A small, calming card designed to signify that students are allowed to take a second outside the room to collect their emotions and calm themselves. Small enough to fit in a pocket, whilst still being easily noticeable to avoid further confrontation on the corridors.

A fun, engaging and interactive lesson using the system of a 'Hunger Games' to discuss power and strength within Macbeth. Students are given a character at random, and some basic information, they then need to argue and discuss who would win a literary Hunger Games. There are 'weapons' cards that can be collected from the cornucopia, as well as 'health boosts' for students who the teacher decides is most persuasive. Really engaging way to consider the themes of power, corruption, greed and strength within Macbeth. Especially successful with middle-low sets to encourage engagement.

Planned lessons for the EDUQAS poetry anthology. Includes all poems in scheme as well as a powerpoint including 14 lessons already planned, as well as the template for the whole scheme.

A P4C lesson focusing on the media and reality TV, encouraging the students to consider the morality of some of the television that is publicized. A great one to go with dystopian fiction, especially The Running Man, The Hunger Games and Red Blood Road. Complete lesson in powerpoint. Very effective and really engaging.

A fun and engaging P4C lesson discussing freedom of speech, with the Baltimore riots as a stimulus. Also a good article to analyse for non-fiction text as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and success criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills.

A 'mock' Eduqas component 1 paper created using an extract from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Styled in exactly the same fashion as the new Eduqas exam and a useful way to train students in answering questions correctly.

A selection of worksheets to help students transition into secondary school. The students need to fill out each sheet explaining their favourite book, song, film, celebrity and their hero.

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 3 and assists teaching of Boy by Roald Dahl. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved

To tackle the lack of enthusiasm about homework in my school I created a Nando's menu of homework tasks. This one targets key stage 3 and assists teaching of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. There are 25 homeworks already planned, differentiated by 'spice'. Since using these menus, where the students pick for themselves, the amount and quality of homework has improved

To assist students with exam practice, exam writing style and 20th Century fiction I have created an exam style paper for Eduqas English Language Component 1 using One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest by Ken Kasey. Component 1 consists of: Section A (20%) – Reading Understanding of one prose extract (about 60-100 lines) of literature from the 20th century assessed through a range of structured questions Section B (20%) – Prose Writing One creative writing task selected from a choice of four titles.

A selection of more than 60 recommend children's books for students to read made on an easily printable and easily adaptable powerpoint with a home made bunting effect. All you need to do is punch out the holes and print the pages. Great for World Book Day and general promotion of reading. Authors include Melvin Burgess, Jacqueline Wilson, J.K Rowling and many more!

I have created a replica of the Eduqas Component 2 paper, where students need to analyse 19th and 21st century non fiction texts. This particular paper looks at hospital conditions in the Victorian era, and now. This will enable our students to understand the way in which the exam is set out to prepare for their GCSE English Exam.

I have created a replica of the Eduqas Component 2 paper, where students need to analyse 19th and 21st century non fiction texts. This particular paper looks at child labour. This will enable our students to understand the way in which the exam is set out to prepare for their GCSE English Exam

A fun, colourful display reminding students of often common mistakes within English. Colourful and easy to understand, it is a fun way of reminding students to check their mistakes themselves. All images and font have been checked and only 'free to use or share commercially' images have been used.

I have created a replica of the Eduqas Component 2 paper, where students need to analyse 19th and 21st century non fiction texts. This particular paper is about workhouse conditions, comparing it to a modern article about living conditions for Sports Direct staff. This will enable our students to understand the way in which the exam is set out to prepare for their GCSE English Exam.

A fun bunting set displaying an A-Z selection of synonyms for the word said

A fun lesson that can also be used as a display for Halloween with students practicing and improving their vocabulary

A colourful display demonstrated premiership vocabulary that can be used in place of boring words.

A fun and engaging P4C lesson discussing youth crime, with a simple newspaper article as stimulus. A good article to analyse for non-fiction text alongside novels as well. A great way to get students talking. The entire lesson is planned with resources, Learning Objectives and Success Criteria. Good for encouraging communication, justification of ideas and listening skills. Students really enjoy P4C and it is structured in a way that means all children can achieve.

A display informing students of a variety of jobs that look for English qualifications to encourage more students to study English. these include; TV, Radio, PR, Banking, Law, Copywriting, Lexicographer, Librarian, Research and many more.