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This resource contains a Chinese New Year themed word search.
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Chinese New Year Themed Puzzle Pack
The resource contains eight Chinese New Year themed puzzles and includes:
Two Word Searches
Chinese Riddles
Word Making Activity
Crossword
Three Anagram Puzzles
Chinese New Year Quiz
Chinese New Year Presentation
Chinese New Year: A Magical Journey Through China
Chinese Coordinates in the First Quadrant
Chinese New Year Maths: Additions and Subtractions
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This is an Easter-themed coordinates in the first quadrant worksheet. It is ideal for use at Easter.
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Set of 11 Easter Themed Coordinates in First Quadrant Worksheets
This resource contains a set of 11 Easter-themed differentiated worksheets containing a variety of tasks and exercises on locating coordinates in the first quadrant. Answers are provided for all the worksheets. This resource is suitable for primary pupils and older SEN students who will benefit from the highly visual nature of the resource.
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This resource contains a short presentation on the Chinese New Year.
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Chinese New Year - 77 Slide Presentation
More Chinese New Year Resources
Coordinates in The First Quadrant Worksheets
Chinese New Year Battleships Team Coordinates Interactive PowerPoint Game
Chinese New Year Themed Battleships - Coordinates Partner Game
Chinese New Year Lantern Riddles PowerPoint Quiz
Chinese New Year Puzzle Pack - Word Searches, Crossword, Anagrams, Chinese Riddles, Word Making
Chinese New YearTexts and Comprehensions
Chinese Proverbs - Thought Provoking PowerPoint and Posters
Chinese New Year Quiz
The Chinese Experience - A Magical Journey Through China
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This resource contains a selection of Christmas clipart images which can be copied quickly and easily and pasted into Christmas projects, PowerPoints etc.
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Christmas Clipart Collection
Save hours of researching and locating clipart! This collection of royalty-free, non-attributable clipart is suitable for both personal and commercial use. The clipart is on a PowerPoint which has been indexed and organised so that the clipart can be located and used quickly and easily by both teachers and pupils . The resource has 24 frames containing over 400 images (some animated). They can be used on greetings cards, worksheets, gift tags, calendars, bookmarks, websites, art and craft projects, PowerPoints, Christmas activities etc
Images include:
angels, baubles, bells, candles, candy canes, churches and carol singers, elves, Christmas food, hats, holly, lights, miscellaneous, nativity, presents, reindeer, robins and geese, Santas, sleighs, snowflakes, snowmen, stars, stockings, trees, wreaths.
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This resource contains a poster on kindness. You may also be interested in:
Acts of Kindness Quotes Posters
This resource contains a set of quotes on kindness. They are ideal for display and discussion during Random acts of Kindness weeks, World Kindness Day and anti-bullying week. The posters include quotes from many inspirational people - Princess Diana, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Dalai Lama, Oscar Wilde, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Plato, Sir Winston Churchill, William Wordsworth, Jesse Jackson, Francis of Assisi, Confucius and Desmond Tutu.
Acts of Kindness Presentation
This resource contains a thought-provoking, 100-slide PowerPoint presentation on random acts of kindness. The PowerPoint includes:
Josh de Jong’s story
Danny Boyle’s story
examples of kindness - Gandhi, Princess Diana
Jonny Benjamin’s story
the physical and psychological benefits of performing Random Acts of Kindness
the definition of altruism
inspirational kindness quotes
what we can do to make the world a better place
the importance of kind words
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This is a Halloween themed word search .
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Halloween Puzzle Pack - Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords and Cryptograms
This resource contains a set of 14 differentiated word searches, anagrams, crosswords and cryptograms.
Halloween Presentation
This is a fully editable and informative PowerPoint presentation on Halloween and includes:
The Origins of Halloween - All Hallows’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the rituals, traditions and customs surrounding these feasts.
The Origins of the Jack O’ Lantern
The Origins of Trick-or-Treat
The Origins of Apple Bobbing
The PowerPoint illustrates how, over time, Samhain, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day have merged to create the Halloween we know today. It ends with some questions to promote discussion. The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York City - the world’s largest Halloween parade and a link to a short video of the history of Halloween.
Halloween PowerPoint Quiz - 50 Questions
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This resource contains a Saint David and Saint David's Day themed anagram puzzle.
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Saint David's Day Puzzle Pack - Set of 10 Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams and Crosswords
This Saint David’s Day puzzle pack contains ten differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords on the theme of Saint David.
