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Passionate about providing teachers with the tools they need to work smarter, not harder.
Changing the world, one tiny mind at a time!
Please do review and rate my resources below if you enjoy them, I love seeing your feedback!
There will always be days when children face sadness, whether that be in school or from home. This download contains the perfect mini key ring pack of strategies on how to face sadness and feel happier when a child is feeling upset, including strategies such as colouring, smiling and many many others. This is a great addition for any classroom to encourage children to take rely on internal sources of positivity and self-regulation rather than relying on external factors.
Top Tip #1- Pop this download in a crate with my other ‘Feeling…? What can I do to calm down? Strategies’ downloads to create a calm corner in your classroom! Your pupils will thank you for it!
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Every child has moments which are overwhelming and can cause feelings of anger and distress. This download contains the perfect mini key ring pack of strategies on how to calm down when children feel angry, including strategies such as breathing, visualisation and many many others. This is a great addition for any classroom to encourage children to take positive control of their emotions.
Top Tip #1- Pop this download in a crate with my other ‘Feeling…? What can I do to calm down? Strategies’ downloads to create a calm corner in your classroom! Your pupils will thank you for it!
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Are you looking for a new addition to your calm corner? Then this is the perfect download for you! This download contains 30 cards each with a different QR Code on linking you to mindful breathing exercises, guided meditations and videos to calm your pupils down. All you need to do is grab a device such as iPad and scan the QR Code using the camera and you will be taken to the video. These cards are a great way to encourage independent self-regulation and for children to select their own strategy to calm down and ensure that they are in the right head space to learn. In a world, which is sometimes so busy and overwhelming, these cards could be a great addition to your classroom to ensure children are in their best headspace.
Top Tip #1- These cards are also great to load up a quick brain break activity.
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This download includes four different bingo-style reading challenges, which can be sent out at multiple points in the year. The reading challenges includes a ‘Christmas reading challenge’, which encourage children to read in festive spots like next to the Christmas tree and whilst wearing a Santa hat. It also includes an Easter reading challenge, which encourages children to read on Easter Sunday and on Good Friday, a half term reading challenge, which encourages children to read new genres such as a recipe, interview with their favourite celebrity and a newspaper. This download also includes the Summer Reading Challenge available on my TES account. This download is the perfect way to maintain children’s reading habits during time away from school and promote a reading for pleasure attitude in every pupil.
Top Tip #1- When children hand back their reading challenge, there could be a reward or mini-certificate for children who have managed to cross off every square.
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Yayy summer is here! But do you ever worry about how much reading your new pupils will be doing over the summer holidays? This free download is the perfect way to encourage reading for pleasure and maintain healthy reading habits over the summer. This bingo style challenge encourages children to associate reading with fun by challenging them to read in new locations such as their summer holiday and listen to an audio book. This download is a great way to get children ready and reading for the next year at school whilst also challenging themselves to see how many of the boxes they can cross off.
Top Tip #1 Give each child one of these challenge cards on your transition day to outline the importance you as a teacher place on reading and reading for pleasure.
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This free download contains the perfect note paper for children to write their worry down on ready for their class worry monster to eat. The cute design of this paper sits beautifully next to your worry monster or in your class calm corner for children to use independently.
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With the crazy world we currently live in, it can be overwhelming for many children (and adults!) and cause many worries. This download contains the perfect mini key ring pack of strategies on how to calm down when children feel worried, including strategies such as stretching, meditating and many others. Many classes also have a worry monster, this download also contains note paper ‘Dear Worry Monster’ for children to write their worries down and pop into their worry monster.
Top Tip #1- Pop this download next to your worry monster and create a calm corner in your classroom!
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Save time, energy and tears with these Fix the friendship forms. Enable children to reflect on arguments and disgruntles by writing down what their ideal resolution would be.
Top Tip #1- Print and leave these forms in an easily accessible place in the classroom to enable children autonomy in deciding when they need to ‘fix a friendship’.
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Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at Year 2 aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card.
Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works.
Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting.
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Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at Year 1 aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card.
Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works.
Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting.
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Do you need to improve, diversify and increase the number of books in your class library? Then this download is perfect for you! This download contains 60 QR codes linked to a variety of different read aloud books aimed at reception aged children. All you need to do is open up your camera or QR code scanner and scan the QR code which will take you to a read aloud of the book on the card.
Please be aware that sometimes laminating the cards can effect the way the QR Code works.
Top Tip #1- Print a few of these cards at a time and rotate them on a weekly or half-termly basis to keep your reception classroom library fresh and interesting.
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These pocket-sized flashcards list all the times tables up to 12 and can be printed and provided to pupils who may need a bit of extra support with their multiplication facts OR kept on your teacher desk for quick recitals or checks. As a bonus with these flashcards, 20 games are listed on the cards to promote fluency and engage pupils in fun maths activities. Some of the games use resources such as dice, Lego bricks and playing cards. There’s even a quirky variation on the well-known game Rock, Paper, Scissors!
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These beautiful cards are a great way to build relationships with parents as well as celebrating successes within the classroom. Simply personalise the ticket by writing on the pupil’s name and tick what you are celebrating OR write your own achievement message on the line at the bottom. Make the pupils in your class feel proud of themselves by showing your pride in their conduct at school.
Top Tip #1- Print these cards onto different coloured paper or card and have a stack printed ready for the school year to give out!
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This download contains over 40 comprehension questions to encourage criticality and reading for pleasure. These questions, which can be tailored and applied to the story or piece of text your class is reading, develop a child’s comprehension skills by developing their ability to predict, explain and pick out key vocabulary.
Top Tip #1- Cut these stars out and stick them to lollipop sticks to use as a plenary to guided reading sessions or to act as extension questions, which can independently be selected by pupils.
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These handy flashcards are great for any primary school teacher to get children warm and ready for their PE lesson. There are over 30 wonderful games, which can be used indoors and outdoors. These games offer opportunities for teacher customisation too so that they can perfectly march your class and their ability.
Top Tip #1- Pop these cards on a keyring and place them on your PE whistle so that they are easily accessible and you’re ready to go!
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These handy flashcards provide an overview of key learning theory and how they can be used within the classroom. Theories included-
Behaviourism
Constructivism
Social-Learning Theory
Humanism
Montessori Approach
Attachment Theory
Metacognition
Bioecological model of development
Discovery Learning Theory
Anchored Instruction
Zone of Proximal Development
Cognitive Development
Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs
Experiential Learning
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Mindset Theory
These are the perfect companion for trainees, NQT’s and ECT’s to ensure a variety of teaching techniques are deployed within the classroom.
Top Tip #1- These cards last longer when laminated and are put on an easy to grab keyring!
Top Tip #2- These cards could be used as a stimulus for criticality when writing assignments by discussing contrasting theory.
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