100 words related to Remembrance collated and faded so that they can be printed and then painted upon. Check my instagram @teachingintechnicolour for examples of the poppies painted onto the paper. I have put two onto one page in Word so that when you print one page you can slice down the middle to make two poppy paintings.

Miss Trunchbull has asked Cookie for the recipe of her terrible torturous chocolate cake to be upscaled so she can punish more children through the power of numbers!

As with my Pick-a-Witch series, I have created a resource where by you can use this reference sheet to have personalisation and choice, whilst still be guided in your selections to create a portrait in the style of Tim Burton. Perfect for some spooky Halloween displays!

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.

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.

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

Another variation of the resource I’ve uploaded called ‘My Community’ A simple task that can be used to find out about your pupils and their lives.

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.

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

Two Resources: Numerator and Denominator Superhero Outlines Pictorial Fraction Representations for Equal Sharing

A fun way to find out more about your children, their music preferences and the emotions and memories that their music choice evokes. Examples as always on Teaching In Technicolour Instagram page Share examples with me at my Twitter page @InTechnicolour or on Instagram

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

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.

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 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.

Class Values Lettering: Kindness Respect Trust Dignity

Display lettering for literacy and maths.

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