Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. It contains a range of engaging tasks, plus an editable To do list to support classroom management in the morning. The colour scheme is pastel. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Lateral Thinking Skills Estimation Skills Reasoning Skills This resource can be downloaded as both uneditable PDF or an editable Powerpoint so that you can edit your own To Do List. This resource included an answer scheme for each slide.

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. It contains a range of engaging tasks, plus an editable To do list to support classroom management in the morning. The colour scheme is ASN/ASD friendly. I have chosen muted colours with grey undertones as this can be more calming and less over stimulating for learners with ASN. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Lateral Thinking Skills Estimation Skills Reasoning Skills This resource can be downloaded as both uneditable PDF or an editable Powerpoint so that you can edit your own To Do List. This resource included an answer scheme for each slide.

This mini topic resource explores social media and its pros and cons. It covers: The history of social media and how its developed. The pros and cons staying safe on social media social media & self esteem

This resources explains the four terms for learners and then has a few different scenarios of this data might be used in real life.

This resources takes learners through what a mixed number and improper fraction are. There are visual representations of these to support the learners. There are lots of opportunities for learners to engage with the resource if used on an interactive whiteboard or the tasks can be completed on a show me board.

This resource explains the order of operations. It then provides examples for learners to try. It has a multiple choice quiz and then a set of differentiated questions for learners to try which can be used as a means of formative assessments.

This Chinese New Year is the year of the dragon so the writing focus is going to be on a character description of a Chinese Dragon. This resource explains the five different aspects of a character that pupils should describe in order to successfully convey their character to their reader. It also provides a modelled text, and a table worksheet for them to record examples of each aspect from the text. This will help give them inspiration for their own story. This resource includes the main lesson, the recording table and the planning page. I have also included a printed copy of the texts which could be printed out for pupils.

This reading comprehension retells the story of the Great Race which created the Zodiac calendar. It contains two tasks: Task 1: Analyses new or tricky vocab Task 2: Comprehension questions

This resource begins with encouraging learners to create questions about Victorian schools which can become their subheadings. It then demonstrates how to take notes and then transfer these into paragraphs. It also then models the text on lined paper so it mirrors their jotter. It demonstrates the structures and features of an information text that they can include in theirs.

This writing resource works well along the RSPB Bird Watch which takes place this time of year. Whether children are actively bird watching outside or simply learning about birds around them, it is a great way to engage with nature. This lesson models for learners how to research four different birds and take notes in their jotter. It then demonstrates how to turn these short notes into engaging sentences for their reader. Finally it models for learners how they can lay this out neatly in their jotter and include some of the key features of an information text like headings, subheadings, pictures and captions.

This resource breaks down simplifying fractions by firstly revising a key concept for learners which is factors and identifying the GCF. This skill is essential for them to understand how to simplify. It then progresses to showing learners how to simplify by listing factors and identifying GCF. Finally it condenses it into just simpliying. There is a short formative assessment activity differentiated across three levels. These have 8 questions each and learners can choose the level they wish to attempt. This lesson can be broken down into multiple lessons.

Two level reading comprehension based on the story of the three wise men. It is told through the eyes of one of the wise men Melchior. This is a great modelled text to inspire children to write their own version of the story through a wise men. It includes a range of questions from literal, to inferential to vocab focused. There are also three follow up tasks for learners to complete.

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. The colour scheme is ASN/ASD friendly. I have chosen muted colours with grey undertones as this can be more calming and less over stimulating for learners with ASN. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Inferencing Skills

This powerpoint goes over the key teaching points about Chinese New Year and the different traditions involved in it. It then explains the Chinese Zodiac and allows the children to see which animal they are. It then goes on to explain the characteristics of someone from the Year of the Dragon. At the end there are examples of different tasks the learners could complete. These could set or learners could be allowed to choose. You could also complete these as a series of rotational stations.

This resource briefly explains what the Feast of the Epiphany then it goes on to look at how it is celebrated in different countries. There is a short quiz at the end that could be completed written or verbally. There is also a short follow up task about researching another country and their traditions. This would require ICT.

Daily morning Starters to engage learning first thing in the morning. The starters rotate on a weekly basis. They cover a range of topics from: Numeracy Spelling Grammar Writing Problem solving Geography General Knowledge Inferencing Skills

This is a great resource for helping pupils to reflect on 2023 and also set targets and goals for 2024. These can be school related goals or personal goals. It uses simple child friendly language with sentence prompts like I hope that… I want to… My goal is… I want to… Pupils can then colour and cut this out and it makes a lovely display. Tip - add a photo of the child to the balloon to make it more personalised.

This resource introduces learners to microsoft excel and what it is used for. It starts off with basics and shows cells, columns and rows and how these are identified and accessed. It engages learners with this through the use of games e.g. -cell art where they have to fill the cell with the correct colour and make the picture. -cell mine field which they play with a partner (like battleships) cell bingo (there is a linked spinning wheel with all cells ref) Finally it leads children up to a mini project where they plan and budget a dinner for their family. They can use the internet or magazines to get prices or simply make them up. They must record their costs, quantities etc on their spreadsheet. For more challenge, I introduced more confident learners with simple formulas to calculate their totals.

This is a great resource for taking learners step by step through many of the basic stages of creating a powerpoint. It can be displayed clearly on the Interactive Whiteboard and there are screenshots and arrows which show learners exactly what to select. It covers -adding text adding images changing backgrounds using transitions