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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.

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I have taught for over 10 years and held senior leadership roles as Phase Leader and English Leader. My resources are mostly aimed at Key Stage 2.
Enterprise Project Year 6
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Enterprise Project Year 6

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Enterprise Project Year 6 This download is an enterprise project for pupils to design a low sugar chocolate bar. There are teacher PowerPoints, worksheets and a spreadsheet with formulas set up ready for pupils to use to price up their production costs. This enterprise project is fun and challenging. An ideal end of year project for Year 6, pupils will enjoy applying their maths, English, art and DT learning. Included: *Introduction PowerPoint *Taste testing worksheet *Materials spreadsheet ready for students to use *How to calculate retail price PowerPoint *Packaging design worksheet *Advertising PowerPoint
Transition to New Class Workbook
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Transition to New Class Workbook

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Transition to New Class Workbook / Move Up Day / Meet the Teacher Day This download is a transition to new class workbook for Key Stage 2 teachers meeting their new class on move up day / meet the teacher day. The ten varied transition activities are to be used on move up day to: Reflect on the past year Set new subject-related targets for this year (SMART targets) Reflect on their hopes and concerns for the upcoming year Learn more about each other Learn more about their new teacher Included is: an editable PowerPoint file a PDF version of the same document, which is ready to print and turn into a booklet
Families Assembly | Celebrating Family Types
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Families Assembly | Celebrating Family Types

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This assembly is all about diversity of families and different family types. It would be perfect for a diversity week or just as part of your assembly schedule. The assembly PowerPoint teaches pupils about different family types, guides discussion, introduces case studies about different types of family and also has a quiz at the end. Also included are three worksheets: A celebrating families crossword (and answers) A family portrait A true or false quiz (and answers) What’s included? A 23 slide PowerPoint 3 worksheets and answers
World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly
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World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly

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Do you want to raise the importance of reducing pollutions in our oceans by making World Oceans Day 2024? This World Oceans Day 2024 Assembly is perfect for ensuring pupils know about this day and, more importantly, the key causes of ocean pollution. There are slides on: What World Oceans Day is This year’s theme Ocean pollutants How we can do our bit to help protect marine life True or false quiz There are then 3 worksheets to accompany the assembly: Recalling facts about four of the pollutants True or false activity (answers included) Design a poster to raise awareness of ocean pollution Please note this resource is not editable due to some slides needing to be flattened.
Women's World Cup 2023 PPT
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Women's World Cup 2023 PPT

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Want to get your pupils excited about the Women’s World Cup 2023? Then this PowerPoint is just what you need! Perfect for an assembly about the Women’s World Cup, or to use with your class, it is packed full of information and interactive elements to teach them all they need to know for Australia and New Zealand 2023! There is a mixture of information slides and interactive ones to keep your pupils’ interest. By the end of the presentation, they will know about the history, venues, players and more! What’s included? Slide about the history of the competition Slide about the teams involved Slide about the players to look out for Slide about the trophy Interactive matching game Interactive quiz
Enterprise Project Year 6
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Enterprise Project Year 6

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A whole unit of work with all resources included. It consists of six presentations (one is an introduction and the other five are complete lessons) and four worksheets with opportunities for extra challenges to stretch more able pupils where appropriate. Pupils are tasked with coming up with a vegan dish which will compete with meat-based dishes on the school lunch menu. The lesson teaches pupils to: *Use internet search terms correctly *Know the important components of a vegan diet *Carry out market research to decide on final dish *Cost a dish (for the whole school) and ensure good value for money *Advertise the dish to fellow pupils *Use persuasive language to encourage the catering manager to make the dish and fellow pupils to buy it A variety of subjects are covered: DT, business studies, English and maths. The slides could be easily edited to suit the school and the desired outcome. Could be used as a Year 6 enterprise project.
Inference Reading  Lesson
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Inference Reading Lesson

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Inference Reading Lesson / Whole Class Reading This PowerPoint is an inference reading comprehension lesson for Key Stage 2. It includes a teacher presentation and pupil tasks. There are three differentiated challenges for each extract so that pupils can apply their inference skills. Pupils learn: what is inference? clues that they need to use inference skills how to answer inference questions Included: Editable PowerPoint (tasks included on PowerPoint) and PDF version to print the tasks.
Hockey Worksheets
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Hockey Worksheets

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These hockey worksheets are differentiated three ways. Answers are included for each worksheet. Included: General hockey fact sheet Fact sheet on hockey positions Bronze, silver and gold worksheets Bronze, silver and gold answers Ideal for non-participants . No additional resources needed as all theory required is given in the fact sheets.
Year 6 SATS Reading Lesson Common Errors Retrieval
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Year 6 SATS Reading Lesson Common Errors Retrieval

