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I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
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This is a paper-based, pub-style Christmas quiz.
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This resource contains a short presentation on Roald Dahl.
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Roald Dahl - 85 Slide Presentation
This resource is an informative and fully editable, 85-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and work of Roald Dahl.
The presentation focuses on:
His birthplace and parentage
His education and schooling
His career - RAF fighter pilot
His family
References and excerpts from his works including The BFG, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, Boy: Dreams of Childhood, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Danny Champion of the World, The Gremlins, Going Solo
His likes and dislikes, interests and hobbies
His imaginative and fun use of language and wordplay
Roald Dahl’s Children’s Gallery, Roald Dahl Plass, Roald Dahl Festival at Aylesbury
Dahlicious Dress Up Day, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.
The Powerpoint also contains hyperlinks to Roald Dahl’s writing hut, The BFG movie trailer, audio of Roald Dahl giving writing tips and about his writing, Roald Dahl being interviewed by Terry Wogan, Roald’s home at Gipsy Cottage, Great Missenden.
A simple text, 81 slide version of the presentation, more appropriate for younger pupils is also available:
Roald Dahl Simple Text Presentation
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This resource contains:
A fully editable and informative 36 slide lesson PowerPoint presentation on the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) which is celebrated for eight days, between the end of November and the end of December.
A set of six texts and comprehensions, three cloze exercises and a key-word worksheet on Hanukkah.
Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the menorah lights. The PowerPoint explains what Hanukkah is and why and how it is celebrated.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Why Hanukkah is commemorated - the story of King Antiochus IV, Mattathias , Judah and the Maccabees.
The restoration and rededication of the Second Temple.
The miracle of the menorah and its significance.
Hanukkah food - fried food cooked in oil eg latkes and doughnuts
Hanukkah Games - the dreidel, gelt (chocolate coins)
The PowerPoint contains a hyperlink to a short and lively 5-minute video about Hanukkah.
The resource also contains:
A set of six texts and comprehension (with answers) on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah (Festival of Lights).
Three cloze exercises on the story of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated today.
Matching objects with Hanukkah key-words worksheet
This resource will help to contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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This resource contains an editable, 115-slide PowerPoint presentation on autism, 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 to be more informed about, and more understanding of, autism.
The presentation includes sections on:
What is autism?
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people with Autism
The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to:
1. A video that shows what it is like to experience sensory overload.
2. A short video on autism.
3. A short video about Schools’ Awareness Week by the National Autistic Society.
4. 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.
A simple text version of this presentation, more appropriate for younger pupils / older SEN students, is also available:
Simple Text Autism Awareness Presentation
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This resource contains an informative 80-slide PowerPoint presentation on the UK Parliament and Government. It focuses on
The Three Parts of Parliament
The House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Monarchy
The Role of Parliament
The Government
Law Making
The end of the PowerPoint contains question slides to check pupils' understanding. The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to five short videos on Elections, Parliament, the House of Commons, the House of Lords and lawmaking.
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This bundle contains three editable and informative PowerPoint presentations on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in 14 different countries around the world.
Christmas Around the World 1
This 62-slide PowerPoint presentation features Christmas celebrations in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Iceland, Russia and Spain.
Christmas Around the World 2
This 72-slide PowerPoint focuses on Christmas customs and traditions in Austria, Brazil, Ethiopia and France.
Christmas Around the World 3
Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana and Greece are the countries featured in this 57 slide presentation.
The presentations conclude by asking the pupils the following questions:
Some of the countries’ Christmas traditions and customs are very different from the UK’s. Which countries have very different customs? What are they?
Some of the countries have similar Christmas traditions and customs as the UK. Which countries have similar customs? What are they?
Which country would you like to visit at Christmas and why?
These are ideal presentations for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral,social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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This is a Halloween themed word search .
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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.
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This resource contains a fully editable, 100-slide PowerPoint presentation on World Ocean Day which takes place on the 8th of June each year. The PowerPoint focuses on:
The origin of World Ocean Day
The aims of World Ocean Day
The issues affecting the ocean and sea life - global warming, air pollution, plastic pollution and other ocean debris, overfishing, invasive species, destruction of mangroves and saltmarshes
How we can help to improve our oceans
The PowerPoint also contains several links to the Great Barrier Reef, ocean acidity, the "Pacific Ocean Garbage Patches and World Ocean Day".
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This is a fully editable 60-slide presentation on World Environment Day which takes place on 5th June annually. The PowerPoint focuses on:
The origin of World Environment Day
The aims of World Environment Day
The host country of World Environment Day
The issues affecting the environment - global warming, air pollution from factories and traffic, fracking, deforestation
How we can help to look after our wonderful planet earth - recycling, re-using and reducing
The PowerPoint also contains links to a breath-taking, 4-minute video of our planet and a link to a moving song.
Climate Change
Greta Thunberg
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This resource contains eleven texts and comprehension worksheets on the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). The information sheets and comprehensions focus on the following aspects of the Chinese New Year:
- The Animal Zodiac and Chinese Calendar
- New Year's Eve
- New Years Day
- Door Decorations
- Symbols and Customs
- The Temple
- The Lantern Festival
- Red Envelopes
- The Lion and Dragon Dance
- Chinese Lanterns
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This resource contains a fully editable and informative 50-slide PowerPoint presentation on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in Austria.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Austrian traditions and customs
Austrian Christmas Markets
Christmas food and drink
Saint Nicholas Day
Christmas preparations and decorations
Krampus Day
Christkind
The story of Silent Night
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
The Epiphany
The presentation also contains several hyperlinks to Austrian Christmas markets, Krampus Day, the story of Silent Night, a rendition of Silent Night at the church it was first performed at in Oberndorf, a link to Johann Strauss’ Blue Danube broadcast from Vienna on New Year’s Eve and a short video on Austrian Christmas traditions and customs.
