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These are Halloween-based theme worksheets on number recognition and counting to 10.
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Halloween Themed Workbook on Number Reconition and Counting to 10
This workbook contains 17 worksheets on number recognition and counting from 1 to 10.
Tasks include:
identifying and recognising numbers to 10
counting a variety of Halloween themed objects
colouring the correct number of objects
drawing the correct number of objects
Halloween Presentation
Simple Text Halloween Presentation
Halloween PowerPoint Quiz - 50 Questions
Halloween Themed Battleships PowerPoint Game
Halloween Themed Battleships Partner Game
Set of 14 Halloween Themed Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords and Cryptograms
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This resource contains an information sheet and comprehension exercise on Queen Elizabeth II.
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Queen Elizabeth Set of 13 Texts and Comprehensions
This resource contains a set of texts and comprehensions about the life and work of Queen Elizabeth 11. They focus on:
The early life of the Queen
The Queen’s interests and hobbies
The Queen’s education.
The Queen’s family.
The Queen’s homes.
The Queen’s tasks and duties
The Queen’s Coronation
The Queen’s 90th birthday
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Queen Elizabeth II Simple Text Lesson Presentation
Queen Elizabeth II Presentation
Queen Elizabeth II Puzzle Pack – Crosswords, Word Searches, Anagrams and Cryptograms
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This is a short quiz about books.
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Book Day Research Quiz - 108 Questions
This is a research paper-based quiz on a variety of literature and genres -books, poems and authors. It is an ideal resource for Book Day. Although pupils may be able to answer some of the questions, the quiz has been designed to encourage pupils to research the answers. It could be used in a variety of ways - in class, for competition purposes and/or for homework. It could be undertaken individually or as part of a group.
By researching these questions pupils will be introduced to a wide range of literature and genres, both classic and contemporary. Hopefully, it will inspire and motivate pupils to read something they have not read before.
Sample questions:
What was the name of the landlord’s daughter in the Highwayman?
Who wrote a biography of Roald Dahl called Fantastic Mr Dahl?
What are the names of the three farmers in Fantastic Mr Fox?
Which book, first published in 1605, has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide?
In which book do you find the phrases ‘messing about in boats and ‘poop, poop’ feature?
Who wrote the science fiction novel Brave New World?
What is the name of the wizard who appears in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings?
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, what is the price on the Mad Hatter's hat?
In Kubla Khan what was the name of the sacred river?
What are the names of the two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet?
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This is a short post-Football World Cup 2018 quiz with sample questions taken from a 100-queston quiz. See below for details
Bumper 100 Question Post World Cup Quiz
This resource contains an interactive, 100-question PowerPoint quiz on the results, events and matches of the FIFA 2018 World Cup tournament. The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the ball image. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. There are 3 multiple choice answers.
An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers. The quiz is divided into 8 sections:
-Russia 2018 World Cup
-Group Stages
England at the World Cup
Picture Round
World Cup 2018 Goals
World Cup Statistics
World Cup Awards
Miscellaneous </p>
Sample questions:
Which British pop star performed at the opening ceremony?
Which team came top of Group A?
Which English club had the most players in England’s final squad?
Against which team in the 2018 World Cup tournament did Harry Kane score a hat trick?
What happened to Gareth Southgate when he was out running two days after the England’s match with Tunisia?
Which team scored a record number of goals from set plays during the 2018 World Cup?
Which player scored two goals in four minutes for France against Argentina?
Which team knocked Brazil out of the 2018 World Cup?</p>
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Well Done England: Post World Cup Presentation
Football World Cup 2018 - 90 Slide PowerPoint Presentation
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This is a Christmas-themed worksheet on using the apostrophe for omission/contraction taken from a set of resources on the use of the apostrophe for omission/contraction. Click on the link below for details.
Christmas-Themed Worksheets on the Apostrophe for Omission
A set of differentiated worksheets on the use of the apostrophe for omission. Appropriate for primary pupils and older SEN students who have yet to master the basics of punctuation.
Christmas-Themed PowerPoint Lesson on the Apostrophe for Omission
This is a fully editable, highly visual and interactive PowerPoint on the apostrophe for omission presented by the punctuation character ‘The Missing Letter Detective.’
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Chrsitmas Themed PowerPoint Lesson and Set of Worksheets on the Apostrophe for Omission
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This is a sample paper-based quiz taken from a set of 5 printable paper-based Christmas quizzes and puzzles with answers. There are 3 sections:-
General questions about Christmas.
The initials of Christmas songs and carols.
Christmas-themed anagrams.
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Printable, Paper-Based Quiz and Puzzles
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PowerPoint Christmas Quiz - 100 Questions
This resource is fully editable, 100 question PowerPoint Christmas quiz. It is an ideal resource for an assembly, a lesson or with a tutor group.
