Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
An interesting and engaging poem on the fear and devastation caused by earthquakes. The 1,2,1,2 rhyming poem gives pupils an insight to the loss that someone may feel. The poem comes with writing paper for pupils to write their own poem about an earthquake and poetry comprehension questions.
International Day of Friendship is celebrated in July. Here's an opportunity to lead an assembly that will get pupils thinking! The powerpoint goes through what International Day of Friendship is, how to be a good friend, what friendship means etc. There are clips, quotes and famous friend pictures included.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
Please do review my resources. Thank you!
I am holding a whole-school growth mindset afternoon to continue raising the profile of the mindsets and how they can impact success.
I created this powerpoint, which includes 10 mindset activities for teachers to choose activities from. Activities relate to various different subjects and are fun and engaging ways for pupils to develop their understanding of growth and fixed mindsets.
A great way to start planning a topic. Get all of your ideas down on a colourful and visual topic map.
Included is an example map created for my topic on Hamlet and a blank version, which can be adapted and tailored to suit your needs.
If you're running CPD on planning a topic, this is a good way to get staff thinking about cross-curricular links.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A presentation that runs through where fruits are from with extra information. The activities include a Venn diagram sorting activity and a homework sheet on fact finding.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!
A presentation used for a whole-school assembly to make pupils think more about how they can contribute to saving the environment. The 13 slide presentation focuses on: saving water. saving paper, not littering, recycling and walking more. Can also easily be used for a lesson.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help. My resources are all English spelling.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
In line with the Year 3 Maths objective, 'tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII.'
Two differentiated activity sheets, where pupils must read the time and put the hands in the correct place on the clock. The sheets are adaptable and so can be changed to suit the needs within your class.
If you have any questions, please just ask. Thank you!
I recently ran a very successful British Values Day. I began the day by inviting parents/carers/governors in and delivered the attached assembly presentation to them as well as to pupils. I then gave each class a value of their own (see guidance). Classes were able to be as creative as they liked but were asked to give me one outstanding piece of display work so I could create a British Values display at the entrance of the school (see photo of display). Pupils dressed-up in their cultural clothes or wore red/blue/white and all brought in a 'gold coin donation' to give to charity.
The assembly goes through each of the British Values and their meanings. There is a song and video clip attached as well as a short quiz at the end. Promoting British Values is extremely important, Ofsted say: 'Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and, within this, the promotion of fundamental British values, are at the heart of the school’s work.'
Powerpoint could also be used for a KS2 lesson on British Values.
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
Emotional well-being presentation and activity booklet.
Good mental well-being has become harder to maintain as life becomes increasingly hectic. That's why it must be our priority to help pupils to understand their own mental well-being and know how to improve it.
This great presentation is full of ideas, starters, suggested activities and examples aimed at supporting pupils to improve and maintain a healthy mental well-being. There is also a 12 page booklet, which compliments the presentation. Activities range from thinking about what makes them happy to designing their own happy place to setting goals to thinking about how helping others can lead to being a happier person.
Any questions, please just ask.
Three interesting poems , which highlight contemporary issues. These poems are a great stimulus for English lessons or as topic starters. There is writing paper so that pupils can create a poem in the same style. There are also comprehension questions for each poem.
All resources are in Word and can be edited and differentiated to suit your needs.
If you have any questions, please just ask.
Three week scheme of work/15 lessons/three learning journeys on George's Marvellous Medicine, includes: plans (starter/main/plenary), writing to model to pupils, many resources for activities and three homework activities for the three weeks. These are fun and engaging lessons that pupils will enjoy. The English topics covered are: spell poems, diary entries and adverts. Resource is suitable for KS2 and lower-KS3.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Four fun resource sheets linked to Shakespeare's Macbeth: fractions, codes, roman numerals (with answers) and tartan design. A creative way to link Macbeth into Maths lessons for pupils from 8-11 years old.
A editable pupil survey to better understand primary school pupils’ thoughts and feelings about their lessons, class and school. The survey uses for cats’ faces for a bit of fun! There are closed 16 questions and 2 open questions at the end. I have used this survey from Y1-Y6. I read and explained the questions to classes.
This assignment includes my: blood, sweat and tears! This is my NPQSL assignment and is focused on improving writing in a primary school. I really wish I’d had an NPQSL example assignment to look at while I was writing mine as it would have stopped me second guessing myself. However, I passed with flying colours and am now offering mine to you to make the process much easier.
I uploaded the assignment on 8.2.16 and received feedback on 29.3.16. Feedback (as shown on first page) awarded all of the 9 competencies as passed at the required level. The written feedback was excellent and only includes strengths, no areas for development.
I have deleted several appendices because they included photographic evidence of specific events/individuals. I would recommend that you consider doing this also as visuals are always a nice break from a lengthy piece of text. However, I have kept my action plan and report to the Headteacher in the appendices as I feel these are important for your reference.
My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!
A section from my written feedback:
'Strengths were demonstrated in Delivering continuous improvement as your priorities for improvement were clearly linked to your vision for the project. You regularly reviewed progress and reflected on actions and achievements of pupils in writing. The Action plan and strategies were fully implemented and you skilfully monitored planning, teaching, learning and assessment data. Throughout the project you remained solution-focused. In terms of Modelling excellence in leadership of teaching and learning you demonstrated
excellent leadership of teaching and learning. You set up and embedded the writing initiatives and adapted the teaching and learning approaches to suit the needs of pupils. It is evident that you have high expectations, model excellence and vision and have shared ideas and practice very effectively. Staff have been provided with the clarity they need in order to feel empowered and accountable in their role. Strengths were demonstrated in Learning focus as you set up and embedded the writing initiative and applied theory and knowledge of learning to improve outcomes for pupils. It is evident that you are committed to learning and achieving excellence and led valuable inset for staff to improve their subject knowledge in grammar, planning and writing. ’
