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I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
Welcome to Goodeyedeers - the home of quality resources for primary teachers. Visit us and check out some great ideas.
I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
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Each month has a mandala to colour and an inspirational quotes.
The calendar is in both landscape and portrait.
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‘24 Lines Make A Day’ is a poem based on the 24 hours of a day. It is performed by the poet - David Horner.
Suitable for Years 3, 4 and possibly 5.
The resources include:
A short, animated film for the children to watch and listen to David reading the poem.
Teachers’ Notes which give you
a) activities to do with the children based around the poem ’24 Lines Make A Day’
b) ideas for creating fresh poems linked to the ideas used to create the poem.
c) suggestions for further activities
The text of the poem ’24 Lines Make A Day’.
If you enjoy this resource package from Goodeyedeers we hope you will tell your colleagues about it and maybe leave us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
Kenning is used in poetry to create different effects, They can be combined to make a poem called a Kennings in which a collection of kenning lines are combined to describe an object.
This is a great exercise for analysing different forms of poetry.
In the short animated film a friendly hamster reads out David Horner’s poem - ‘I Am Hamster’
The powerpoint presentation can be used in the classroom to show how the children can create kennings and then make them into poems.
The teachers’ notes give some interesting background information about the origins of kennings. Then there are further suggestions for developing the work started in the powerpoint presentation.
All the materials are fully adaptable, so you can make them your own if you wish.
Please let us know how you have used this resource. We would love to hear from you.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
These music lesson ideas are suitable for children in both KS1 and KS2.
The short video will give teachers ideas for lessons about getting the children to create simple rhythms.
It explains how crotchets, quavers and semiquavers work and how, combined with one, two and four syllable words, interesting rhythms can be created.
The Teachers’ Notes give suggestions as to how the ideas put forward in the video can be developed.
If you enjoy using this package please let us know and don’t forget to tell your friends. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
The PowerPoint gives you six different creative writing prompts. Each one consists of an evocative picture, some ideas to get the children thinking and some sounds to help create an atmosphere.
The Powerpoint is designed to be used with the whole class or put onto individual laptops/tablets.
The same pictures are also included in a word document to be printed, laminated and used as a writing prompt for individuals or groups.
If you find this resource useful please leave a review and don't forget to tell your colleagues. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
This resource is designed to be photocopied so that each child has a booklet of interesting writing activities they can complete.
It includes ideas and prompts for writing:
Haiku poetry - three lines with a total of 17 syllables
Cinquain poetry - five-line poems with a total of 22 syllables
Etheree poetry - as many lines as you like - line 1 has 1 syllable, line 2 has 2 syllables and so on
Twitter Fiction - stories in 140 characters or less
Drabbles - exactly 100 word stories
Fairy Tales - modern, up to date fairy tales
13 Word Stories - a bakers dozen.
Dictionary Stories - using your date of birth and a dictionary to give you three words to include in a story
To-Do-Lists - what might the Queen have on her To-Do-List?
When the children have completed their booklet they will have 29 original pieces of writing to share with you and the class.
If you enjoy this resource then please let us know and don’t forget to tell your friends. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
This resource from Goodeyedeers is aimed primarily at Years 3 and 4.
In the short video ‘Colour Riddles’, children’s poet, David Horner, talks you through some ideas for getting the children to write colour riddle poems and shape riddle poems.
In the short video ‘Talking Riddles’ David reads out three riddle poems of his own. This animated film would make a great lesson starter.
The Teachers’ Notes give you some extra ideas for exploring more riddle poetry and how they might be written.
If you enjoy this resource please leave us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues about us. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
'Times Tables Twisters' is a great resource that gives you differentiated activities that can be used to combine the learning of times tables with the writing of tongue twisters. It can be delivered as a class lesson or used by individual children on their iPads.
The children meet Terry who, like many children, was finding the learning of his times tables difficult, until he came up with this unique way of remembering them. In the PowerPoint lesson Terry describes, in detail, how he uses his times tables to create some interesting tongue twisters.
This resource contains:
Two PowerPoint presentation lessons one for each of the times tables –11x & 12x.
A PDF containing a set of differentiated grids that the children can use to help them create their own times table tongue twisters.
An Excel sheet with the same set of differentiated grids on that can be used by children with their own laptops and/or iPads.
A set of teachers’ notes with follow up ideas.
As well as having fun with words the children are creating their own mnemonics to help them remember their tables.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Stew’.
Children love creating recipes - the stranger the better. Here they have a chance to use words from the Word List to create some very odd recipes. Spellings Stew asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to ensure it meets the criteria needed to go into the recipe.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 5/6 Word List, a grid to help the children create their own recipes and a board to write their completed mouth-watering recipes out on.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
The two workbooks from Goodeyedeers in this package cover all the words in the Year 3/4 NC Word List.
Each page contains five, randomly chosen words from the Year 3/4 NC Word List set against a distinctive background, all of which needs to be coloured in. The colouring in of each letter of the word further enhances the child’s learning of that word.
All images are sourced via a creative commons licence.
If you enjoy this resource please have a look at at our others. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
The two PDF’s in this package contain all the words in the Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word List.
Each page contains five, randomly chosen words from the Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word List, set against a distinctive background, all of which needs to be coloured in. The colouring in of each letter of the word further enhances the child’s learning of that word.
