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I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
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This resource contains two posters on Hanukkah.
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Hanukkah Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable and informative 36-slide PowerPoint presentation on the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) which is celebrated for eight days, usually between the end of November and the end of December. Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the menorah lights.
The PowerPoint explains what Hanukkah is and why and how it is celebrated. It focuses on:
Why Hanukkah is commemorated - the story of King Antiochus IV, Mattathias, Judah and the Maccabees.
The restoration and re-dedication of the Second Temple.
The miracle of the menorah and its significance.
Hanukkah food - fried food cooked in oil eg latkes and doughnuts
Hanukkah Games - the dreidel, gelt (chocolate coins)
The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short and lively 5-minute video about Hanukkah.
This resource will help to contribute to the pupils’ ‘Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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These are sample posters from a set of 40 autumn themed posters. See below for details.
Set of 40 Autumn Days Posters
This resource contains colourful autumn days’ posters with stunning images. Ideal for a display or for promoting discussion and creative writing with pupils. Use as a slideshow with some appropriate music.
Images include:
weather
animals, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, dragon- flies, deer
trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore
fruits - apples, blackberries
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Autumn Days Presentation
This is a fully editable and highly colourful 40-slide PowerPoint on the theme of autumn containing images of autumn flora, fauna, weather and landscapes. It is an ideal back to school assembly for September and the autumn months.
It contains references to:
seasonal changes in weather
animals such as hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, leather jackets, dragon flies
trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore
fruits - apples, blackberries
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This resource contains a simple recipe to make Latkes - Hanukkah potato pancakes.
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This resource contains a short presentation on the month of May.
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May Presentation
This is an informative and fully editable 95-slide PowerPoint presentation on the month of May. It focuses on:
How May got its name, things associated with May – flowers hawthorn, Lily of the Valley, Zodiac signs- Taurus and Gemini, birthstone, May quotes by Virgil, Edwin Way Teale, Charles Macklin
May sayings and folklore - ne’er cast a clout till May is out, washing face in Hawthorn dew on May 1st leading to life- long beauty, marry in May and you’ll rue the day
Special Days in May – May Day, Feast of St Joseph, Ascension Day, National Smile Month, Pentecost, Buddha Day (Wesak), Eurovision Song Contest, VE Day, Oak Apple Day
Notable Birthdays – Tony Blair, Catherine the Great, Bing Crosby, David Beckham, Golda Meir, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, George Clooney, Robert Browning, Johannes Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Eva Peron, Irving Berlin, Salvadore Dali, Florence Nightingale, Edward Lear, Stevie Wonder, Mark Zuckerberg, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Pierce Brosnan, Sugar Ray Leonard, Omar Khayyam, Pope John Paul II, Pete Townshend, Richard Wagner, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Laurence Olivier, Bob Dylan, Ian Flemming, John F. Kennedy, Steven Gerrard, Clint Eastwood.
Inventions / Launches – Coca-Cola, Cornflakes patented.
Notable Events – Empire State Building opened, Tony Blair became Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher first woman prime minister, Amy Johnson’s flight to Australia, Eiffel Tower opened, Channel Tunnel opened, Roger Bannister broke 4 minute mile, Nelson Mandela South Africa’s first black president, Sir Winston Churchill became PM, Bob Marley died, first Formula One , first McDonald’s opened, Napoleon Bonaparte made Emperor of France, Anne Boleyn beheaded, unexplained darkness on Eastern Canada and parts of USA, Amelia Earhart flew across Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh’s flight from Paris to New York, strongest earthquake ever recorded in Chile, first electric telegram sent by Samuel Morse, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing reached summit of Everest, Joan of Arc burned at stake.
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Berlin’s Alexander’s Rag Time Band, Brahms Lullaby, Tchaikovsky’s Sugar Plum Fairy, Bannister’s sub 4-minute mile race and Churchill’s broadcast on end of World War II.
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This is a poster containing a quote about mothers by George Elliot.
