This assembly is about famous products that were originally made through mistakes such as fireworks, coca cola and many more. It has engaging pictures to support and the story behind each product. The message is clear, celebrate your mistakes. This can be used for any key stage and easily adapted to suit your needs.

I have been an English Lead for nearly 10 years and my passion is KS1 English. I have designed a full weeks worth of English and Guided Reading, along with all the resources needed, based on the story of ‘The way back home’ by Oliver Jeffers. It also includes plans for PE sessions based on the theme of the book, and other well being sessions and activities to promote a positive mind set. These plans and resources are mainly for Year 2 but could be adapted for Years 1 and 3 too.

I have been an English Lead for over 10 years now and I created this plan and resources for an activity during World Book Day. Although, this can be used for a Guided Reading session too. All resources are differentiated 3 ways and includes a lesson plan and whole class teaching Powepoint for the Starter. Focuses on chocolate bars which enagages the children right from the start and includes retrieval, comprehnsion and inference style questions. Used in Year 2 but cal easily be used in Year 1 and Lower KS2. This can nicely tie in with Willy Wonka and / or George’s Marvellous Medicine.

I am a Deputy Head Teacher and have been leading assemblies for 13 years. I use music, animations and discussions in my assemblies to enhance engagement. In each assembly, we have a different song playing for the children to walk in the hall to. The song at the beginning is always based on the theme of the asssembly. I give facts about the song and artist too, which provides links to our music curriculum. The song for this assembly is ‘The banana boat song’ by Harry Belafonte and the presentation includes facts about his life, which relates to well being and everyone having the right to dream. This assembly is all about bananas and the reasons to why they are such a positive fruit. I have included notes for every slide for discussion points and I have included an optional slide about how to turn this assembly into a whole school display. I have used this as an observed assembly, but it can be easily adapted for class use too

I have been an English lead for over 10 years now and I have designed and used this Powerpoint for a number of reasons. It has been used for my World Book Day assembly but it can be used just to promote reading in school and has also been used in class. It is a Children Vs Adults game ( could be pupils Vs staff, children Vs families) and it contains questions related to reading, books and stories. It begins with fascinating facts about reading then contains 4 entertaining rounds inlcuding one liners, questions and picture rounds. It also has a tie breaker and finishes with a wonderful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. It is a very fun interactive lesson and has had much positive feedback. It is suitable for primary and KS3.

I made this powerpoint for world book day but it can be used for a range of ideas. It explains the importance of reading and includes a quiz for the school to get involved in. Including guessing well known characters and guess the books from the famous line. It ends with a reflection.

This has been made for Year 2 Reading. An information Powerpoint all about orangutans and a question sheet to go with. The powerpoint includes examples of the questions to work through and the information is condensed into one sheet so the children can use the subheadings to find key information. These have been used in an observed lesson in Guided Reading that had excellent feedback.

I have designed and used this Powerpoint to deliver a whole school assembly about the King’s Coronation but it can be used as a class resource. It contains some history about Coronation traditions from the past and also contains information about how the Coronation was celebrated over the bank holiday weekend, including the procession, the Coronation Concert, the Coronation Big Lunch and The Big Help Out. The Powerpoint is full of uo to date photographs to aid engagement. The assembly ends with a quiz to see what key facts the children have retained. I have also included a youtube link for the children to walk into and out of assembly. It is Zadok the priest, which was played at the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 and Charles III Coronation. Please also see the Powerpoint I have made about our new King, which contains interesting facts about him as a person ( Including his car running on wine!) and his important role as King. Please see my bundle, which contains 2 other assemblies based on the Coronation.

This is 10 sessions worth of Christmas English planning that I have used with Year 2 and Year 3. It is based on the wonderful advert that Sainsbury’s and The National Literacy Trust made a few years back. It is a lovely animation and can be easily found on Youtube. Mog’s Calamity. The planning provides ideas for talk for writing games and ideas, differentiated activities and resources. At the end of the sequence of lessons, the children make their own Christmas picture book of the own story, based on the story of Mog. We colour photocopy these so the children can take them home as well as sticking in books as wonderful writing evidence. This is such an engaging resource and every year we achieve wonderful writing results. All resources are provided for each session. This is a 2 week unit but sessions can be easily adpated and shortened/ extended, depending on the needs of your class.

This transition activity is all about being a successful learner, using learning powers such as curiosity, imagination, co-operation etc. It talks through all of the 7 powers and what each one means and then provides a task for the children to design their own super hero for one of the traits. This can then be used as a lovely classroom display. I have also included a template for the children to plan their super hero before creating their final piece for the display. I have used this activity for a transition activity in KS2, but it can be easily used for KS1 too.

This is a comic strip themed activity for your new class. It contains a Powerpoint explaining the features of comic strips and then a template for the children to create their own comic strip about themselves.

I created this presentation for a staff training session on the importance of taking learning outdoors. It contains information on the impact, benefits and tips on how to begin as well as links for good quality websites to find resources and ideas. I have also included some lovely quotes to inspire and some facts based on real surveys and research. This is also editable so you could add to it to tailor it to your own needs.

This presentation discusses the importance of Art. It includes interesting facts about famous artists and discusses how Art is important for Breakfast ( the designs on your cereal boxes!). I have also included a slide show that includes some very interesting pieces of art which can be used a discussion point and to get the children talking! A good starting point to any piece of art project or topic or can be used as a whole school assembly topic.

This is an assembly presentation about how Leicester City won the Premier League when the odds were against them and what we can learn from this. This assembly engages everyone, especially the boys!

I have used this resource for a practical investigation in Science Week. It is suitable for Year 1,2 or 3. This resource includes a Powerpoint to support the teaching and the Investigation write up work sheet. The Powerpoint supports the writing and is editable to suit your class needs. I worked through each stage together, modelling each section and then letting the children have a go. It is a practical investigation about woodlice and their prefered habitat. I suggest you collect the woodlice before your lesson, approximately 20. Easy to find under rocks, logs and in dark, damp places. The only other thing you need is a large container to begin your experiment. I used a large Tuff Tray. The whole resource is pretty self explanitory and it is an interesting investigation for KS1 and LKS2. I have used it previously in an observation and it has got very positive feedback.

This can be used as an assembly for Primary aged children. It celebrates weird and wonderful traditions around the world for seeing in the new year. It has a youtube link for the fireworks displays from around the world, that can be played when children are entering the assembly. It then discusses the fireworks display in London 2023 and some of its meaning. The Powerpoint has different discussion points and is very relevant and up to date. It then touches on the importance of the song, Auld Lang Syne, on New Year’s Eve and has a link to a beautiful version of the song for children to leave assembly to. This can be easily adapted for whole school or individual class lessons.

This is a great Nativity script about a Grandpa explaining the meaning of Christmas to his grandchildren. So it includes the traditional story but with a modern twist! It has ideas for some traditional and more modern songs which suits all ages. This could even be easily adapted for KS2! It is all in Word so it can be easily adapted for more / less parts by including more / less non speaking or sharing some lines. It lasts for about 40 minutes and all costumes can be easily hand made. If you want any more ideas or have any queries about anything then please just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you. I can give more ideas for the costumes we made. I have included the a casting list to make it easy to cast your parts. All you have to do is copy and paste your casting list. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!