A resource designed for inward reflection around Christmas time. To look beyond the materialistic aspects of Christmas and find what makes our own heart grow, just as The Grinch’s had. Christmas can be overwhelming for many adults and children and focusing on the things that make us happy, content and loved during these times can be helpful. A word mat is provided as a guide to support those in sentence creation. Adapted this year (2022) to include the idea of thinking about parts of our bonnie wee Scotland that makes our hearts grow, to be used as Christmas cards for those newly settled in Scotland.

Analye the colours of the wind with your class with a note taking sheet side by side the lyrics. If you want to display some are work, I have also provided an CfE outcome posters describing the process. If you want a tutorial on the art lesson, check out my Teaching In Technicolour Instagram page.

Vary your Halloween display with these fun and creative guides to help your learners design witches, monsters and pumpkins. There is plenty of scope for personalisation and choice. If you use these, I would love to see some of the results. You can share them with me on Twitter at @InTechnicolour or on Instagram at @TeachingInTechnicolour. You can also email me at teachingintechnicolour@gmail.com Please don’t remove the watermarks. I hope your learners love using them!

Display poster for Moonlit Evergreen artwork. Example of work can be found on Teaching in Technicolour instagram!

Simple format for festive writing activities. Children can use these templates to practice their spelling during Christmas time.

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

Using two songs from The Muppet Christmas Carol, you can analyse the change in Scrooge from before and after his visits from the ghosts. Firstly watching and exploring the song ‘Scrooge’ you can ask the children to highlight and analyse lyrics that stand out to them. Secondly you will then use the song ‘Thankful Heart’ and do the same. This can be displayed in a jotter or on a poster with a visualisation of Scrooge looking grim and miserable on one side and enlightened on the other. For an example of the jotter layout, check instagram for a reel showing more. As ever, I would love to see how your learners have used this resource so if possible, please tag me on instagram @TeachingInTechnicolour or twitter @InTechnicolour.

Simple lettering to display in class with an important message.

A simple template to colour your own chessboard to play on and to use the skills of summarisation to explain the rules to a friend. For more examples, check my Instagram - @TeachingInTechnicolour Thank you for using my resource :) Nicholas

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.

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.

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.

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

A simple tree to use for measuring length or angles.

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

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.

A simple format for a fun getting to know you game. Children can use this to come up with their own options and read them to small groups or the whole class.

A great resource to use with upper school children (KS2) at the start of the year to help reinforce the skills and qualities needed to be a responsible monitor and buddy in their final years of primary school life. If you can, please share some examples of this work on Twitter/X @InTechnicolour or on Instagram @TeachingInTechnicolour

Dystopian Writing Task Resource Engage Your Students with A Dystopian Writing Task Resource! Introduce your students writing a dystopian narrative set in a world without mathematics. They will follow a brave protagonist battling against an antagonist who has eliminated math, leading to chaos and disorder. This resource encourages critical thinking about the importance of mathematics in society as well as narrative and imaginative writing skills. What’s Inside: Model Writing Example: A sample narrative that highlights key elements of dystopian narrative, providing a clear template for students to read and analyse. This has an AI generated image to accomany it and help inspire the idea of the antagonist villain. Planning Page included this Learning Intention and Success Criteria as well as prompting questions and examples to help inspire your children before they begin. Learning Intention: To create and gradually develop interesting plots, characters, and settings (ENG 2-31a). Success Criteria: An engaging title to draw in the reader. A vivid setting and context for the story. Gradual development of the background and plot. Introduction and description of interesting and believable characters. Use of figurative language techniques: alliteration, similes, and metaphors. An ending that clarifies the protagonist’s aim and goal.

Here are two word documents in the style of letters to children: one from a vampire hunter and one from a witch hunter. Both letter’s are about working with a potion recipe to defeat the monsters. The recipes are for one bottle and then there is differentiation for the children to upscale the recipe to larger quantities. Both letters require the use of decimals - for the vampires it is to one decimal place and for the witches it is to two. Both are accompanied by a teacher’s answer guide.