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Set of 34 Mother and Motherhood Quotes Posters
These quotes are a useful resource for Mother's Day. They could be used as display posters, or to stimulate and promote discussion and creative writing on what it means to be a mother.
The posters include quotes from a number of inspirational people including Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain and Victor Hugo.
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This resource contains four winter posters.
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Save hours of researching and locating clipart! This collection of royalty free, non-attributable clipart is suitable for both personal and commercial use. The clipart is on a PowerPoint which has been indexed and organised so that the clipart can be accessed quickly and easily and copied and pasted to documents, PowerPoints etc . The resource has 24 frames containing over 400 images (some animated).
Images include:
angels, baubles, bells, candles, candy canes, churches and carol singers, elves, Christmas food, hats, holly, lights, miscellaneous, nativity, presents, reindeer, robins and geese, Santas, sleighs, snowflakes, snowmen, stars, stockings, trees, wreaths.
The clipart can be used for greetings cards, worksheets, gift tags, calendars, bookmarks, websites, art and craft projects, PowerPoints, Christmas activities etc
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This resource contains a pi-themed puzzle pack and includes:
3 differentiated word searches
3 differentiated anagram worksheets
This is an ideal resource for Pi Day on the 14th March.
Please note that the watermark is only visible on the previews and not on the resource itself.
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This resource contains differentiated anagram and word searches on the theme of kindness. They are an ideal resource for Random Acts of Kindness Week, World Kindness Day and Anti-Bullying Week. There are 3 word-searches and 3 anagram worksheets.
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Acts of Kindness Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable presentation on kindness, suitable for younger primary pupils and older SEN students.
The PowerPoint makes reference to:
examples of kindness
Mahatma Ghandi example of kindness
what we can do to make the world a better place
Random Acts of Kindness PowerPoint Presentation For Secondary Pupils
This is a powerful, poignant and thought-provoking presentation. It includes references to:
Danny Boyle's story
examples of kindness - Gandhi, Princess Diana
Jonny Benjamin's story
the physical and psychological benefits of performing Acts of Kindness
the definition of altruism
inspirational kindness quotes
what we can do to make the world a better place
the importance of kind words
The PowerPoint also includes hyperlinks to Jonny Benjamin's story and Danny Boyles 'Join Me' Movement and the 'Karma Army.
Acts of Kindness - Set of 25 Thought Provoking Quotes Posters
This resource contains 25 thought-provoking and inspirational quotes about‘kindness’ from many inspirational people - Princess Diana, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Dalai Lama, Oscar Wilde, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Plato, Sir Winston Churchill, William Wordsworth, Jesse Jackson, Francis of Assisi, Confucius and Desmond Tutu.
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This resource contains a Mardi Gras-themed puzzle pack. The pack includes:
- 3 differentiated word searches
- 3 differentiated anagram worksheets
- 1 crossword
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This is a fully editable and informative 55-slide PowerPoint presentation on Mardi Gras which takes place in many countries around the world prior to the start of Lent. The PowerPoint focuses on:
- the meaning of Mardi Gras
- its origins
- the different ways countries celebrate Mardi Gras
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to the Rio Carnival, the New Orleans Carnival, the Nice Carnival, the Belgium Carnival, the Venice Carnival and the Quebec Carnival. The PowerPoint automatically plays Paul Simon's 'Take me to the Mardi Gras' on slide 1 which could be played before the start of an assembly as pupils assemble.
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This is a resource about ‘The Ten Plagues’ that befell the Egyptians and is an integral part of the story behind the Jewish feast of Passover / Pesach (Hebrew) in Judaism. The resource contains:
Images of the plagues.
Template for pasting images.
An illustrated template to write on captions of the plagues.
This resource is suitable for Key stage 1 and 2 pupils and older SEN students.
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Passover Presentation
This is a fully editable and informative 65 slide presentation on the Jewish Festival of Passover or Pesach which is celebrated for seven or eight days in April each year and is a very significant event in Judaism.
The ten plagues, the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian captivity across the Red Sea led by Moses.
