One of the things which has given me the most comfort in my teaching career is hearing teachers swear in the staffroom. It sounds strange but it’s a funny sort of therapy - knowing that someone else is also having a bad day. Sometimes we just need a bit of reassurance that we’re not alone in whatever’s going on in our professional lives. We all have bad days but sometimes it’s easy to think we’re the only ones. This collection of stories, confessions, grievances and all-out ‘fails’ written by an online community of real teachers is a little window into the problems of teachers around the world. Some will make you cringe, some will make you smile. We’re not endorsing, condoning or condemning anything you read here. Some of the actions described could not be described as ‘best practice’ while some seem like the musings of criminal masterminds. Take some comfort and draw your own conclusions...

Print this document back-to-back to create a foldable booklet for children to take home. You could also fold blank paper inside this for children to complete some of these challenges on. This homework is generic and aims to give your children a mental challenge, but also to encourage them to get outside, stay active and keep their creative juices flowing. It can also be adapted and tailored to suit your class.

Differentiated and self-marking column addition worksheets with built-in self assessment & teacher assessment. - Each sheet has column addition for a different ability. - Answers under the fold so children can self-mark on completion. - Children add their own 'top tip' to demonstrate understanding. -Easy self assessment & teacher assessment at top of page. Save time & increase self-reliance. Easy. Answer section can be cut off to allow page to stick/fit into books easier.

Wordsearches (and answers) with keywords for a range of science topics including: Characteristics of rocks Circulation Food Chains Human Life Cycles Microorganisms Plant Life Cycles Properties of Materials Teeth

A detailed literacy unit of work (up to 6 weeks) focused on Pirates based around 'The Tea-Swigging Pirate Jones' as an inspirational text. A great resource with lesson plans consisting of differentiated activities which should save hours of planning. Plans can be adapted for use with other texts Also includes some additional powerpoint resources which may be of use.

A range of original shape poems as jpegs for you to use in worksheets, presentations & performances.

Collection of Shakespere's Tragedies (10 plays) as text documents for you to copy/paste/edit as you need to make resources: Antony and Cleopatra. Coriolanus. Hamlet. Julius Caesar. King Lear. Macbeth. Othello. Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus

Shakespere's Histories for you to Cut, Paste & Edit as you need to. The 10 plays classified as history are as follows: Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III

The most useful all-round Smartboard resource you'll probably ever use for teaching Primary Maths. Interactive resources for all sorts of maths topics including money, place value which can be used and adapted to suit your lesson as well as everyday resources such as squared paper, random number generators and a timer. OVER 60 PAGES OF RESOURCES No more messing around each morning, open the document and get going. You can add you own resources too.

2 simple books for KS1 and KS2 children which can also be printed for displays. Learn and practice numbers and colours in both English and Italian with words written in both languages. Number books also contains words and numerals with helpful pictures.

A great resource for educators and parents. Thinking about questions is a great way to develop thinking skills. Some questions may be answered in seconds and others may start debates which last for days. Some of these questions make us think about peoples place in the world (72 - If humans eat animals, why don’t we allow animals to eat humans?), others question what we know (125 - Are clouds alive?), which others are just downright pointless (17 - If you had to have either a moustache or a beard, which would you choose?). Each question however will exercise brains. The most important thing to remember is to support the reasons for your answer by explaining your arguments It is important to know that there are no right answer to any of these questions. Also you are also invited to go off at tangents and interpret each question as you wish. An interesting approach could be to think out what would be the positive aspects of your argument, the negative aspects of the argument and would be other interesting points to consider. For example: (Q91) How would life be different if money grew on trees? Positive: - Everyone would have access to money. - No one would be poor. - You could plant more trees. Negative: - Would money be worth less is there was more of it? - If money grew outdoors, would people be more likely to steel it from your tree? Interesting: - Who would own the trees? - Would different trees grow different values of money? (Q128) What would happen if all cars were the same color? Positive: - Choosing a car would be easier. - With fewer options to manufacture, cars would be easier to manufacture and cheaper. - Repairing damage would be easier. Negative: - Emergency services vehicles may not be obvious. - It would be difficult to find your car in a car park. - It would be boring. - It would be difficult for police to track criminals. Interesting: - People could customise their cars with interesting patterns to make them stand out. - Would cars be customized in different ways?

Flash cards 0-10 with animal themed numbers

Simple but very effective. Print onto yellow paper/card and position of the door of your classroom to remind students that only positive, 'can do' attitudes are acceptable in your classroom.

A simple sponsor form template as a MS Word document for you edit and also as a .pdf document.