A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. This pack provides all resources needed for an hour-long staff meeting about activities to use in class for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your staff team will look at examples of SPaG questions from SATs, reflect about the SPaG requirements for their year group and how they have been covered, complete a grammar terminology activity, take part in whole group grammar activities and then try out several fun grammar activities on their tables. I delivered this meeting to a large staff team and received a round of applause! Included: - requirement activity - terminology activity - spelling strategies - grammar activities to demonstrate to team (x7) - grammar activities for staff to participate in on tables (x5) - 10 files to download This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

I have been involved with interviews for the role of assistant head in several different boroughs. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018.

This document gives guidance on what to include when writing a report to governors about English and could be adapted for other subjects. It also includes an example of a detailed report with eleven sections of information.

I have been on the panel for teacher interviews in several different boroughs. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018.

I have led English in several primary schools and had a positive impact on improving both reading results and attitudes to reading. Strategies for this have included whole school initiatives, providing training for staff and organising exciting book weeks. This document contains 100 ideas for improving reading standards and encouraging a love of reading in primary schools. Tips are organised into the following categories: whole school initiatives, in-class activities, home reading, strategies for phonics and staff training.

Can your class complete the eight challenges to win stars for their team and reach the alien’s planet? This resource pack consists of a thirteen page PowerPoint presentation and a twelve page supporting resource pack for a fun day’s worth of pseudo word activities in preparation for the phonic screening check. Children will need to work as a team to complete eight challenges which include: word orbit game, syllable switch, split digraph countdown and many more. This resource has been tried and tested and the children loved it! The words and phonemes in this resource have been carefully created to match those in the check and include multi-syllable words and split digraphs. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: Phonic Screening Check Revision Preparation for the Phonic Screening Check Pseudo Words Alien Words Alien Day Phonics Activity / Game

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with ten punctuation and grammar activities reflecting the spelling, punctuation and grammar requirements from the year 2 curriculum for English: capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, time conjunctions, compound sentences, subordination, apostrophes for possession, noun phrases and commas in lists. These activities are based on an animal theme and each one lasts for 5- 15 minutes. This resource could be used for standalone grammar sessions or as an English starter. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

OFSTED is now focussing more on reading and want to know if your school is a ‘reading school’. I have been interviewed by OFSTED regarding my leadership of English several times. During a recent inspection, I was asked some rather challenging and surprising questions about English. This resource consists of twenty questions I was asked in a recent inspection. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

You have recently been given the responsibility of managing absences in your school or perhaps you are already in this position. You have a crucial role in ensuring the school runs smoothly, which can be very complex and challenging. This ten-page document will provide you with many useful tips and is organised into the following sections: getting started, beginning of the day, during the day, end of day and general tips. Also included are forms for absences and supply teachers. This document is aimed at organising a primary school but many ideas are also relevant to secondary.

Presentation about fidget spinners which could be used in an assembly or lesson. Content includes: • What are fidget spinners? • Where did fidget spinners come from? • What do fidget spinners do? • Types of fidget spinner • What do teachers think of them? • What do children think of them? • How do they compare with other crazes? Also included are a range of issues to discuss and ten true or false questions. This presentation is aimed at primary aged children but could be adapted for older pupils.

I have been on the panel for interviews in several different local authorities. This is a thorough list of questions which are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities, personal qualities and miscellaneous. The questions reflect current issues relevant to education in 2018. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. My shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/magicinkstand

This resource consists of spelling lists for reception to year 6. The lists are also presented in a precision teaching grid format. To make this resource, I referred to the common exception word lists in the National Curriculum which consist of combined word lists for years 3 and 4 and for years 5 and 6. I separated these by difficulty to create lists for each year group. The words for reception to year 2 are from the National Literacy Strategy. Please leave a review if you find this resource helpful.

I have raised my schools attendance and punctuality figures significantly through many carefully planned strategies. This resource includes 100 helpful and practical tips to improve attendance and punctuality in your school. Advice is organised into the following sections: Daily Routines, Partnership with Parents, Encouragement and Rewards and Working with the Local Authority. This resource is aimed at primary but many of the tips are applicable to secondary schools. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.

