Diwali is on the 7th November. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Key information about Diwali • The history of Diwali • Diwali celebrations • Diwali traditions • The Rama and Sita Story • The significance of the five days of Diwali • Interactive picture activity • Interactive prayer activity • Matching activity • Quiz • Useful images • Links to videos and more! Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. You may also be interested in these resources: 2017 Pop Music Quiz 2017 Film Quiz Tags: Diwali 2018, Diwali Assembly, Diwali Quiz, Diwali Worksheet, Diwali Activity, Diwali Activities, History of Diwali, Diwali Presentation, Diwali Lesson, Rama and Sita Lesson, Rama and Sita Worksheet, Rama and Sita Story This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

This document contains grammatical terminology from the appendices of the National Curriculum 2013 for years 1&2, 3&4 and 5&6 with child friendly definitions and examples. 55 words are separated into the three stages and the document is fully editable. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you!

This resource consist of 200 alien word flashcards to use in preparation for the phonic screening check. The words reflect the phonics content in the current national curriculum, and the graphemes which have appeared on previous papers, including oe, au, e-e, ore, ie and ue. These flashcards can be used for teaching and also for sharing with parents. The resource is fully editable and the images are copyright free. Please see my other phonics resources including all you need for an ‘Alien Day’ of fun phonics challenges.

This resource includes a presentation and corresponding worksheet for a fun lesson on the use of the passive and active sentences. The superhero-themed PowerPoint recaps how to use each voice and then provides challenges in which pupils can apply learning. Also included is a two-page worksheet.

This pack consists of resources for an hour-long staff meeting which introduces five strategies for improving English skills. In this session, quick and easy activities including reciprocal reading, dictation, language drill, reciprocal reading, precision teaching and dictogloss are clearly explained then demonstrated to staff. Practitioners are then given time at meeting to choose a strategy and plan a session to carry out with pupils. This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large team of teachers and received glowing feedback. This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

Can your class complete the eight challenges to win stars for their team and reach the alien’s planet? This resource pack consists of a thirteen page PowerPoint presentation and a twelve page supporting resource pack for a fun day’s worth of pseudo word activities in preparation for the phonic screening check. Children will need to work as a team to complete eight challenges which include: word orbit game, syllable switch, split digraph countdown and many more. This resource has been tried and tested and the children loved it! The words and phonemes in this resource have been carefully created to match those in the check and include multi-syllable words and split digraphs. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: Phonic Screening Check Revision Preparation for the Phonic Screening Check Pseudo Words Alien Words Alien Day Phonics Activity / Game

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with ten punctuation and grammar activities reflecting the spelling, punctuation and grammar requirements from the year 2 curriculum for English: capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, time conjunctions, compound sentences, subordination, apostrophes for possession, noun phrases and commas in lists. These activities are based on an animal theme and each one lasts for 5- 15 minutes. This resource could be used for standalone grammar sessions or as an English starter. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

Presentation about fidget spinners which could be used in an assembly or lesson. Content includes: • What are fidget spinners? • Where did fidget spinners come from? • What do fidget spinners do? • Types of fidget spinner • What do teachers think of them? • What do children think of them? • How do they compare with other crazes? Also included are a range of issues to discuss and ten true or false questions. This presentation is aimed at primary aged children but could be adapted for older pupils.

22-page editable and colour-able booklet in which pupils can record their memories of the academic year 2018-2019. Includes opportunities for pupils to write about themselves, their teachers, friends and achievements. Also includes reflections on learning, word searches, quizzes based on school topics, letter writing and more! Top resources: Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you! Tags: End of Year Book, End of Term Booklet, End of Term Memory Book, End of Year Booklet, Memory Book, Memory Booklet, Memento Book, Memento Booklet, Memory Book 2018

5x reading comprehension papers, each with 20 questions, which reflect all KS1 content domains and question types used in SATs reading papers. Includes: Crab’s Birthday Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included) How the Turtle got his Shell Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included) The Frog Princess Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included) Shops in Westbury Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included) and The Pirate Ship Reading Paper with 20 questions (answers included) The papers are divided into two sets of ten questions so that the first set can be modelled /supported if necessary. Question types included: find and copy, true or false, draw lines to match, tick a table, multiple choice and ordering. Content domains covered: 1a -Draw on knowledge of vocabulary to understand texts. 1b - Identify and explain key aspects of fiction and non-fiction texts, such as characters, events, titles and information. 1c - Identify and explain the sequence of events in texts. 1d - Make inferences from the text. 1e -Predict what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.

This pack includes resources to encourage pupils to read at home and includes: tips for parents on home reading, letters for parents who are/ are not reading regularly with their children, certificate, chart, reading strategy poster and a home reading challenge.

Halloween is on the October 31st. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and a visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • important vocabulary • key information about Halloween • the history of Halloween • Halloween celebrations • Halloween traditions • Halloween superstitions • Halloween foods • haunted places • interactive scary film activity • interactive Halloween food activity • fun Halloween picture spotting activity • quiz • useful images • links to videos and more! You may also be interested in these resources: Pop Quiz Black History Month Pack Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!