All images are sourced via a creative commons licence.
If you enjoy this resource please have a look at at our others. Any feedback would be more than welcome. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
In this workbook more than half of the spelling words on the Year 3/4 Word List are covered. There are a number of exercises for the children to work through, all linked to the words from the 'National Curriculum Word List', including:
Crosswords
Word Searches
Finding Spellings Within Spellings
Writing Acrostics
Creating Tongue Twisters
Workbooks 1 & 2 cover all the Year 3/4 Word List spellings.
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Within Spellings’.
Based on a popular and very old game, Spellings Within Spellings asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Year 5/6 Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to play the game successfully.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talks about her love of words. You will discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 5/6 Word List and a series of differentiated photocopiable grids for the children to use.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
This teachers' booklet has ideas for working with both the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 National Curriculum Word Lists.
We believe these suggested ideas will help you to make the learning of these words much more enjoyable for the children in your class.
This booklet has 12 great ideas for exercises you can try out with the children. All of which can be used time and time again.
Many would make great lessons and there are quite a few you can set the children to try out at home. Think how relieved the parents are going to be to see one of these tasks coming home rather than the dreaded ‘spelling list’.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource will go to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Within Spellings’.
Based on a popular and very old game, Spellings Within Spellings asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to play the game successfully.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You will discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole Year 3/4 Word List in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List and a series of differentiated, photocopiable grids for the children to use.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spellings Recipes’.
Children love creating recipes - the stranger the better. Here they have a chance to use words from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List to create some very odd recipes.
Spellings Recipes asks the children to concentrate intently on words from the Word List. For the teacher the purpose is the child learning the spellings, so the child must constantly be studying and investigating each word to ensure it meets the criteria needed to go into the recipe.
The presentation also introduces your class to Hetti from Planet SPaG who talk about her love of words. You discover that Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year3/4 Word List, a grid to help the children create their own recipes and a page from Hetti's recipe book to write their completed mouth-watering recipes out on.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving us a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called - MedEquip4Kids.
In this short video, children's poet, David Horner, shows you how to work with your class or small groups to create riddles poetry.
Children love solving riddles and also enjoy creating their own. David will show you how to get them devising their own riddles using both colours and shapes.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is going to a children charity called MedEquip4Kids.
In this William Shakespeare package we feature a song from ‘The Tempest’ and songs from ‘Cymbelene’ and ‘Hamlet’.
In the Powerpoint presentation, Professor Bacon is your guide to first drafts of these Shakespearean songs lost till now in an old trunk.
The problem is that the songs’ lines and their verses have been hopelessly jumbled. However, as Joan Collins once said, “Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I’ll show you someone who has never achieved much.”
Professor Bacon’s challenge is to edit these line and verses into their correct order. His presentation is littered with Shakespearean insults and compliments. Once the tasks have been correctly completed you’ll have no more weedy beef-witted jolt-heads in your presence - just a class full of gallant, wide-eyed wafer-cakes!
Ideal for children in Upper KS2 and KS3.
As well as the presentation, this package includes all necessary texts for photocopying and editing.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
The four resources in this bundle are all suitable for children in upper KS2 and KS3.
These presentations are an introduction to Shakespeare’s rich, Elizabethan language. They consist of:
1. William Shakespeare - His Rich Language and Rude Words and Insults. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ and the focus is on the end rhymes of the songs. It’s a different activity for each song, but the invitation to young readers is to do the editing and in so doing, play with and engage with the language in an active, creative way.
2. Edit Shakespeare's Language and Become a Wide-Eyed Waffle-Cake. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at ‘The Tempest’ and songs from ‘Cymbelene’ and ‘Hamlet’. The problem is that the songs’ lines and their verses have been hopelessly jumbled. The challenge is to edit these line and verses into their correct order.
3.William Shakespeare - Lost Treasures and a Shopping List. (PowerPoint lesson) Here the children look at songs in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. In one case the t lines from two songs have somehow become mixed up and entangled and must be both re-ordered and separated into two separate pieces. Then we look at a song rich in items of the Elizabethan age. The draft gives these items in a separate list but unfortunately, they are missing from the text. The students are asked to insert them into the correct places to complete the song.
4. William Shakespeare - Man of Mystery. We know very little about Shakespeare’s life. We know he was born in 1564, but we don’t know the exact date. He is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon but we don’t know exactly when he died. This PDF explores further this ‘Man of Mystery’ and his work.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals.
This powerpoint presentation introduces the children to the idea of ‘Spelling Riddles’. They are shown a couple of examples and then Hetti shows them how to make their own using the spellings from the Year 3/4 Word List.
Children like a chance to ask the questions! Along with the exclusive concern with the Word List words, the focus is wholly on the child’s learning of the words - crucially learning by doing. Initially solving and then creating riddles keeps the child curious, in control and mentally active.
The presentation also introduces them to Hetti from Planet SPaG, who talks about her love of words. Did you know Hetti was able to digest and learn the whole list in just 7 seconds!
Included in the package is a copy of the Year 3/4 Word List and a photocopiable grid to help the children create their own Spelling Riddles.
If you and your children enjoy this resource then please let us and others know by leaving a review. Many thanks.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a local charity for children that works with medical staff, community nurses and other registered charities to provide equipment and improve facilities in hospitals
