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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Learning Swedish The Fun Way Bundle
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Learning Swedish The Fun Way Bundle

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Are you learning Swedish? Are you wanting to talk more fluently in Swedish? This pack was adapted from an ESL teaching pack I made. I students look at the pictures (57 different settings and 114 pictures per set of worksheets) and they discuss what they see in Swedish. Please note the worksheets themselves are in English. I have included some fun vocabulary building games to make it more fun! Try them today!
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 13 Data Handling And Venn Diagrams
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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Data handling and Venn diagrams. The lessons start off with a fun mental warm up, followed by a highly interactive whole class learning session and ends with a fun set of differentiated learning challenges. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 13 Title Venn Diagrams Learning Objective:  use a Venn diagram  draw a Venn diagram to sort numbers. Lesson 2: Week 13 Title Using a Venn Diagram to Sort Names Learning Objective:  to record and discuss using a Venn diagram. Lesson 3: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 1 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results. Lesson 4: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 2 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results. Lesson 5: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 3 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 1 Number Sequences
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 1 Number Sequences

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Three complete PowerPoint lessons about number sequences. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up, followed by a whole class learning period, and finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps of 10  describe and continue a sequence  make up a number pattern. Mental Warm Up: Today you are going to complete a mapping diagram with a ‘+10’ rule. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be looking at sequences of numbers that have been made by counting on or back in steps of 10 or 1. Educational Challenges  Use cubes or beads in two colours to make a number sequence. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Make a pattern using cubes or beads in two colours. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Think of a way to show a sequence that has got hundreds in it. Lesson 2: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
 Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps  describe a number pattern  continue a number pattern  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Start from the start number. Count back in steps of ten when I clap my hands. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count on in steps of different sizes using some grids. Educational Challenges  Shade the first number on a 4 x 4 grid and count on in fours. Do the same for a 5 x 5 grid and a 6 x 6 grid. Does the pattern look the same?  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Explain the pattern.  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Predict the pattern. Lesson 3: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on or back in steps  describe number patterns  continue number patterns  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Sit in a circle. Collect a card between 0 and 30. Stand up if you have number cards 1, 4, 7 and 10. What is the next number? Stand up if you have the number. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to look at some number patterns and work out the rule. Educational Challenges  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Make up a pattern for a friend using a two-step rule.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 12 Data Handling and Measures
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 12 Data Handling and Measures

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These 5 complete PowerPoint lessons will help students to understand data handling. The lessons start with a mental warm up. Then the student will enjoy the interactive, whole class, sessions. The lessons then finish with fun differentiated challenges for the students to complete. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  understand and use words about mass. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  explain ways of working  understand and use words about mass. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  understand and use words about mass  understand equivalence. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve problems involving collecting, organising and interpreting data  record data using simple tables  explain results. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve problems involving information  record findings as a block graph  explain results.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 4 Money
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 4 Money

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Five complete PowerPoint Lessons which focus on the topic of money. The lessons all start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by the main, whole class, learning session. The lesson ends with a set of differentiated challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  select and use the right calculation  check our calculations  solve money word problems  find totals. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  solve money word problems  recognise and use different value coins  select the right coins to pay. Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  choose and use correct calculations  check calculations  solve money word problems  find totals and give change. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  check calculations  say what each coin is  solve money problems. Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  make decisions and check calculations  solve money problems  use the appropriate number operation.
Speak, Write and Play In Spanish - The Fun Way To Learn Spanish! + 31 Fun Teaching Activities
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Speak, Write and Play In Spanish - The Fun Way To Learn Spanish! + 31 Fun Teaching Activities

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Are you learning Spanish? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Spanish? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Spanish. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Spanish. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone! This pack contains a 31 Teaching Activity Teacher Guide using these photo flash cards. These activities are quick and fun to do and will improve both your students' memory and vocabulary skills. * Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction. Spanish Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a handout. Let's Talk in Spanish!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture. Let's Write in Spanish pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Spanish. The students could write about a topic in Spanish before and then after a topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic. * Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction.
Speak, Write And Play In Arabic The Fun Way!
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Speak, Write And Play In Arabic The Fun Way!

