Teachers need some fun to. This is my adult colouring book for teachers. You could print it out for your class to quietly colour during tests (when they have completed them to calm and relax them), or during long staff meetings - nothing is more relaxing and constructive than a little light colouring. This is to encourage staff to have a little time every day to think and reflect and not work. This is my attempt at improving the good life balance of staff. All these images were in the public domain. In the majority of the cases however, it took both a long time to find, then even longer to use editing software to sharpen and improve the images. I would love to know what people think of them.

Test Your Reading Skills Playground Signs – Reading Comprehension This picture was taken at Carsington Water reservoir in Derbyshire. Look at the questions below and write “true”, “false”, or “we don’t know” next to each one: Examples 1. The signs are on a gate at a children’s playground. 2. The playground is closed. 3. Children aged 12½ years old can use the playground. Complete with answers

Remember 9/11 is a presentation showing the towers before, during and after the event. It captures some of the drama and will be an excellent focal point for any teacher wanting to talk about this event in a balanced way. It would also make an excellent backdrop for an assembly. I have added a presentation showing you how to use photo flashcards for 31 different teaching activities in the classroom and also a set of writing prompts to encourage the children to describe the events more creatively. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different actions being shown in each of photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Remembering 9/11. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groupings. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Make target setting an interactive, hands on activity! This ideas is based on a simple 3D square based pyramid net. There is space on each side for students to write down their monthly English, Maths and Social targets. There is also a space for their name and something they learnt in the previous month. I added the motivational quotes so students appreciate what they are learning towards. I added the positive behaviour system, where the students move around the track each time they achieve their pyramids targets! The harder they work, the faster they move around the track. Lots of fun for everyone! I have created this worksheet in black and white so teachers can either print them on white paper or onto different coloured papers, the idea being to change the colour of the pyramid every month, so everyone knows which pyramid they should now be following.

Practise… • speaking and listening skills • sentence building with 8 intermediate-level verb forms • connected speech • International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) • information exchange • reading comprehension • role playing • discussion questions …including tests and full answers! Discover… • 20 common English idioms • 20 common English phrasal verbs • 20 common English slang words and phrases • 40 essential vocabulary words and phrases 100% Photocopiable Sentence Focus Activities 2. Sentence Blocks + Sentence Blocks (without Function Words) 5. Sentence Block Extensions 6. Sentence Blocks – Sentence Stress and Vowel Sounds 8. Connected Sentence Cards 11. Connected Sentence Cards – with Consonant & Vowel Sounds 14. Connected Speech Template + Cut-Up IPA Sentence Word Focus Activities 19. Discussion Words + IPA Version + Visualisations 22. Discussion Words Question Sheet 25. Information Exchange 28. Multi-Purpose Text: • Original Text + Spot the Difference • Guess the Function Words • What’s the Question? + True, False, or Unknown? • Glossary of New Words Focus on Non-Literal Speech 34. Role Play with Non-Literal English + Features of Non-Literal English – Part 4 39. 20 Common English Idioms + Matching Game + Activities 42. 20 Common English Phrasal Verbs + Matching Game + Activities 45. 20 Common English Slang Words and Phrases + Matching Game + Activities 51. Unit Vocab. Reference: Looking for a Job, Applying for a Job, Job Interviews, and Motivation Free Practice Activities 57. What Would You Do? 58. Discussion Questions + Preparing for a Job Interview – 20 Typical Questions 60. Agree or Disagree? Continuous Assessment Tests 61. Vocabulary Test + Lesson Test

I would like to introduce a brand new concept in thinking. Thinking Scarves. For a long time I was a huge fan of thinking hats... until a teacher one day wrote to me and said she did not like Thinking Hats as the Black Hat was very negative and could help to reinforce negative stereotypes about the colour black. In contrast, "White" was seen as a straight down the line, honest hat. The facts, pure and simple, without and falsification or misinterpretation. I then thought I am a teacher. Why not simply reinvent the whole system - forget about hats - scarves are the answer. With scarves, you can share them between friends, creating a closer bond between the thinkers. Make a thinking system which works perfectly in a primary school environment. Green - What is positive - makes you feel good? Red - What is negative? What makes you feeling angry or upset? Purple - what are your general feelings towards a character? Like purple, feelings can be hard to define. Gold - Make 'n' Shake - Follow your dreams and all the streets will be paved in gold. Blue : Facts - Facts, like the sea and sky can appear endless. Guide: No scarves, just a handy bag to carry all the scarves in and organise them into some sort of order. I would love other people's opinions on this concept.

You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Walk to School Month. I have extended this presentation to include walking, a keeping health creative writing prompt and a car free day. I have also added a teacher guide explaining 31 different ways of using these photo flash cards in the classroom. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

I love to get the students really talking about an issue. I saw another teacher do it and thought that this looks really effective. My Walk to School Week teaching resources are designed to get the students to think about why we should walk to school, what are the alternatives and the benefits and the costs of walking to school using different modes of transport. They are also designed to get students really talking, listening and expressing their own ideas. My teaching resources could be printed out and made into an eye catching, thought provoking display or used as a whole class discussion stimulus. I am now making a new series of resources like this, so that teachers and students can get a lot more out of every lesson.

Want to inspire your students? These pictures form the basic parts of a story to get them thinking. The pictures can be simply mixed up to change the story. The different pictures from the different stories could all be mixed up to create a really interesting mash-up of different stories. A real challenge is to see if a class can create a whole story from all the different images in the presentation!

I have created a conversation lesson on how to achieve your goals. They could be printed out and placed on the wall. They could also be used in a single lesson prior to or during SATs or GCSE revision to help students achieve their fullest potential. Each slide has an idea, a linked picture and a discussion point for the class.

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 3 Example questions 1. When did Wales go smokefree? ______________________________________________ 2. What is the penalty for an employer that fails to prevent smoking in a smokefree place? __________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the penalty for an employer who does not display the required no-smoking signs? __________________________________________________________________________

Design a Game 4 Template Boards I have collected 4 different blank board templates - the idea is for children to develop their own board games and their own rules. They then need to teach the rest of the class how to play their game. Lots of talking, discussion and communication skills.

Information Gap 1 - Looking for a Job Get the students working in pairs. Give one person of each pair the Student A page and the other the Student B page. There are four different jobs being advertised in the local paper. However, there are ten gaps on each page. Students should ask each other questions to find out the information that is missing from their page, then write it down, asking for spellings as necessary. Encourage them to communicate verbally to get the answers, rather than letting each other look at their pages! When all the students have finished, bring the group back together and ask checking questions to elicit the answers, as well as to find out how much the students have understood about the other material in the adverts.

17 Panda photos, complete with 31 different teaching activities and an animal writing prompt workbook. I wanted something teachers and students would enjoy together. The photos of the animals in the writing prompt can also be used for another 31 teaching activities on their own.

This is a great resource to show at the same time the World Rugby Cup is on. Discuss the actions on the playing field, the different aspects of the game and how the players are feeling in each photo. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different activities being shown in each of the photos. I also added a PowerPoint to show you 31 different ways you could use this teaching resource in your classroom. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Rugby. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groupings. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different relationships being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about families and friends. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different relationships. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about fashion. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different fashion items. The students can then discuss what they think about each item and where someone would wear it. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.

Test Your Spelling Skills Just Vowels - Mixed Emotions 2 Fill in the gaps to spell fifteen different emotions: Examples 1. _ o _ e _ _ 2. _ i _ e a _ a _ e 3. e _ e _ _ e _ i _ 4. _ u _ _ Complete with an answer sheet