I'm a tired teacher just like you; fighting to balance the importance of my own life with the fun and high level of education I want to give my students.
I hope these resources save you time so you can focus on the important things in life.
I'm a tired teacher just like you; fighting to balance the importance of my own life with the fun and high level of education I want to give my students.
I hope these resources save you time so you can focus on the important things in life.
A really fun, interactive quiz is aimed at older children or to be used as an assembly on this special day. It’s got a range of information, photos and interesting facts. Everyone should learn a little more about Saint Patrick’s history and how celebrating him has changed over the years.
There are 3 rounds; 1. Saint Patrick Facts
2. True or False
3. Saint Patrick’s Day
Hope this activity saves you some time :)
A fun little powerpoint with very cheesy St. Patrick’s Day jokes. I would use this with the kids in my class as well as a whole school assembly.
Appropriate for year 2 and above :)
Fun introduction to 6 of the Greek Gods (Athena, Poseidon, Aphrodyte, Hades, Hestia, Zeus) and the myth of Medusa and Athena. This was incredibly fun to perform and involves embarrassing some teachers too…which kids and parents love to see.
Lines for 30 pupils and costume ideas.
Approriate for ks2 +
Enjoy :)
14 images and song titles. Cut and laminate each them put them into a box or bag, shake it up and allow the children to choose one to sing at the end of the day.
I've done this activity with every year group upto y2 and they loved the independence of choosing the song.
Also great for EAL kids to develop language skills with the rest of the class.
Assembly all about the romans, involves a lot of acting and has a line for each child. My year 3 class really enjoyed this and the whole school were interested in Romans the rest of the week.
Approriate for y2-y6!
Enjoy :)
6 Scripts included....Have your whole year's assemblies ready to go....no more stressing over every half term.
Links to songs and lyrics included.
Appropriate for year 2 -y 6.
Enjoy your free time!
This resource includes the script and 2 powerpoints for an assembly. Was originally for a year 5 class but can be adapted for any ks2 class.
The first powerpoint includes opportunities to add photos of your own class and some cross curricular lessons, such as mummifying apples in Science and Egyptian movement in PE.
The second powerpoint is a an ‘Egyptian’ version of Who Wants to be a millionaire. My school LOVED this assembly.
Enjoy :)
This assembly is based on the unit of work I completed with my class, therefore I’ve included a plan of what I completed throughout my lessons.
This was a great cross curricular topic and as you’ll see, I’ve included links to art and DT, literacy and ICT.
The assembly included an option between two songs and the words to a poem we performed.
There are also a number of templates to create jumping jacks, shadow puppets and zeotropes. The document marked zerotrope template was a great freebie from a childhood museum which has other ‘toy’ related worksheets and activities which I sent as homework.
I completed this summer term in a year 2 class, but to be hones at it is all about the work the children complete can really work from year 1 - 6.
We had such fun with this topic and assembly, I hope you do too!
A cool little boardgame which can be used as an introduction to the topic, assessment at the end of topic in KS1 or as a knowledge harvest in KS2.
Children pick up a card with an animal or plant on it and they move around the board choosing which habitat or micro habit that animal lives in. The game ends when all the cards are gone.
The game targets these KS1 science objectives in the English Curriculum:
a)identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
b) identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats.
This is a fun assembly script for ages 5-11! It introduces 5 mythological creatures via a fashion show ran by your class. There are speaking parts for 30 children, one song, a range of sound effects and costume ideas for each creature.
Mythological creatures include; a minotaur, dragon, cyclops, siren and Medusa.
Personally I laugh out loud at this assembly and children love doing it! It has some brief back story for some of the creatures and also highlights their physical appearance/skills in a more engaging way.
Enjoy :)
A nursery/Reception assembly retelling the story of ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ by Giles Andreae. The teacher acts as the narrator, then there are 6 other speaking parts. Every other child will wear an animal mask and perform in a short dance as a group. The assembly includes full script, links to 6 songs and actions.
