I am a fully qualified primary teacher who has experience of teaching in both the private and state sectors in Scotland, London and Tokyo.
All of my resources have been tried and tested in classrooms, and I am passionate about making learning as enjoyable and engaging as possible for children.
I am a fully qualified primary teacher who has experience of teaching in both the private and state sectors in Scotland, London and Tokyo.
All of my resources have been tried and tested in classrooms, and I am passionate about making learning as enjoyable and engaging as possible for children.
Specifically designed to challenge more able children in the role play area, these shop resources are ideal for encouraging real, practical and purposeful maths skills during play.
The bundle includes:
10 price cards, challenging children to pay using only a specific number of coins
‘Special offer’ cards for each day of the week. A great way to introduce a fresh challenge each day.
A loyalty card that introduces the concept of division
Shopping list templates with ‘items’ and ‘price’ headings to encourage mark making and writing
editable bar codes
The 7x table can be a real ‘tricky’ for children, so these rhyming flashcards were made to try and help the number facts to stick!
These cards can be used as a visual aid or they could be cut into flashcards to create an ordering activity.
The perfect introduction into speech marks, this Powerpoint presentation includes:
a definition of speech marks
rules that apply when using speech marks
opportunities for children to practice writing using speech marks
challenge slides encouraging children to look for common mistakes that are made when speech marks are being used.
A great pre-writing game to help your pupils to explore synonyms for the word ‘said’. Also useful for EAL learners!
This resource includes:
4 bingo boards
1 set of synonym cards
Ideal for group work.
For classrooms who are familiar with the Pie Corbett ‘story mountain’, this resource focuses on the ‘problem’ section of a creative story.
This Powerpoint teaches children about three specific types of problem that they can use in their story:
1 versus 2: In at number 1 is the “1 versus 2” problem type. A “1 versus 2” problem is when one character creates a problem for another character. Perhaps one character hurts another character’s feelings or does something deliberately to upset the other.
Arguing with your shadow: This type of problem is when the main character creates a problem for themselves. They may make a wrong or bad decision, or do something that affects their chances of success.
Can’t be helped!: Last but not least, this type of problem occurs when an uncontrollable factor causes a problem for the characters in the story. A thunder storm ruining a picnic, a broken car resulting in a family party being missed or a nasty bug putting a dampener on a holiday – no one is to blame for this type of problem.
The Powerpoint also includes:
illustrations from popular children’s films, where children need to identify the type of problem that takes place
an activity ideal for independent or group work, where children need to use pictures to discuss or write what is happening, followed by a problem based on one of the strategies they have learned.
This handy resources (pun intended) is a great way to teach reading strategies to your pupils. Useful to have at hand (I can’t stop) during reading time, where you can choose one strategy to focus on,
Strategies included:
1.”Robot talk” the tricky word – encourages speedy readers to slow down and chunk up tricky words.( It’s also quite amusing to have a classroom full of Daleks).
2.”Look at the picture for clues” – don’t rely on others to tell you the answer! This is a good strategy for encouraging independent reading.
3.”Slowly stretch out the tricky word” – again, encourages speedy readers to really slow down. Can also help teachers see if there are any phonics issues.
4.”Skip the word and try again at the end of the sentence” – it’s ok not to get it first time! Sometimes by reading to the end of the sentence, children will be able to have a solid guess at the meaning of the word based on the context of the story.
“Does the word make sense?” – stop for breath. Take a minute. Does that word fit into the sentence/story?
Guess my monster is an ideal game for children who need to build up a repertoire of adjectives and descriptive language.
Ideal for children with English as an additional language.
Rules of the game:
Player 1 chooses a card and hides it from Player 2 (nobody likes a cheater!)
Player 1 then gives 3 clues to Player 2, describing their monster in detail.
(Although this is meant to be a game, it is of course “organised fun” and strict rules apply. It is not ok to say for example, “My monster has eyes”. No. The name of the game is to describe, so no description in the clue = lose a turn!)
After 3 clues have been given, Player 1’s partner can finally take a guess as to which monster is being described.(As the clues are being given, crosses can be put through the monsters who are definitely not being described, according to the clues given)
The players swap over and the fun continues!
A fantastic resource for children who need to brush up on their knowledge of the first 100 common words.
Rules of the game:
Cut the words into strips and place them in a box.
One at a time children need to select a strip, take a HUGE deep breath and see how quickly they can read all of the words on the strip
Why not link this game to Maths and ask children to work in pairs, one child reading while another another child times their partner using a stop watch.
Easily adaptable for spelling words of the week and a simple and easy assessment tool.
A super resource encouraging children to use characters’ personality and appearance.
This presentation includes:
personality word bank
appearance word bank
popular children’s tv and film characters as examples
practical activities for children to complete either as a class, in groups or independently
sets an independent activity to help children apply their knowledge
This greater than less than poster and game is ideal for KS1 SATS revision!
A handy rhyming poster to help children get to grips with the < > symbols
How to play the game:
Cut the numbers and symbols into flashcards and ask the children to make their own number sentences.
Children can then read aloud their sentence to see if it makes sense.
If correct, ‘feed’ them to the crocodile (normally the teacher!) and try a new number sentence
This game has been differentiated three ways, making it ideal for all children in your class!
Level 1 - halves and quarters
Level 2 - halves, thirds, quarters, sixths
Level 3 - halves, thirds, quarters, sixths and eighths
Rules of the game:
Take it in turns to roll the fraction dice (also included in the pack, but feel free to save the trees and use your own dice!) then use the tasting toppings to cover the correct fraction of pizza.
The winner is the person who manages to ‘top’ all of their pizzas first.
A Maths assessment focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Encourages children to highlight key information and show their working
Involves numbers to 100 as well as addition with carrying and subtraction with decomposition
Mr Men themed!
A series of 7 English lessons ideal for children in KS1/2. These lessons can be used as a Powerpoint for online learning, or they can be printed and used for home schooling. Each lesson lasts for approximately 1 hour and this pack covers the following areas:
Reading comprehension
Story writing
Character description
Adjectives and adverbs
Connectives
Similes
‘wow’ words
How to stretch a sentence
Grammar - how to use commas
The pack includes a number of games:
Adjective ‘guess my monster’ game
Said synonym matching game
weather simile game
The pack also includes some printable visual aids to help with independent learning:
Story mountain
Emotions vocabulary poster
Stretch a sentence poster
These reading challenges can be printed and cut into flashcards. They focus on:
Comprehension
Writing
Grammar
Ideal for use after each chapter of a book!
A series of 5 Maths lesson, each focusing on a different skill:
Place value HTO
Doubles
Odd and even numbers
HTO column addition
Addition with carrying/word problems
These lesson can be taught online using Powerpoint, completed at home on the computer or can be printed off.
Each lesson has a teacher input section, interactive games and independent work.
Based on the 7+ exam, this resource has been used to successfully prepare children for entry to the top prep schools in the UK.
This paper includes:
Comprehension exercise
Creative writing task
Written by experienced primary teachers and tutors
A detailed marking scheme allowing teachers and parents to see exactly what assessors are looking for
Tried and tested by 7 + candidates
Mimics real 7+ exam conditions
Carefully leveled to boost confidence and banish anxiety!
Based on the 7+ exam, this resource has been used to successfully prepare children for entry to the top prep schools in the UK.
This paper includes:
Comprehension exercise
Creative writing task
A detailed marking scheme allowing teachers and parents to see exactly what assessors are looking for
Tried and tested by 7 + candidates
Mimics real 7+ exam conditions
Written by experienced primary teachers and tutors
Carefully leveled to boost confidence and banish anxiety!