NQT Questions for a Smooth Start For primary NQTs or NQT mentors These NQT questions for a smooth start are general and then subject-specific questions that will guide you to find out all you need to know about your new school. This is a list of questions that I wish I had asked when I first started as a primary NQT. After working as a primary NQT mentor for many years, I have gained an insight into what information NQTs need and want to know. I’ve compiled these questions aimed at helping NQTs start as they mean to go on. Included: Microsoft Word document with over three pages of questions under the headings: general, maths, English, science, PE, DT/art, geography/history/RE, MFL, PSHCE and music.

Resilience Workbook This resource is a resilience workbook. The five resilience monsters will teach your students about things that can get in the way of resilience. Varied and engaging, the tasks are designed to appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students. This attractive workbook is suitable for a whole class project or for individual students to complete. Activities include: True or false Identifying the resilience barriers in a short story Reflecting on the feeling of achieving a goal Identifying the skills they have that will help them to achieve a goal Included in this resource is an editable version of the workbook (created on PowerPoint) and a PDF of the same booklet for printing purposes.

This assembly is all about diversity of families and different family types. It would be perfect for a diversity week or just as part of your assembly schedule. The assembly PowerPoint teaches pupils about different family types, guides discussion, introduces case studies about different types of family and also has a quiz at the end. Also included are three worksheets: A celebrating families crossword (and answers) A family portrait A true or false quiz (and answers) What’s included? A 23 slide PowerPoint 3 worksheets and answers

Are you looking for Christmas morning challenges for Key Stage 2? These Christmas challenge slides are full of fun Christmas challenges, perfect for your Christmas morning tasks. There are Christmas teamwork challenges, Christmas competitive challenges, Christmas cheeesy challenges, Christmas tricky challenges, Christmas kindness challenges and Christmas creative challenges. The students are introduced to six characters: Mikey (the Christmas mouse), who loves setting cheeeeesy challenges! Mrs Claus, who loves setting creative challenges Josie (the head elf), who loves setting tricky challenges Elves, Jilly and Joey, who love setting teamwork challenges Santa, who sets kindness challenges Richie, the reindeer, who sets competitive challenges Each character has five challenges (30 challenges in total) and there is an editable slide for each character (the text box is editable - the images are all flattened). There are no materials, other than paper and pencil, required for these challenges, so they are easy for you, the busy teacher, at this time of year. Copyright © George and Smudge (I also make products under the name Ellie’s Tales for Learning) You may use this resource for your own classroom only.

Are you looking for a leap year assembly or a leap day assembly for February 29th? This leap year assembly and set of leap year activities teaches the children about what leap year is, its history, superstitions surrounding leap year, what it means to be born on leap day and much more! There are even some case studies, looking at what leap year means to a selection of fictional children. There is then a quiz at the end to see how much pupils remember. What’s included in the assembly? 24 slides What is leap year? Why do we have leap years? When did leap years start? How do leap years affect our lives? Which recent years have/will be leap years? Which years are the exceptions to the rule? What are some leap year traditions? What are some leap year superstitions? Leap year babies Leap year fun facts Embracing the extra day Leap year case studies Leap year quiz In addition to the assembly presentation, there are also three worksheets for pupils to do after the assembly. There is: A word search featuring words from the assembly A reading comprehension about leap year A writing activity - I will spend my bonus day doing… Please note that these resources are not editable (as clip art and font need to be secured).

Are you looking for a St. Patrick’s Day assembly or a set of St. Patrick’s Day activities? This St. Patrick’s Day assembly and set of activities teaches the children about what St. Patrick’s Day is, its history, traditions and symbols of St. Patrick’s Day, traditional food eaten on St. Patrick’s Day and much more! There are even some case studies, looking at what St. Patrick’s Day means to a selection of fictional children. There is then a quiz at the end to see how much pupils remember. What’s included in the assembly? 28 slides What is St. Patrick’s Day? How long have we celebrated? Who was Saint Patrick? What did St. Patrick do in Ireland? How is St. Patrick’s Day celebrated? What are some popular St. Patrick’s Day foods? Symbols of St. Patrick’s Day: the shamrock Symbols of St. Patrick’s Day: the harp Symbols of St. Patrick’s Day: leprechauns Symbols of St. Patrick’s Day: the rainbow St. Patrick’s Day Fun Facts x2 St. Patrick’s Day case studies St. Patrick’s Day quiz In addition to the assembly presentation, there are also three worksheets for pupils to do after the assembly. There is: A word search featuring words from the assembly A reading comprehension about St. Patrick’s Day A writing activity - Decorate a room for St. Patrick’s Day and explain your choices Please note that these resources are not editable (as clip art and font need to be secured).

Do you want to raise the importance of reducing pollutions in our oceans by making World Oceans Day 2024? This World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly is perfect for ensuring pupils know about this day and, more importantly, the key causes of ocean pollution. There are slides on: What World Oceans Day is This year’s theme Ocean pollutants How we can do our bit to help protect marine life True or false quiz There are then 3 worksheets to accompany the assembly: Recalling facts about four of the pollutants True or false activity (answers included) Design a poster to raise awareness of ocean pollution Please note this resource is not editable due to some slides needing to be flattened.

When it’s the first day or first week back, having classroom rules, expectations and procedures on a set of slides is helpful! Here they are already done and just ready for you to edit (all the slides have editable text). The perfect back to school rules, expectations and procedures slides to introduce to the class how you want your classroom to work. What’s included? 40 editable text PowerPoint slides including: Heading slides x4 to clearly mark the different parts of the slideshow - rules, expectations, procedures and extra information Rules slides x8 (5 rules, summary slide, rewards and consequences slides) Expectations slides x6 Procedures slides x14 Extra information messages slides x4 Also included are blank slides in the same theme to add your own information as required The slides have been given a rustic rainbow theme and there are 4 different page designs: there’s the heading slides and then three other page designs too, each with a different rustic rainbow image. All the text (including titles, headings and bullet point text) is editable. However, 40 slides have been populated with text already and can be used if they work for your class. If you want some ideas for rules, expectations and procedures, there is plenty of inspiration already on these slides. All that would need editing would be a few details that would need to be made appropriate for your school/year group/class. The rules that I have for my class are: Rule 1: Be kind Rule 2: Be prepared Rule 3: Be respectful Rule 4: Be responsible Rule 5: Be a role model I call these the 'Buzzy Be’e rules! There are also three worksheets included to use to help recap the rules, expectations and procedures. These can be used directly after the PowerPoint has been introduced, or later in the week to see what the children can remember. It might also be handy to use them when the class needs a bit of a reminder about their behaviour. Of course, you can change these to suit your class and own preferred style.