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The goal is to provide great resources for teachers and school leaders, ensuring outstanding value for money and quality.
With over 40 years of teaching experience and skills in computer graphics and resource design you will find great lesson plans, units of work, display materials, school policy's, instructional video's and resources to help with interviews and observations.
If you would like us to make a resource for you or just to give some feedback we would like to hear from.
Simple but fun activity for children to pick a word and put it in to a proper sentence. There is an additional challenge to use a conjunction to extend their sentence.
This scheme has broken down the reading assessment indicators for the ENC and has nine separate descriptors for the teacher to assess against.
It contains independent activities for the other groups to engage in while the teacher works with one group. This is designed to take minimal preparation time but maximum impact for learning.
This resource is the autumn planning for spelling, with links to resources and other activities to secure the reading and spelling of words with suffixes –ed and –ing.
This resource includes a blank IEP document template which can be used by Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants or Additional Education Needs Coordinators to identify a pupil's Individual Educational Needs and plan for how to meet these with targets and strategies. It is designed to be shared with parents. There is also a Powerpoint explaining the purpose of the IEP and how to complete it.
This Powerpoint can be used as training for Teachers or Teaching Assistants and is a useful reminder of what Behaviour Management is and how we can implement effective strategies. The discussions and 'script' for what do say to children when you would like them to show better behaviours for learning will encourage a consistent whole school approach.
These are differentiated report writing comments to help you write your reports! It includes comments for Reading and Writing ( approximately 75 words long) with targets, Topic (approximately 150 words long) which includes Science Art, DT, Geography, IT and PE) with a target, individual comments for the following subjects; IT, PE, Music, DT, RE, History, Geography, Art (approximately 40 words long) and a whole class set for Maths (approximately 150 words long) with targets.
Here is an example of a Reading comment:
(Name) reads confidently and with expression. He can understand all of the text that he is reading and can recall the main points in order. He is able to identify interesting words that the author has used and is beginning to think about their purpose in the text. (Name) can say whether or not he likes a text and can give reasons for this. This year, he has developed his ability to deduce how a character is feeling; referring back to things they have said or done in the text as evidence.
To comment on how the author wants me to respond to the text.
To read between the lines using evidence from the text.
Example of a PE comment
Jessica is developing her ability to use her skills to improve her performance. She has some understanding of tactics and is starting to use this during lessons. She has also demonstrated good control and co-ordination in gymnastics and dance.
This resource contains a Smart Notebook with the Learning Objective, modelling many examples to the students of how they should scan, locate and read to find the answers to the question. It also includes the printable extract from the text, 'Gowie Corby' and questions which have been differentiated three ways. It is suitable for Key Stage 2.
Students choose from nine homework project tasks linked with the topic, Ancient Egypt. They aim to get 15 stars by choosing a range of 3, 4 and 5 star activities which are organised into three categories; Literacy, Kinaesthetic and Investigative.
There are a wealth of open ended tasks that encourage the student to take ownership over their home learning, with the option of completing more tasks if they wish to.
The other benefit of the projects are that they allow for independent learning and others that encourage the parents to get involved.
This resource includes a presentation provoking discussion about what Ancient Egyptian artefacts could have been used for in every day life. There are pictures for the students to stick into books or present on a poster and sentence stems to support if necessary provoking enquiry and encouraging the pupils to justify their reasoning. There is also a visual presentation with facts showing the main surviving artefacts from Ancient Egypt.
A fantastic two lesson sequence which can be used in a Newspaper Reports topic or as part of the Ancient Egyptians. The students find out all about Howard Carter and his discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb and then spend the first lesson planning a Newspaper report about him (plan framework included). The following lesson they write their newspaper article (template and success criteria also included).
With an informative presentation, this resource which help you to teach an interesting lesson on the Ancient Egyptian's Social Organisation resulting in the class collaboratively making a Success Criteria for the main activity: make a creative job advert for on of the roles in Ancient Egyptian times. Includes a pyramid poster for reference and a help sheet with some ideas and examples.
This lesson includes a presentation with an activity. The pupils find out about the three seasons in Ancient Egypt and then make a poster to show their understanding. Includes multiple season pictures for the children to choose and use for their poster.
A fantastic two lesson sequence about the Afterlife and Mummification. The first Smart Notebook gives the opportunity to either present a wealth of fascinating information on what the Ancient Egyptians believed about the afterlife or else print it for the students to highlight and make notes. The lesson concludes with the pupils comparing and identifying what the Ancient Egyptians would have taken into the afterlife and what they themselves would take with them.
The second lesson involves the students mummifying a doll such as a Barbie. Pictures and a script is included for the teacher to read which instructs the children on how to embalm the body (with herbs), preserve it with natron (salt) etc. An incredibly memorable learning experience which could be followed up with an Instructional writing task.
This is an assembly to showcase learning in the IPC topic, 'Toymakers'. It contains the script with each child having their own speaking part and the ppt which can be edited to suit all learning that took place during your unit.
A ppt with a series of activities that develop an awareness of the classroom rules and some get to know you activities.
There are activities that involve Art/DT that can then be used make a display.
A clear recording template that breaks down the specific scientific skills.
From predicting the outcomes to identifying variables and finally scaffolding students learning so they can make informed conclusions, this investigation writing frame will encourage your students to focus on the specific scientific skills needed for any investigation.
A 6 week Unit of Work for Electricity including planning, presentations and activities. Interactive, practical and engaging, focusing on developing Scientific Inquiry skills (such as identifying and classifying, fair testing) in addition to content. Children learn about complete circuits, how to make a circuit and a switch, conductors and insulators as well as how to conduct and investigation. Originally designed for Year 4 students but could easily be adapted for older or younger pupils. Designed for the new English National Curriculum although relevant to other curriculums too.
Students choose from nine homework tasks linked with the topic, Australia. They choose at least one activity from each section (English, Creative, Investigative). Designed to be completed over a period of a half term.
There are a wealth of open ended tasks that encourage the student to take ownership over their homework, with the option of completing more tasks if they wish to.
The other benefit of the projects are that they allow for independent learning and encourage parents to get involved if they wish to.
Complete English Observation lesson based on the Aztecs with the Learning Objective: To identify and use adverbial phrases and clauses. Includes presentation with speaking and listening activities, 4 differentiated written activities and an interactive plenary activity to consolidate and extend understanding about adverbial phrases and clauses. Originally designed for a Year 3 and 4 class but could be adapted to suit older or younger students.
Planning and Smart Notebooks for 4 lessons on Poetry with an extra resource giving the opportunity for an extra lesson on performance poetry. Includes a range of poems to explore and discuss which provide a model for students to write their own imaginative and descriptive poems throughout the week. Series of lessons designed for Lower Key Stage 2 but could be used for Upper Key Stage 1 or Upper Key Stage 2.