In my 8th year of Primary teaching. Phase Leader of years 4,5 & 6. Much of my shop is display materials, closely linked to aspirations and supporting learning within the classroom.
In my 8th year of Primary teaching. Phase Leader of years 4,5 & 6. Much of my shop is display materials, closely linked to aspirations and supporting learning within the classroom.
My currant class love their peg labels and I will be using them again next year. I like to have a few different characters as I think it’s a fun way to start the first day of the new term!
Characters include:
Harry Potter, Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, How to Train your dragon, Greg (Diary of a wimpy kid), Alice in Wonderland, Cat in the Hat, Paddington Bear, 1 of the 101 dalmations and fantastic Mr Fox.
I have used this with my class for a few years. The labels all have a picture to show what lesson it is and I usually write the times next to each card on the whiteboard.
I use this alphabet British Sign Language display to support children’s letter formation as it is written in cursive, as well as helping to support an inclusive classroom.
These minimalist posters of inspirational people include a quote from each of the famous people. We have them as a class display and talk about them a lot in our lessons.
We have them as a class display and talk about them a lot in our lessons. We direct children to them when needed, or bring them into discussions when talking about topics such as LGBTQ+ (Alan Turing) The Civil Rights Movement (Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks), Feminism and equality (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Taylor Swift, Frida Kahlo) and perseverance and supporting people when they need it.
I have used this for a few years now and I find it really helpful to organise my workload and keep my PPA time focused so I know what I need to do each week.
I use this card as a reminder card. I cut the main card out and all the other squares and then laminate them. You can get the children to choose their own targets and then throughout the day you put the emojis below to show how they are doing. I will also just use ticks to show where a child has met their targets for the lesson.
Great for behaviour management as it is a visual reminder for children that shows what we are working on. I often include a note home to parents and a small reward time at the end of the day if there are lots of ‘smiley’ face present.
This class reward system is placed somewhere the children can easily see and the teacher can access. Each time a petal is earned, the children are one step closer to their reward. They need to earn 10 petals in total and the rewards are chosen by the teacher and the children together.
The editable middle section of the flower can be chosen by together and then placed in the middle of the flower. Each time the children work as a whole class (e.g listening well, working as a team, being ready, respectful and safe etc) the teacher adds a petal.
The visual is a fantastic aid for all children to work as a team and encourages everyone in the class to work together. I have used this for a few years in an inner-city school and it has fantastic results and makes for a purposeful and productive classroom environment.
Halloween bunting perfect to decorate any classroom or to hang during a Halloween party. With 4 black and white copies too so children can colour their own bunting sheets in as a filler activity in the run up to half-term.
I have used these for a few years now and it’s a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit.
This Marvel Avengers classroom management table points display is the perfect way to combine children’s interests with working together as a team. Simply put the children’s names into the editable display, print and laminate. It’s a great way to visually show positive praise and encourage classroom routines such as transitions and listening respectfully while in the classroom.
Each table is named after an Avengers character, and then the teams ‘compete’ all week to get points and see which table wins at the end of the week. I do an individual winner and a table winner at the end of each week. The table names are made to fit into an Ikea Tolsby frame, and I often stick them onto the table tidies too so that any adult that enters your room can easily use the table point system to engage the class.
Perfect full lesson game for end of unit or end of term fun. This game tests the column addition skills of the children by getting them to roll a dice and multiply either the attacking number, or the defense number, depending on whose turn it is. Multiplication crosses the tens, and can be up-leveled by adding 2 dice so that the children are multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers.
The aim of the game is for the children to see who can cross the pitch board game first. Each player has 15 Match Attax cards and different coloured football pieces. The children will take it in turns to be the ‘attacking’ player. They will roll the dice and multiply the number on the dice by the number for ‘attack’ on their player’s card. The opposite player will then roll their dice and multiply that number by the number for the ‘defense’ on their player’s card. The child with the highest score wins and gets to place their football onto the pitch. The children put their cards to the bottom of the pile and it’s now the other child’s turn to be the ‘attacker’. This is continued until one player has reached the opposition’s side of the pitch.
Included in the download are - Powerpoint explaining the rules visually to children, instruction sheet for the children, 30 different Match Attax card images on PDF, the football counters pdf and the board game on an A3 word document.
Download, print and laminate for a great lesson. I use this at the end of every half-term and the children love it while still keeping a purposeful working environment.
This bookmark I use with my students so they can track which books they have read throughout the year. Since I have started using the bookmarks in the classroom, there’s been a noticeable improvement in the children wanting to read more so they can write the names of the books and colour the shelves of the bookmark on.
The back has an editable name slot so they are easy to identify. I print them onto card, and they are used throughout the year.
This wavy checkerboard design is a great edition to any working wall. We use it specifically from year 4 - year 6 to consolidate children’s knowledge of times tables and multiplcation.
It is good to use when skip counting, or going through times tables with children. Visuals are a brilliant way to get children to know more and remember more. Seeing the patterns of the numbers will help children to remember and understand how times tables work.
