Get ahead in your teaching career with our two NPQH exemplar application forms. This resource is designed for experienced primary teachers aiming to apply for the National Professional Qualification for Headship. It includes a two example answers for each question on the application form, aligned with the following standards: ✹ Section 1: Experience and performance as a senior leader with particular respect to improvement at a strategic level (Strategy and Improvement) ✹ Section 2: Increasing Capability – Self and others ✹ Section 3: Teaching and Curriculum Excellence ✹ Section 4: Working in Partnership ✹ Section 5: Efficient and effective management of Resources ✹ Section 6: Assessment of Leading with Impact Elevate your career with our expertly crafted materials. Tags: whole school, leadership, outstanding teacher, career skills, professional development, pay increase

Empower your Year 3 and 4 students to become confident and independent writers with this essential double-sided mat! Packed with helpful reminders and prompts, this versatile resource supports writing across the curriculum and can be used on tabletops or in workbooks. Side 1: Writing Process & Sentence Enhancement ★ The Writing Process: A step-by-step guide to crafting well-structured sentences, from brainstorming to revision. ★ Superior Connectives: A list of sophisticated conjunctions (if, so, while, though, since) to elevate sentence complexity. ★ Super Sentence Starters: A variety of engaging sentence openers to inspire creativity and variety. ★ Detail, Detail, Detail!: Prompts to encourage adding rich descriptions and expanding sentences. Side 2: Grammar, Punctuation & Vocabulary ★ Apostrophes: Rules for contractions and possessives, with examples. ★ The Amazing Flying Comma: Guidance on comma usage in lists and clauses. ★ Punctuation Job Descriptions: Clear explanations of the functions of capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and speech marks. ★ Paragraphs: Rules for starting new paragraphs. ★ Word Banks: Lists of amazing adjectives, astounding adverbs, powerful verbs, and neat nouns to enrich vocabulary. Why Choose This Resource? ★ Promotes Independence: Students can refer to the mat for guidance, reducing reliance on teacher support. ★ Reinforces Key Skills: Regular exposure to writing conventions and vocabulary strengthens learning. ★ Versatile and Practical: Suitable for writing tasks across all subjects. ★ Durable and Reusable: Laminate for tabletop use or stick into books for easy reference. ★ Builds Confidence: Empowers children to take ownership of their writing and experiment with language. Also available for Years 1/2 and 5/6! Ideal for: KS2, Year 3, Year 4, writing skills, grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, sentence structure, creative writing, independent learning, classroom resources.

A word bank created for a SEN child to be laminated and re-used each day. There is also a section for daily words to be written so it is easily adapted to topics or English vocabulary needed. ks1 ks2 eyfs lks2 uks2 send dyslexia

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Celebrate and learn from the stories of famous disabled people in history and today with this engaging and inclusive lesson for disability history month. This lesson covers the following learning objective and success criteria: Learning objective: To learn about the lives and achievements of some famous disabled people in history and today, and how they overcame the challenges and barriers they faced. Success criteria: By the end of the lesson, you will be able to: ★ Name some famous disabled people in history and today and describe their disabilities and accomplishments. ★ Compare and contrast the experiences and opportunities of disabled people in different historical periods and contexts. ★ Express your opinions and feelings about the stories of famous disabled people and how they inspire you. This resource pack includes: ★ A detailed lesson plan with clear instructions. ★ A PowerPoint presentation with slides for the starter, main teacher input, main activity, and plenary. ★ Eight famous disabled people cards with information and images of Helen Keller, Stephen Hawking, Frida Kahlo, Ludwig van Beethoven, Stevie Wonder, Alex Zanardi, Aaron Fortheringham, and Warwick Davis. ★ A presentation criteria sheet with a checklist. This lesson is designed to develop the students’ knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of disability as a natural and diverse part of human life, and to inspire them to pursue their goals and dreams, and to support disability equality and inclusion in their school and community. It also supports the development of the students’ research, presentation, and communication skills, as well as their critical thinking and creativity. You may also be interested in… ☆ KS2 PARALYMPICS PSHE Unit - 5 Outstanding Lessons ☆ Outstanding KS2 PSHE Honesty Interview Lesson ☆ x2 RESPECT Assemblies / Collective Worship - PSHE, bullying, friendship, values Customer Support If you have any questions or feedback about this resource, please contact us at explore_education@outlook.com. We are always happy to hear from you and to help you make the most of our products. Special Offer: We appreciate your feedback on this resource. If you leave a review, you can get another resource of your choice for free! Just send us an email with your purchase receipt and a screenshot of your review to claim your offer. Tags: KS1, KS2, KS3, PSHE, Disabled, SEND, Special Educational Needs, PowerPoint

