As part of a 'carnival' themed creative arts week we made our own musical instruments. We based them on sounds from Samba. The children needed to bring in recyclable materials in order to make them and it took a full day! However, the results were excellent!

Class Dojo is a free reward scheme based on points that children love! They can create their own monster character. I have created some certificates that my 'Top Monsters' receive at the end of each week. I have also created a wall chart to record daily whole class points totals and the weekly top monsters. There is also a label for a box of 'Dojo Tokens'. These can be handed out if you are not currently on the dojo site or app and the children can cash them in later. A fantastic behaviour management resource!

A lesson to help children learn about acute, obtuse, reflex and right angles. There are lots of whole class and talk partner activities. The outcomes being that children can draw each type of angle and estimate the size of given angles.

This is a pack of lessons I have used to teach the decimals objectives in year 5. I found that using multibase helped visually support the place value for the children - that is what the symbols on the slides refer to but can be removed if necessary. Each lesson follows a similar format for familiarity and continuity. This was taught using Target Your Maths - Year 5 for the independent work the children carried. Again, this can be changed to suit your class.

A carroll diagram to compare human and physical features of India and the UK. Included are a selection of images for both the UK and India for children to cut out and stick into the correct part of the worksheet.

An assembly looking at Value. Initially, there is discussion over what items are valuable to us and why. Then an explanation of how some things have sentimental value, others are priceless. Finally, there is a part on how Jesus values us all and links to quotes from the Bible.

Use for the beginning of new topics and the start of each PSHE lesson. It runs through the ground rules regarding what is expected of behaviour and attitude in these sessions.

A lesson all about the harmful affects of smoking. The lesson begins with children deciding if statements about smoking are true or false. There are also facts and images about what is in cigarettes and how smoking affects your body. The lesson provides plenty of scope for discussion with extra discussion questions at the end.

A lesson for year 3 based on solving perimeter problems. This lesson builds on a knowledge of regular 2D shapes and shows a variety of different problems. The slides require you to begin by modeling problem solving before the children work independently. Finally, there is a ‘Chilli Challenge’ that can be supplemented with work that you feel suits the needs of your class based on AfL. I usually do fluency practice with children working towards the expected standard, varied fluency with children working at the expected standard and ensure my greater depth children are doing problem solving.

A carousel lesson for KS1 investigating 2D and 3D shapes. Very interactive activities. Included in the resource are a lesson plan and some shape in the environment images.

Great number based activity for Year 4. Sherlock Holmes detective themed.

Great lesson for KS1. There is a landscape image made up of 2D shapes, which ones can you spot? There is also a set of 2D shape matching cards, match the properties to the shape. The extension is a worksheet/activity for finding 2D shapes within the classroom. This was an observation lesson rated OUTSTANDING.

Fantastic resource that I use at the end of the year for a weeks worth of maths lessons. It is based on an Apprentice style buying/selling activity. It promotes teamwork and leadership skills but all uses core maths and organisational skills. The 'whole lesson' notebook file explains each step of the process. I found it useful to show the class an episode of 'Young Apprentice' where they complete a similar task.

A selection of worksheets to use when beginning time in KS2. This looks at how to tell the time in analogue and digital. It also looks at converting between the 12 and 24hr clocks. This is two lessons worth that I taught to Year 4. One of the lessons I was observed OUTSTANDING on.