November was National Novel Writing Month in the USA- this is a ‘How-To’ guide for NaNoWrMo, taking students through the process of writing a long story/ novel. Included is the opening to a Sci-fi story which the students are asked to think about and expand on. There are several other titles for them to practise with later. (US spelling here of colour and behaviour )

It is often difficult when teaching a UK curriculum to ESL students - this could be overseas in a private school or with ESL students in the UK. This PD presentation gives some tips on how to approach Reading- Reading in all subjects. This resource includes a preview document.

Some Back To School signs for the classroom walls. These two resources cover grammar words ( nouns, proper nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, articles,conjunctions) and punctuation terms ( full stop, comma, semi-colon, colon, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation mark, speech marks). Why shop from a catalogue? Get them here- print, cut, laminate and post!

This multi resource pack has a short PowerPoint Presentation on famous Ancient Greeks (names and brief bio) and a fact file template, Ancient Greece timelines ( events and battles), a short Ancient Greece Quiz and ten task cards. Suitable for UK curriculum and International Primary Curriculum at KS2.

This is a mixed bag resource for Spring. Mostly suitable for KS2 / ESL. It contains • task cards : including St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Passover, Earth Day and First Day of Spring, board game • worksheets: including word search, Earth acrostic poem template, map completion, life cycle of a butterfly template • crafts: two templates for bookmarks and one Easter card • Wordsworth’s Daffodils poem plus worksheets These could be great activity fillers through Spring- perhaps a Friday afternoon or as a lead in to a topic/ plenary. They could also be used in a literacy centre for self-access. Alternatively, you could turn the resource into a homework booklet for Spring.

This 10 page resource gives some practice at writing biographies, autobiographies, questions, some grammar practice and a word search plus vocabulary definitions. It's a bit of a mixed bag and excellent as homework or revision.

This resource is aimed at KS2 and looks at Antarctica, conservation on the continent and conservation in general. There is a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation and additional worksheets.

April 22nd 2016 is Earth Day- are you ready? This presentation looks at rivers- identifying rivers of the world, the uses of rivers, river damage and river protection. Also includes three slides which can be printed and used as posters. Ideal for Geography on Earth Day 2016

KS1 PowerPoint presentation on tell the time: 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to. This can be used as a presentation- students can come to the board and draw in the clock hands, or it can be cut out and laminated to make a flip chart with the accompanying hands. There are also worksheets to accompany.

A mixed bag of English revision for lower KS2. Adverbs, Adjectives, Verbs, Jobs, Identify the part of speech- ideal for revision week or a homework booklet.

A short story, information article on insects and a letter with slides giving prompts for planning and writing stories. Additional worksheets for story writing and fact files.

15 pages of colour the animals wild and domestic for KS1 (with animal name and adjective)- make a booklet or laminate and use as flashcards. Great filler, time user upper, hwk booklet and end of term relaxation.

Ten original photographs which can be printed, cut and laminated to be used as jigsaws. Suitable for KS2 and upwards. May also be used intact as Art or English writing prompts.

This 30 slide resource goes through a number of skills needed for Key Stage One. It is a useful assessment, revision or homework tool for teachers. Content is as follows: 1 Useful Words 2 Books and Reading 3 Plurals 4 Adjectives 5 Adverbs 6 Writing Letters 7 Shape Poems and Rhyming Words 8 Speech Marks 9 Story Writing Titles 10 Writing a Report

This is a 12 page resource with crossword, wordsearch, poems and poetry prompts ( Shakespeare and Dickinson) and short story prompts for summer (‘Ariel’s Song’) , all with a summer theme. Ideal for a summer workbook or a summer school short unit in English or Language Arts. (Upper KS2 and above).

A ten slide Power Point resource ( 4 slides PP and 6 slides worksheets) to practise unseen poetry. This is suitable for IGCSE and GCSE English Literature. It contains an original unseen poem by Anon, W.B Yeats ‘When You Are Old’ and Alfred Lord Tennyson ‘Spring’.

This resource has 11 slides and 6 accompanying worksheets/templates for writing and vocabulary. The novel (for teens) is by Joan Lingard ( first in a trilogy ) and is an excellent way to approach the topics of tolerance, reconciliation and tradition in English, PSHE or British Values class. Suitable for upper KS2 and above.

This resource is a guide to narrative writing using the senses. It has several journal entries for identification and then completion, a writing frame and several picture prompts for narrative writing practice. Ideal for upper KS2 and KS3

English as a Second Language IGCSE (November resits) pack containing: three short comprehensions- Summer School , Reality Show Competition Advert, College Prospectus three forms to complete three letter prompts three guided writing prompts Get ready for the November resits! (ALL NEW Material)

This is a PowerPoint presentation with various speed writing tasks for Key Stage Three and Key Stage Four. It is particularly useful for students doing IGCSE English or simply for classroom practice at any time. There are accompanying worksheets. (26 slides.)