This is the 30 minute Literacy lesson that I planned and delivered in a year 4 class as part of my interview process for the role of class teacher. I was successful at lesson observation stage and was formally offered the role :) I decided to focus on expanded noun phrases and creating suspense. I have added all resources that I provided during the lesson. I took in a set of large, old, rusty keys as the writing prompt/stimulus. I hope that it is of some help to any candidates going to interview or simply as a stand alone lesson.

Based on the white rose maths SOL, a brief ppp based on the small step multiply by 3 numbers (year 4). Youtube video is linked on the first slide.

A kindness calendar designed for PSHCE. Children are to shade in a square once they have completed that action! A tool to encourage children in class to perform more random acts of kindness. Please note: the font on the cover image was for personal use and is not available on the downloaded version - please feel free to change the font to suit your class!

This ppp uses visual stimulus (base-10) to recap on subtraction with regrouping. The ppp focuses on 2dig - 2dig and regrouping tens into 10 ones. Ppp is fully animated and progresses through to column method alongside the visual representation, followed by column method on its own.

Based on ‘Pause for thought: how do you feel?’ from assemblies.org. This ppp has been created to allow children to discuss their different emotions and how they can change. UKS2 extension: ‘The Guesthouse’ poem by Rumi. An 800+ year old poem that talks about imagining ourselves as a guesthouse and welcoming all emotions as though they are our guests. We don’t reject or resist them, we meet them with courage, warmth and respect. Poem: https://gratefulness.org/resource/guest-house-rumi/

This ppp briefly comprises the following year 3/4 place value NC objectives: I can count forwards and backwards in multiples of 50 I can count in 1,000s, representing numbers in numerals and words I can use number facts to count in 25s PPP is losely based around WRM SOW.