I have designed and used this Powerpoint to deliver a whole school assembly about the King’s Coronation but it can be used as a class resource. It contains some history about Coronation traditions from the past and also contains information about how the Coronation was celebrated over the bank holiday weekend, including the procession, the Coronation Concert, the Coronation Big Lunch and The Big Help Out. The Powerpoint is full of uo to date photographs to aid engagement. The assembly ends with a quiz to see what key facts the children have retained. I have also included a youtube link for the children to walk into and out of assembly. It is Zadok the priest, which was played at the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 and Charles III Coronation. Please also see the Powerpoint I have made about our new King, which contains interesting facts about him as a person ( Including his car running on wine!) and his important role as King. Please see my bundle, which contains 2 other assemblies based on the Coronation.

This Assembly contains interesting information about our new King. It begins and ends with his favourite songs that he shared on a hospital radio station. It contains facts about his life, family and charity work, as well as fun facts about our new King, such as he has a frog named after him and his car runs on English wine! It also contains information about our King’s many roles and responsibilities. This assembly went down a treat in my school and the children could relay lots of the information in the quiz at the end of it! Please see my bundle, which contains 2 other assemblies based on the Coronation.

I have designed and used this assembly to set a whole school competition to design a cake for the King’s Coronation. The winning child from each class will get to make their cake in school. The assembly begins with music about cake (I played this as they were entering the assembly), the Powerpoint then talks about the history behind cake and includes information about past royal cakes, including the cake for King Charles III, with lots of engaging photographs. It then kick starts the whole school competition. I have included the design spec and key information, leaving key dates blank for you to edit for your school. It could be a whole school competition or just a class competition and the resources can be edited to suit your needs. I have also included the templates for the children to complete as part of the homework / competition. I have set this last week and it was an engaging assembly and the children are very excited about the competition! Please see my bundle, which contains another 2 assemblies based on the King’s Coronation.

I have designed a 2 week ( 10 sessions) writing plan for KS1, Years 1 and 2, based on the wonderful story of ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. Every session includes all recources needed and notes for tasks and whole class teaching. This resource also includes 5 reading activities linked to the story, along with all resources. I have also included some ideas for links to PE and Art, as well as suggested internet sites that can be used to enhance learning. These plans can easily be adapted for an EYFS topic and this topic has been a firm favourite of mine to teach for many years now. Please do look on my page for further Oliver Jeffers planning resources.

This is a great Nativity script about a shelf of toys learning about Christmas. So it includes the traditional story but with a modern twist! It has ideas for some traditional and more modern songs which suits all ages. It includes simple stage directions and has 72 parts so can be used for the whole of KS1. This could even be easily adapted for KS2! It is all in Word so it can be easily adapted for more / less parts by including more / less non speaking or sharing some lines! It lasts for about 40 minutes and all costumes can be easily hand made. If you want any more ideas or have any queries about anything then please just leave a comment and I'll get back to you. I can give more ideas for the costumes we made. I have included the a casting list to make it easy to cast your parts and I have also included a programme to hand out on the night of the show. All you have to do is copy and paste your casting list. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

I am a Deputy Head Teacher and have been leading assemblies for 13 years. I use music, animations and discussions in my assemblies to enhance engagement. In each assembly, we have a different song playing for the children to walk in the hall to. The song at the beginning is always based on the theme of the asssembly. I give facts about the song and artist too, which provides links to our music curriculum. The song for this assembly is ‘Albatross’ by Fleetwood Mac. This cross curricular assembly is based on the beautiful animation called ‘Piper’. About a little bird who never gives up (link provided). It begins with facts about the common sand piper and then discusses the lessons that can be learnt, focussing on independance and never giving up. I have added lots of notes for each slide, giving ideas on how to differentiate between year groups, questions for discussion points and vocabulary to create wordbanks which can be used to compare feelings at different points in the story. I have used this as an observed assembly, but it can be easily adapted for class use too.

