Are you looking for the perfect way to keep your KS3 students intellectually stimulated over the summer break? Look no further! Our specially curated resource offers three captivating activities designed to challenge and inspire young minds. There are 3 x slides with 45 activities in total - perfect to keep hungry minds engaged over the long summer months!

Embark on an Exciting Literary Journey! Join our Independent Reading Project and dive into a world of stories and creativity! This unique project experience is designed to enrich your students’ reading and writing skills through a series of engaging activities. It provides them with accountability for their reading with various response tasks set out to be completed fortnightly. How It Works: (Instructions for your students) Choose Your Novel: Pick a captivating novel that interests you. Read and Reflect: Begin by reading the first chapter to immerse yourself in the story. Creative Challenges: Select from a variety of activities to complete after each reading session, fostering deeper understanding and creativity. Fortnightly Check-ins: Your teachers will review your progress every two weeks, providing valuable feedback and guidance. Share Your Journey: Discuss your novel and the insights you’ve gained, enhancing your learning experience. Get Involved: Exciting Activities: Choose from creative writing, artwork, dramatic presentations, and more. Community and Feedback: Engage with your classmates and receive regular support from your teachers. Special Rewards: The most enthusiastic and effective class will be celebrated with a special reward at the end of the academic year! Unleash your imagination and explore the depths of literature with our Independent Novel Project. Inform your teacher of your chosen novel’s title and author, and get ready for a year of literary adventures! NOTE: This was originally made for a school running the IB MYP, hence why the standards for MYP are listed in the project booklet - however, this can be adapted for KS2/KS3/K-12 etc. The project was run in a ‘paper-free’ school, meaning that the students completed it on devices. If you are printing it as booklets please ensure to edit the document to create enough space for resposnes from students.

This resource is designed to be implemented during fortnightly library sessions, with the aim of encouraging reluctant readers and giving students ownership over their reading journey. All activities have their own independent success criteria and are also linked to the MYP English Language & Literature assessment criteria.

A handy introductory PowerPoint to show some of the key elements of speech writing. The final slide on connectives especially helped my students.

A handy PowerPoint to introduce students and parents to the English B course. The slides breakdown the requirements of each paper of the examinations as well as the difference in expectations between SL & HL. Themes and text types are also given attention, with the slides acting as a stimulus for student/parent questions on the course.

A workbook tailored to my SL students but also applicable to lower ability HL students or those who want to practice more casually. Workbook includes: Specific exercises focusing on themes Language exercises (vocabulary expansion pack, idiom activities) Focused skills-based exercises (working out from context, listening) Exam practice (past paper included for reading) Opportunities for research Reading activities A quick and easy resource to distribute to a range of student types to keep them progressing over the summer months.

This is a PowerPoint created using a range of different resources and based directly on a Grade 6 (IB curriculum) class’ study of the novel Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Adaptable to suit any novel/character analysis.

NOTE: This reousrce was made for SL students but is easily adaptable for HL, with some edits required This is a PowerPoint guiding students through the key features of writing a blog for the IBDP English B SL Paper 1 Writing examination. Includes a breakdown of the Net-Sieve-Spine approach to planning a blog, as well as a simplified blog writing frame, a compilation of old exam questions from the SL paper and a PowerPoint displaying a practice task for students to engage with.

A short but informative introduction to Martin Luther & The Reformation, originally used for Junior Certificate History in Ireland.

Quick and handy notes used to introduce the causes of the French Revolution to a Junior Certificate (Irish curriculum) History group. Could also be adapted for use with KS3 History etc.

This activity is guided by the PowerPoint and can be used with a Year 8 class or a low Year 9 set. This is a worthwhile activity that generates discussion and reflection on the text.

This PowerPoint was designed for and used with Junior Certificate students in Ireland, but all content is relevant to any study of the Industrial Revolution. Slides cover: The inventors of the era The changes to areas (towns becoming cities) Working conditions Some activities are included on the slides, such as poster design and the production of a ‘government report’ on working conditions.

A short PowerPoint detailing the four sections of the IGCSE Speaking Test.

A short section-by-section breakdown of the paper. This helped my students to get their heads around what was required by the examination.

I designed this short PowerPoint to be used by students when peer assessing each other’s writing (mainly based on Exercise 6 & 7) towards the end of the IGCSE ESL course of study. The second slide can be printed a used repeatedly by students when reading their peers’ work. This resources proved very helpful in my classes and helped to highlight any areas that needed further study/revision.

A short PowerPoint presentation outlining the key tips that students need to take on board to do well in the listening section of the IGCSE ESL examination. My students found this very helpful.

A comprehensive, fact-based timeline of events from the beginning of the persecution of the Jewish people up to the ‘Final Solution’. This PowerPoint carries all necessary information for study of the topic. Deisnged to supplement a good textbook and various active resources. THESE ARE STUDY NOTES ONLY - activities are not included on the slides.

This is a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire unit from the Laois-Offaly Plantation all the way to Cromwell in Ireland. All notes can be copied into students’ notebooks for later reference Notes are designed to specifically fit in with the Discovering History textbook (Patsy McCaughey) but can be used to guide the study of a unit using any text relevant to this area of the curriculum. Also included is a short Plantations themed crossword with key terms (answers attached for teacher reference).

A brief PowerPoint presentation that sets up (a newspaper article) writing assessment for Gillian Cross’ novel, After Tomorrow. Suitable for Year 8 or a lower year 9 set.