Some simple ideas for lessons for Winnie the Pooh day. It includes recipes for honey biscuits and honey cake. English activities looking at poetry and story starters. Also indoor pooh sticks game. It is all for a bit of fun.

An activity assembly. There are four clues to different famous people both real and fictional. the famous names are Bill Gates, Harry Potter, Winston Churchill, Captain Britain, Mr Tickle, Katy Perry, Harry Kane, Harry Styles, Benedict Cumberbatch and an extra slide if you wish to put your head teacher in it. it could be used as a competitive assembly if you have 'houses' or as a class activity.

Some interlinking blocks for displays. they can be used to build vertically or horizontally. the horizontal ones could be used for building sentences, where each word has a block along with its descriptor e.g. verb, adverb, noun etc

A welcome back assembly for the new year. looking at the history of the new year with the Julian calendar starting the year at 1st Jan, then how the idea of the new year being 1st Jan changed in the middle ages. to the reintroduction with the new calendar led by the pope. Then looking at how people celebrate, along with where the first celebrations are and then where the last are and the distance between them (less than 140 miles).

A fun stand alone assembly. it starts with can you guess this famous person, hopefully from the clues they guess Elvis. then there are some facts about him and his life, ending with one of his most famous songs.

An assembly for Winnie the pooh day on 18th Jan. it looks at some interesting facts about the Winnie the pooh. Some ideas on what you could do on the day (younger children might want a teddy bear picnic added). It then goes onto quotes from the books. References the V and A pooh exhibition, then ends with the honey song.

An assembly looking at tips and advice on how to handle change. It starts with looking at the January transfer window and the change that brings for teams, players and their families. it then goes into steps to help to handle change. it ends with David Bowie - Change

An assembly for national puzzle day. it starts by looking at all of the types of puzzles. then looks briefly at the history of the jigsaw and rubics cube. why doing puzzles is good for you. then finishes with four puzzles riddle, picture, word and maths. The activity is the four puzzles again but with an answer sheet and pupil sheet. enjoy

A Christmas Assembly and poem. A normal family are getting ready on Christmas Eve for the big day, when they are greeted at the door by a talking reindeer. Santa has fallen off the roof and broken his ankle. so the mother takes on the mantle of Santa for one night, while dad looks after Santa. she travels the world guided by Rudolph and the gang with the help of Mrs Claus. could be a fun lesson or assembly

An Assembly looking at the Worldwide Conservation Day on the 4th of December. The assembly looks at the ten most endangered animals, and ends with the WWF pledge on what we can do to discourage animal poaching.

With Christmas approaching, here is an assembly that looks at the festive season in Hawaii. It is full of information about the food, celebrations, Santa's routine and the language along with a famous song. I hope you enjoy.

two sets of stickers associated for kindness lessons. one is a pledge of kindness and the other is it is good to be kind. all going in a bundle

A card for a lesson. They can draw their grumpy face on the front (or add a photo), then write to themselves advice on how to get out of a grump. this is part of the kindness lessons. all going in a bundle.

Three lessons on kindness. first looks at being grumpy and what can be done to help you not being grumpy. second lesson looks at individual acts of kindness. third looks at a groups acts of kindness. this is all going to be going in as a bundle with all the extras referenced in the lessons

A look at the heart and the circulatory system. covering different blood cells, how the heart - lungs - body interact. a couple of fun activities. then onto cholesterol and revisiting an activity with a few rule changes. be warned you will need some space to move around in.

A power point looking at surrealism and then some of Salvador Dali's work. with a slide of information and then some ideas for creating your own work. art looked at is metamorphosis of narcissus, the rose, the phantom wagon, Galatea of spheres and the lobster phone. either work through or pick your fav ones

Are your class covering rivers? There are ten pictures of rivers. Can the pupils match the nine named rivers to the pictures and then name the final river from the pictures and clues?

School can seem very serious with tests, learning maths, teacher telling you off and boring assemblies (I know I write some), so here is an assembly on laughter, lots of jokes and pictures of laughing. it finishes with a clip of Rowan Atkinson at the London Olympic opening ceremony.

Two poems as starters for world kindness day. Might help and inspire. Both poems are only one page long.