Are you ready to take the next step in your educational career and step into a leadership role? Our Successful NPQLT Application Form Example for primary teachers is the ideal resource to help you on your journey. This comprehensive example application form has been created to provide you with a clear roadmap for applying to the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQLT). These example questions and answers cover: ✹ Why would you like to complete the Programme with (provider)? ✹ Please provide a specific example to show how you are ready for the next step in school or education setting leadership for your NPQLT. ✹ Throughout the programme, you will develop knowledge and skills in leadership to enable all pupils to succeed. Explain why school and trust culture, and organisational management and leadership, is the most important for you to develop in your role and explain how this will impact on pupils and staff at your school or education setting. ✹ Please provide a specific, recent example to show how you are ready for the next step in school leadership. Within your answer, you should aim to include strengths, weaknesses, challenges, opportunities and threats experienced and the impact you had on: Your subject/phase/curriculum, Colleagues (experienced/ECTs etc), Students/Cohort, Whole School/Community, Wider (e.g. Trust/Partnerships/Federation) ✹ Using the guidance document, please explain briefly how your role will allow you to access and practise the learning of the NPQLT. With the NPQLT qualification, you’ll gain the expertise and knowledge needed to excel in leadership roles within the education sector. If you are looking to progress into leadership, our sample application form will serve as your trusted companion. Unlock your leadership potential, take the next step in your career, and demonstrate your readiness for senior leadership roles with our Successful NPQLT Application Form Example. Start your journey towards educational leadership success today.

Do you want to assess your year 4 pupils’ skills in writing, maths, reading and science? Do you want to see how they are progressing towards the expected standards or beyond? If so, you will love these handy and comprehensive checklists! These checklists are based on the KS2 writing, maths, reading and science frameworks, and are a great way of tracking your children’s achievements and areas for improvement. They cover all the key objectives and skills for each subject, and use clear and simple language to describe the levels of attainment: emerging, secure, or exceeding. With one page per child, an easy tick-box system, and a summary section, these checklists make assessment quick and easy. You can use them to inform your planning, feedback, and reporting, as well as to identify gaps and strengths in your children’s learning. These checklists are ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, and parents who want to support their children’s learning and development at home. They will help you to provide effective and personalised teaching and learning for your year 4 pupils, as well as to celebrate and showcase their amazing progress.

These two friendship assemblies are a fantastic way to introduce children to the value of friendship and how to be a good friend. You could use these for a primary school, KS1 only, KS2 only or in class. You will receive a 25-slide PowerPoint that can easily be edited to be made shorter or divided into another assembly, a 13-slide PowerPoint and a PDF file containing teacher notes for each presentation. This assembly is interactive and involves the children to make sure they are engaged and interested. There is also a Christian prayer at the end of the first PowerPoint for those who have collective worship. Key features of Assembly 1: Listening to music about friendship What makes a good friend? What qualities do they have? Sharing experiences together through the good times and bad times Listening to poetry about friendship Maintaining friendships Situations - what would you do? Prayer Key features of Assembly 2: How to behave towards your friends Ways to harm a friendship When it is right and wrong to keep a secret/promise Poem about friendship Quotes about friendship Song suggestions key stage 1 y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 citizenship pshe british values trust behaviour assembly worship key stage two Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com

