We are ExcitEd to share a fun interactive assembly plan to celebrate Chinese New Year. This download includes: A detailed assembly script, with details about the Chinese New Year festival and an interactive storytelling of the traditional Chinese Folk Tale, ‘The Great Race’. A PowerPoint assembly presentation to accompany the script. (16 slides) Assembly entrance and exit music (Embeded into PowerPoint and links to free MP3 download.) Printable images of all zodiac animals to be used during interactive storytelling. Assembly Content: Starting with calming instrumental Chinese inspired music, children can take their places in the hall. A brief welcome is followed by a true or false quiz to introduce the assembly’s focus - Chinese New Year. (Also referred to as Luna New Year or Spring Festival.) After some information about the festival, where, how and why it is celebrated, there is an interactive storytelling of the traditional folk tale, "The Great Race’. This traditional Chinese tale explains to children how the new years came to be named after animals. Teacher’s should print the included prop cards to use during the story telling. Children could be chosen in advance or on the day to take on the roles of the animals. There is no need for rehearsals as this is completely led by the story teller and the children are given instructions as part of the story telling. The accompaning PowerPoint presentation shows illustrations and text to go alongside the story and could be used as an ebook. At the close of the assembly, the current or upcoming Chinese New Year animal is revealed and some information about it is shared. (this information can be edited so that the assembly can be used each year.) Finally, teachers wish the children good fortune and happiness in the new year using the Cantonese phrase, Gong hei fat choi. The exit music is again a calming Chinese inspired song called Gong hei Fat choi. The assembly should last approximately 15 - 20 minutes. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing the opening of a newspaper report based on the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. For children in years 3 and 4. Planning for 5 days, differentiated 3 ways, daily teacher presentation in Smartnotebook and powerpoint Daily literacy starter activities also included, guided reading, homework suggestions and display templates. All materials included. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. Please note: This download is the third part of a 6 part scheme of work. The additional weeks or whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price in our shop. Each week starts with a reading comprehension lesson and builds up to a piece of extended writing at the end of the week. I have found this to be a highly effective way of teaching and ensuring progress. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a 1 week literacy unit for LKS2. Children working in year 3 and 4 will write a book review of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. (This is week 6 of a 6 week scheme of work built around The Iron Man. The complete half term of work is available as a discounted bundle in out TES shop.) Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing a book review with specific attention placed on the use of paragraphs and apostrophes for possession. Included with this download: Detailed Planning for the week. Daily PowerPoint lesson presentations including starter activities and lesson plenaries. Reading comprehension with a teachers answer sheet. Worksheets and activities for each lesson. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. All lessons are differentiated 3 ways using the TAF statements for LKS2. Daily literacy starter activities are also included - This week we look at using apostrophes for possession. Lesson 1 is whole class reading comprehension which ensures that children are familiar with book reviews as a text type. This lesson also acts as a ‘hook’. Children will be excited to offer their own thoughts and opinions. Lesson 2 looks at the text type in more detail and children are required to think about and identify facts and opinions about the book. Lesson 3 introduces the use of paragraphs and both supports and challenges children with their use of these. Lesson 4 allows children to plan their own book reviews using a planning frame which will include facts, opinions and support children in their use of paragraphs. Lesson 5 is an independent writing lesson where children use the skills they have developed over the week to write their own book review of The Iron Man. This resource is part of a bigger scheme of work based on the whole book. The whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a wonderful Mother’s day assembly celebrating all the mother figures in our lives. This assembly is best suited to KS2 and lasts approximately 20 minutes. This download includes: An easy to follow script. A powerpoint presentation to add images to your assembly Entrance and Exit Music embedded into the PowerPoint. An original story all about an amazing animal mother - The Killdeer bird. This story is professional read allowed and the audio is embedded into the PowerPoint. Follow us on Facebook for updates and freebies.

