A fun board game for the first week of school. Children can play in their teams on their tables, all you need is some dice and counters. I keep mine in my Golden Time cupboard for the children to play whenever they want to. Have fun :).

A complete timeline of WW1, designed to be used as a history/drama activity. Pitched for KS1, possibly lower KS2 but language can be easily adapted for other year groups. 30 ‘flags’ are attached to the end of the powerpoint so every child and take part in the re-enactment and bring history, and the importance of Remembrance Day, to life.

A starter lesson to introduce children to the Great Fire of London and the concept of source analysis. There are a selection of ‘clues’ - sources - for children to analyse that tell them WHAT, WHEN and WHERE something important happened. This could be an independent, partner or group activity - each set of clues in an envelope, after analysing one set, coming to a conclusion and explaining their conclusion (recording sheet attached) the children move onto the next clue.

A maths investigation that targets measuring skills, supported by addition/subtraction, multiplication and directionality. There are two differentiated ‘recipes’, children must soilve the problems on the recipe to determine the quantities needed for their marvellous medicine. A bit of shopping is required for ingredients (water+food colouring, flour, muesli, custard powder and Angel delight) and it can get a bit messy, but my class loved it and everyone was engaged in every aspect of the maths.

My school has a very high percentage of EAL children and I use these cards as a way to celebrate all the languages within my classroom - plus a few more. I have them laminated in a special ‘What language shall we use today?’ bucket so children can choose one at random. (Based on Google Translate)

A great game for the first week of school, to encourage discussions around how we are the same and how we are different. I printed mine on different colours to make the different sets easily identifiable. Children pick two adjectives to best describes themselves out of a wide range of choices and keep them hidden from the rest of their table. Repeat with their favourite subject, animal and colour. Then the big reveal! Children show the rest of their table their choices and identify similarities and differences. This can lead to a whole class discussion about how all their different strengths will make yours the best class ever!

An explanation of main clauses and an introduction to subordinate clauses and how to construct complex sentences using subordinate clauses.