Lesson plan and worksheets to help you teach rhyming couplets. The lesson is introductory and lasts 60 minutes. There are 3 differentiated activities and an example poem for the class to read and discuss together. I used this for an observation and received an outstanding. Unfortunately I used an overhead projector and wrote onto a blank screen with a smartboard pen so no slides are included, but I have highlighted where you could add you own if you wanted to. Enjoy!

NQT is hard enough without the stress of trying to remember how to meet teaching standards. This is my document, hopefully it will help give you ideas you can demonstrate this in your school experience. Top tip: don’t be afraid to tell colleagues which standards you’re struggling for evidence in before reviews or observations. Really hope this saves you some time :)

Includes a document with 3 double sided a4 sheets which I laminated and worksheet which I use as a resource for KS1 and KS2 children struggling to add detail to their writing. These include images and suggestions for the ‘who, what, how, where, why’ parts of a sentence. There are blank spaces at the bottom of each table where a child or TA could write any extra ideas they have. They then take these ideas and use them on the activity sheet. This first column of this sheet is to be stuck in their book and the others to be cut to create flaps. Under each you ask the child to write a sentence, adding/stretching it each time. For example under ‘Who?’ The child may write ‘The small granny,’ then under then next flap ‘What?’ the child may write 'The small granny stretched her hand etc. until a detail sentence is formed. The third sheet which I laminated was a self-assessment to check they had included each in their sentence and as they others can also be used permanently in your literacy display. I found this great to send home with spellings as they also force the child to practice their phonics and handwriting. My kids also loved writing some silly sentences with them. Enjoy!

Powerpoint introducing some mythological creatures and brief revision on thesaurus. The main point of the lesson is to create a short non-fiction texts about one mythological creature. It includes a powerpoint and 2 worksheets. My children had a lot of fun with this and followed up with two more lessons collating their non-fiction pages into a book for the younger classes. It also made a great display and linked to the book we were about to begin reading and led to more detailed creative writing later. Enjoy!

An example document detailing lesson plans, interviews and reflections used to meet my School Based Directed Activities during my PGCE. I wasted a lot of time trying to understand how to meet these and what they actually met, hopefully seeing how I responded will save you some time. Enjoy and keep going student teachers! :)

A nursery/Reception assembly retelling the story of ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ by Giles Andreae. The teacher acts as the narrator, then there are 6 other speaking parts. Every other child will wear an animal mask and perform in a short dance as a group. The assembly includes full script, links to 6 songs and actions. I also used these dances to teach very fun PE lessons. This is a great way to allow Nursery/Reception children to do a fun assembly they can be proud of and not just stand up and show pictures of their work. Enjoy :)

This is a time capsule project adaptable to all ages! I’ve deliberately created the project to suit at home/in school teaching and to be FUN for the kids. It is a positive way to teach and move on from time in quarantine. It includes; a powerpoint lesson on what time capsules are and looks through some famous examples. a powerpoint with step by step instructions on how to create your own time capsule (for parents/kids at home or teachers in class). a series of Quarantine sheets for young ks1 kids or ks2+ (Teachers may choose to only use the letter to a future generation template for older kids). I am very excited to use this and suggest adding in a nice art lesson where kids can create pictures of how they spent lockdown or a symbol of this time (e.g. a rainbow). Hope this helps your kids and you adapt to a new way of teaching.

Mud kitchen themed outfoor learning resources. Mud Kitchen not necessary Simply an outdoor space with access to some grass etc. In the current climate a lot more learning is encouraged to take place outside and this resource is adapable from nursery to KS2. I have included blank recipe sheets which can be laminated and placed outside for free flow or mastery for older children. I have also included 8 stem challenge cards for EYFS/KS1 and 10 cards for KS2. I will be using this for my year 5 inorder to give them one day a week out of the classroom. The kids will all wear aprons, hats and we will call in forrest baking day. I think kids will enjoy a break to being trapped in the classroom and staff/parents will feel safer with children getting outsider. Adaptable Outdoor Learning STEM

A welcome back assembly script to introduce kids to some of the changes Covid 19 has made on school life. The assembly can be adapted to be given by the staff or a class. In my school it will be recorded by the year 6 children and staff members and shown in every class as we are unable to accomodate assemblies. Staff members thought this was a fun and light way to highlight changes in the school, but also to emphasize the love and care which is still in our school environment. It includes 29 speaking parts, 1-2 acting parts and 2 songs with lyrics and links to music. Enjoy!