I also used these dances to teach very fun PE lessons.
This is a great way to allow Nursery/Reception children to do a fun assembly they can be proud of and not just stand up and show pictures of their work.
Enjoy :)
This is a time capsule project adaptable to all ages! I’ve deliberately created the project to suit at home/in school teaching and to be FUN for the kids.
It is a positive way to teach and move on from time in quarantine.
It includes;
a powerpoint lesson on what time capsules are and looks through some famous examples.
a powerpoint with step by step instructions on how to create your own time capsule (for parents/kids at home or teachers in class).
a series of Quarantine sheets for young ks1 kids or ks2+ (Teachers may choose to only use the letter to a future generation template for older kids).
I am very excited to use this and suggest adding in a nice art lesson where kids can create pictures of how they spent lockdown or a symbol of this time (e.g. a rainbow).
Hope this helps your kids and you adapt to a new way of teaching.
Mud kitchen themed outfoor learning resources.
Mud Kitchen not necessary Simply an outdoor space with access to some grass etc.
In the current climate a lot more learning is encouraged to take place outside and this resource is adapable from nursery to KS2.
I have included blank recipe sheets which can be laminated and placed outside for free flow or mastery for older children.
I have also included 8 stem challenge cards for EYFS/KS1 and 10 cards for KS2.
I will be using this for my year 5 inorder to give them one day a week out of the classroom. The kids will all wear aprons, hats and we will call in forrest baking day. I think kids will enjoy a break to being trapped in the classroom and staff/parents will feel safer with children getting outsider.
Adaptable Outdoor Learning STEM
As children return to school, this bundle is hoped to help introduce the ‘new normal’ while having fun. It also contains a range of outdoor based acivities and resources inorder to bring the classroom outside for safety without compromising on learning.
This bundle contains:
-A welcome back to school assembly
-Welcome back to school quiz
Time Capsules of the past powerpoint
2020 Time Capsule Worksheets
Bug Hotel powerpoint and worksheet
Mud Kitchen STEM challenges for EYFS/KS1/KS2
Blank Mud Kitchen Recipe Sheets
A lot of these activities are adaptable to be complete independently or at home incase of a local lockdown or virtual learning. They also contain varying abilities which are suitable throughout the key stages.
I hope these keep you and your kids safe, while having fun :)
19 celebrity profiles (including Mo Salah, Little Mix, Boris), all using multiplication, division, addition and subtraction sums to reveal information about themselves.
I have included one more difficult set of sheets with larger numbers and trickier calculations, the second should be accessible to children who have a grasp of basic multiplication. These are word documents but can be easily displayed on the whiteboard for a whole class lesson.
There are blank templates at the end of the document which I have sent home as a homework (encouraging them to research a celebrity themselves linked to another subject), used as a peer challenge (one child must create the questions and sums for another), a weekly challenge (lasted 2 terms for me and I printed the sheets in a3 and placed them on the wall for pupils to complete first thing in the morning) and also as a start up in the beginning of an ofsted lesson.
Hope this saves you some time :)
The story is about Bas the Bat who has been hibernating for a long time. When he finally wakens up the world around him is different and scary.
The story is made to help children adjust to returning to school/homeschool/lockdown after a long time or those struggling with the somewhat ‘scary’ Covid life.
The resource includes a social learning story powerpoint made to read aloud to kids. Either print in a3 or display as the powerpoint attached. It also includes a printable version of the story and a set of 8 comprehension questions. The comprehension questions are in word format and can be edited to match ability or KS.
Assembly script based on a trip to space introducing the sun and the planets to the rest of the school. The script teaches some facts on each planet and their order from the sun.
It has 15 speaking parts but is easily adjustable to share out the lines and add more. It contains one song, lyrics, links to lots of sound effects and a list of costume suggestions.
This a really fun assembly to watch and act out full of laughs and facts.
Hope it saves you some time :)