This is an ideal assembly for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ ‘spiritual, moral, social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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This resource contains three Christmas-themed resources on coordinates in the first quadrant:
PowerPoint battleships team game containing three different grids to provide hours of fun! It can be administered to a whole class. It includes team score sheet. It is a great way to reinforce coordinates in the first quadrant. Suggestions for use: - Divide group / class into teams. Let the teams choose a Christmas themed name - eg The Elves, The snowmen. Teams take turns to choose a coordinate. One point for each image located. Two points for an animated image. A thumbs-down means no point scored.
A Christmas themed battleships game to introduce and reinforce the teaching of coordinates. There are 10 grids which can be used to play with a partner. These could be laminated and used time and time again. There is also a coordinates record sheet and a score sheet.
A set of 5 Christmas themed worksheets containing a variety of tasks and exercises on locating coordinates. Answers are included.
Click on the individual links for further details.
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Elves and Santas is a seasonal variation of snakes and ladders. The resource can be enlarged to A3 size and laminated. There are 70 squares on the board. The game can be played with regular dice or numbered dice.
This game is particularly appropriate for reception and Year 1 children (EYFS) as it will help to reinforce number recognition and counting skills. It can also be used with Special Education (SEN) pupils and will also help to develop turn-taking and social skills.
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This resource contains a fully editable and informative 180-slide PowerPoint presentation on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in 14 different countries around the world - Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, Spain and Russia.
The PowerPoint concludes with asking the pupils the following questions:
Some of the countries’ Christmas traditions and customs are very different from the UK’s. Which countries have very different customs? What are they?
Some of the countries have similar Christmas traditions and customs as the UK. Which countries have similar customs? What are they?
Which country would you like to visit at Christmas and why?
These are ideal assemblies for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral,social and cultural learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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Happy Christmas Families is a bright and colourful resource which can be laminated and used for many educational and fun activities. The game involves collecting all 4 members of the family.
There are 68 cards ( 17 families ) printed with Christmas themed pictures and rules of the game. The resource can help to develop communication and language skills, social interaction skills, turn taking and following rules.
The resource could also be used for other educational activities - sorting, a stimulus for creative writing, pictures could be cut out and used to make Christmas cards, Christmas calendars, Christmas bookmarks and other Christmas decorations. etc.
This resource is suitable for EYFS, Year 1 and 2 pupils and older SEN pupils.
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This resource contains an informative and fully editable 100 slide PowerPoint presentation on Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist who inspired an international youth movement for urgent action on climate change. It is an ideal resource for International Womens’ Day.
The presentation tells Greta’s inspirational story and includes links to some of her inspirational speeches.
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This resource contains an editable 39 slide PowerPoint lesson on parts of speech (word classes) - nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions. It is Christmas themed and presented by elves. Pupils have to sort out the parts of speech, inserted on Christmas baubles, into the correct box. It is appropriate for primary / older SEN pupils.
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This resource contains three differentiated sets of Christmas themed bingo cards which can be laminated and used for many educational and fun activities. There are 32 cards printed with both pictures and words, 32 cards printed with just words and 32 cards printed with just pictures. Every child can participate in the same game due to the differentiation. The resource also includes flashcards of the words - with and without pictures. The cards are available in two fonts - comic sans and sassoon primary.
This resource could be used for other educational activities - sorting, alphabetical order, a stimulus for creative writing, pictures could be cut out and used to make Christmas cards, Christmas calendars, Christmas bookmarks and other Christmas decorations. etc
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This resource contains a fully editable, Christmas themed Power Point lesson on using the comma presented by the punctuation character ‘The Crowd Controller’ - The Comma. The PowerPoint visually demonstrates how to use the comma in lists. The resource is suitable for younger pupils Years 1-6, SEN pupils and older pupils who find sentence demarcation challenging. This resource will help to improve basic punctuation skills.
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This resource contains an editable and informative 30-slide PowerPoint presentation on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in Greece.
It includes :
the significance of decorating boats and ships
the traditional foods eaten at Christmas and the New Year
Saint Nicholas
Saint Basil
New Year
The Epiphany
Blessing of the Waters
The presentation also contains a hyperlink to a short video on Greek Christmas traditions.
This is an ideal assembly for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ ‘spiritual, moral, social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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This resource contains a fully editable and informative 45-slide PowerPoint presentation on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in Iceland.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Icelandic Christmas traditions and customs
Icelandic Christmas Markets
Christmas food and drink
Saint Thorlak Thorhallsson’s Day - Þorláksmessa
Christmas preparations
The Yule Lads
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
The Epiphany
The presentation also contains several hyperlinks to making leaf bread, why books are given as Christmas presents, the story of the Yule Lads and a short video on Icelandic Christmas traditions and customs.
This is an ideal assembly for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ ‘spiritual, moral, social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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Christmas in the UK - 50 Slide Presentation
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Christmas in Austria - 50 Slide Presentation
Christmas in Finland- 50 Slide Presentation
Christmas in Germany- 35 Slide Presentation
Christmas in Italy- 50 Slide Presentation
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