Farmer Harmer Llama Drama: Ideal for GCSE and latter KS3, this entertaining resource encourages students to delve further into comprehension and consider explicit and implicit meaning in a real-life news story. Great for classroom learning as well as homework, I have always found this resource to be an excellent discussion prompter - ideal for teachers who value a constructivist approach to teaching - and I received excellent OFSTED feedback on a lesson based around this resource. Enjoy :)

Interactive Percentage quick guide: Yipeee….percentages …. Percentages … Percentages…Let the fun begin. Ideal for GCSE and KS3, this highly interactive and fun presentation is great for interactive whiteboards in the classroom and is a fantastic resource for both one-to-one and group based private tuition. It’s also a great learning and revision aid for KS3 and GCSE students for making use of their independent learning (its original function). Comprising 26 animated slides, this resource provides explanations and step-by-step worked answer questions for 6 calculator-based percentage topics along with 1 student testing question (with answers) for each category. The 6 categories covered are: Finding a percentage of an amount, Expressing a value as a percentage of another value, Calculating compound appreciation / depreciation, Calculating original amounts prior to percentage positive and negative change. As a private tutor I consistently found that, even my high level Yr11 students, struggled with these concepts so this is an ideal revision aid for GCSEs. Oohh the joy of percentage confidence… :)

The Hermitage Cats: A good old traditional comprehension exercise based on a cultural article from National Geographic. Ideal for GCSE and KS3, this informative resource encourages students’ comprehension skills as well as their abilities to skim and scan written information. Ideal as a homework activity or preparation for Year 11 English exams but also great for classroom learning. Enjoy.