Saint David's Day Presentation
This resource contains an informative and fully editable 52 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Saint David and Saint David's Day celebrations. The presentation also includes hyperlinks to a short video about Saint David (7 minutes), to the Saint David's Day parade in Cardiff (5 minutes) and to the Welsh national anthem.
Saint David - Set of Six Texts and Comprehensions
This resource contains a set of six texts and comprehension questions with answers on Saint David's Day which is celebrated on the 1st of March.
The texts focus on:
- The life of St David
- His contribution to the spread of Christianity in Wales
- How Saint David's day is celebrated in Wales and Welsh communities around the world
- Saint David's and Wales' emblems
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This resource contains an information text and set of questions on Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick's Day.
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Saint Patrick's Day - Set of Six Information Texts and Comprehensions
This resource contains a set of six information sheets and comprehension questions with answers on Saint Patrick's Day.
The texts focus on:
The life of St Patrick
His contribution to the spread of Christianity in Ireland
How Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in Ireland and Irish communities around the world
The significance of the shamrock and Celtic cross
Saint Patrick's Day Puzzle Pack - 8 Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords
This resource is a Saint Patrick themed puzzle pack containing eight differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords. There are three word searches, three anagram puzzles and two crosswords.
Saint Patrick's Day Presentation
This resource contains an informative and fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick's Day celebrations. The PowerPoint also includes hyperlinks to a short video about Saint Patrick and to the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin.
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Add a little bit of Oriental interest to subtraction (from numbers up to 10) with this worksheet using Chinese symbols for numbers. Pupils complete calculation and insert the corresponding Chinese symbol. Ideal for use during the Chinese New Year period.
Chinese New Year Resources
Chinese New Year Themed Counting and Adding Money Worksheets
Coordinates in The First Quadrant Worksheets
Chinese New Year Battleships Team Coordinates Interactive PowerPoint Game
Chinese New Year Themed Battleships - Coordinates Partner Game
Chinese New Year Lantern Riddles PowerPoint Quiz - What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?
Chinese New Year Activity Pack - Word Searches, Crossword, Anagrams, Chinese Riddles, Word Making
Chinese New Year Information Sheets and Comprehensions
Chinese Proverbs - Thought Provoking PowerPoint and Posters
Chinese New Year - Interactive Quiz
Chinese New Year 2017 Assembly / Lesson Presentation
The Chinese Experience - A Magical Journey Through China
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This is a Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick’s Day themed word search.
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Saint Patrick’s Day Puzzle Pack - Differentiated Word Searches, Anagrams, Crosswords
This resource contains a Saint Patrick themed puzzle pack containing eight differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords. There are three word searches, three anagram puzzles and two crosswords
Saint Patrick’s Day - Set of Six Texts and Comprehensions
This resource contains a set of six texts and comprehension questions with answers on Saint Patrick and Saint Patrick’s Day. The texts focus on - the life of St Patrick, his contribution to the spread of Christianity in Ireland, how Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Ireland and the significance of the shamrock and the Celtic cross.
Saint Patrick’s Day Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable, 50 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of St Patrick and Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations. The content of the presentation is the same as the information texts. The PowerPoint also includes hyperlinks to a short video about Saint Patrick and to the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin.
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Twenty Assemblies / Presentations - Just £9.99
This resource contains a variety of PowerPoint presentations suitable for assemblies throughout the year. Never be short of an assembly again!
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This is a poster on autism. You may also be interested in:
Autism Awareness: Set of 25 Posters
This resource contains a set of 25 autism awareness posters. These are ideal for Autism Awareness Day / Week and can be used for display or discussion purposes.
Autism Awareness Presentation
This resource contains an editable, 120 slide presentation on autism and Autism Awareness Day (2nd April) and Autism Awareness Week. I had the privilege of teaching and working with many amazing young people on the autistic spectrum for twenty years. People with autism are often misunderstood. Hopefully, this presentation will help others, both staff and pupils, to be more informed about, and more understanding of, autism.
The presentation includes sections on:
What is autism?
Signs of autism
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people With Autism / Asperger’s
The presentation contains hyperlinks to:
A video which shows what it is like to experience sensory overload.
A short video on autism.
A short video about Schools’ Awareness Week by the National Autistic Society.
A video produced by a young person with autism who talks about five things he thinks it is important that people know about autism and five ways you can help him.
