This is a 60 slide supplementary resource for English KS3 teachers using the Oxford International Approach series (book 2 Units 1,2). Topics are ‘Crossing Rivers’ and ‘Communication’. It contains vocabulary work, poetry, writing, drama and discussion work to accompany the two units.

PowerPoint discussion questions on themes and characters plus writing question examples.

Sixteen quite hard hitting topics for discussion on British Values. Maybe it's time to really get your students thinking, debating, agreeing, disagreeing, talking! Give them the cards and step back- let them chat and discuss and make up their own minds about what it really means to be young ( or old) and British in the 21st century. Plus one 'places in Britain' poster for the class.

This is an updated speaking resource. It contains a Talking Time PowerPoint presentation of speaking prompts for group or whole class activities, and a separate Talking Cards resource to print, laminate and use for individual speaking practice in pairs. There are also two speaking practice board game templates. This is ideal for any ESL class, IGCSE English as a Second Language Oral component resource, or simply to get all students of any age talking! Perfect for KS2 up.

This is a fiction story with a message, in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation. It teaches the message of Easter- being unselfish and showing kindness to others, giving up a little. There is a 10 slide story and in addition, four templates with - discussion questions, diary entries and an acrostic poem. There is also a three slide resource with Easter designed board games for word and math play in class. This resource is ideal for KS2- it could be used in PSHE, English or Religion class.

Worksheets for Christmas and Winter writing Present Continuous focus worksheets 24 Day Star chart Two Christmas bookmarks The Three Days of School Christmas paragraph The 12 Days of Christmas Board Game template- make up your own rules and questions Noun/ verb prompts for sentence making Christmas Word Search My Pet Elf Reindeer Fact File- for students to complete My letter to Santa template An Acrostic Christmas Poem template Name the Christmas Objects SEN/ESL /EYFS

20 slide resource for IGCSE English as a Second Language ( or GCSE English Language). Practice questions with concept maps, letters, vocabulary, essay titles, form filling, letter writing, grammar and instructions

This PowerPoint remembers WW1 and the 100th anniversary of The Battle of the Somme. It discusses cause of war, propaganda,conscription, one young hero and day one of The Somme. This is a suitable tribute to our fallen heroes- useful for assembly, homeroom, PSHE or British Values classes. KS2 upwards. This WWI poetry resource may also be useful for English teachers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-poetry-we-will-remember-them-11150987

Over 30 slides covering this summer's Olympics 2016 in Rio and the Euro 2016 meet in France in June 2016. The resource has three files- two pdf worksheets including comprehensions, gapfills, discussion questions, word searches, maths calculations and acrostic poems, and a PowerPoint with Olympic quiz questions. This is ideal end of term fun work for KS2- touches on general knowledge, PE, English and Maths. Good PSHE lesson too!

This is a resource to accompany the reading of 'The Secret Garden'. It comprises a mini 7 slide PowerPoint for discussion on secrets and 20 further slides with short author bio + gap fill, activity cards on quotations, character analysis,story sequence of events, flower fact file template, study questions and two templates (colour and black and white) for cut out bookmarks. Suitable for ELA and KS2 literacy reading.

This Spring and Easter resource is perfect for Key Stage two English. It contains : 4 ORIGINAL SPRING POEMS BY THE AUTHOR 2 PICTURES FOR DISCUSSION 1 POSTER WITH SPRING VOCAB 5 WORKSHEETS (poem templates, guided writing, factfile)

This is the second in a series of BREXIT/BREMAIN resources in the lead up to the big vote on June 23rd this year. Who? What? Why? When? Where? Why should I be bothered? Discuss this hot topic with your students, get some debate going and let them share their opinion. Resource is in the form of a PowerPoint presentation (info, discussion and quiz) and has an additional three worksheets at the end. Great for KS3 upwards, ESL and SEN students at home and abroad.

A PowerPoint presentation to help staff think about how and why they are differentiating in class. Particularly useful for a staff who are teaching ESL students in the mainstream curriculum. This resource includes a preview.

This Christmas Poetry pack contains original poetry for kids, one Shakespearean 'poem' taken from Hamlet and five templates for acrostic Christmas themed poems. It is suitable for English Language class / ESL / SEN in KS2/3

(Previously Space and The cosmic Classroom). This 20 slide presentation may also be printed out and used as worksheets and information texts/ posters in KS2 or KS3. It is useful in English and Science. It contains a poems for completion, make a question template, a postcard from space template and space words anagrams- all dedicated to our first British astronaut in space, Tim Peake. There are additional slides on the planets in the solar system. *This contains the planets resource from Space and the Planets , a previous upload.

16 slides with excerpts from class short stories presented as cloze passages - complete using the adjective, verb and / or preposition. Suitable for KS3, KS4 , IGCSE, IELTS, FCE, CAE English Language class. All story excerpts are in the public domain.

A worksheet based resource to accompany William Wordsworth's poem- allowing students to reflect on the poem and their own memories.

A useful Geography resource of maps and templates for Key Stage One or Two and ESL/ SEN classes. Contents: COMPASS TEMPLATE COMPASS CUT AND PASTE THE POINTS 3 ISLAND MAP OUTLINE TEMPLATES PIRATE MAP TOWN PLAN MAP- FOR GIVING DIRECTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE PIRATE MAP TEMPLATE GRID MAP TEMPLATE TOWN PLAN TEMPLATE MAKE A KEY FOR THE MAP WORDSEARCH MAKE A MAP, KEY AND SCALE ASK AND ANSWER – YOUR PARTNER QUESTIONS

20 slides The Poppy- and questions Timeline- the month before WWI Some battlefields- and questions In Flanders Field poem – questions WWI- word definitions Armistice/ WWII/ Questions Poem- the fallen – questions Two posters Accompanying PowerPoint Presentation

This resource can be used from Year 8 upwards for English Language writing practice. It may be useful for lower levels at GCSE and for IGCSE students, especially Second Language Learners. The resource contains cloze tests, paragraph re-ordering, error correction and vocabulary work .