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Y6 SATs Reading Revision Common Errors Retrieval Do you find your Year 6 pupils continuously make the same errors in SATs practice papers? Then this is the lesson for you! The session covers three common errors when answering retrieval questions: red herrings, misquotes and avoiding answering altogether. They are given steps for avoiding these errors, practice questions and the opportunity to write their own questions to catch out a partner. Altogether there are six short texts included in the resource. The structure of the activity is: How to avoid red herrings Short text and questions to practise avoiding red herrings Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch them out using red herrings?). Answers - sample questions How to avoid misquotes Short text and questions to practise avoiding misquotes Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (can they catch their partner out?). Answers - sample questions How to avoid avoidance Short text and questions to practise avoiding avoidance Answers New text for pupils to use to write their own questions for a partner (will their partner avoid the questions?). Answers - sample questions Recap - plenary Answers to plenary questions What’s included? A 22 slide PowerPoint
Mental Health Awareness Assembly
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Mental Health Awareness Assembly

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Looking for an assembly to teach your pupils more about mental health awareness? Then look no further. This PowerPoint has been sensitively put together to give an overview about what mental health is and to debunk some of the myths and misconceptions about mental health. There is a focus on activities that can support us with our mental health. Covered in this assembly: What is mental health? Mindfulness Mindful breathing Building a bank of positive activities What to do if we are struggling with our mental health True or false quiz questions There are also three worksheets to accompany the assembly. Pupils can use these to consolidate what they have learnt and to further reflect on what mental health is and how to support themselves and others.
Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson
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Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson

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Healthy Eating Week 2019 Complete Lesson This download is a Healthy Eating week 2019 complete lesson and worksheet on vitamins. The teacher PowerPoint teaches pupils about each of the vitamins in turn, explaining its role in keeping us healthy and food it can be found in. There is then a pupil worksheet to complete, where pupils must create a mini poster for each vegetable for a greengrocers, advertising the wonderful vitamins found in it. Pupils learn: what are vitamins? names of key vitamins essential for a healthy diet functions of these vitamins in keeping us healthy food/drink containing each vitamin There are three differentiated challenges on the teacher PowerPoint. This would be an excellent lesson to use as part of the Healthy Schools curriculum. Included: Teacher PowerPoint (editable + PDF version for immediate printing if required) and editable pupil worksheet.
Reslience Monsters Workbook
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Reslience Monsters Workbook

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Resilience Workbook This resource is a resilience workbook. The five resilience monsters will teach your students about things that can get in the way of resilience. Varied and engaging, the tasks are designed to appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students. This attractive workbook is suitable for a whole class project or for individual students to complete. Activities include: True or false Identifying the resilience barriers in a short story Reflecting on the feeling of achieving a goal Identifying the skills they have that will help them to achieve a goal Included in this resource is an editable version of the workbook (created on PowerPoint) and a PDF of the same booklet for printing purposes.
Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz
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Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz

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Y6 SATs SPAG Revision Quiz This download is a Year 6 SPaG SATs revision SPaGbot Quiz. Help your Year 6 class revise for their SPaG SATs paper with a fun, interactive quiz! On the menu page, pupils can choose to answer a SPaGbot question (SPaG revision focused), a Funbot question (a fun, pop-culture or sports question) or a lucky dip question (mix of SPaG and fun questions). There are: 15 SPaGbot questions 15 Funbot questions 10 lucky dip questons
Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension
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Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension

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Mayan Gods Poems Comprehension This Mayan gods poems comprehension reading and history activity includes four poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses. Each one then has a set of questions for pupils to revise their knowledge of each deity. This also gives pupils the chance to practise their reading comprehension skills. The deities covered are: Itzamna, Chaac, Ix Chel and Kinich Ahau. The cross-curricular nature of this activity means that children will be able to practise both their history skills (learning about Ancient Mayan gods) and reading comprehension skills at the same time. The comprehension questions include retrieval and inference questions and also author’s intent and vocabulary ones. There are a mix of circle the answer, one word, one sentence and longer answers. Some questions require evidence from the text. All answers are included (sample answers where more than one answer would be acceptable). What’s included? 4 poems about Ancient Mayan gods and goddesses 4 sets of questions (one about each god or goddess). Five questions per god / goddess 4 sets of answers
Mayan Religion Lesson
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Mayan Religion Lesson