Autism Awareness Activity Pack
This resource contains an autism awareness activity pack. It is an ideal resource for Autism Awareness Day / Week. The pack contains six activities:
Sensory sensitivity / overload simulation activity
Autism discussion cards
Communication difficulties simulation activity
What is autism? How Can I Help? - Video link and follow up worksheet
Autism acrostic task
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This is a seasonal worksheet that involves pupils making as many words as possible from the longer word ‘reindeer’ to help improve their spelling, writing and reading skills . The resource is appropriate for Years 1-6 as pupils and older SEN students. Different degrees of challenge can be set. For example more able pupils could be limited to 5, 6 letter words, a greater number of words to be found, a timed challenge etc . It could be a team activity too.
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This resource is an awesome Advent Calendar – jam packed full with fun and educational activities. Appropriate for Year 1-6 and older SEN students. All activities can easily be adapted to suit the needs of learners as the PowerPoint is fully editable. There are 14 days to open – all the school days in December before Christmas. The activities can be used as starters, main lessons or plenaries. Also great Christmas armoury for supply teachers, large groups etc. The resource contains a fully editable, colourful and interactive PowerPoint with many literacy based activities including:
- Word making activities
- Anagrams
- Elfabetical – oops sorry – alphabetical order!
- Word searches / Crosswords
- Santa Stop The Sleigh
- Memory Game - word game
- Adjectives
- Parts of Speech – verbs, adverbs, nouns, conjunctions,
- Christmas jokes / riddles
- Compound Words
- Antonyms
- Capital Letters and full stops
- Carols and lyrics quiz
Most activities contain accompanying worksheets, many with extension activities.
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Autumn posters.
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Set of 30 Autumn Days Posters With Captions
This resource contains 30 autumn days’ posters with stunning images and captions. They are ideal for a display or for promoting discussion and creative writing with pupils. Use as a slideshow with some appropriate music.
Images include:
weather
animals, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, dragon- flies, deer
trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore
fruits - apples, blackberries
Autumn Posters - No Captions
This resource contains a set of 40 posters on autumn.
Autumn Days Presentation
This is a fully editable, 40-slide PowerPoint on the theme of autumn days containing images of autumn flora, fauna, weather and landscapes. It is an ideal back to school assembly for September and the autumn months. It contains references to seasonal changes in weather and autumn flora and fauna.
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This is a short presentation on the month of June.
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June - 95 Slide Presentation
Never be stuck for an assembly in June again! Ideal if you have a ‘last minute’ assembly, or unexpected ‘tutor group time’! This resource is an interesting, informative and fully editable 95-slide PowerPoint on the month of June. It could be used for a one-off assembly, series of assemblies or for lessons / tutor based activities.
The presentation focuses on:
How June got its name
June Folklore
Special Days in June
Notable Birthdays
Inventions, Discoveries and Launches
Notable Events and Happenings
The presentation also contains an hyperlink to Churchill’s finest hour speech.
More Month of the Year Assemblies
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This resource contains a short quiz on the theme of New Year.
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New Year 50 Question PowerPoint Quiz
This is a 50-question quiz on the New Year. The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the clock image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is provided to record answers.
Sample questions: (questions contain 3 multiple choice answers)
Which ancient civilization is thought to have begun the tradition of New Year’s resolutions about 4000 years ago?
What does Auld Lang Syne mean?
In Romania what is traditionally thrown into rivers at New Year?
In which country do they bang on walls with bread to drive out bad luck from the house?
In which city do people go to the beach dressed in white, light candles, make seven wishes and jump over seven waves?
New Year Around the World Presentation
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Robert Burns and Burns Night
Chinese New Year Presentation
Optical Illusions Assembly - Simple but Powerful Messages for the New Year
This is a word search on American Independence Day.
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American Independence Day Puzzle Pack - Differentiated Word Searches / Anagrams / Crosswords
This resource contains a set of nine differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords on words and vocabulary about America’s Independence Day which takes place on the fourth July. The pack includes three word searches, four anagram puzzles and two crosswords.
American Independence Day Presentation
This is a fully editable 50-slide PowerPoint presentation on American Independence Day. It focuses on:
The key events leading to the Revolutionary War
The Stamp Act and The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
The setting up of Congress
The Revolutionary War
The United States of America Flag
The Declaration of Independence
The Statue of Liberty
Independence Day celebrations
The PowerPoint also includes several hyperlinks to the history of American Independence Day, the United States national anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner - and some Independence Day parades and firework displays.
American Independence Day Quiz
Check out your pupils’ understanding and knowledge of American Independence Day with this accompanying 36-question PowerPoint quiz.
