This is a one hour long staff meeting regarding the teaching of writing in primary which recaps the strategies of modelled, shared and guided writing. The meeting is interactive and includes a dictation activity starter, sorting table activity and several videos.

This is a full hour inference staff meeting for primary teachers. It includes reference to SATs papers and curriculum requirements. The meeting is interactive and covers many ideas for teaching inference in primary. It demonstrates and describes several inference strategies and activities for all year groups. I have led this staff meeting and received positive feedback. These resources include a 21 page presentation, activities and teaching resources.

Presentation regarding reciprocal reading / teaching strategies with related resources. Would be suitable for a short staff meeting/ workshop. Includes several varieties of reciprocal reading cards for pupils, posters, and activities for staff. Reciprocal reading is a wonderful activity which helps pupils to deepen their understanding of a text.

Hour -long staff meeting focusing on improving wider reading and writing skills. Includes: Reading as a Writer activity (KS2) - close reading to identify effect and techniques used in a text Copy Activity - (KS2) - focused on building up vocabulary Draw a Story - (KS1 and KS2) to improve listening and comprehension skills Unfortunately… Activity (KS1 and KS2) - to improve understanding of narrative structures Storytelling Techniques Activity - to understand how to read aloud in an engaging manner PowerPoint Presentation and handouts included. Tried and tested, with positive feedback received.

Presentation and handouts for a short training session or workshop on teaching phonics for support staff. Includes: terminology, phoneme check, how to structure a phonics session, activities and resources.

Checklists for different genres of writing.

The theme of this book week is ‘Heroes and Villains’. This bundle includes all you need for book week in primary, including: banned book activity, book quiz, newsletter, timetables, power point for assembly, competitions, certificates, villain hunt, Mr Men hunt and much more! Fifteen files included.

These resources are designed for delivering a workshop for parents of year one children regarding the phonics screening check. The presentation covers the following: What is phonics? , Terminology, How we teach phonics, The Phonics Screening Check and Resources. Included in the bundle is a presentation, a document containing over 80 alien word flashcards, further guidance on phonic phonemes and a letter inviting parents to the workshop.

I recently created a primary school library from scratch which has been very successful! Here are all the resources I created and used including: a classification key, labels for all categories, pictures of authors, displays, invitations, basket labels, invitations, bookmarks, posters promoting reading, library monitor badges and more. Fifteen files are included.