First day back activities for KS1 and lower KS2. Editable versions included for you to be able to make the resource fit for purpose and age group. Bingo game - Find someone in the class who has… Maths game - All about me Poetry - First Day back Acrostic Poetry Would you rather editable game Pupils and teachers will get to know each other using these fun games and activities. Nice ice breakers and engaging way to get to know more about your pupils. Here to help you save your teacher Sundays Hope you have a good year ahead with your new class. Follow the author for new updates @thisisrehanafazil

Year 2 Reading and Writing- poetry New English Curriculum This fabulous resources has an array of classic poetry with comprehensions. The sound collector has differentiated comprehension for higher ability (working at greater depth) and then differentiated down so that all the class can access and enjoy classic poetry. Children answer literal, inference and evaluative questions about the poem. After that , they spend a day creating their own verses using similar pattern structures. There are also other many fun and enjoyable poems to learn and perform by Roger McGough, and Valerie Bloom- such as The River, and other sound poems. Children can recite these, perform them and offer opinions about them. Children will learn how to identify rhyming words and generate their own. They will understand language techniques used by the poet and create their own verse. This resource can also be used as a poetry unit during English main teaching or guided reading. It will be good evidence for greater depth reading and writing. Thank you in advance for choosing this resource. Find other great reading and writing units in the shop to save you planning time and get a work life balance.

First day back -Getting to know you activities. This resource is suitable to get to know your new class for any age group. Particularly suitably designed for KS2 although it can be edited for KS1. It also allows the teacher to introduce themselves to the pupils in a fun way. Teachers can play a variety of games to find out about their new class. Several activities are included for the course of 2 days that you can pick and choose from. Example Bingo card of questions. Pupils will write their answer (e.g how many pets do you have?) and then find other pupils in the class with the same answer. Teacher Introduction Would you rather? game Maths games including time tables songs MIndfulness games My targets All about me jigsaw Book review Mindful coloring Meditation Dream jars (can be about any subject or new topic) Resources and templates are included for teachers to print out and make class displays. Enjoy your first 2 days back getting to know your class. Follow the author on instagram for new updates. @thisisrehanafazil

This document supports teaching pupils how to edit writing following a few simple steps. Editing is not just about changing spelling and checking grammar. Improving writing includes revising sentence structure, improving vocabulary, ensuring it is effective and interesting to the audience/reader. Watch this simple video using the link below to find out how to; Ask questions about your first draft of writing (what’s missing?) Add (tier 2 vocabulary, adverbs, and expanded noun phrases and figurative language) Takeaway (poor words, description) Replace (sections, for improved vocabulary, better synonyms or short sharp sentences). Read Aloud (ongoing) Peer Assess (ask a friend to read and make suggestions) Repeat (process above). Use a slip lined paper to re-write the second draft and replace in margin or asteria the paragraph and rewrite below original

Ice Palace poetry planning Text PPT to show dialogue between old lady and Ivan Free Verse Example text This resource is for teaching pupils to write poems inspired by characters in a book. This resource helps pupils to write a free verse using inspiration from the old lady that helped Ivan on his quest. It encourages pupils to use personification, patterned text structures, and use their imagination. Resource caters for SEN and EAL pupils with visuals and key vocabulary as well as the extract from the text. Pupils will be able to write other poems as Starjik and Ivan following this experience. See shop for further examples of poetry as other characters in the book. If you would like to see top tips for editing narrative from the Ice Palace

Shell Structures in Design and Technology - written for years 3 and 4 Lesson 1 and 2 This resource includes lesson 1 and lesson 2 only. Suitable for the national curriculum Programmes of Study in DT. See the complete unit in the shop for all 6 lessons including planning and Powerpoints and additional resources 0. Design Inspiration from Engineers and Architects Lesson 1 what is a shell structure, natural and manufactured Lesson 2 Explore strengthening joins and techniques Lesson 3 Plan shell structures Lesson 4 Make a net shell structure prototype - using measuring, cutting, joining, strengthening techniques Lesson 5 Evaluate your shell structure Thank you for choosing this resource.

Instructional writing about how to grow peas -differentiated for working below, working at and working at greater depth. Good examples of all grammar features included, such as varied sentence types, and varied punctuation. Can be used for cross -curricular work in science topic or as an additional text type to teach the features of instructional writing to children during guided reading. The instructions have been organised into paragraphs with visuals and differentiated for learners. There are also comprehension questions attached so that children can demonstrate greater understanding of the text.

Punctuation signs with corresponding bands for each band. Includes supporting vocabulary e.g when each punctuation should be used e.g commas in a list or apostrophe for possession or apostrophe for words with contracted form. This is an excellent visual and reminder for students and will support children to work at the expected band and at greater depth in KS1 and above. Excellent way of children self assessing and or editing. Can be easily adapted to suit all key stages. Very bright and engaging resource. Useful to be laminated and arranged to look like a pyramid. Band 2 Working below: full stop at the top of pyramid. Band 2 Working At: full stop, question mark, exclamation mark and apostrophe for contraction. Band 2 Greater Depth: as above including apostrophe for possession and commas in a list.

Comparing amounts using < > and = in the context of length , mass and fractions. Children are encouraged to use jottings to solve each side of the equation. They then use the correct symbol to balance the equation. Suitable for year 2 mastery level although the activities are differentiated and easily accessible to all. Year 2 New Maths Curriculum.

