engaging, ideal for KS2, easily adaptable for KS1 and kS3.
Includes:
What is this day?
Who was Martin Luther King?
Family
Inequality
School Life
Later Life
Career
Civil Rights Movement
‘I have a dream’ speech
Changes
Achievements
Assassination
Video links
How is this day celebrated in America?
Time given at the end of the assembly for reflection, children can think of their own dreams for the future.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other popular assemblies on important days:
World Kindness Day
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
National Speech and Debate Day
All you need to run an easy, engaging and exciting science week for Key Stage 1. Includes an assembly, homework activities, posters and in-class experiments for every day of British Science Week.
Each resource is ready to go, bright, colourful and clear.
All editable, detailed and relevant to the national curriculum science objectives for KS1. Every activity is specifically written for year groups, and designed for all styles of learners.
British Science Week Bundle Resources
Engaging KS1 Assembly
29 slide colourful and animated Assembly including lesson activities with templates.
Exciting Homework Activities
4 Homework Task Cards for each year group, all different activities to choose from.
KS1 Inspirational Posters
A pack of What is Science? posters to decorate your school or classroom to get the pupils talking about science.
Easy and Quick WOW Investigations
A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 1, and different ones for year 2. All equipment easy to find and low mess for high excitement.
Check out my other popular British Science Week Bundles:
KS2 British Science Week Bundle
KS1 and 2 British Science Week Bundle
All you need to run an easy, engaging and exciting science week for KS2. Includes a KS2 assembly, homework tasks for every year group, posters and packs of experiments.
Every resource is ready to go, bright, colourful and clear.
All editable, detailed and relevant to the national curriculum objectives for KS2. Every activity is specifically written for year groups, and caters for every learning style.
KS2 British Science Week Resource Pack Includes:
KS2 Engaging Assembly
28 slide Assembly and written tasks with templates.
Inspiring Homework Activities
4 Homework Task Cards for each year group, all different activities to choose from.
Bright A4 Poster Pack
A pack of 14 inspirational quote posters of famous British scientists.
10 Quick and Easy WOW Investigations
A mini wow experiment for every day of the week for year 3, and different ones for year 4.
10 Amazing Eye Popping Investigations
A mini wow investigation for every day of the week for year 5, and different ones for year 6.
Check out my KS1 Bundle:
British Science Week KS1 Bundle
A complete assembly on storytelling, including a 24 slide PowerPoint, video links, interactive questions, extension tasks, reflection time and song to finish.
Use as an inspiring start to National Storytelling Week, 29th January - 4th February 2024.
Cover:
What is a story?
What types of story are there?
How is storytelling different to reading a story?
Where do stories come from?
Storytelling - The Frog Prince
What do all stories have?
Plot
Characters
Setting
Can you copy stories?
Reflection
Song
Video links provided for children to go back into class and become familiar with a classic fairy tale or story and retell it, before adapting it to make it their own.
Highlights:
Ready-to-go
Perfect for KS2 primary age
Colourful, engaging, animated
Inclusive
Perfect for all learning styles
After the reflection time where children can connect to themselves and discover what stories mean to them, there is a story song (The Lion Inside) for children to watch and listen to as they quietly leave the assembly.
All reviews welcome.
Check out my other assemblies on special occasions, linked to English:
Book Day
World Poetry Day
National Speech and Debate Day
4 Engaging and animated assemblies, explaining and bringing to life 4 important days in our year. Each one full of information, video links, fun facts, higher level reasoning questions, interactive elements and discussion opportunities.
World Poetry Day - 21st March
Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry.
World Kindness Day - 13th November
Celebrate this day or use on Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February) or Random Acts of Kindness Week (February).
Enthuse children to be kind by sharing how it is celebrated around the world, what is kindness, who is the kindest person you know, famous influential kind people, why it is difficult to be kind sometimes, how to overcome this, ideas for being kind and how to pledge for kindness.
Includes activities to use in the classroom.
National Speech and Debate Day - 1st March
This animated presentation takes the pupils through how to debate, the purposes of public speaking, famous speeches, famous speakers, famous debaters and famous debates.
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
This thought provoking and interesting assembly explains the history of slavery, how it has changed and what we know of slavery today. Discuss some famous quotes about this subject and encourage pupils to think about how their generation could make positive changes to the world.
Relax in March and use these fantastic assemblies to enthuse your pupils about learning. 4 complete engaging assemblies for the month of March. Includes video links, writing activities, inspirational role models, healthy eating tips, fun facts and much more.
All within a science theme they build on each other effectively and enhance your pupil’s enthusiasm and love of science.
KS2 British Science Week Assembly 9th-17th March
This is a detailed 28 slide PowerPoint ideal for an assembly or lesson or both for this special week. Could also be a useful PSHE lesson on scientific careers and role models.
Takes the children through key questions covering there understanding of science, its impact on our lives, how to be a scientist and what scientists are like including famous scientists and their achievements.
Download the 3 compelling activities to extend the pupil’s interest in the subject of science.
Albert Einstein’s Birthday Assembly - 14th March
Celebrate a great scientist with this detailed and interesting 30 slide PowerPoint on the inspirational scientist Albert Einstein.
Covering:
Themes of the assembly
A memory game
Young life
Family life
Working life
Fun facts
Images of his life
Scientific Research
Einstein quotes to inspire
Why was he such a great scientist?
Summary
Farmhouse Breakfast Week Assembly 4th-8th March
Download this engaging primary assembly to enthuse your pupils and increase their achievements. Explain through fun farm animals the many reasons why breakfast is good for you.
Many stimulating activities inspire the children to want to eat breakfast, including choosing their favourite breakfast plate and discussing which one is the best, healthiest and the most balanced.
Teaching Points Covered about Breakfast:
What Farmhouse Breakfast Week is all about
Local UK farms involved
Why breakfast is so good for us
What we can eat for breakfast and why
How to make a balanced breakfast
How we can be organised in the morning
This assembly also explains classic options for breakfast and tasty new ideas to try. There are many discussion opportunities for children so they are involved in the assembly and accept responsibility for making a change, eating a better breakfast and doing well in school.
Print the high quality resources and use the fun video link to ensure all the children enjoy learning about breakfast and are able to explain their understanding to others.
World Poetry Day - 21st March
Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry.
A complete assembly on the Australian Open 2024 for KS2. Includes a 24 slide PowerPoint, interactive moments, higher order questions, video and song links, reflection time and worksheet templates.
Takes about 20 minutes to use as an assembly.
Could be taught as an hour lesson in class, using the differentiated follow-up written activities.
This assembly/lesson explains this Grand Slam of tennis, inspiring the next generation of sports athletes.
Highlights:
Interactive
Colourful
Engaging
Scaffolded
Ready-to-go
Check out my other popular assemblies:
New Year Assembly
Martin Luther King Junior Day Assembly
National Breakfast Week Assembly