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Tricky Word Bundle
A range of resources to teach the reading and spelling of tricky words (DfES Letters and Sounds Programme).
* animated bingo game
* colourful display bricks
* colour coded display bricks (by phase)
* word mat
* tricky word tracker
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Easter news article activity
Planning sheet and template for students to write an Easter themed newspaper article / front page.
Included are four headlines, each with a planning sheet.
Blank template and planning sheet also included.
Print in A3 - make great display work.
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Christmas themed newspaper articles
- 11 Christmas themed newspaper templates with headlines and planning sheets
- Includes a blank templates for students to create their own
- Perfect for end of year Festive fun
- Create a literacy link to any Christmas topic
- Great display work
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Tropical storm formation - differentiated activity sheets
Several differentiated activity sheets.
Suitable for a range of abilities and learning styles.
Teacher notes included.
An attractive and sequenced piece of work showing the key stages in tropical storm formation.
This resource will help in the teaching of tropical storm formation at a range of ages and abilities.
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Christmas Atlas Skills - Geography
Fun and visually attractive, this Christmas themed atlas work sheet is great for end of term group activities. All you need is an atlas.
A double sided Christmas themed activity sheet. Activities include: finding capital cities, finding countries, locating oceans, using data sets, drawing flags and using geographic language to describe locations - most with a festive theme. Also: draw a snowman, draw a Christmas tree and name all nine of Santa's reindeer.
Included is a display slide with learning objectives and outcomes, an activity slide with instructions, teacher notes and a lesson plan.
This resource was featured by the TES in their blog last year, and recieved a 5* review.
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Geography - Atlas Scavenger Hunt 1
Whole lesson with instructions and teacher notes. Ideal for end of term.
The main aim is…
For students to work independently, using an atlas in several different ways to find out information about their chosen countries. It will also develop their spatial awareness, and skills in using geographical language.
Key ideas and content…
We can use an atlas in lots of ways, to find out lots of different kinds of information.
Atlases contain a lot of information, but there are ways to find things out very quickly.
Print in A3 - double sided.
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AQA Geography A - The Restless Earth - Revision Sheet
Double sided A3 revision sheet built around the AQA Geography A Restless Earth module.
The sheet is structured around the Key Ideas, and has a range of activities.
Essentially, they're just populating the sheet as a revision tool
Does require exercise books / internet / textbooks.
Ideal as module revision, exam revision or lesson cover.
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KS3 Geography - Activity - Migration - Push and pull factors
KS3 Geography - Activity - Migration - Push and pull factors
A card sort activity which introduces / describes a range of push and pull factors and provides opportunity to explore links between them and how some factors are social, economic or environmental.
Activity
Aims and objectives
Resources
Display slide
Teacher notes
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English - Poetry - Summer Senses Poem
A whole lesson to support students in planning and composing their own summer senses poem. Differentiated resources and a range of activities to support all learners.
Ideal for supporting SEN pupils in the writing of a summer senses poem.
This resource would be a great activity for the end of term.
A great way to introduce poetry to KS1 or SEN learners.
Whole lesson:
Starter including example poems
Differentiated writing frames
Shared writing activity
Differentiated resources
Peer feedback opportunity
Teacher notes / lesson plan
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Geography - The Africa Challenge
Ideal for KS3, but could be used with KS4. Introduce the continent of Africa and develop their spatial awareness of this massive continent.
These activities will help students develop their understanding about Africa as a continent of many countries.
The main activity is a challenge, where students use clues to work out where African countries are – not as easy as it seems!
There are also several extension questions which require students to use geographical language.
Ideal as an individual, paired or group activity.
Competitive element.
Develops spatial awareness and geographical language skills.
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SEN English - Phonics - Split digraph i_e football board game
A board game designed to teach the split digraph e_e to older SEN students. The board game appeals to the interests of older students to make it more age appropriate. Used to teach phonics skills to older pupils who have missed key elements of phonics at an earlier age.
Board game:
Colourful design
Age appropriate
Two players
Assessment element
Teacher notes
Ideal for interventions
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Features of squatter settlements - differentiated activities
Two differentiated activities to include as part of your teaching of squatter settlements.
A photo analysis activity
Develop understanding of squatter settlements
Practise photo annotation skills
A table activity to extend understanding
Make links to living conditions and effects on the lives of people living in squatter settlements.
Activity planning guide
Teacher notes
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Easter Acrostic Poems - examples and templates
- 3 Easter themed acrostic poems to use as examples / teaching elements.
- 5 Easter themed poem templates (also in black & white) for students to write their work up on (great for display).
Intended to be used as elements within, or as a full lesson.