Year 2 Grammar washing line in cursive script - for all sentence types. These are posters of all the sentences types that are in the expected standard for English. They are a good reference for teachers and children. The posters have definitions and show examples of how to use them in context. Ideally they should be enlarged onto A3 paper, laminated and hung from a visible area for all to access. Alternatively they can be made into a handy booklet for children to access as a resources to up-level their work by editing gaps. Suitable for year 2 and the new curriculum.

Year 2 Maths Number A bundle of resources to teach place value using practical resources and equipment, and pictures to show what each number represents. The children move onto comparing numbers using < > symbols. They also understand how to compare three given numbers using more than, less than, tens and units . Finally, the complete number sequences in 2, 3, 5, from any given number forwards and backwards. The resources are differentiated and well organized with graphics and tables to support learning. Most of the resources ask children to explain and reason e.g how they know which number is greater to show they have mastered the skill.

Grammar washing line in cursive script suitable for the year 2 curriculum in writing. This is all the definitions of grammar features that are in the expected standard for English. They are a good reference for teachers and children and can be placed on working walls or washing lines. The posters have definitions and how to use them in context. Ideally they should be enlarged onto A3 paper, laminated and hung from a visible area for all to access. Alternatively they can be made into a handy booklet for children to access as a resources to up-level their work by editing gaps. Suitable for year 2 and the new national curriculum.

Friendship assembly for KS1 and lower KS2. Can be easily adapted. This assembly has an introduction to ‘friendship’ by a game . There is a list of different words for ‘friend’ in several languages for children to guess what the assembly is about. This leads onto children identifying what is good friendship and a play that can be read as a story to show what true friendship is.

Explore properties of shape through this fun activity. The resources shows how children can make different animals using a tangram template. The children explore how to make an animals with the given 9 shapes and one rule- at least one side of each shape must be touching. After children have had a go, some may find it challenging so they can be shown the animals slide after. This lesson would be suitably linked to growth mind set challenges. There are also slides that show different ways of questioning knowledge about 2d shapes SATs style.

The former AST title has been replaced by the new SLE- Specialist Leader in Education. You may be endorsed by your headteacher to apply for any specialism e.g. a core subject English, Maths, Science, Assessment or NQT mentor, EYFS specialist. It could also be a foundation subject you specialise in. You will already be an outstanding practitioner and supporting colleagues in your own school or have had experience in supporting other schools in your chosen area of expertise. If you are passionate about being a leader of education and supporting other managers to lead then you need to prepare for a group discussion and an interview. See the attached PowerPoint for guidance of questions and supporting materials in how to prepare. Be an outstanding role model in your subject, be a good listener and inspirational, be confident and be the next specialist leader of education. Good Luck.

**Year 2 ** Guided Reading preview Developing reading for deeper meaning in the classroom for all pupils (Year 2 and Year 6). This resource supports teachers how to set up guided reading in their classrooms. It offers the following Developing Lexical reading - word meanings Developing figurative language like idioms to support comprehension Using pictorial clues for context Using P 4 C to develop deeper, critical thinking. Using point, evidence and explain to promote deeper level and detailed answers from children. Quality response activity ideas after reading with the teacher Carousel reading activity suggestions Sequencing and summarizing text. Can be used to develop staff cpd or for teaches to self-reflect and promote reading for pleasure in the classroom (as well as bridging the vocabulary of disadvantaged readers). Supports current pedagogy and practice for the new national curriculum for reading. I hope you find it useful to self reflect on your practice and develop a research informed pedagogy in school. Written by SLE in English -supporting educators around the world. The ideas and suggestions are transferable across the school.

A fun and interesting activity to consolidate adding three numbers including one 2 digit number. Children should have secure prior knowledge of adding mentally using different strategies such as doubling or counting in different steps. The task can be easily differentiated for all abilities. It offers good opportunity for teachers to facilitate the learning whilst watching how children apply learnt skills. They should be encouraged to be resilient, use trial and error and work systematically to find more than one answer. They should demonstrate reasoning skills by explain e.g how they made the total 29 using two shapes only with a value of 5 and 12. This make AFL easier for the teacher. A highly recommended task.

2d shapes Exploring properties of shape with a fun shadow making activity. Children can learn about the properties of regular, simple 2d shapes as well being extended to naming and creating new irregular shapes. The powerpoint demonstrates how to uses torches to create shadow shapes, and differentiated activities allow for children to sort shapes, into different types of tables (e.g carol diagrams and ven diagrams). Relevant questions suitable for testing reasoning about shape can also be found in the powerpoint.

SPAG Rainbow Writing Code supports the Year 2 Grammar Washing Line. Please see the shop. The code is to support children to edit their writing using the same colour each time. They locate each grammar feature in a given exemplar text and use colour pencils to identify them and/or underline them. Over the year the children can self assess and peer assess using this rainbow grammar code. Eventually, by the end of the year, the aim is for the children to be able to identify all the writing grammar features in their own writing or up level it and edit if they haven’t. VCHOP stands for Vocabulary, Conjunctions, Handwriting, Openers and Punctuation. This resources supports the new National Curriculum for 2014 English Writing objectives.

Activities suitable for Year 2 and Year 3. Grammar features to suit the new curriculum have been included such as using expanded noun phrases, suffix endings- ier, subordinating conjunction 'if'. This is a 31 page powerpoint with lots of ideas about how to write a poem, character description, use grammar features and include cross curricular links like Art. There are good examples given for each activity and differentiation has been explicitly shown for LA and SEN to access the poem and grammar sentence level work. This will be an excellent resource to compare.books by the same author - Dahl .