Fun quiz with 4 rounds short rounds; 1. Lock down facts 2. Name That Celebrity 3.Happy Lock down Stories 4.Photo Challenge. You can play this on zoom with your children, one round per day or all in one go. You could also use this a welcome back in assembly or with your class. It’s a fun, positive way to talk to the children about how our world has dealt with the current virus. It was made for 5 primary use but is definitely suitable for secondary also. Enjoy :)

A social learning story made to read aloud to young kids. Either print in a3 or display as the powerpoint attached. The story is about Bas the Bat who has been hibernating for a long time. When he finally wakens up the world around him is different and scary. The story is made to help children adjust to beginning nursery, returning to school after a long time or those struggling with the somewhat ‘scary’ Covid life

19 celebrity profiles (including Mo Salah, Little Mix, Boris), all using multiplication, division, addition and subtraction sums to reveal information about themselves. I have included one more difficult set of sheets with larger numbers and trickier calculations, the second should be accessible to children who have a grasp of basic multiplication. These are word documents but can be easily displayed on the whiteboard for a whole class lesson. There are blank templates at the end of the document which I have sent home as a homework (encouraging them to research a celebrity themselves linked to another subject), used as a peer challenge (one child must create the questions and sums for another), a weekly challenge (lasted 2 terms for me and I printed the sheets in a3 and placed them on the wall for pupils to complete first thing in the morning) and also as a start up in the beginning of an ofsted lesson. Hope this saves you some time :)

Includes step-by-step instructions both written and drawn as to how to create a cartoon lion. There is both a word and Powerpoint version. I’ve used activities like this regularly to improve my classes listening, confidence in art skills and get used to positional language. I have used this in RE when teaching Daniel and the Lion’s Den as well as science when studying animals. If you wish to use this as a literacy activity I have an alternative resources which is the same but altered to find word classes or focus of imperative verbs. I would use this activity throughout the keystages giving the picture step-by-step for younger ages and simply giving audible steps for older classes. Hope it saves you time :)

Includes step-by-step instructions both written and drawn as to how to create a cartoon lion. There is both a word and Powerpoint version of instruction, and a separate word document set up as worksheets including answer pages. There are 4 main ways to teach word classes with this resource: An oral task with kids to help them understand the use of bossy verbs with them unaware of what the are meant to be drawing. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs and adjectives. A set of instructions in which they must find bossy verbs, adjectives and nouns. I’ve used activities like this regularly to improve my classes listening, confidence in art skills and get used to positional language. I have used it for cross-curriculuum learning in RE when teaching Daniel and the Lion’s Den as well as science when studying animals. Hope it saves you time :)

A fun assembly introducing the Royal Family beginning with Aethelstan the first King of England. It includes 29 speaking parts, 1 song and costume suggestions. This is a great way to introduce the Coronation of King Charles and a tribute to Queen Elizabeth, but can be used anytime to teach the timeline of the Royal House of Windsor. We used this script for the teaching staff and used one memeber of staff as the narrator. This script is aimed at key stage 2 onwards but as usual can be adapted for younger kids, particularly if the teacher narrates or narrators read from cards. Hope this saves you some time :)

The story is about Bas the Bat who has been hibernating for a long time. When he finally wakens up the world around him is different and scary. The story is made to help children adjust to returning to school/homeschool/lockdown after a long time or those struggling with the somewhat ‘scary’ Covid life. The resource includes a social learning story powerpoint made to read aloud to kids. Either print in a3 or display as the powerpoint attached. It also includes a printable version of the story and a set of 8 comprehension questions. The comprehension questions are in word format and can be edited to match ability or KS.

Cut and laminate this chart to display at the front of your class. Children will quickly learn what noise level you expect within specific lessons. Great evidence of clear clear expectations within lesson observations.