These three teamwork assemblies are a fantastic way to introduce children to the value of working together, respecting others and appreciating children’s special skills. You could use these for a primary school, KS1 only, KS2 only or in class. You will receive three PowerPoints (14 slides, 10 slides, 16 slides) that can easily be edited to be made shorter or divided into another assembly. The assemblies are interactive and involves the children to make sure they are engaged and interested. There is also a Christian prayer at two of the PowerPoints for those who have collective worship. Key features of Assembly 1: ✸ Understand the value of teamwork as a life skill ✸ The story of The King’s Greedy Brothers (with animations and sound effects) ✸ Reflection - What did you learn from the story? Key features of Assembly 2: ✸ Example activity where children show the importance of teamwork ✸ Ant teamwork ✸ Examples of teamwork in life ✸ Reflection: What teams are we in? What are the qualities of team players? Who is on our team? ✸ Prayer Key features of Assembly 3: ✸ Winning as a team ✸ Being part of a team ✸ Appreciating ourselves and others ✸ Animals working together ✸ How ants work together ✸ How geese work together ✸ How meerkats work together ✸ Reflection: How do animals work together? How do humans work together? How can we become a better team player? ✸ Prayer Tags: key stage 1 y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 citizenship pshe british values trust behaviour assembly worship eyfs ks1 ks2 year perseverance kindness friendship value Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com

11 posters for Elements of Art: Colour Form Line Lines in space Pattern Textiles Tone Tone creating tissue paper What lines can do Tonal Effects Tone KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Y12 Y13 sketchbook art coordinator subject lead leader outstanding

Are you a talented teacher looking to take the next step in your career? Our expertly-crafted product includes three top-quality job application letters designed specifically for Deputy Headteacher positions. These three example application letters use real-life examples to demonstrate meeting real-life Deputy Headteacher job advertisement’s person specifications. They cover: Applying as an experienced teacher Applying as an experienced assistant headteacher Applying as an experienced leader (e.g. KS1 lead) Tailored to showcase your skills and experience in creating engaging learning environments for primary aged children, our outstanding job application letters are sure to impress recruiters. With a focus on school leadership and headteacher support, these letters highlight your ability to create positive relationships with children and their families, and lead a team of educators. Whether you’re a seasoned Deputy Headteacher or just starting your career, our product is the perfect tool to help you secure your dream job. Invest in your future today with our top-quality Deputy Headteacher job application letters and unlock your potential as an educator.

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Efficiently assess and monitor pupils’ behaviour and attitudes in Key Stage 2 with these comprehensive Behaviour Assessment Grids. Designed for teachers and leaders, these grids streamline the categorization of behaviour into RAG codes, offering a quantitative result that readily identifies improvement areas and targets for each pupil. Resource Highlights: ★ RAG Coding: Easily categorize behaviour and attitudes using the familiar RAG (Red, Amber, Green) coding system. ★ Quantitative Results: Provide numerical scores for a quantitative understanding of a pupil’s behaviour, aiding in targeted improvement strategies. ★ Informative Insights: Share the assessment grids with parents and colleagues to enhance understanding of each child’s needs and showcase areas of improvement. ★ User-Friendly: Simple and intuitive design for straightforward implementation and quick assessment. Ideal For: ★ Classroom Teachers ★ Key Stage 2 Leaders ★ Behaviour Management How to Use: ★ Utilize the RAG coding system to categorize behaviour and attitudes effectively. ★ Assign numerical scores to quantify behavioural assessments, facilitating clearer communication. ★ Share results with parents and staff to foster a collaborative approach to student development. You may also be interested in… Environmental Factors Behaviour Grid Editable Behaviour Chart for Autistic/ADHD children Behaviour Plan Sheet Customer Support: Encountering any challenges or have specific requests? Contact our support team directly at explore_education@outlook.com for a swift response. Special Offer: Enjoying this resource? Leave a review and receive a complimentary resource of your choice! Email us your purchase receipt and a screenshot of your review to avail this offer. Tags: KS2, Key Stage 2, Behaviour Assessment, RAG Coding, Classroom Management, Attitude Assessment.

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Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com School Journeys Around the World assembly - features stories of real life children living in Ecuador and how they travel through the rainforest to get to school. Suitable for KS1 or KS2.