The Seder meal – the Seder plate and the symbolic significance of the foods on the plate, other foods at the meal, including matzah, the 4 cups / glasses of wine and the extra wine goblet for the prophet Elijah.
The rituals followed at the Seder meal – breaking the matzah, reading from the ‘Haggadah’, the Seder cushion to ‘lean’ on. The tradition of the youngest child asking the four questions, the spilling of drops of wine onto the plate.
The PowerPoint contains 2 hyperlinks to a short 4 minute animated version of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and a 4-minute pop / rap about the Seder meal, which should appeal to teenagers.
This resource will help to contribute to the pupils’ ‘Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural’ learning (SMSC) and help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
A slightly shorter (60 slides), simple text version for younger and SEN pupils of the Passover PowerPoint is also available:
Passover Simple Text Presentation
Twenty Assemblies / Presentations - Just £9.99 - Great For Last Minute Assemblies
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Elves and Santas is a Christmas themed version of snakes and ladders. The resource can be enlarged to A3 size and laminated. There are 70 squares on the board. The game can be played with regular dice or numbered dice.
This game is particularly appropriate for reception and Year 1 children (EYFS) as it will help to reinforce number recognition and counting skills. It can also be used with Special Education (SEN) pupils and will also help to reinforce turn-taking skills and social skills.
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This resource contains two ready made, interactive templates for an advent calendar. All you need to do (or get your pupils to do) is populate the slides with ideas / activities appropriate to the needs of your students.
Suggestions:
Thought for the day
Christmas images
Christmas quotes
Literacy starter activities
Maths starter activities
Photographs of your pupils with a job to do, or a challenge, or a reward or treat
Christmas photograph
News for discussion
Random Acts of Kindness
To return to calendar 1 click on the Santa image. To return to calendar 2 click on the Christmas tree image.
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This resource contains a Christmas themed memory game. Twenty Christmas related items appear in the PowerPoint. Children have one minute to memorise the items. Christmas music will play whilst they do this. Pupils write down as many items as they can remember on an answer sheet which is included in the resource.
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This Chinese New Year lantern riddles resource contains 4 pages of riddles with answers and a template for pupils to make up their own riddles.
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Elves and Santas is a seasonal variation of snakes and ladders. The resource can be enlarged to A3 size and laminated. There are 70 squares on the board. The game can be played with regular dice or numbered dice.
This game is particularly appropriate for reception and Year 1 children (EYFS) as it will help to reinforce number recognition and counting skills. It can also be used with Special Education (SEN) pupils and will also help to develop turn-taking and social skills.
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This resource contains a set of differentiated Christmas-themed worksheets on the apostrophe for omission / contraction. It is suitable for primary aged children and older SEN/ EFL students.
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Happy Christmas Families is a bright and colourful resource which can be laminated and used for many educational and fun activities. The game involves collecting all 4 members of the family.
There are 68 cards ( 17 families ) printed with Christmas themed pictures and rules of the game. The resource can help to develop communication and language skills, social interaction skills, turn taking and following rules.
The resource could also be used for other educational activities - sorting, a stimulus for creative writing, pictures could be cut out and used to make Christmas cards, Christmas calendars, Christmas bookmarks and other Christmas decorations. etc.
This resource is suitable for EYFS, Year 1 and 2 pupils and older SEN pupils.
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This resource contains a set of 8 Christmas themed differentiated worksheets on using the apostrophe for omission/contraction. The resource also contains an explanation sheet about the apostrophe for omission/contraction. It is suitable for primary aged pupils and older SEN students who have yet to consolidate the skills of punctuation.
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An accompanying PowerPoint on the apostrophe for omission is also available:
Christmas- Themed Apostrophe for Omission PowerPoint Lesson
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Christmas- Themed Apostrophe for Omission PowerPoint Lesson and Set of 8 Worksheets
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This PowerPoint contains Christmas cracker cryptogram riddles for pupils to solve. There are differentiated worksheets containing the cryptograms. The PowerPoint also contains instructions for pupils to make their own cryptogram riddles for classmates to solve. It is an ideal resource to use during the Christmas period.
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