I am a Deputy Head Teacher and have been leading assemblies for 13 years. I use music, animations and discussions in my assemblies to enhance engagement. In each assembly, we have a different song playing for the children to walk in the hall to. The song at the beginning is always based on the theme of the asssembly. I give facts about the song and artist too, which provides links to our music curriculum. The song for this assembly is ‘The banana boat song’ by Harry Belafonte and the presentation includes facts about his life, which relates to well being and everyone having the right to dream. This assembly is all about bananas and the reasons to why they are such a positive fruit. I have included notes for every slide for discussion points and I have included an optional slide about how to turn this assembly into a whole school display. I have used this as an observed assembly, but it can be easily adapted for class use too

I designed this for a whole school assembly. It is a quiz for Children versus the adults and is differentiated accordingly. It contains fun picture rounds, such as which character enjoys this food? Guess the book, what’s the film ( based on a book), multiple choice rounds and a tie breaker about the seven dwarfs. The assembly also begins with interesting facts about well known books and facts about how reading can be good for you! It ends with a beautiful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. We had a panel of children and a panel of adults at the front and asked for help from the audience. We even invited parents and governors and it was very successful. This was used for World Book Day but could used for a range of contexts and is suitable for KS2 and 3. Answers are included.

I made this powerpoint for a staff training session. It explains the importance of working walls and an engaging learning environment as well as giving hints and tips for creating purposeful environements and displays to support learning. Great for INSET or staff PDM’s.

I made this Powerpoint for World Book Day but it can be used at any point throughout the year to promote reading in school. It contains a quiz between the adults and the pupils / children Vs families. I asked the SLT to sit at the front behind a table and the rest of the school played against them. The quiz involves guessing characters, guess book from the one liners and even includes a tie breaker. Parents were invited and it was a real success.

I made this powerpoint for a Staff Training session on the importance of teaching reading and challenging vocabulary. It contains evidence from research studies, ideas from the simple view of reading, activities for engaging reading sessions. assessment opportunities and ideas for teaching vocabulary.

I have been an English lead for over 10 years now and I have designed and used this Powerpoint for a number of reasons. It has been used for my World Book Day assembly but it can be used just to promote reading in school and has also been used in class. It is a Children Vs Adults game ( could be pupils Vs staff, children Vs families) and it contains questions related to reading, books and stories. It begins with fascinating facts about reading then contains 4 entertaining rounds inlcuding one liners, questions and picture rounds. It also has a tie breaker and finishes with a wonderful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. It is a very fun interactive lesson and has had much positive feedback. It is suitable for primary and KS3.

I have designed 2 weeks English ( 10 sessions) planning and engaging resources, based on ‘Stuck’ by Oliver Jeffers, where children will write their own stories at the end of the topic. Resources include wordbanks, sequencing activities and planning templates. I have also included Guided Reading activities ( 3 sessions) , linked with the theme, including a Powerpoint on Gorillas and and comprehension questions, All sessions include notes for whole class teaching and ideas for tasks. I have also included some ideas for links to other subjects such as PE and art. I have used these plans with KS1, but they can be easily adapted for EYFS and Year 3 too.

This transition activity is all about being a successful learner, using learning powers such as curiosity, imagination, co-operation etc. It talks through all of the 7 powers and what each one means and then provides a task for the children to design their own super hero for one of the traits. This can then be used as a lovely classroom display. I have also included a template for the children to plan their super hero before creating their final piece for the display. I have used this activity for a transition activity in KS2, but it can be easily used for KS1 too.

This pack contains ‘Under the sea’ themed recources that I have made from scratch for the classroom. It consists of: ‘Dive into a book’ title ( To hang in the book corner. We have created an under water themed book corner that links in with the whole class theme) Editable Labels for drawers / trays Table names ( Under the sea animals, with interesting facts for each one. We laminate these and stick them onto folded card. Picture are front and facts at back) Editable Book box / magazine labels for class books Pen pot labels to match table names If you like this, please also see my under the sea reading incentives to enhance reading. I have created a bundle for both packs too.