I'm a tired teacher just like you; fighting to balance the importance of my own life with the fun and high level of education I want to give my students.
I hope these resources save you time so you can focus on the important things in life.
I'm a tired teacher just like you; fighting to balance the importance of my own life with the fun and high level of education I want to give my students.
I hope these resources save you time so you can focus on the important things in life.
A presentation I created about early years practice,focusing on dialogue and including an observational study. Great to help you understand early years pedagogy, key terms and inform your own research.
A range of early years articles and research focusing on pedagogy in early years within subjects. It includes some great case studies which can encourage your own personal development and subject knowledge. I've also included a power point I had to create for this module during my teacher training.
6 Scripts included....Have your whole year's assemblies ready to go....no more stressing over every half term.
Links to songs and lyrics included.
Appropriate for year 2 -y 6.
Enjoy your free time!
Fun board game for learning new vocabulary and recognising words which have a silent ‘h’. Lesson plan included to give you ideas and explain how to play.
I would recomend printing the game on a3 and laminating, this got me my first ‘outstanding’ in lesson and kids really love learning the new words!
Enjoy!
Simple board game consisting of ks1 tricky words.
I’ve used this in so many different ways;
you can divide kids up into colours and in turns ask them read all of the words in that colour.
you can play as a normal board game with dice
you can play with HA children not just reading the word but putting it into a sentence
you can make it a guided reading or literacy lesson by asking the children to write a sentence using the word they land on
I have even used this as an assessment lesson in year 2 when I first got to know my class, it allowed me to find out where they were but also have fun with them.
Enjoy
A collection of games from phase 2 onwards, one based on tricky words, one on the silent letter ‘h’ and a collection of 10+ ideas for other phonics starters/lessons…my kids loved them all!
These resources got me through my PGCE/NQT years.
This resource includes the script and 2 powerpoints for an assembly. Was originally for a year 5 class but can be adapted for any ks2 class.
The first powerpoint includes opportunities to add photos of your own class and some cross curricular lessons, such as mummifying apples in Science and Egyptian movement in PE.
The second powerpoint is a an ‘Egyptian’ version of Who Wants to be a millionaire. My school LOVED this assembly.
Enjoy :)
A wonderful assembly all about the ancient Egyptians. It includes one song and links to it on youtube, one quiz done in the style of who wants to be a millionaire (all about the Egyptians) and one example power point to put in the background, including lots of ideas for ancient Egypts based lessons; mummifying apples in science, dance and movement and an example of a class display.
Enjoy!
A cool little boardgame which can be used as an introduction to the topic, assessment at the end of topic in KS1 or as a knowledge harvest in KS2.
Children pick up a card with an animal or plant on it and they move around the board choosing which habitat or micro habit that animal lives in. The game ends when all the cards are gone.
The game targets these KS1 science objectives in the English Curriculum:
a)identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
b) identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats.
Adaptable assembly script of the Biblical character Esther.
This script retells the story and involves a lot of acting out scenes of the story with a narrator. There are 30 parts with a range of abilities and an optional dance link and prayer at the end.
I actually used this resources during anti bullying week to highlight how my pupils should stand up for one another even when it’s really difficult to do so, but a friend used it simply for an RE assembly. Esther is a great book to focus on for similarities between Judaism and Christianity as both religions have it in their Holy book.
Appropriate for end of year 2 - year 6.
Enjoy :)
Assembly script based on the classic Aesop’s Fable; The Tortoise and The Hare. It focuses on encouraging kids to work hard and not to compare themselves with others.
It has speaking parts for 30 children and includes some use of background music.
This can be used for any class year 2 and up.
It’s a fun assembly, hope you enjoy it :)
NQT is hard enough without the stress of trying to remember how to meet teaching standards. This is my document, hopefully it will help give you ideas you can demonstrate this in your school experience. Top tip: don’t be afraid to tell colleagues which standards you’re struggling for evidence in before reviews or observations.
Really hope this saves you some time :)
An example document detailing lesson plans, interviews and reflections used to meet my School Based Directed Activities during my PGCE.
I wasted a lot of time trying to understand how to meet these and what they actually met, hopefully seeing how I responded will save you some time.
Enjoy and keep going student teachers! :)
As children return to school, this bundle is hoped to help introduce the ‘new normal’ while having fun. It also contains a range of outdoor based acivities and resources inorder to bring the classroom outside for safety without compromising on learning.
This bundle contains:
-A welcome back to school assembly
-Welcome back to school quiz
Time Capsules of the past powerpoint
2020 Time Capsule Worksheets
Bug Hotel powerpoint and worksheet
Mud Kitchen STEM challenges for EYFS/KS1/KS2
Blank Mud Kitchen Recipe Sheets
A lot of these activities are adaptable to be complete independently or at home incase of a local lockdown or virtual learning. They also contain varying abilities which are suitable throughout the key stages.
I hope these keep you and your kids safe, while having fun :)