We are excited to share a FREE set of activities to welcome children to school on their very first day! Using the fantastic book ‘Hey Duggee First Day at Squirrel Club’, we have developed a follow up activity and keepsake certificate that can be personalised and taken home. ( Book available on Amazon ) Download Includes: Lesson ideas sheet with lots of fun ideas for the first day of school and links to additional resources. A hide and seek activity game. Print off the images of the characters and hide around the classroom. A tick sheet is included for the children. First day of school certificate. A double sided document, in either A4 or postcard size, which can be personalised and printed for each child. A first day of school badge image which can be printed as stickers using Avery labels. Duggee is a great character to use at the very start of the year as most children will already be familiar with him. This familiarity creates a link for children with their new classroom and teacher. A topic that they can all talk about. Our hide and seek activity, uses the characters featured in the story and encourages children to explore their new classroom. This can be a particularly good activity for more timid children. Stickers and certificates to take home make a special reward for children. We are ExcitEd! Follow us on Facebook for more ideas and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a script and PowerPoint presentation for a simple class assembly celebrating Bastille Day. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

**'It’s Christmas!!!" ** We are ExcitEd to share this fun, Christmas themed, maths lesson which will keep children busy using their maths skills to break the code and find the punch lines for Great Uncle Fred’s Christmas cracker jokes. Light hearted but productive, just what we all need in school in the run up to Christmas. Various addition, subtraction, multiplication and division questions have been included, but these can be edited to suit the ability groups within class. Includes: Lesson Plan Lesson Presentation (in PowerPoint) Pupil Worksheets - mixed ability including all 4 operations or a simple addition ans subtraction only version. Fully editable Microsoft Word version of worksheet Additional jokes for extension work. Teacher’s Answer Sheet A fun and useful maths lesson to fill a Christmas afternoon and get children practising their own strategies for solving various mathematical questions. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share two fun and original stories used to explain the concept of number bonds to 5 and 10. The number stories of the the Balloon birthday and Fred Five the ladybird are provided in animated PowerPoint format Added worksheets are also included. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

materials and photo of display for CSI science topic We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a plan for a 6 week literacy unit to accompany the class reader "The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. A super text for LKS2. Hugely engaging and chapters which are not too long! We know that your class will love this topic and this will show in their writing outcomes. This free resources gives you a 6 week outline with writing genres, differentiated targets and objectives. If you like this resource we offer all of the related planning, lesson presentations and resources in our shop! Available to purchase as individual weekly units or as a 6 week bundle. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a fun and exciting lesson where children use persuasive writing skills to create radio adverts. *** Radio Adverts - Can you persuade me??*** A one off, great fun lesson for UKS2. Giving children a chance to revise persuasive writing skills and also to use their speaking and listening skills. The included lesson notebook revises different persuasive writing techniques and focuses on how these are used in radio adverts to persuade listeners. Recordings of real radio adverts are included so that they may be discussed before asking children to have a go at making their own persuasive radio adverts. The activity cards are differentiated - Yellow MA, Green A and Red LA These were given out in the lesson in envelopes (so that other groups were not aware of each others target audience etc) and the children worked in pairs to come up with ways to persuade certain groups of people to visit various places. e.g Elderly people to visit a swimming pool, children to visit a museum. At the end of the lesson, children read out, or play their radio adverts. The rest of the class should then guess who the adverts were aimed at and discuss how and why they were successful. Also includes a persuasive bingo plenary game We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to celebrate the International Day of Education with this mindful colouring sheet. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the 24th of January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. This year we are celebrating the crucial role that education and teachers play in countering hate speech. Take this opportunity to discuss hate speech with your class, Create a safe environment for children to ask questions and discuss how words can hurt people. ExcitEd Resources bring you effective, fun and creative resources linked to the English Primary National Curriculum. We are ExcitEd! Follow us on Facebook for more ideas and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a free card template with step by step instructions to celebrate Mothers Day 2024. Children will create a beautiful card with ease to take home to whomever their mother figure is. Mummy, Grannie, Auntie, Big sister or someone else, it doesn’t matter as this card is suitable for all. INCLUDED: PDF Mothers Day Card Template PPT Mothers Day Card Instructions The instructions are included on both the card template printable and a separate PowerPoint presentation. Children will need to colour the template, cut it out and make a concertina to stick between two card hands. When the card is opened it reads, ‘I Love you this much and more.’ Personal messages and names can be written on the card hands. This card is really effective and with the hand prints it makes a great keepsake for a child’s family. We hope you find this resource helpful. Take a look at our shop for more resources for Primary Teachers. Planning, presentations, worksheets and display materials for KS1 and KS2. ExcitEd Resources bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.