Hello, thank you for looking around my shop. I am a teaching deputy head teacher, with 16 years of experience, who works in a rural primary school. I know how wearing many hats can eat into your time but understand how important excellent resources are for engaging pupils so they make accelerated progress. I have included lots of free resources in my shop but placed a small charge for resources which have taken me many hours to create. I hope you enjoy them and use them to motivate your pupils.
Hello, thank you for looking around my shop. I am a teaching deputy head teacher, with 16 years of experience, who works in a rural primary school. I know how wearing many hats can eat into your time but understand how important excellent resources are for engaging pupils so they make accelerated progress. I have included lots of free resources in my shop but placed a small charge for resources which have taken me many hours to create. I hope you enjoy them and use them to motivate your pupils.
This is a whole school tracking AFL tracking system for Maths. Each year group's required objectives are broken down into 3 phases as it is using the Hampshire phase model for the new curriculum. There is a tracking sheet for year 1 to year 6 created using Excel.
This is a whole school tracking AFL tracking system for Reading. Each year group's required objectives are broken down into 3 phases as it is using the Hampshire phase model for the new curriculum. There is a tracking sheet for year 1 to year 6 created using Excel.
Here is a great list of ideas for supporting creative writing. It is a list of 'twist in the tale' ideas that pupils can use to help them write an engaging story.
This is a Powerpoint with 34 different English terms including explanations of what each term means. The terms include
Abbrieviation
Acronym
Adverb
Blurb
Clause
Connective
Colon
Draft
Edit
Ellipsis
Exclamation marks
Homograph
Homophone
Jargon
Jingle
Metaphor
Mnemonic
Palindrome
Paragraph
Question mark
Scan
Semi-colon
Sentence (compound)
Sentence (simple)
Sentence (complex)
Simile
Skim
Stanza
Storyboard
Verb
Verb (active)
Verb (passive)
This is a great resource for working on pupils speaking and listening skills. Pupils choose a category and then have to describe the object, character, adjective or nature suggestion without using that word. I give the pupils a set time of 1 minute to try to describe as many different suggestions from each category. I have included the Excel version so it is fully adaptable to suit your class.
This is a set of grammar revision cards with 36 terms explained for pupils and parents. It has a seem in the middle so the cards can be folded back and stuck down. This allows the parent / member of staff to show the pupil the term and have the explanation facing them while the pupil explains what each term means. The terms include:
Adjective
Adverb
Adverbial clause
Antonym
Apostrophe
Article
Auxiliary verb
Clause
Complex sentence
Conjunction
Digraph
Fronted adverbial
Grapheme
Homophone
Main clause
Noun
Paragraph
Personal pronoun
Phoneme
Phrase
Plural
Prefix
Preposition
Present tense
Pronoun
Punctuation
Relative clause
Sentence
Sentence types
Simple sentence
Split digraph
Subordinate clause
Suffix
Synonym
Tense
Trigraph
Verb
Word clause
This is an early morning IWB activity for your class to undertake to help them settle into school. It has 4 weeks worth of activities about shape for an upper KS2 class.
This is a 6 week resource for morning maths when pupils come into school. It includes adding / subtracting decimals mentally, finding missing numbers and word problems.
This is a 4 week unit of work that is based on the books 'Cracking Contraptions' by Wallace & Gromit and 'Until I Met Dudley' by Roger McGough (illustrated by Chris Riddell). The end piece of writing is an explanatory text that is based on an invention that the pupils have to design. This has always been a fantastic unit where pupil's are inspired to create a great explanatory text rich with technical language. There are lots of chances to link it with Science or Design & Technology work for circuits.
