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I am a seasoned primary school teacher - Year 6 specialist to be exact. My focus is mainly on activities to boost achievement in Maths and Literacy. However, I also create inspirational posters to brighten up schools, classrooms, hallways - anywhere really.

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I am a seasoned primary school teacher - Year 6 specialist to be exact. My focus is mainly on activities to boost achievement in Maths and Literacy. However, I also create inspirational posters to brighten up schools, classrooms, hallways - anywhere really.
Y3 - Multiplying by multiples of 10
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Y3 - Multiplying by multiples of 10

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A set of slides that I have created to fit the Year 3 Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 5 plans. These slides follow the plan for whole class teaching. The resources for the individual activities are from Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 5. These plans and resources can be accessed from the Hamilton site.
Y3 - Multiplying one and two digit numbers by ten
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Y3 - Multiplying one and two digit numbers by ten

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A set of slides that I have created to fit the Year 3 Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 4 plans. These slides follow the plan for whole class teaching. The resources for the individual activities are from Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 4. These resources can be accessed from the Hamilton site.
Comparing three digit numbers
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Comparing three digit numbers

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A set of slides that I have created to fit the Year 3 Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 3 plans. These slides follow the plan for whole class teaching. The resources for the individual activities are from Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 3. These resources can be accessed from the Hamilton site.
Y3 - Comparing numbers
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Y3 - Comparing numbers

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A set of slides that I have created to fit the Year 3 Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 2 plans. These slides follow the plan for whole class teaching. The resources for the individual activities are from Hamilton Summer Week 1 - Day 2. These resources can be accessed from the Hamilton site.
IPC Rainforests Knowledge Harvest and Entry Point
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IPC Rainforests Knowledge Harvest and Entry Point

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A set of IWB slides to match the entry point and knowledge harvest in the International Primary Curriculum unit 'Saving The World' (Rainforests). Text and images closely matched so learners new to English will be able to access the vocabulary more easily.
Traditional Stories - Thinking Skills 2
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Traditional Stories - Thinking Skills 2

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Extension activity for Narrative Writing unit. Includes the follwoing skills: Applying (Using information in different, familiar situations) and Analysing (Break into parts to examine more closely.) Could be used as an ongoing extension acitivity through the course of the unit or as an independent homelearning activity to encourage deeper thinking about stories in general.
The Rainforests
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The Rainforests

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A series of pictures and activities to guide the teaching of this unit. Could be used as part of the International Primary Curriculum on 'Saving The World'. Contains elements of Building Learning Power (BLP).
Traditional Stories - Thinking Skills
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Traditional Stories - Thinking Skills

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Using Remembering (factual answers, recall and recognition) and Understanding (translating, interpreting, showing understanding) to extend children during the unit on Traditional Stories. Questions could be adapted to suit other areas of Narrative Writing.
Venn Diagrams - Year 3
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Venn Diagrams - Year 3

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Data handling lesson using Venn diagrams. Starts with very simple criteria. Smartboard adapted to fit Hamilton Data Handling - Spring Year 3.
Carroll Diagrams
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Carroll Diagrams

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Data handling smartboard for year 3. Simplifies what Carroll diagrams are and how we use them. Smartboard adapetd to fit the Hamilton Data Handling Plan for Spring Year 3.
Counting on and back from zero
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Counting on and back from zero

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Year 3 Booster lesson. Encourages practice of number names to 1000. Reinforces ccounting on and back, numbers 'going up', numbers 'going down'. Good for group and/or individual activity.