This is a range of activities and a PowerPoint to welcome your class back on the first day, I use this with my new Yr.7 students but it can be used with any year group and age. The resources include a timetable for the day, an opportunity to make a new class charter, about me display, tutor board and getting to know the school through a treasure hunt, this activity is perfect for getting to know your new class and putting the boundaries in place from the start.

This is the planning that I used to deliver a full term SOW on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Yr.7 students with SEMH needs. Can easily be used and adapted for students across KS2 and KS3, PowerPoint includes tiered learning objectives for each lesson and 185 slides including worksheets and differentiated activities all linked to the reading and writing assessment focus. Topics covered within the unit are: > developing skills in reading and writing > character studies > comprehension skills > writing a formal letter > inference and deduction > self and peer assessment > paragraph writing using PEE > creative writing > planning and writing a newspaper article > storyboard writing > writing a ghost story > writing poetry > atmosphere study > book review