A fun poem for teachers who are going through SATs. Hopefully a bit of fun.

Do you remember the game runaround from the 80’s? Here are a selection of SATs style multiple choice questions for maths and English (SPAG). Then using the basic rules of runaround the children have thirty seconds to work out the solution and get to A, B or C. If you have a sneaky class you could also add in the extra rule that after 30 seconds they have another ten seconds to change their answer. Will they play sneaky or be fairer. It could be a good way of revision and exercise to relax the class and unwind at the same time.

Just a fun little poster to encourage pupils to focus on rainbows and unicorns rather than thunderclouds when things get to them. But remember even unicorns want to be Batman

A SPaG revision aid covering different aspects, with pictures from the Galapagos islands as the background. Something helpful for revision. Hope it helps

A short story inspired by Roald Dahl characters based around the nativity story, along with an adapted Christmas carol to go with it.

A one off English lesson plan where the class use their imagination to think of an artefact from the past that has imbued with magical abilities and then write a story about it and how they would use it today.

School can seem very serious with tests, learning maths, teacher telling you off and boring assemblies (I know I write some), so here is an assembly on laughter, lots of jokes and pictures of laughing. it finishes with a clip of Rowan Atkinson at the London Olympic opening ceremony.

An assembly on the 30th anniversary of Britain's great storm. A look at Michael Fish famous weather forecast, then a look at the destruction that occurred. A quick look at the advances in weather analysis. Then onto community spirit and everyone helping each other, especially with recent events in the Caribbean and southern America. Hope you enjoy

Long multiplication can sometimes be hard for some pupils to grasp, they can misplace a zero, not carry a number etc. I know its tricky (thankfully we have calculators). Here is a step method of looking at it. it has grayed out areas and default zeros added. the do times by units then add up, then tens and add up and so on until you add all the sums up at the end. contained is an example and a blank sheet for pupils to try with.

third part of science lesson looking at drugs. this lesson looks at drugs in sports. what are they, how they differ from illegal drugs. what constitutes a banned substance with examples. this has two activities, one looks at what impact the different types of banned substances could have on an athlete. activity two the class get given examples of failed drugs tests, what punishment would the class give. it then moves onto how health living can enhance an athletes potential (including education) with some real life examples. I hope you have enjoyed all three science lessons

Are your class covering rivers? There are ten pictures of rivers. Can the pupils match the nine named rivers to the pictures and then name the final river from the pictures and clues?

A look at the heart and the circulatory system. covering different blood cells, how the heart - lungs - body interact. a couple of fun activities. then onto cholesterol and revisiting an activity with a few rule changes. be warned you will need some space to move around in.

A simple power point presentation on drugs. difference between medication and drugs. a loo at caffeine then prescription medication. finishing off with nicotine. there are two you tube clips. this leads into a simple questionnaire and a choice of projects to investigate 1 Painkillers 2 Penicillin 3 What do pharmaceutical companies do to ensure medication is up to the required standard? 4 Illegal drugs 5 Drugs in sports?

follow up science lesson understanding drugs. it starts with looking at how we know the medicines we take are what they say they are. Brief look at QA labs in pharma companies, MHRA and FDA. then onto chromatography and how it separates out medicines, with a look at HPLC. finally our own way of looking at chromatography with the famous blotting paper and felt pen experiment.

An assembly on Friday 13th, looking at its origins, superstitions and what is done to avoid the number thirteen. it ends with an optional prayer

Assembly for national sax day on 6th november. some history and descriptions. then some famous sax players, finishing with a sax version of 'Happy'

A fun stand alone assembly. it starts with can you guess this famous person, hopefully from the clues they guess Elvis. then there are some facts about him and his life, ending with one of his most famous songs.

An assembly for national puzzle day. it starts by looking at all of the types of puzzles. then looks briefly at the history of the jigsaw and rubics cube. why doing puzzles is good for you. then finishes with four puzzles riddle, picture, word and maths. The activity is the four puzzles again but with an answer sheet and pupil sheet. enjoy

An assembly for Winnie the pooh day on 18th Jan. it looks at some interesting facts about the Winnie the pooh. Some ideas on what you could do on the day (younger children might want a teddy bear picnic added). It then goes onto quotes from the books. References the V and A pooh exhibition, then ends with the honey song.

Activity 6 is based around comma golf. the par for the hole is based around the number of commas in the opening section of a piece of literature (it goes from Cats in a Manger to A Tale of two Cities). In the fist nine holes the pupils get given the par score and add the commas as they see fit. the back nine they must add the commas and hence decide the par score. Will they complete the course on par? Activity seven - welcome to the chase. Inference Inference is a major part of English testing. Using the game show you have a chaser and contestant / s to see how you answer the questions. Here in small groups you use a small paragraph or image of information to answer an A B or C question which has the correct inference from the multiple answers. Can you get home before the chaser catches you? There are two blank options if you wish to add your class examples.