This lesson focuses on MODAL and IMPERATIVE VERBS and also has a significant emphasis on COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, which was the focus for my observation lesson. The lesson uses a Space Rocket launch video, to engage the children in an activity where they need to persuade British astronaut; Tim Peake, that they should be the first school trip space tourists. The lesson teaches modal and imperative verbs and how they can be used as persuasive devices in writing. The group work involves finding and highlighting Modal and Imperative Verbs and then using them to write a short group presentation. This was taught to a Year 4 Class, but could easily adapted for Year Five or Year Six. Judged an OUTSTANDING LESSON - so is ideal for an OBSERVATION or INTERVIEW lesson. Files included: PPT Presentation including Video Lesson Plan Texts Modal and Imperative Verbs WordBanks

This is a literacy lesson I have used a few times and has been judged as OUTSTANDING, and could be used for an INTERVIEW or OFSTED observation. The lesson focus is on writing short story anecdotes and can be adapted to be a 30 minute or 1 hour lesson. It follows a transport theme, especially flying (hence the video stimulus) and does rely on an extract from Danny the Champion of the World. The lesson could also be adapted to suit Years 4, 5 or 6. The flying video on the PPT was particularly inspiring! All resources included: Power point Presentation Detailed Lesson Plan Differentiated Worksheets Anecdote examples

INTERVIEW / OFSTED OUTSTANDING LESSON - Years 5/6 English Reading Skills The Titanic - Maritime Investigators Reading Investigation An inspiring lesson for developing reading skills, where pupils were tasked with an investigative reading question: “Did the designers of the Titanic place prestige before safety?” I taught this as an interview lesson and the children loved it! They really enjoyed the concept of being Maritime investigators and exploring the various factors behind the sinking of the Titanic. The lesson focuses on 2 high quality extracts detailing the events of the Titanic disaster and I created a Powerpoint which includes a film clip to develop the theme of the children being maritime investigators. There is enough content here to develop this into a whole week project. Recording sheets included with one adapted for EAL/ SEND. One extract has also been simplified to enable EAL / SEND pupils to access. Resources included: 2 x Reading Titanic Extracts 1 EAL/SEND Titanic Extract Titanic Powerpoint A3 Maritime Investigators Recording Sheet A3 EAL/SEND Maritime Investigators Recording Sheet

Recount Writing - Two Lesson Pack - Year 5 or 6 An excellent creative writing resource pack to develop recount writing skills, and worked perfectly as a cross curricular writing focus for my Rivers topic. Used over 2 lessons. My class loved listening to the original storytelling of Chapter One of The Wind in the Willows on the video clip included in this pack. It's delightful! If you are looking to cover some work from a classic text, this will work well too. It really captured the children's imagination and the recounts they wrote from Mole's perspective were fabulous! The resources are designed to help the children write a recount from Mole's perspective, recounting his experiences of messing about in a boat on the river after he meets Water Rat. Enjoy the resource pack! Resource pack contents: 1. Illustrated teaching Powerpoint Presentation 2. Extract from Chapter One of The Wind in the Willows 3. Video clip - Retelling of Chapter One of The Wind in The Willows 4. Summary 2 Lesson Plan 5. Recount Writing Worksheet 6. Model example of Recount of Mole's adventure on the river. (p.s. If you experience trouble playing the video in the PPt presentation, it should work if you load it as the seperate vide file included in the resource pack.)

An excellent resource pack to support the learning of literacy and numeracy using The Gruffalo's Child. Lots of the activities could be adapted and developed easily. • Full Illustrated story PPT with highlighted adjectives • Gruffalo’s Child Sort the words Activity • Gruffalo’s Child Bingo Cards x 8 • Gruffalo’s Child Word Mat • Gruffalo’s Child Fill in the missing word. • Gruffalo’s Child Sort the words. • Dictionary Definitions • Book Review • Doubling Powerpoint • Halving Powerpoint

This Class Labels Pack is a great resource for setting up a classroom and to get your class organised. Editable slides on the Power point can be easily printed off to create the labels you need in your classroom. The Dinosaur theme used with the labels will appeal to young Dinosaur fans! Display slides included on the Power point files: 1. 6 Dinosaur themed tray labels. 2. 6 dinosaur themed name coat -peg labels. 3. 6 Stationary tray labels 4. 4 Dinosaur themed Individual Target Cards 5. Date and Weather Display Card with Weather Symbols and Dates Cards 6. 12 x Times Tables Posters in Fun Fonts 7. Noiseometer Card and Arrow All pictures are Copyright Free and sourced from Open Clipart sources.