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Mayan Religion Lesson This Mayan religion lesson focuses on the religious practices of the Ancient Maya. This complete lesson aims to cover a broad look at Ancient Mayan religion, covering areas vocabulary linked to Mayan religion, the Ancient Mayan gods, pilgrimages and rituals. Three worksheets are also included as part of the lesson. Throughout the lesson, opportunities for reflection and partner talk are included to encourage pupil interaction. The worksheets are spread through the lesson, giving pupils the chance to revise and consider what they have been taught about Mayan religion. What’s included? 25 page slideshow about Mayan religion 3 worksheets linked to the slideshow (and introduced in the slideshow, so children know what to do)
Key Stage 2 Christmas Worksheets for Reading - KS2 Reading Comprehension
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Key Stage 2 Christmas Worksheets for Reading - KS2 Reading Comprehension

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Are you looking for Christmas worksheets for reading for your class? This set of Christmas reading comprehension questions focuses on the Christmas story, with a Christmas reading passage and 12 task cards, plus KS2 reading challenge cards. The story, Starbright’s Important Mission, tells the Christmas story through the eyes of the star. There are then 12 task cards requiring the children to reflect on their understanding of the story. The task cards focus on skills such as: Be an emotion detective: describe the emotion of the characters at specific points of the story Draw ‘mood journeys’ for three of the main characters Find the evidence to support key information Longer answers, requiring students to quote accurately from the text There are answers provided for each of the reading comprehension task cards. The answers are detailed and thorough, with sample answers where necessary. After the main task cards, there is also an example card, so that the children know what the ‘mood journeys’ should look like. There are also three challenge cards, to extend pupils’ learning if needed. The passages and activities could be printed out and given to students as a pack. This would make it perfect for a Christmas supply teacher lesson. There’s not much to prepare… All you need to do is print the sheets out and hand to your class.
Interactive Easter Reading Comprehension
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Interactive Easter Reading Comprehension

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Perfect Year 6 Easter Holiday Reading Homework! Do you need the perfect Easter themed reading comprehension? This one is interactive and would be perfect for your Year 6 students as Easter holiday reading homework. All answers to the 20 tasks are given to students, so no marking required. This interactive Easter reading comprehension is designed to be as inclusive as possible with no written answers required. Where appropriate, there are Explain It thought bubbles for students to explain their answers on paper. These could be set for all students, or just those requiring more of a challenge. us d Easter themes (new beginnings) are introduced, giving opportunity for RE links. I also like to explore different family types in my stories. This one features a boy, his step mum and baby brother. What’s Included? A 20 question interactive PowerPoint, also including correct/incorrect slides
Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity
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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity

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Inference Maze - KS2 Fun Inference Activity Looking for a fun way to teach or revise inference in reading lessons with your KS2 students? In this activity, pupils must use their inference skills to guide TV presenter, Mya, through a maze. The PowerPoint revises the meaning of inference before guiding pupils through the process of finding Mya’s route through the maze. At each step, there are two objects to follow. Pupils must use infer which object to select from the clues given by Mya. At each step, answers are given so that pupils know if they are on the right track. Make reading lessons more fun and use this fun activity to reinforce the meaning of inference! Included: *50 slide PowerPoint (including answers) guiding students through the activity Printable PowerPoint handout with student copy of maze
Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2
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Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2

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Reading Ordering Events Mystery KS2 This order the events and solve the mystery reading comprehension activity is a fun way to help your students learn how to order events in a text. They have to order the events to solve the mystery of who threw the ice bucket of water over Mr Lee, everyone’s favourite Year 5 teacher! In this activity, students are given accounts written by each of the five suspects. They must order the events to check who is telling the truth. By the end of the activity, they will be able to see who is lying and therefore who threw the ice bucket! The activity teaches students how to use a colour-coded key to help order the events. With this in mind, there is a separate copy of the texts for pupils to use to practise this technique. What’s included? 14 slide solve the mystery activity (PowerPoint) 3 page pupil copy of texts
Coronation of  King Charles Assembly
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Coronation of King Charles Assembly

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Want an informative and interesting assembly about the Coronation of King Charles and the Queen Consort? This assembly has been carefully put together to be full of information and about everything that will happen in the Coronation ceremony. There are also three worksheets which pupils can complete after the assembly, to help embed all that pupils have learnt about the Coronation. Slides on: When and where it will take place The King’s procession The procession inside the Abbey The Recognition The Coronation Oath The Anointing The Homage The Sovereign’s Orb The Sceptre The Rod With the Dove St Edward’s Crown Crowing of The Queen Consort Procession back to Buckingham Palace Archbishop of Canterbury Great Lord Chamberlain The Pages of Honour The Dean of Westminster The Coronation Concert What might be different from previous coronations? 3 worksheets included: The parts of the ceremony The sacred items Writing a diary entry