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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!

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.

UPDATED OCT 2017 - WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE ASSEMBLY ADDITION! A collection of unique resources about bonfire night. Includes... -Uniquely designed 'Gunpowder Plot Story.' -Uniquely designed by myself 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' that can be used for many other topics easily, all sounds effects etc included! -Uniquely designed article about how last year letters were discovered worth 60,000 -Powerpoint including fire safety points and fire safety advert. Also with a brief History of Bonfire night, all designed in the same sheet as the worksheets. Great as an assembly or for use in class. - Guy Fawkes poem -Task to alphabetically order key words -Highly detailed 'fact file' (4 page document) in which children are required to make their own simplified 'profiles' on the main conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot. In its current form a great activity for year 5/6 although very easily adapted for years 3/4. (Worksheet included.) -Simple Storyboard for younger / SEN children and a more complex one with space for more writing for older children. -The history of fireworks Powerpoint presentation -To try and help I have downloaded TWO videos from youtube, please note I do not claim to own these clips, just thought they may be useful if you were doing the topic. Another excellent video to watch with older pupils is the Nick Knowles 'Gunpowder Plot.'

A full set of cursive handwriting worksheets. Could be used as a whole school scheme. The sheets can be used stand alone or as a template for children to use in their handwriting books. I have also included a few extras that can be used to test children's 'best handwriting' Very comprehensive.

Powerpoint explaining about New Year and why people make resolutions. I have also included a video about how to say happy new year in several languages from YouTube. Also a worksheet I made to help children write their own 2016 New Year Resolutions.

JAN 26th, 2016 Could be used as a whole school scheme. A full set of cursive handwriting worksheets. The sheets can be used stand alone or as a template for children to use in their handwriting books. I have also included a few extras

PowerPoints, Worksheets and lots lots more! I hope this helps someone out when teaching this fantastic topic! I have newly converted the Keynote I produced on mummification to PowerPoint format, this is especially good! I have also included my creative plans when this was the hub of our creative work one year.

How did Lego begin? Watch the video 'The Lego Story' on YouTube and then complete these activities with the children.

Newspaper Article and comprehension, Donald Trump. Covering the recent appointment. Suitable for Year 3-5 with a challenge activity included.

A collection of connectives useful for general story writing as opposed to the usual humdrum words, For example... Without warning... With each step... When they looked back... and lots more!

This lesson is aimed at using descriptive vocabulary to create an atmosphere with a seaside / beach theme. This was used as part of an Ofsted lesson observation with excellent feedback. Delivered to a Year 4/5 mixed age group class. Includes… Introductory text to explore Lesson Plan Powerpoint Planning Sheet Word Bank

What is ‘Black Friday’ (shopping event.) How did it originate? Includes a text in Newspaper style about the event and comprehension questions based on this, ideal for a talking point and could lead into some excellent discussions in year 5/6 regarding marketing / advertising etc. I used this last year very successfully and it generated a great deal of valuable discussion.

Two texts based around Halloween AND comprehension questions suitable for years 3-5. 1. Where 'Jack O Lanterns' came from and questions 2. A story 'Croglin Grange' with questions related (year 4-5.)

Resources to support the teaching of commas. Notebook, Powerpoint and a couple of worksheets I made.

A set of worksheets I designed to help children practice using a dictionary. The first few letters are correct and children have to find the words in the dictionary, listing the page number at which they find them and correcting their spelling. I have also included a list of the '100 most common mis-spelt words&' that I found and edited from the internet.

MASSIVE UPDATE OCTOBER 31ST I have added a massive amount of content to this resource. Newspaper Articles, worksheets a great pack of resources. As a bonus I have included a Newspaper article and comprehension I wrote based on the recent 'Back to the Future Day.' -Includes a Powerpoint on 'Headlines' that gained outstanding in an observation -Unit plan -Worksheets

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!