Behaviour Reward Chart & Poster Pack -HIGHLY MOTIVATING LEGO NINJAGO THEME! PACK CONTENTS: 1 x Editable Behaviour Reward Chart 7 x Editable Colour-me-in Reward Posters Designed for Years 2-6 Many of the children in my class love LEGO NINJAGO, so I created a behaviour reward chart and a set of seven colourful reward posters based on the LEGO NINJAGO theme. The children love them and are really responding well, leading to a marked improvement in behaviour and work, because they so enjoy colouring the reward posters! I've started using mine more for academic targets as well as behaviour targets. All the documents are editable to suit your needs. The behaviour reward chart uses a smiley / straight face / sad face system across a week. If the child gets x amount of smileys they can colour their mini Ninjago picture for that day. If they then have a great week, gaining x amount of smileys across the week (or colouring all their mini NINJAGO pictures) they receive a A4 reward poster which they can colour in! The reward poster includes an editable text box where you can set behaviour reward targets or celebrate specific achievements. I've made the posters colourful, but they can easily be edited to be a white background if you can't print too much colour! I hope they work as well for your class as they have mine!

Year 3 & 4 Minecraft Immersive Read and Creative Write Week Project Highly motivating and inspiring! Differentiated Activities Minecraft theme will be very motivating for children. Resouces included: Ten Slide Illustrated & Engaging Minecraft PowerPoint Minecraft Glossary to extend vocabulary. 3 x Differentiated Minecraft Reading Comprehension with answers. Minecraft Critical Thinking Activity Cards. Minecraft Creative writing prompts The resources provided should provide a week’s worth of reading and writing activities that can be completed independently or guided by the teacher. The creative writing opportunities could easily be extended beyond a week. The children that I have taught have loved this as a English focus topic!

INTERVIEW / OBSERVATION Year 5 / 6 LESSON - OFSTED OUTSTANDING - Character writing in the style of Roald Dahl This lesson focuses on creating FICTIONAL CHARACTERS in the style of Roald Dahl. It could be used very effectively as a stand alone INTERVIEW LESSSON for Year 5 & 6 literacy, especially as virtually every child is familiar with the books of Roald Dahl! The Powerpoint provides an excellent teahcing resource for building up characterisation and techniques for creating humorous and quirky characters. Two model examples of character writing are given in the form of: “The Drunken Doctor” “The Angry Teacher” inspired by Roald Dahl’s book; BOY. The children were VERY MOTIVATED during the lesson and loved creating characters with quirky mannerisms! This was taught to a Year 5 Class, but could easily adapted for Year Six. Judged an OUTSTANDING LESSON - so is ideal for an OBSERVATION or INTERVIEW lesson. Files included: PPT Presentation WAGOLL Examples - The Drunken Doctor & The Angry Teacher Glossary - Quirky Mannerisms for a Drunken Doctor or an Angry Teacher Editable planning & word bank sheet - Drunken Doctor Editable planning & word bank sheet - The Angry Teacher

**Daily INFERENCE Reading challenges - Year 3 & 4 ** 5 INFERENCE Challenge Reading texts with questions & answers. Part of our “Literally Amazing” English resources; these are a brilliant resource for developing inference skills and confidence! I have seen a significant and tangible improvement in the Reading Comprehension skills of my class through daily use of these. Why use Literally Amazing Inference challenges? Easily accessible reading content – much quicker and more accessible than a full reading book. Engaging themes to motivate young readers. Strong inference focus, proven to boost confidence and skills in inference. Great extension challenges / lesson starters / homework / end of lesson tasks. Work brilliantly for SEND learners! Resources included: Powerpoint with 5 INFERENCE Reading Challenge short texts with daily questions and answers. Answer Recording Sheet. Please look out for more themed INFERENCE texts that I hope to publish soon!