How one man made 14 trades and turned a paperclip into a house. A modern day fairytale, an original idea and how, if you put your mind to it anything is possible.

An assembly looking at self talk and our own mindsets.

A series of 4 tutor sessions introducing mind sets to a year 8 cohort

A series of tutor time activities for a year 9 cohort on Mindsets

Looking at the Somme to the end. Taught to a Year 9 group. A series of 5 lessons

Good for 'chatty' groups. Makes students think about the quality of their talk. Each student needs about 4 or 5 each. Every time they speak, they place in the middle of their team table. When they have finished their tokens, they have to listen to others in the group until all tokens are used. When all are used, students can redistribute. You may want to say that students can write out or draw their thoughts to keep all contributions going.

A series of ten lessons on World War 1. All on one long powerpoint. Has been taught to Year ( groups

A range of posters and resources ‘branded’ into French and Spanish. It helps gives an ethos and identify to an MFL department. They include progress checks, peer and self assessment slips (based on two stars and a wish), and plenaries.

Many people forget that Maths has a huge element of literacy to it. If students do not understand what the word means or the symbol means, how are they ever going to be able to complete the paper. This is a four sided pyramid which can sit on all Maths desks from Year 7 through to Year 11. One side has key symbols, another key words of algebra, another side for number and another for exam command words. Print them on card and form groups can assemble them easily.

Here are over 40 learning activities for the classroom for all ages. Some help learn the knowledge and some test the knowledge. Ensure they fit with the skills of the lesson. Don’t just use them as ‘bolt on’ activities which will kill ten minutes of a lesson. They are more a bank of inspirations and templates to save time in the busy world of planning lessons. Put through your filters and adapt for your lesson.

ADHD - How To Maximise Potential

This is a range of activities which help students Tidy their books Respond to marking Reflect on progress. You will have to change the pen colours according to your school’s marking policy.

History Sentence Starters Cube A simple cube giving sentence starters for the key skills in history. It can sit on students desks for assessments or in a box in the room. It has differentiated sentence starters for all abilities. It covers the skills of Similarities & Differences, Cause & Consequences, Change & Continuity, Significance, Sources & Interpretations.

You have to cover a form time?Unsure what to do?These series of famous photos from history help develop student’s questioning skills as well as knowledge of world events from pop, American culture, war, politics, deaths & assassinations. Appropriate for key stage 3,4 or 5. Templates can also be used for lesson starter activity.

Year 8 Tutor Time Quiz Easter

Year 10 Easter Fun Quiz

Year 7 Tutor Time Easter Quiz

Year 9 Tutor Time Easter Quiz

Final week before Easter break. Some revision advice and where each student should be at this stage of year 11. Followed by happy easter!

A simple Two Page guide with a range of revision activities for all subjects and advice on how to construct a timetable