Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
This was a great tool that I used with my class. It covers contractions, general punctuation, singular possession, plural possession, was/were and much/many. Pupils are taught about a particular aspect of grammar and then shown the slides on the IWB, which asks them to fix the sentences. Perfect for AFL and ensuring that they understand. The presentation is easy to adapt and you can quickly change the sentences to suit other grammar needs that you may have. There is also a blank activity sheet, which is perfect for typing in and sending home for homework once the pupils are familiar with hoe the game works. Pupils could also use this sheet to write their own incorrect sentences for a partner to fix!
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
This presentation contains planning and resources for 2 weeks of cross-curricular teaching on Japan's involvement in the Second World War. I followed this learning journey with my Y6 class and that were enthralled by the story. The presentation teaches children about Japan's involvement. Then asks them to focus on the Atomic Bomb and then more specifically on the story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Peace Cranes - a sad yet inspiring story. Focus genres are timelines and autobiographies, with lots of opportunities to show viewpoint.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
Please do review my resources. Thank you!
Presentation on the dodo bird, which I used with my class as writing stimulus. Pupils loved learning about the funny-looking bird and its interesting history. Powerpoint contains information on: history, extinction, fun facts and dodos in the media. There is also a word list included with ambitious vocabulary. I used this presentation for: information leaflets, story writing, poems and a tourist brochure on Mauritius.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message. *My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A two week (10 lessons) English plan with resources for all activities. A fun and engaging way to excite KS1 pupils to write. Includes lots of different writing genres: instructional writing, descriptions, directional writing and much more.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Three week scheme of work/15 lessons/three learning journeys on George's Marvellous Medicine, includes: plans (starter/main/plenary), writing to model to pupils, many resources for activities and three homework activities for the three weeks. These are fun and engaging lessons that pupils will enjoy. The English topics covered are: spell poems, diary entries and adverts. Resource is suitable for KS2 and lower-KS3.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
With Euro 2016 just around the corner, engage your pupils with these exciting Maths and English lessons and have an easier week yourself,,.with all of the resources pre-prepared. Both boys and girls will enjoy these exciting lessons.
Maths lessons relate to fractions and problem solving with truly enjoyable lessons, that pupils will remember. For English, there is a variety of lessons, from leaflet writing to poem writing to ordering countries alphabetically.
There is also a grid so that every child in your class can have a football team for Euro 2016 - who in the class will win?!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Want a planning free weekend? This resource includes everything you need to teach your class about information leaflets. Follow a presentation as pupils learn about foxes and the features of an information leaflet. Included is an example leaflet on badgers so pupils can see exactly what is required of them. There are many resources, including a leaflet template and peer-assessment activity.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
I have recently won a TES prize for the creative teaching of Shakespeare. Here's what TES said: 'Hannah embraced the challenge of bringing Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, to life in her KS2 classroom by adopting an original, cross-curricular approach. Featuring learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom, learners were fully immersed into this epic tragedy in every subject area and demonstrated their understanding in a variety of ways. From video retellings and word count pie charts to song writing and unique artistic interpretations, her teaching is the perfect example of how Shakespeare can be made accessible to pupils of all ages.'
In this activity pack, there are ideas for 16 lessons and learning journeys. Many subjects are featured, including: Science, Maths, English, D&T, Art and more. The pack is made-up of resources, photos of when I did these activities with my class and planning. One of the 16 above is a cross-curricular learning journey for D&T and took us three weeks to complete - the children loved it! There are 46 pages in total.
This was used with a Y5 class but can easily be adapted to support pupils from Y3 - Y8. The progress that my class made throughout this project was phenomenal!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A fun and engaging activity pack. These 10 lessons can be done individually or stretched into longer learning journeys.
Planning - a brief description of 10 cross-curricular activities linked to: art, English, maths, history and geography.
Activities - resources linked to Anglo-Saxon times, including writing coded messages in Runes, understanding the story of St. Cuthbert and designing a Sutton Hoo mask.
There is also a useful list of Anglo-Saxon related websites attached.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
This resource is an enjoyable way to tackle preparation for the phonics screening. It can be used in class or sent home for homework.
-The first activity requires pupils to read gobbledygook (Pseudo) sentences.
-The second activity allows pupils to write their own gobbledygook sentences for others to read.
-There are also 30 alien cards (with alien picture and pseudo word) for pupils to play memory or snap with (fun to send home to get parents involved). These can be laminated to use again next year!
-There are also 12 blank cards so pupils can design their own alien and write their own pseudo words to include in the games. Pupils have lots of fun doing this!
-Also included is a 'real or rubbish' word game, where pupils need to sort real words from the fake words.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Fancy a week without the stress of planning and making resources - here is an entire weeks worth of English and Maths resources linked to The Olympics.
18 Slides linked to activity sheets, which run through various English and Maths activities all linked to The Olympics, including:
-Creating a leaflet
-Writing a poem
-Creating a quiz
-Writing an article
-Problem solving (various)
-Word problems
-Sorting into a Venn diagram
Activity sheets are in Word so that they can easily be adapted. All resources are easy to adapt for different ages/levels. These activities will leave you with some lovely writing and Maths evidence. Lessons can easily be extended by creating longer learning journeys.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
I already have two free mock phonics screening tests in my free resources. If you have already used those, here is an option for a brand new (2016) edition. The test is laid out as the STA lay theirs out.
There are 40 words: 20 real and 20 pseudo. There is also a tick sheet to record pupils’ answers and a class record sheet.
I would advise carrying out several mock screening checks so that the children are comfortable with the format. Also, this allows you to find individual or common areas for development and plan your phonics sessions accordingly. As a school, we have had extremely good phonics screening results, 80-90%.
This resource could also be printed off as a booklet and given as homework to encourage families to support their children in working towards passing the phonics screening.
My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!
-Made for Y1
-Made for EAL children while other children plan and write their own rhyming couplets
-Themes: carnival and Easter but can be easily edited for any topic
-To support the early stages of understanding rhyming words
1. Roald Dahl cut and stick timeline\n2. Quentin Blake timeline\n3. Design a stamp (Quentin Blake designed xmas stamps in 1993)\n4. COmpare the lives of RD and QB (we researched on ipads first and then made links)\n\nA lot of time goes into my resources as a whole, so if you use them - please leave a comment. Thank you!
Just to use for ideas. I have copied and pasted the last, general comment that I used on the end of year report to parents. Might just give NQTs a few ideas if you're stuck. They are generally very positive in line with the expectations of my current school.\n\nAlso some general strengths and targets (again which my current report form asks for). Sorry it&'s slightly patchy - it&';s done for my class and their levels.
1. Answers to 2
2. A passage from 'George Begins to Make the Medicine&' with several mistakes. Chn can either correct on paper or copy passage out correcting. Good way for chn to start thinking about checking their own work.
3. Powerpoint looking at the verbs in the book with a related verb task to do in books.
4. Simple storyboard worksheet
5. Long list of verbs for more able chn to select from when doing activity on powerpoint (above)
6. Self-assessment for books relating to activity in no.3
7. Fill in Dahl&';s missing face.
8. Fill in Quentin's face.