Here is nearly everything you need to hold your own Spelling Bee. The spelling lists relate to famous children's books so it could be held during a Book Week. You will need a microphone. It is also worth having a cup made for each year group and having each winner&'s name engraved on it. We are shortly holding our first one. I think we will put the words from the lists for each year group in separate hats and have rounds where they individually come up and have to spell the word, by using letter names, speaking into the microphone. If you use this let me know how it goes!

If you have never tried philosophy before these lessons are a good starting point! The children really enjoy these discussions/debates! Based on ideas from Philosophy 4 children everything is explained in the lesson plans. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! The children sit in a circle and take turns to discuss what they think the answer to the question is-saying whether they agree or disagree with another child. They improve their listening, speaking and reasoning skills and learn that there is not always one right answer to a question.

My 'Book Factor&' reading competition works best when it is whole school but individual teachers can also run it in their own classroom. Here is everything you need to start it straight away. There is a word doc that explains it all. It really does motivate children to read at home! PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK!

I created this resource from listening to interviews with Dame Shirley Bassey. It is all about her background, early life and how she got into singing.