St Swithin’s Day is on 15th July 2019. This resource consists of a quiz and a 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: - key information about St Swithin’s Day - important vocabulary - the history of St Swithin’s day - the St Swithin’s legend - the St Swithin’s proverb - is the superstition true? - do other countries celebrate St Swithin’s day? - other ways of predicting the weather - quiz - complete the rhyme activity - proverb activity - saint matching activity - maps and diagrams and - links to videos Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Top resources: Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet Tags: St Swithin’s Day assembly, St Swithin’s Day lesson, St Swithun’s Day assembly, St Swithun’s Day lesson, weather lesson, water cycle, famous saints

This activity pack includes: - ‘Tour de France’ reading comprehension, - ‘Tour de France Jerseys’ reading comprehension, - ‘The History of the Tour de France’ reading comprehension, - Tour de France word search and definition activity and - Tour de France crossword activity. Questions in the reading comprehensions reflect 2015 content domain and include literal questions, inference questions, language-based questions and summarising. Question types include find and copy, multiple choice and ordering. This resource is fully editable and answers are included. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Top resources: Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet Tags: Tour de France Assembly, Tour de France lesson, Tour de France activity, Tour de France presentation, Tour de France quiz, Tour de France 2019 Assembly, Tour de France 2019 lesson, Tour de France 2019 activity, Tour de France 2019 presentation, Tour de France 2019 quiz

50+ page PowerPoint presentation with 50 quiz questions based on the world of family film. Questions increase with difficulty and the quiz comprises: Character Round, Setting Round, Film Title Round, Enemy Round and Actor Round. Also included are bonus games: Name that Tune, Film Crambo, Movie Star and Film Rewind. This is a visual presentation with a range of pictures, which are all copyright free. Two versions are included - one with the answers on each slide and one with the answers at the end of the presentation. Also included is a worksheet on which to write the answers and an answer sheet. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in these resources: Bastille Day Pack, Independence Day Pack , St Swithin’s Day Pack, Tour de France Presentation , Tour de France Activity Pack, End of Year Memory Booklet Tags: Film Quiz, Film Quiz 2019, Film News Quiz, Film News Quiz 2019, End of Term Quiz, End of Year Quiz, End of Term Quiz 2019, End of Year Quiz 2019, Movie Quiz, Movie Quiz 2019, Movie News Quiz, Movie News Quiz 2019, Film News 2019,

Epiphany is on the 6th of January. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 + page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Key information about Epiphany • Information about the Magi • The Epiphany Story • Epiphany traditions • Church services, chalking the door, king cake, winter swimming • Other Traditions around the world • Music • Interactive picture activity • Interactive gift matching activity • Song activity • Quiz • Useful information • Recipe for King cake • Links to videos and music and more! Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: Key information about Pancake Day The History of Pancake Day Pancake Day Celebrations Pancake Day Traditions The Pancake Bell How to Make a Pancake Pancake Toppings Pancakes around the World The World’s Biggest Pancake Fun Facts Pancake Day Around the World Matching Activity Build your Own Pancake Interactive Activity Pancake Day Quiz Pancake Day Jokes Interactive Counting Activity Useful information Links to videos and more! Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: Lent, Lent Assembly, Pancake Day Activity, Pancake Day Assembly, Pancake Day Lesson, Pancake Day Quiz, Mardi Gras Activity, Mardi Gras Assembly, Mardi Gras Lesson, Mardi Gras Quiz, Shrove Tuesday Activity, Shrove Tuesday Assembly, Shrove Tuesday Lesson, Shrove Tuesday Quiz

Valentine’s Day is on February 14th. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, interactive, 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Key information about Valentine’s Day • The history of Valentine’s Day • The story of St Valentine • Valentine’s Day celebrations • Valentine’s Day traditions • How is Valentine’s Day celebrated around the world? • Valentine’s Day Quiz • ‘Complete the love poem’ interactive activity • Anagram activity • ‘Match the famous couples’ activity • ‘Complete the love sayings’ activity • Useful images • Links to videos and music and more! Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: St Valentine’s Day assembly, Valentine’s Day quiz, Valentine’s Day lesson, Valentine’s Day activity, Valentine’s Day lesson, Valentine’s Day presentation, Valentine’s Day, St Valentines Day assembly, Valentines Day quiz, Valentines Day lesson, Valentines Day activity, Valentines Day lesson, Valentines Day presentation, Valentines Day

This resource consists of a visual, 30+ page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Key information about the New Year • The history of New Year celebrations • New Year’s Eve celebrations in Mexico, China, the United States and the UK • New Year’s day traditions • The cold water plunge • Auld Lang Syne • Which countries celebrate the New Year first? • New Year Music • New Year’s resolutions • Questions • Celebrity new year’s resolutions matching activity • New year celebrations – locations around the world (picture matching activity) • Quiz • Useful information • Links to videos and music and more! Also included is a worksheet to accompany the quiz. Please note that the quiz questions are the same as those on the presentation, and that the answers are at the end of the presentation. This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: New Year’s Day Assembly, New Year’s Day Presentation, New Year’s Day Quiz, New Year’s Day Worksheet, New Year’s Eve Assembly, New Year’s Eve Presentation, New Year’s Eve Quiz, New Year’s Eve Worksheet, New Year Assembly, New Year Presentation, New Year Quiz, New Year Worksheet, New Year’s Resolutions Assembly, New Year’s Resolutions Presentation, New Year’s Resolutions Quiz, New Year’s Resolutions Worksheet, Happy New Year