UPDATE NOV: added Dahl resources. A unit of work and worksheets I made for children to analyse and produce an 'Oompa Loompa' song based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This also has drama / dance links! A truly unique lesson idea you won't find anywhere. Please note these are resources to write lyrics to a tune plus lots of other extras, mostly Literacy based. I have now included the backing track (Karaoke version to the original tune.) UPDATE: I have added a collection of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory resources (including the first 3 book chapters and questions based on this) and additional files for the Oompa Loompa song resource

LOTS of resources for writing match reports themed on quite a few of the Euro '16 football championship games. Easily adapted for other tournaments / matches. Resources for writing a match report on the game on Thursday 16th June between Wales and England, and (unfortunately) the game on Monday 28th June against Iceland. I have also included a comprehension for this and some other activities. Example of match reports for both of these games, All the goals and highlights video from BOTH games (lots of the language here is easy to pick out eg. ‘golden chance.’) Report Template Tips for higher ability children on writing match reports I have also included some self-made resources for studying Iceland as a country. Enjoy!

Ideal for a year 7-9 year olds and can be differentiated accordingly. This lesson involves following a short section of the film Shrek and its script that I have typed out. Children then go on to write a short section of the script by converting a piece of text into a playscript. Children have loved this lesson and it always provides some funny voices too from the class. A great way to get boys interested in writing. Includes Required short video clips, cut to measure Lesson plan Required worksheets Required script sections Please comment if you find this resource useful.

Lots of comprehension based materials on Back to the Future Some based on ‘Newspaper Articles’ written. I’ve added lots of additional materials to match. In the UK this is in my top 5 resources, highly rated! Enjoy!

A set of resources about Remembrance Day! This is primarily designed to be a huge amount of resources to ‘dip into’ during the day or week of this event. I have now also included a Literacy unit plan including a Remembrance Day segment suitable for years 3-6 based on comments and feedback recieved. Included in this resource pack… -A Powerpoint to introduce Remembrance day with included example poems to read to the children to help scaffold their own -Acrostic Poem Templates -Planning (please note this is under ‘Creating images weekly plan’) in the resources. This follows on from Bonfire night planning. -Comprehension , unique, questions and answers. A Fantastic Veterans Day Video -Information about Poppy Day -Crossword -Poems -Using a dictionary activity -Newspaper articles uniquely writted designed to discuss England and the FIFA Poppy Ban from the England football match from the last World Cup, an excellent PSHE lesson. NB: An EXCELLENT movie is 'The Piano' - this is absolutely perfect, emotional for the occasion and can be used in assemblies or the classroom to promote discussion.

I have designed a unique set of resources designed to engage children in Literacy. Also excellent for a futuristic topic. Please note this is a set of unique resources, not a unit of work or lesson plan. It is designed for teachers to ‘dip into’ as they wish or even as part of a whole school topic. There is tonnes of material and this took many hours to assemble. Resources Updated 2023 2015 was the year that in the Back to the Future films they visited the ‘future’. October was the month of ‘Back to the Future Day.’ The resources could be used as part of a thematic unit or within other units of the curriculum. Excellent for Newspapers and Non-Fiction writing opportunities in particular. Included in this resource pack… Multiple sets of Newspaper articles (edited by myself and made highly visual in worksheet form) with comprehension and activity worksheets I made for them. -Additional extension activities fitting the articles -Punctuation activity -Original trailer and Poster from the movie with activities I designed around them -The stuff the film got wrong! -Punctuation activity -Ideas for a Back to the Future week / day. -Display materials -Movie clips ‘making of’ -Hover Chase Video …and much more! Due to the popularity of this resources I have added some futuristic robot activities which tie in well with the topic! An up to the minute and current set of resources that children will love, especially boys and a brilliant way to encourage creative writing / comprehension skills as well as looking at the features of Newspapers. Designed for KS2 but could be easily differentiated for lower KS3. Please check my other resources out here… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/dave_orritt

A simple game of smart notebook 'battleships&' I made

A Powerpoint to support the sketching of ‘winter trees.’ I made this for a year 3/4 class to show them examples of winter trees (with no leaves) for discussion before going outside and sketching real life trees. In addition there are some images I used as a print out for the children to discuss and refer to, these may help teachers with the demonstration of the technique too. I have also included an additional Powerpoint I have made with non-commercial pictures of winter trees to show children.

