Blackout Poetry for Remembrance of the Poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae Poem has been repeated multiple times within the document so there is plenty of options to select words that stand out to you. Advice taking from Twinkl on how to complete a blackout poem: Scan the page for a word that stands out to you and has significance or meaning to you. Now reread the whole page and look out for any words that could link with the first word you chose. Lightly circle with pencil any words that stand out to you. Try to avoid circling more than three words in a row. List all of the words that you have circled on a separate piece of paper. Write them in the order that they appear on the book page. Read through all of the words that you have selected and choose the final words that you would like to use in your poem. Black out any unwanted words with a black pen. Add any illustrations or pictures you would like to go with your poem. Again, use a black pen.

A writing resource complete with Learning Intention and Success Criteria page A model of the poem structure An onomatopoeia word mat Onomatopoeia display lettering Outline of firework rocket

A simple resource to use to get to know your class and their community inside and outside of school.

All of the main points from the animated short film, ‘The Snowman’. This can be used to help children write detailed recounts of the film. Each of the bold bulletpoints signal time to start a new paragraph. Examples of this work can be found on the instagram account of Teaching and Technicolour. If you’d like to share examples of your use of this resource it would be much appreciated. You can do this by posting to instagram @TeachingInTechnicolour Or on Twitter @InTechnicolour or by email teachingintechnicolour@gmail.com All resources are created by Nicholas McMahon and watermark should not be removed when used.

An acrostic poem bundle, complete with a poem template, example poems, sentence starters and lettering for a display!

What do you love about yours? How do you want your classroom to feel? Important questions to ask on your first week back to school with your new learners. Make the right start back by having your children fill these out and decorate them for an early display of pupil voice. Examples can be found on Instagram @TeachingInTechnicolour.

A simple tree to use for measuring length or angles.

Print the first two pages, 2 to a page on A3 so that you have the quote above and the space for map design underneath. There are examples on a reel within my instagram @TeachingInTechnicolour There is also a screenshot of Google Maps from Greenland to New York.

This is a perfect resource to use at the start of a new school year to establish what kind of teacher you want to be for your children. Using YouTube clips of Miss Honey and Miss Trunchbull, get the children to think about their teaching and nurturing styles. The images used within this resource are not my own and were sources through free use image sites. Please tag me in your posts so I can see your children’s wonderful work. Twitter/X - @InTechnicolour Instagram - @TeachingInTechnicolour

Labels that have been measured so that they can cover your old trays perfectly!

Rather than focus on a “New Year, New Me” … why not explore a “New Year, Healthiest Me” by focusing on what you can and can’t control! We all hope that our years are straight forward and carefree but as we know, life can throw us curve balls so being equipped with strategies to support your emotional regulation can help us deal with these unexpected difficulties better. This resources includes: Planning Sheet Examples and strategies Learning Intention and Success Criteria Model piece of writing List of words to describe the year ahead Bunting template

A fun way to introduce the theme of kindness with a class by designing and describing a kindness monster! The bundle included a design page followed by a writing template and then a example piece of writing. Finally, I have drawn four example monsters using my iPad which can help inspire some creativity of monster designs.

A simple booklet template for planning a Burns Night Supper. You could use this Booklet as a maths resources and have the children collage a meal from Aldi or Lidl magazines and total the prices. It could be used on iPads and have the children digitally create a menu by inserting images and typing over the PDF. It could also be used as a writing resource as children use descriptive language to write a Burns Night Supper Menu. Examples can be found on my instagram account @TeachingInTechnicolour. As always I love to see examples of your learners using the resources and hearing feedback. You can similarly tag me on twitter @InTechnicolour

A fun an interactive way for children to assess themselves or each other. Children can be prompted to think about questions they could be asked in a text conversation to enable them to share their learning in a deeper way. Taking on the role of the asker and answerer needs the children to think of both sides of coin - learning and sharing the learning.

A great way to discuss the different emotional vocabulary needed on a day to day basis, by linking it through the commonly used emojis found all around us. Asking the children to discuss the emojis and to justify this based off the facial expressions of the emojis is a good lesson in understanding that difficulty of reading an emotion on the surface. For more examples, check my Instagram - @TeachingInTechnicolour Thank you for using my resource :) Nicholas

Link to the story that can be found on YouTube. The story is one that highlights the theme of sharing, caring and kindness. The resource is designed to help scaffold a piece of recount writing.

A really nice way to help structure list writing of different phonemes within the same sound family.

A really great tool for combining many of literacy strategies into one visualisation to show the development of a character linked with the story as a whole. For more examples, check my Instagram reel on @TeachingInTechnicolour Thank you for using my resource :) Nicholas

A simple outline for turning angles into pizza slices. Examples can be found on my Instagram - @TeachingInTechnicolour Thanks for downloading my resource :)

This is a diary entry in the style of The Grinch. A writing lesson in first person narrative that also embeds skills of summarising. It is a great way to focus on the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of love, kindness, connection and community. Examples of writing can be found on instagram at @TeachingInTechnicolour If you’d like to share examples of your work, you can email me with the address - teachingintechnicolour@gmail.com or on Twitter @InTechnicolour Thanks, Nicholas