The learning objectives for this unit of work are;
Stage 1- Stimulate and generate- Learning outcomes
• To understand the purpose of an explanation text
• To write an explanatory text
• To find evidence of an author’s style
• To explain how to do something in a clear and logical sequence
• To identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph
Stage 2 - Capture, Sift and Sort- Learning outcomes
• To find key features of an explanatory text
• To write consistently in the present tense
• To design a Cracking Contraption
• To label a diagram
• To write an opening statement
• To label a diagram
• To use causal conjunctions
• To sequence in logical steps
• To order an explanatory text correctly
• To improve a given explanation text using time connectives
• To write accurate titles for explanatory texts
• To write complex sentences
Stage 3 - Create refine evaluate- Learning outcomes
• To create and label a Cracking Contraption
• To write an explanatory text
• To prepare a public presentation
• To present clearly with good voice projection to an audience
This unit of work uses the 3 stage planning process of:
• Stimulate and generate
• Capture, sift and sort
• Create, refine and evaluate
Stimulate and generate = This usually starts with a hook to interest the class where the class realise who they are going to write for so they have a clear purpose and audience. Activities can include reading excellent model texts, drama or researching more about the author or the content of the book.
Capture, sift and sort = This is the part of the unit where pupils look at key features, practise skills they will need in order to complete the final piece or new learning for objectives they have not learnt yet.
Create, refine, evaluate = This is where you bring all you have learnt together and plan the final piece before you write it and then edit it to improve the piece. This can include self, peer or teacher led reviewing.
I run an after school club for cards as it is excellent for teaching pupils about probability, tactics and requires higher level thinking. I have included 3 sets of rules for the games I play, they are:
The Rules of Knockout Whist
The Rules of Hearts
The Rules of Contract Whist
This is SATs revision pack that I have shared with year 6 parents who want to do that bit more. It has lots of questions from the old style SATs but it is still useful as a revision aid.
This is a class treasure hunt I use during transition days with my new class to make it more fun to learn about where everything is in their new class. It may need a little adaption for your own class.
This is a Forces Fairground display that I made which ends up being a colourful Ferris Wheel. The display includes explanations for the following forces:
Gravity
Water Resistance
Pulleys
Forces
Parachutes
Machines
Air Resistance
Friction
Levers
Mechanisms
Springs
Movement
The display has a quiz which pupils can interact with too.
This is a 3 week unit of work that is aimed at a year 4 and 5 class. The 3 week unit builds the pupils skills through drama and targeted lessons to give them the skills to write an excellent newspaper article. I have included all the resources you need to teach this today. The pupils in my class have always loved this unit and have never failed to create outstanding pieces of work from it. For a great hook I have also been known to dress up as a gorilla and run through the school the first day of teaching this unit.
The learning objectives for the unit are :
• To write a newspaper report
• To write common themes of the books of author Anthony Browne
• To write a job description
• To explore characters through role-play
• To explore the characters feelings and motivations in the story
• To raise questions for different audiences
• To understand the features of newspapers reports
• To identify the features of newspapers reports
• To identify the author’s style and use of language
• To use more descriptive verbs instead of using said
• To identify the differences between direct and reported speech then to convert direct speech into reported speech
• To write cohesive paragraphs
• To plan the introduction to a newspaper article including writing a catchy headline
• To draft and then write a newspaper article
• To write a newspaper article
This unit of work uses the 3 stage planning process of:
• Stimulate and generate
• Capture, sift and sort
• Create, refine and evaluate
Stimulate and generate = This usually starts with a hook to interest the class where the class realise who they are going to write for so they have a clear purpose and audience. Activities can include reading excellent model texts, drama or researching more about the author or the content of the book.
Capture, sift and sort = This is the part of the unit where pupils look at key features, practise skills they will need in order to complete the final piece or new learning for objectives they have not learnt yet.
Create, refine, evaluate = This is where you bring all you have learnt together and plan the final piece before you write it and then edit it to improve the piece. This can include self, peer or teacher led reviewing.
This is a single A4 page of tips for using search engines. This can be used to help pupils use search engines more effeciently or as a training tool for staff at your school.
I wrote this Oliver Twist Playscript for a year 6 production. It includes all the song lyrics, character list, set production ideas and 21 pages of a script which lasts approximately 65 minutes. It was a great success when our school performed it.
Scene 1 = The Orphanage
Scene 2 = The Funeral Parlour
Scene 3 = Meeting Dodger
Scene 4 = Fagin's Gang
Scene 5 = Oliver starts working for Fagin
Scene 6 = Bill Sikes shows his true colours
Scene 7 = Oliver settles into his new life
Scene 8 = The truth will out