This is a collection of seven modern, original poems written about children’s experiences during the pandemic this year. Poem titles/topics are: NHS Clap for carers What did you do during lockdown Assembly Bubbles Washing hands Lessons All poems rhyme and offer reflections on children’s experiences during and since lockdown, including changes that have occurred in their day-to-day school lives compared to before lockdown. They could be studied as part of a unit on poetry or as part of the recovery curriculum as it provides plenty of stimuli for children to discuss, compare and empathise with their own feelings and experiences of living with the coronavirus pandemic. (NB Topics of death and bereavement are not discussed here.) Suitable for Key Stage 2 and possibly KS3. If you find this resource useful, I’d be grateful if you would spend a few moments to give a review. Many thanks.

An original, high quality poem, with full rhyme, that describes the problems facing the world in terms of climate change, pollution etc. and the need to act now to change our habits in order to leave the world a better place for the next generation. Can be used for discussion in poetry or reading sessions or children could try to write their own poems with a message on the same themes.

A set of worksheets (differentiated) involving a range of different types of patterns - number, geometric etc. - about which children are asked to find and continue patterns as well as explaining their reasoning. Answers given.

Class assembly in play script format looking at different forms of bullying in a school environment and the resulting emotions for the victims as well as possible reasons and emotions causing the bullies to behave this way. Good scope for some drama. Written for Y5/6 but could be adapted.

7 How To Play... sheets with simple instructions for playing fun Maths games that kids will really love! Can be used as a starter or main activity. Include Killer, 3D Shape, First to Fifteen, Magic Squares, Place Value games, 4 in a Line and Keeper of the Function. Simple to set up with very few resources needed. Can be differentiated easily e.g. by size of numbers. Guaranteed to keep their interest!

Simple worksheets for Y5/6 maths groups on finding different percentages of various numbers. 3 differentiated levels, answers provided.

A bundle of resources for teaching a short unit on poetry using similes and metaphors. There is a one-week plan although to be honest you could easily stretch it to two weeks as the children always produce good work with these poems. Pack includes 1 week lesson plan, PPT presentation on similes, various classic and modern poems that include similes and/or metaphors and a few format sheets for scaffolding children's poems. Also includes RIC reading questions linked to another metaphor poem for whole-class reading session.

A very much simplified summary of the plot of the famous book by CS Lewis, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe told through 21 animated PPT slides. For use with lower KS2 children either during ICT work or to support English unit, for RIC questions, etc. If you like this resource, please take a moment to give it a 5-star review. Thank you!

Powerpoint presentation with slides including Which bed would you rather sleep in? Which pet would you rather have? Where would you rather live? etc. To be used for stimulating discussion and reasoning; for example, philosophy sessions, P4C, circle time, RIC reading stimulus etc or could easily be adapted for use in English lessons for description and so on.

One sheet for children to write on with a pictorial list of all the Halloween items they are looking for - witch, cat, skeleton, etc. They need to find the pictures (which you'll have hidden around the hall or outside area, etc.) and write down the number (shown in red on the hidden picture) next to the item on their list. The second document contains all the pictures themselves (with the red numbers on), A4 size for sticking up somewhere (hard or easy-to-find places) and the third gives all of the answers for checking they've found them all.

A long list of various ideas for mental and oral maths sessions aimed at providing easily differentiated levels of challenge. Little or no preparation or resources required.

This is a fantastic collection of 50 Maths activities that can be used as lesson starters, plenaries or fun one-off activities. Many could be extended as the basis for a full lesson, and most could be revisited as they are or adapted with very little effort to provide new challenges. This means a huge number of your Maths starters throughout the year are already taken care of! I have been a maths coordinator for several years and have a passion for finding/collecting/inventing easily implemented maths activities that really extend children's understanding. Challenges include number, length, weight, time, shape and many problem-solving tasks. Each slide includes notes for the teacher; these may explain the task, provide an answer to more challenging problems, or suggest easy ways to reduce or extend the level of challenge to suit more/less able mathematicians. With the slides you are good to go; although many of them could be further developed by using resources such as coins, dice etc., they are ready to use as they are with only whiteboards or jotters being needed for the children to write down answers on. This is a collection of quality resources that have taken me literally years to collect and days to put together here in this format. If you like it, please take the time to give me a 5-star review. Thank you!

A collection of 8 RIC reading activities designed for use with the whole class, but could be used with a group. Each slide uses a different stimulus, including photograph, illustration, poster, song, video, and includes questions for each of the elements of RIC; retrieve/interpret/choice. Intended to be thought-provoking and to stimulate discussion, facilitated by the teacher. For KS2 but could also be used with lower KS3. Includes questions based around two Pixar short films, a page from the Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Chris van Allsburg), a poster on Internet safety, a photograph on flooding in San Jose, Something Inside So Strong by Labi Siffre, Please Mrs Butler poem by Allan Ahlberg, and a thought-provoking Facebook illustration by Pawel Kuczynski. I hope you find these RIC resources both enjoyable and time-saving. If so, please spare a few seconds to leave me a positive review. Thank you!

A Victorian picture hunt - children have to find 10 pictures which you can hide around the classroom/hall/playground etc. Can be used with KS2 and KS1, including non-readers/writers, as children only need to look for matching pictures and note down the number in the appropriate box. However, it’s a good stimulus for discussion of the Victorian items listed, either at the start/end of the topic or simply as a fun activity/end of term game etc. Items include pictures of Queen Victoria, penny farthing, factory, chimney sweep, mangle, camera etc.

This is a brief summary of key points in the life of Queen Elizabeth II (upto 2018) written as a 2-sided text and as a simplified one-sided text for less able pupils to read, accompanied by 3 sets of questions based around one of the two texts for use with different ability groups. Aimed at Y4/5/6 but could be used or easily adapted for older or younger children. Thanks for taking the time to look - if you appreciate the resource, please take a few moments to leave a review - thank you :)

A collection of 15 inspiring and unusual photographs from around the web to stimulate writing (and talk for writing). (One slide contains a moving image.) Slides also contain possible sentences to start or further stimulate stories. For KS2 creative writing lessons.

An illustrated PowerPoint presentation of the classic TS Eliot poem Macavity: The Mystery Cat to show as a presentation lesson starter e.g. for RIC reading sessions, comprehension and discussion etc. Nice and clear to read together as a class, appealing illustrations to engage children. Please note that I have also created a differentiated set of comprehension questions for Upper KS2 and KS3 children; please take a look if interested. Thank you.