A display to support telling the time, perfect for any Maths working wall. All you need to do is print it, laminate and cut it and then add a split pin to the clock hands to make it interactive.
It comes with time cards to decorate around the edge and show the different times, e.g 5 past, 10 past ect. The clock edge is also split into 60 to show how time is counted in 60 minutes.
I use this with my class with conjunction with our White Rose time unit, but also throughout different lessons and to get the children to go and change the time on the interactive clock. For example, I might ask one child to set the clock to lunch or home time and then we look at how we know they are correct or how to help them to get it right.
This lesson bundle includes interactive and engaging lessons to get children to learn all about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. I have used these lessons for a few years now and find that they are a great way to get children to use their disciplinary knowledge and historian skills.
The first lesson gets the children to use their historian skills to firstly determine what the different types of crime and punishment were, by discussing sources. It then get them to evaluate which methods of punishment were the most useful to the anglo-saxons by using a diamond nine. The smart board acts as a lesson plan, using partner talk for discussions, explaining what the different photos were and then it explains what a diamond 9 is and how they can use it.
The second lesson supports KS2 National Curriculum History Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom after Edward the Confessor’s death. The smart board begins with a quiz in prior knowledge of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. The children will then evaluate whether Edward the Confessor was a good king or a bad king by sorting through the different points as a group. This activity is included in the bundle. Finally, the children look at the 4 different claimants to the English thrown. 1 child will be each claimant and read the synopsis provided about that King. The rest of the class use the grid to evaluate which claimant is best suited to the role of King of England.
It uses Historical skills such as understanding bias, revising previously taught knowledge and evaluating the different claimants to the thrown.
The third lesson is linked to the National Curriculum for KS2 - the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. This lesson focuses on answering the question, “Did Alfred the Great deserved to be called ‘Great’?”
The interactive smart board takes you step by step through the lesson as well as using partner talk and reminding children of key events in the Viking/ Anglo-Saxon struggle. Children will need to look at sources that you could put around the room, or on their tables. They will fill in the grid and answer questions about each source such as, “What is it?” and “What information can we learn from it?” At the end of the lesson the whole class will have a discussion about source bias before deciding whether Alfred the Great was truly Great?
Focuses on 2 key historical skills - Understand methods of Historical enquiry and gather Historical data from various sources.
The knowledge organiser supports the teaching of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Includes a timeline, key people, key places and key vocabulary. Great to have on a working wall or display and refer to within lessons, or to stick into children’s books.
Lesson to support KS2 National Curriculum History Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom after Edward the Confessor’s death. The smart board begins with a quiz in prior knowledge of Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. The children will then evaluate whether Edward the Confessor was a good king or a bad king by sorting through the different points as a group. This activity is included in the bundle. Finally, the children look at the 4 different claimants to the English thrown. 1 child will be each claimant and read the synopsis provided about that King. The rest of the class use the grid to evaluate which claimant is best suited to the role of King of England.
It uses Historical skills such as understanding bias, revising previously taught knowledge and evaluating the different claimants to the thrown.
These sets of Harry Potter posters are a brilliant way to engage children in grammar as well as consolidating their knowledge of word classes and writing features.
I have these in my classroom and we refer to them throughout SPaG and English lessons. Children will often look to them for ideas or to remind them of the different names of the grammatical features.
This set is perfect for the end of a busy term in the run up to Christmas. The Abridged version of A Christmas Carol has been re-written to make it shorter and easier to grasp for children, with images included. There are sets of worksheets and reading comprehension questions to accompany the book.
The Grinch Maths is 2 days worth of smart boards and worksheets, aimed to support all children in the Maths lesson. Again, this is great for keeping some structure for the last 2 days of term.
The Christmas French vocabulary poster is a lovely display and visual aid and we use it to play bingo with, to create art work and to play labeling games around the room.
6 posters all with examples of different linguistic writing features, ready to display in any Primary or English classroom.
Including things such as metaphors, similes, personification and alliteration, they are a great visual aid to have in the room to remind children what the features are and consolidate their understanding of them.
Anglo-Saxon and Vikings lesson linked to the National Curriculum for KS2 - the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor. This lesson focuses on answering the question, “Did Alfred the Great deserved to be called ‘Great’?”
The interactive smart board takes you step by step through the lesson as well as using partner talk and reminding children of key events in the Viking/ Anglo-Saxon struggle. Children will need to look at sources that you could put around the room, or on their tables. They will fill in the grid and answer questions about each source such as, “What is it?” and “What information can we learn from it?” At the end of the lesson the whole class will have a discussion about source bias before deciding whether Alfred the Great was truly Great?
Focuses on 2 key historical skills - Understand methods of Historical enquiry and gather Historical data from various sources.
Teacher mail is a positive reinforcement tool to support behaviour management in any classroom. Quick and easy way to communicate with parents and support the classroom environment.
Tick off positive behaviours for individual children and write a short comment to send home to parents. Instant positive reinforcement to support in class behaviour and create a purposeful working environment.
With the eye-catching design, children and parents enjoy putting these positive notes on display in the home. It is a great way to enhance communication with parents without picking up the phone.