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com Back to school! Set up your classroom for the new year with these woodland themed printables. Create a neutral, relaxing environment perfect for all children, especially those with sensory needs and SEND. Includes: x2 Bunting - Blank, Alphabet, ‘Welcome’ Days of the Week Drawer Labels (with blanks) Alphabet Letter Squares (with blanks) Number Squares up to 31 (with blanks) Months of the Year Schedule Table Numbers Voice Level Meter Welcome to… Door Sign (for Nursery to Y6) Binder Covers Editable labels Please note: resources are in JPG or PDF format. They look a lot better when downloaded than on the preview as TES cannot show the fonts used. If you would like any other items for this set or requests for others, please don’t hesitate to ask. display ks1 ks2 lks2 uks2 y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6

Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com An assessment grid for SENCos and teachers to assess reading into different levels in lower primary and upper primary. There are then recommended strategies to support each level. Ideal for EAL children or those with additional needs. SEND SENCo assessment LA ks1 ks2 ks3 lks2 uks2

Get your KS2 maths year off to a flying start with this engaging and FREE back-to-school lesson! Designed to set clear expectations and ignite a passion for maths in Year 3-6 students, this comprehensive resource is perfect for transition days or the first maths lesson of the year. What’s Included: ☆ Interactive 12-Page PowerPoint: Captivate your students with visually appealing slides that cover essential topics like presentation, neatness, growth mindset, and mastering maths skills. ☆ Quick Maths Quiz: A fun and interactive quiz to assess students’ prior knowledge and get them excited about the year ahead. ☆ Lesson Plan: Detailed guidance for the lesson with suggested questions and activities. Key Benefits: ☆ Establish a Positive Learning Environment: Set clear expectations for the year ahead, fostering a culture of excellence and growth mindset in your maths classroom. ☆ Build Confidence and Motivation: Help students develop a positive attitude towards maths by showcasing their abilities and setting achievable goals. ☆ Review Essential Skills: Refresh students’ memories on key maths concepts and prepare them for new challenges. ☆ Promote Active Learning: Encourage student participation and engagement through interactive activities and discussions. ☆ Save Valuable Prep Time: This ready-to-use resource requires minimal preparation, allowing you to focus on delivering a fantastic lesson. Empower your students to become confident mathematicians and set the stage for a successful year of learning! Ideal for: KS2 Maths, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, back to school, transition, September, expectations, classroom rules, first week back, maths lesson, maths quiz.

Empower your SENCOs and SLT to identify and nurture critical thinking skills in students with special educational needs. This comprehensive one-page document provides a clear framework for observing and assessing key characteristics of critical thinking in the classroom. Key Features: ☆ Targeted Questions: Thought-provoking questions focus on three core areas of critical thinking: Having their own ideas: Does the child generate original thoughts and solutions? Using what they already know to learn new things: Does the child make connections and apply prior knowledge? Choosing ways to do things and finding new ways: Does the child demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in their approach to tasks? ☆ Practical Guidance: Offers clear guidance on what to look for in student behavior and responses, making it easy to identify and document evidence of critical thinking. ☆ Differentiated Approach: Considers the unique needs of SEN students, providing prompts to assess their progress with and without support. ☆ Actionable Insights: Helps educators tailor instruction and interventions to promote the development of critical thinking skills in SEN students. Benefits: ☆ Enhance Observation Skills: Equip your team with the tools to effectively observe and assess critical thinking in SEN students. ☆ Promote Individualized Learning: Gain valuable insights into each student’s strengths and areas for growth, enabling targeted support. ☆ Foster a Growth Mindset: Encourage a positive learning environment where all students are empowered to think critically and creatively. ☆ Streamline Assessment: Simplify the assessment process with a clear and concise framework. Invest in your SEN students’ future by nurturing their critical thinking skills. Ideal for: SENCOs, SLT, special education teachers, teaching assistants, and anyone working with students with special educational needs.

A 9 page booklet suitable to send home before school starts or to use in the first couple of weeks of school.