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American Independence Day - Presentation, Quiz and Puzzle Pack
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This is a short presentation on the month of February.
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February - 65 Slide Presentation
Never be stuck for an assembly in February again and improve your pupils' general knowledge with this February presentation. It is ideal if you have a last-minute assembly to do, or unexpected tutor group time.
This resource is an informative and fully editable 65 slide PowerPoint presentation. It could be used for a one-off assembly, series of assemblies or for lessons/tutor activities.
The presentation focuses on:
- How February got its name, symbols of February – flowers, birthstones, Zodiac signs.
- Special Days – Chinese New Year, Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Nirvana Day, National Wear Red Day, Super Bowl Day, Autism Sunday, Stand Up to Bullying Day, Candlemass, Ground Hog Day, Valentine’s Day, Ferris Wheel Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day, International Mother Language Day, World Thinking Day.
- Notable Birthdays - Elizabeth Blackwell, Rosa parks, Sir Robert Peel, Bob Marley, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr, Galileo Galilei, John Travolta, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, George Washington, Frederic Chopin, Samuel Pepys, George Frederick Handel, George Harrison, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Levi Strauss, Elizabeth Taylor, John Steinbeck, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Notable Events and Happenings – Facebook launched, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth, Monopoly Board game went on sale, Mary Queen of Scots executed, Sir Francis Drake sailed Pacific, decimalisation of English currency, fox hunting with hounds banned, Pluto discovered, Polaroid Land Camera launched, Bank of England issued first £1 note, nylon was made.
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Christmas quiz containing a sample 15 questions taken from a bumper 100 question quiz. See below for details.
Christmas Quiz - It’s a Cracker - 100 Questions
This resource is a highly visual, fully editable and interactive, 100 question PowerPoint Christmas quiz. It is an ideal resource for an assembly, a lesson or with a tutor group. The quiz contains 100 questions, most contain multiple choice answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It is divided into six sections
Christmas Themed General Knowledge
Christmas Literature
Christmas TV and Movies
Christmas Music and Songs
Christmas Around The World
Christmas Celebrities picture round (pictures of celebrities obscured by Santa hat)
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the question mark image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. A question and answer sheet are provided to allow individuals/teams to record their answers.
Sample questions:
1. Who decided the date for Christmas would be December 25th?
2. What colour was Father Christmas’ suit originally?
3. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
4. What happened at Christmas in England for the last time in 1960?
5. Which famous scientist was born on Christmas Day?
6. Which country traditionally gives London’s Trafalgar Square Christmas tree?
7. At which of her homes does the Queen usually spend Christmas?
8. What would you be drinking if you had glühwein?
9. How many points does a snowflake have?
10. What is the name for the red fleshy bits that hangs off a turkey’s beak?
Also suitable for SEN students due to the highly visual nature of resource and multiple choice format.
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Pub Style Printable Christmas Quiz – 12 rounds – 120 Questions
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This is an anagram puzzle on Thanksgiving Day.
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Thanksgiving Day Puzzle Pack
The puzzle pack on Thanksgiving Day contains differentiated word searches and anagram puzzles.
Thanksgiving Day Presentation
This is a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint presentation on Thanksgiving Day. It contains sections on:
The History of Thanksgiving Day
The Thanksgiving Meal
Macy’s Parade in New York
The tradition of turkey pardoning by the President
The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to the New York Thanksgiving Parade, President Obama’s final ‘turkey pardoning’ and a short video on the history of Thanksgiving Day.
A slightly shorter, simple text version of this presentation, more appropriate for younger / SEN pupils, is also available:
Simple Text Thanksgiving Day Presentation
Thanksgiving Day PowerPoint Quiz
The quiz is a fun way to check pupils’ understanding of why and how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated. Sample questions include:
On what day is Thanksgiving Day in the United States of America?
Which King in England tried to make everyone follow the Church of England religion?
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America?
Which President proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day?
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This resource contains four inspirational Albert Einstein quotes posters.
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Set of 100 Albert Einstein Quotes Posters
It is not only Pi Day on 14th March, it is also Albert Einstein’s birthday. Time Magazine selected Albert Einstein as “Person of the Century,” referring to him as “genius, political refugee, humanitarian, locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe.”
Einstein is not only known for his scientific theories and achievements but also for his thought-provoking, inspirational, and, often, humorous quotes on all aspects of life. The majority of these quotes have their sources in his many letters, speeches, diaries and interviews.
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