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River landforms - waterfall sequencing
Sequencing activity: River landforms - waterfalls
This is suited to KS3 but does work with KS4 - you'll need to add more detail (processes of erosion etc.).
There are four slides to help the teacher explain the processes involved and introduce the keywords.
The activity sheet requires students to complete three activities.
1. Cut out and arrange the tiles.
2. Add the labels from the sheet.
3. Add the descriptions from the sheet.
There is also an animated consolidation slide to allow teacher/students to check accuracy.
For higher ability - ask the students to underline the key terms, add more key terms and write their own descriptions.
Two version of the sheet are included; one in colour and one in outline black & white.
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Letters to Santa - English lesson - Christmas writing activities
Letters to Santa - English lesson - Christmas writing activities
A Christmas themed letter writing activity, with three different themed letters to write to Santa Claus himself.
There are three letters, each with a different word mat and extension.
There are a number of letter writing templates for the pupils to write their final draft on.
Fully resourced, visually attractive and ready to teach.
Ideal for fun end of term lessons / teach key skills from the curriculum.
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English - Christmas themed writing activity - Santa's job applications
A whole Christmas themed lesson where pupils can practise their persuasive writing skills by applying for jobs at the North Pole.
Great end of term literacy activity for a range of ages and abilities.
Fully resourced and ready to teach with a range of visually attractive resources.
Includes teacher notes and lesson plan.
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Geography - Natural Hazards - Earthquakes - Mercalli Scale drawing activity
A whole lesson which will introduce students to the Mercalli scale, teach them the characteristics of each level and allow them to demonstrate their understanding in several different ways.
Whole lesson:
Starter/plenary with ‘Hinge’ element to show progress / demonstrate understanding.
Photo analysis
Group activity
Varied individual activities
Peer assessment
Teacher notes & plan
Lesson evaluation
The main aim is…
For students to create an appropriate drawing for each level of the Mercalli scale, based on the descriptions.
For students to learn the main levels of the Mercalli scale.
For students to recognise how the scale changes between impacts on humans and impacts on the build environment.
To use / apply the Mercalli scale.
Key ideas and content…
The Mercalli scale has 12 levels.
The Mercalli scale measures the effects of an earthquake (and not the strength / energy like the Richter scale).
It is based on visual observations, and is split between effects felt by people and effects on the build environment.
To differentiate…
Help lower ability students by modelling some examples.
Underline the key terms in each description, and focus the drawings on these.
Encourage the use of thought bubbles and speech bubbles to add more depth and detail to the drawings.
Complete the drawing activity first, and then ask more able students to highlight main differences between each level.
To extend…
Play a Pictionary type game. Give the student a level from the scale which they then draw on the board. The class must then decide which level it is.
To assess…
Peer assessment included.
Check drawings for features unique to each level of the scale.
Use the Pictionary type game as a whole class assessment.
The photo analysis is intended as a Hinge for the learning, they come back to the original photo analysis and show / demonstrate their learning by filling in the post-it notes.
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SEN English - Phonics - Split digraph e_e basketball board game
A board game designed to teach the split digraph e_e to older SEN students. The board game appeals to the interests of older students to make it more age appropriate. Used to teach phonics skills to older pupils who have missed key elements of phonics at an earlier age.
Board game:
Colourful design
Age appropriate
Two players
Assessment element
Teacher notes
Ideal for interventions
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English - Poetry - Autumn Senses Poem
A whole lesson to support students in planning and composing their own autumn senses poem. Differentiated resources and a range of activities to support all learners.
Whole lesson:
Starter including example poems
Differentiated writing frames
Photo stimuli
Shared writing activity
Writing frame with display border
Peer feedback opportunity
Teacher notes / lesson plan
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Geography - Settlement Shapes (Whole lesson)
Geography - Settlement Shapes (Whole lesson)
A whole lesson with a range of differentiated activities aimed at teaching students the features of, and differences between; linear, nucleated and dispersed settlement shapes.
Includes: snappy starter, animated explainers, key points, class discussion, differentiated activities, assessment opportunities, a homework task and lesson evaluation. All resources are included, along with a lesson plan and teacher notes.
The main aim is…
For students to learn the features of, and differences between linear, nucleated and dispersed settlement shapes.
Key ideas and content…
Nucleated, linear and dispersed are all settlement shapes.
Settlements grow in different shapes for different reasons.
Nucleated settlements will grow around a feature.
Linear settlements will grow along a feature.
To differentiate…
There is differentiation in the lesson.
Provide the essential words for the summary activity.
Students could work on the photo analysis together.
To extend…
Use the superstar activities.
Get the maps out / photocopy and cut out to pick out actual settlement shapes.
To assess…
The photo analysis and the summary activity allow progress to be demonstrated and assessed.
The homework could also be assessed.
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