A termly medium term plan for word processing in year 3/4.

The Twits Comprehension. Based on the first 3 chapters of the book.

Great for an introduction back to school or just as a little fun! This quiz was used during a ‘lockdown quiz’ and was designed from scratch. You may want to adapt bits for your class or use it as it is! All questions are either taken from the KS1 / KS2 curriculum or primary school textbooks just like the show. It contains multimedia clips as well! There are 50 questions in total including a picture round! Suitable for children and adults! A couple of example questions… -In ancient Egyptian times, canopic jars were used to store the organs of a mummy’s body, how many jars were used: 3, 4 or 5? -What acronym is used to describe the computer code used to create web pages?

A set of resources for children to decide whether they are for or against school uniform, I have included both viewpoints in separate documents and a document that discusses both sides of the argument as well as a few more resources to help. Hope this helps!

Indiana Jones - Adventure, survival stories - Implementing genre features - Internal dialogue - Could alternatively be used as a stimulus for a ‘big write.’ I found very little in terms of creative content in this area so made my own creative lesson up. (Delivered to a year 5/6 class of 30 children.) RESOURCE FEATURES… Lesson Plan (used in an observation lesson.) PowerPoint - Including embedded video clips, starter to the lesson and details of activity. Worksheet for starter asking the children to name the genre from a general description. (Answers on PowerPoint.) Separate video clip for lesson All you need for a creative literacy lesson with the following objectives and success criteria. Learning Objective: To know and understand the features of survival / adventure stories Success criteria: • Powerful verbs • Dialogue and internal voice (the PowerPoint / clips are especially useful for this concept.) • Description to create excitement Children are then asked to produce a piece of creative writing (as set out in the lesson plan / PowerPoint) with the film clip as a stimulus.

A set of materials I made based on the Marks and Spencer’s Food Adverts. The lesson objective was to use interesting adjectives in their writing. We watched M&S food adverts, as a class explored describing different foods and then wrote our own. Included… Weekly plan (just a few ideas in a weekly plan format including this lesson, you can make your own lesson plan with some of these ideas) Word bank for this lesson Video example of advert to pick out language QUALITY Presentation (the same one) in the following formats… Mac / iPad / Keynote Powerpoint Movie Format (Following this lesson, children then wrote their own advert using descriptive language and we filmed the advert.)

I couldn't find a simple Wild West History PowerPoint for KS2 so made this one.

Powerpoint showing several photos of Roman shields that I made leading into an activity where children design their own Roman shield based on certain criteria. (UPDATE: Mac / ipad Keynote included.) A rough weekly plan is also included The children went on to design their own Roman Shields and then made then with cardboard and painted them. Perfect for giving them ideas! UPDATE: I have now included a completely unique animated Roman timeline I made that can be included in your own presentations as I have converted to movie format. UPDATE: An excellent video included to do with tactics used in Roman times

I am delighted that the conversion from Mac to PowerPoint is now reliable enough to transfer the special effects on this presentation to PC Powerpoint format as well! The animations of the number line are unique and extremely beneficial to the childrens understanding in this method. This lesson has been observed several times by colleagues in the past in my capacity as AST to illustrate how the use of teacher technology can improve maths teaching within a lesson. Starters included… There are also examples of worksheets, here this has always been one of my favourite lessons to deliver and I am delighted I can share it.

The first few 3 chapters formatted and nicely presented for reading with some great class or guided reading activities from ‘The Twits’ Suitable for Year 2 / 3, but easily adaptable if required. EXTRAS: MARCH 2019 A script that can be used to act out Up to Chapter 8 Printable A Great Video for ‘Wormy Spaghetti’

This is a highly professionally written Quiz by the ‘Quizinators.’ Features… Silhouette picture round: Children are required to match the correct character up to the correct silhouette. Multiple choice round: Questions start easier and get more difficult General questions round Observation round: Included in these files is a video clip of when Harry got his wand. Children must watch carefully and answer the questions based on what they see and hear. ‘Wipeout Round’ / Double or Quits

The perfect start to a ‘Marvel’ themed quiz! There are 14 questions in total in this picture round: The first 4 questions require identification of the Marvel character from their sillouette The next 4 questions participants should name the Marvel actor . actress The final 6 questions are scenes from Marvel movies in which quizzers should identify the film the still is from (you may want to add a multiple choice element to this section of the round, these are included in the answers if you wish to share them with your quizzers.)