The quiz contains 100 questions, most contain multiple choice answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It is divided into six sections
Christmas Themed General Knowledge
Christmas Literature
Christmas TV and Movies
Christmas Music and Songs
Christmas Around The World
Christmas Picture Round
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the question mark image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end.
A question and answer sheet are provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions: (Most questions contain 3 multiple choice answers.)
In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode - HOH OHO?
Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
What happened at Christmas in England for the last time in 1960?
Which two states in the United States of America have towns called Christmas?
What is ‘pfefferkuchenhaus’?
If you were given ‘frumenty’ at Christmas (in medieval times), what would you do with it?
Which book begins with “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents”?
Also suitable for SEN students due to the highly visual nature of resource and multiple choice format.
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Autumn posters.
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Set of 30 Autumn Days Posters With Captions
This resource contains 30 autumn days’ posters with stunning images and captions. They are 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
Autumn Posters - No Captions
This resource contains a set of 40 posters on autumn.
Autumn Days Presentation
This is a fully editable, 40-slide PowerPoint on the theme of autumn days 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 and autumn flora and fauna.
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This resource contains an information text and set of questions on Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick's Day.
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Saint Patrick's Day - Set of Six Information Texts and Comprehensions
This resource contains a set of six information sheets and comprehension questions with answers on Saint Patrick's Day.
The texts focus on:
The life of St Patrick
His contribution to the spread of Christianity in Ireland
How Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in Ireland and Irish communities around the world
The significance of the shamrock and Celtic cross
Saint Patrick's Day Puzzle Pack - 8 Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords
This resource is a Saint Patrick themed puzzle pack containing eight differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords. There are three word searches, three anagram puzzles and two crosswords.
Saint Patrick's Day Presentation
This resource contains an informative and fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick's Day celebrations. The PowerPoint also includes hyperlinks to a short video about Saint Patrick and to the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin.
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This resource contains an anagram puzzle on Ramadan.
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This is a poster on autism. You may also be interested in:
Autism Awareness: Set of 25 Posters
This resource contains a set of 25 autism awareness posters. These are ideal for Autism Awareness Day / Week and can be used for display or discussion purposes.
Autism Awareness Presentation
This resource contains an editable, 120 slide presentation on autism and Autism Awareness Day (2nd April) and Autism Awareness Week. I had the privilege of teaching and working with many amazing young people on the autistic spectrum for twenty years. People with autism are often misunderstood. Hopefully, this presentation will help others, both staff and pupils, to be more informed about, and more understanding of, autism.
The presentation includes sections on:
What is autism?
Signs of autism
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people With Autism / Asperger’s
The presentation contains hyperlinks to:
A video which shows what it is like to experience sensory overload.
A short video on autism.
A short video about Schools’ Awareness Week by the National Autistic Society.
A video produced by a young person with autism who talks about five things he thinks it is important that people know about autism and five ways you can help him.
Autism Awareness Activity Pack
This resource contains an autism awareness activity pack. It is an ideal resource for Autism Awareness Day / Week. The pack contains six activities:
Sensory sensitivity / overload simulation activity
Autism discussion cards
Communication difficulties simulation activity
What is autism? How Can I Help? - Video link and follow up worksheet
Autism acrostic task
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This resource contains a word search on Hanukkah - The Jewish festival of Lights.
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This resource contains a set of colouring pages for the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah.
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This resource contains a simple recipe to make Latkes - Hanukkah potato pancakes.
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This resource contains an Easter-themed word search.
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Holy Week and Easter Puzzle Pack - Set of 14 Differentiated Word Seaches, Anagrams, Cryptograms and Crosswords
The resource contains:
- 4 differentiated word searches
- 4 differentiated anagram worksheets
- 3 differentiated crosswords
- 3 differentiated cryptograms
Holy Week and Easter Presentation
This resource contains an informative and fully editable 39 slide PowerPoint on the Easter Story and the events of Holy Week. It includes:
- Palm Sunday
- Maundy Thursday and the ' The Last Supper'
- Judas' Betrayal
- Good Friday
- The Crucifixion
- The Resurrection
- The appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene and the disciples
- Easter Sunday
The PowerPoint also contains a hyperlink to a short animation (4 minutes) about the key events during the period of Lent and Holy Week.
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This resource contains a civil rights poster.
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Civil Rights - Set of 20 Quotes Posters
This resource contains 20 inspiring quotes about equality and civil rights from a range of civil right leaders, activists and supporters including Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Jesse Jackson, Bob Marley, Rosa Parkes, Booker T Washington, Harriet Tubman, Oprah Winfrey, Frederick Douglas and Fannie Lou Hamer.