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Are you learning Arabic? Are you looking for a fun way to learn Arabic? I have developed a way to learn different languages based on my experience as an ESL teacher. This pack has 57 different settings for students to talk about in Arabic. The worksheets themselves are in English and the students do need to translate the places and objects they see into Arabic. At the end of the session, the students can play a fun game of word bingo to show they have mastered that day's vocabulary. Try it, it is a lot of fun for everyone! * Please note - these resources provide visual prompts, not specific language instruction. The Arabic Bingo pack: This is a simple starter game for students. There are 114 different pictures to choose from. Select a single picture and project the image on the wall or share it with the class as a hand-out. Let's Talk in Arabic!: This set of cards looks at 57 different settings. The teacher describes something in the top card. The students then use this to model a sentence using the bottom set of pictures. There are lots of things to see and describe in every picture. When the students have completed this task, they can repeat it by working in pairs to discuss each picture. Let's Write in Arabic pack: There are lots of ways of using this teaching pack. It could be used as writing assessment for students learning Arabic. The students could write about a topic in Arabic before starting a unit, and then write again about the topic, using the second worksheet at the end of the topic.
Ancient Egypt Bundle
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Ancient Egypt Bundle

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Students love to learn about life in ancient Egypt. I have collected together a wide range of different teaching resources. The resources are a great way of exploring in detail how the ancient Egyptians lived and died and more details about ancient Egyptian pyramids and how they are similar to modern man and how they are different from us.
Material World Bundle
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Material World Bundle

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Are you wanting to teach about how we use different materials? This bundle helps students learn how we use a wide range of different common materials. It also comes complete with the key vocabulary they need to learn about the topic and interesting English story writing prompts to help them get the most out this subject. It is a perfect way to explore what properties we are using in each of the uses we use for each material.
Grammar Bundle - Part 1
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Grammar Bundle - Part 1

19 Resources
I have built up a huge number of different grammar worksheets and books and so I have placed them into two different bundles. This is part 1 of 3 bundles. There are hundreds of different pages to try.
National Week Bundles
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National Week Bundles

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A wide range of different presetations about different national weeks such as anti-bullying week, Science week, Climate Change Week, Christian Aid Week, Interfaith Week, Road Safety Week… lots of different visual images to help start a wide range of different discussions about each topic.
Time Detectives Bundle
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Time Detectives Bundle

10 Resources
Here are history teaching resources from different times and places. Encourage your students to become real time detectives today!
Useful Teaching Resources: Interactive Whiteboard Organiser, EYFS Timetable, Primary Timetable+more
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Useful Teaching Resources: Interactive Whiteboard Organiser, EYFS Timetable, Primary Timetable+more

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This is a really simple idea. It helps a teacher become more organised. It contains all the key features a teacher needs on their interactive whiteboards. These include the date, the daily timetable, the learning objective and notes for students. It is a perfect solution to the messy whiteboard! I bundled together some of my best classroom management tools into a single pack and hope other teachers find them as useful as I have over the years.
Celebration
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Celebration

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Everyone loves celebrations across the year. This pack covers birthday, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Have fun and save!
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 6 Numeracy Lessons - Shape and space
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 6 Numeracy Lessons - Shape and space

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A 3 day set of complete PowerPoint lessons about using and explaining shape and space to children. All the lessons start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by the main whole class lesson, which is highly interactive and helps to focus the student's attention on their learning. At the end of the presentation, the lessons contain differentiated ideas for students to further extend their learning. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  describe and talk about two-dimensional shapes  name shapes and say what is special about them. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  understand, use and read words used to describe two-dimensional shapes  sort flat shapes. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  combine squares to make new shapes  understand what makes each shape special  investigate using squares.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons

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Three great PowerPoint lessons about Shape and Space. The lessons start with a mental warm up. This is followed with a main, interactive whole class learning session. The lesson finishes with a fun set of differentiated learning challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe turning movements  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand angle as a measure of turn  recognise right angles. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns.
Growing Up Visual Story Creative Prompts, KS2 Science Vocab+ 31 Tasks
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Growing Up Visual Story Creative Prompts, KS2 Science Vocab+ 31 Tasks

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different stags in a human's growth being shown in each of the photos. I have included lots of Science Vocabulary Cards, plus a set of creative writing prompts and a teachers guide explaining how you can use these resources in 31 different, fun and easy to organise teaching activities. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
60 images Of Children In Need And What Girls Do Around The World + 31 Fun Teaching Activities To Try
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60 images Of Children In Need And What Girls Do Around The World + 31 Fun Teaching Activities To Try

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different activities being shown in each of the photos. I have combined two teaching packs about poor children from around the world and also added a teaching guide which explains how to use these teaching resources in 31 different teaching activities in the classroom. In addition, your students can look at how the poor live and then think about how their own life compares using the workbook. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Children In Need. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different reasons why children are in need. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids
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Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids

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Learn about number bonds up to 10 using the Diwali festival. You can also use these resources to help you directly to count to 10, followed by seeing the numbers in different orders, followed by a nice Diwali colouring book to improve their fine motor skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different calculations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali Maths. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into an order. How they sorted the calculations.