This is an ideal resource for Black History Month (African American Month) that falls in October in the UK and February in the USA. There are two versions of this resource - one on a black background and one on a white background. They could be used for a display and to promote discussion.
50 Question Black History Month Quiz
Black History Month Presentation
Black History Month Simple Text Presentation
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Acts of Kindness Quotes Posters
This resource contains a set of quotes on kindness. They are ideal for display and discussion during Random acts of Kindness weeks, World Kindness Day and anti-bullying week. The posters include quotes 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.
Acts of Kindness Presentation
This resource contains a thought-provoking, 100-slide PowerPoint presentation on random acts of kindness. The PowerPoint includes:
Josh de Jong’s story
Danny Boyle’s story
examples of kindness - Gandhi, Princess Diana
Jonny Benjamin’s story
the physical and psychological benefits of performing Random 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
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This is a Pancake Day themed worksheet on coordinates in the first quadrant.
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Pancake Themed Coordinates in the First Quadrant Set of 7 Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 7 pancake-themed worksheets on locating and plotting coordinates. Answers are included. These are ideal for use on Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday and during the Lent period. They are appropriate for primary aged children and older, SEN students.
Pancake Themed PowerPoint Coordinates Game Game
This is an interactive PowerPoint co-ordinates team game on pancakes and pancake ingredients; a fun way to introduce or reinforce the skill of locating coordinates in the first quadrant. Teams locate pancakes or pancake ingredients - milk, eggs, flour by choosing a coordinate. 1 point scored for an ingredient - two points if they locate a pancake.
Pancake Themed Partner Coordinates Game
This resource is a pancake themed partner co-ordinates game. Pupils locate pancakes or pancake ingredients - milk, eggs, flour by choosing a coordinate. There are 10 grids.
Pancake Themed Word Problems
This resource contains a set of 8 worksheets on pancake themed word problems from simple addition to multiplication, division, fractions and percentages. They are ideal for consolidating all maths operations.
Add and Subtract Money From 10p - £5 Differentiated Worksheets
Set of 15 worksheets on addition and subtraction of money from 10p to £5. Tasks include calculating the price of toppings for pancakes, choosing the correct coins to pay for them and/or calculating change using 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. This is an excellent resource for consolidating counting, adding, subtracting and coin recognition and value skills. The worksheets are differentiated and can be used for progression in money addition or for differentiation.
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 word search on the Paralympics.
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The Paralympic Games - Puzzle Pack
This resource contains 13 differentiated puzzles on the Summer Paralympics theme. There are three word searches, five anagram puzzles, three crosswords and two Paralympic Sports icon puzzles.
The Paralympic Games - 115 Slide Presentation
This resource contains an editable and informative 115-slide PowerPoint presentation on the Paralympics.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The history of the Paralympics
Inspirational Paralympians
The Paralympic Sports and classification system
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Paris 2024 Paralympics
The presentation contains video links to a guide to Paralympic athletics, an interview with Tanni Grey-Thompson, London 2016 GB highlights, Tokyo 2020 highlights, an inspirational video called ‘We’re The Superhumans’ and more.
The Paralympic Games - 50 Question PowerPoint Quiz
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The Paralympic Games - Set of 21 Sports Posters
This resource contains a set of 21, A3 Paralympic Sports pictogram posters. They are ideal for display during the Summer Paralympics. They could also be used to inspire creative dance on the Paralympic theme in physical education lessons.
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The Olympic Games - 130 Slide Powerpoint Presentation
The Olympic Games - 100 Question Quiz
This is a preview version of a fun Halloween game based on ‘Stop the Bus.’ It is an interactive PowerPoint Game that can be played with the whole class or the whole school in assembly time. Please note that only the pictures denoted by a star can be played in this preview version.
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Stop The Broom! Halloween Themed PowerPoint Game
Instructions
Put pupils into teams of 2-4
Pupils take turns in choosing a picture. Click on the picture. Behind each picture is a letter. The letter will magically disappear so that pupils know the choices left.
Pupils think of one item to go in each category beginning with that letter. A sheet for recording words is provided.
Teams have 60 seconds to complete task. There is a timer on the slide. The witch will gradually disappear and the end of the 60 seconds culminates in a witch’s cackle. ‘Happy’ Halloween music plays in the background whilst pupils complete task.
To return to the image page, click on letter on the top right-hand corner of each slide.
If a team finishes before the 60 seconds, they shout “Stop the Broom!” Click on the slide to activate the witch’s cackle.
Teams score 1 point if they have an appropriate item in the category. They get 2 points if no other team has that word.
The length of time pupils have can be reduced or extended by altering the timing of the witch image.
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