Roald Dahl’s Birthday is on the 13th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes: • Important vocabulary • Who was Roald Dahl? • When and how his birthday is celebrated • Roald Dahl’s charity • The life of Roald Dahl • Roald Dahl’s books • Quentin Blake • success and awards • TV and stage • true or false questions • book quiz • special words matching activity • useful images • bibliography • links to videos • quiz and more! Please note that the quiz questions on the worksheet are the same as those on the presentation and that the answers to the quiz are at the end of the presentation.This resource is fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in these resources: Pop Quiz Book Quiz September Assembly / Lesson Pack Talk Like a Pirate Day Pack Autumn Equinox Pack Harvest Festival Pack Free Getting to Know You Games

This resource includes three reading comprehensions on the subject of ancient Rome. The topics are as follows: Entertainment in Ancient Rome, The Roman Army and The Roman Baths. They are designed for KS2 and the questions reflect content domains 2a- 2d: explaining the meaning of words in context, retrieval, summarising and inference using evidence. Question formats include multiple choice, true/false, ordering and find and copy. Also included are a word search, quiz, crossword and writing activity. Please see my other Roman resources including an assembly script, a Roman day resource and a Roman activity pack. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.

This resource consist of 400 alien and real word flashcards to use in preparation for the phonic screening check. The words reflect the phonics content in the current national curriculum, and include the more unusual graphemes which have appeared on previous papers such as oe, au, e-e, ore, ie and ue. These flashcards can be used for teaching and also for sharing with parents. The resource is fully editable and the images are copyright free. Please see my other phonics resources including all you need for an ‘Alien Day’ of fun phonics challenges.

Can your class complete the eight challenges to win stars for their team and reach the alien’s planet? This resource pack consists of a thirteen page PowerPoint presentation and a twelve page supporting resource pack for a fun day’s worth of pseudo word activities in preparation for the phonic screening check. Children will need to work as a team to complete eight challenges which include: word orbit game, syllable switch, split digraph countdown and many more. This resource has been tried and tested and the children loved it! The words and phonemes in this resource have been carefully created to match those in the check and include multi-syllable words and split digraphs. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! Tags: Phonic Screening Check Revision Preparation for the Phonic Screening Check Pseudo Words Alien Words Alien Day Phonics Activity / Game

I have led English successfully in several schools. This document is an example of an action plan for leading English in primary, which would be useful for English subject leaders. Included are ten objectives for improving both progress and attitudes to reading and writing and 100 strategies for achieving these objectives.

This document contains grammatical terminology from the appendices of the National Curriculum 2013 for years 1&2, 3&4 and 5&6 with child friendly definitions and examples. 55 words are separated into the three stages and the document is fully editable. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you!

24 page PowerPoint presentation and resources for a training session on phonics / Letters and Sounds which is suitable for teachers or support staff. The presentation includes: What is Phonics? Terminology Letters and Sounds Phases How to Structure a Phonics Session Ideas for Activities Irregular Words Split Vowels The Phonics Screening Check and Dos and Don’ts. This presentation is interactive and includes five activities including a quiz. Hand outs are also included. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please visit my shop for other English resources and leave a review if you find this helpful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

I have led English in several primary schools and had a positive impact on improving both reading results and attitudes to reading. Strategies for this have included whole school initiatives, providing training for staff and organising exciting book weeks. This document contains 100 ideas for improving reading standards and encouraging a love of reading in primary schools. Tips are organised into the following categories: whole school initiatives, in-class activities, home reading, strategies for phonics and staff training.

A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. This pack provides all resources needed for an hour-long staff meeting about activities to use in class for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your staff team will look at examples of SPaG questions from SATs, reflect about the SPaG requirements for their year group and how they have been covered, complete a grammar terminology activity, take part in whole group grammar activities and then try out several fun grammar activities on their tables. I delivered this meeting to a large staff team and received a round of applause! Included: - requirement activity - terminology activity - spelling strategies - grammar activities to demonstrate to team (x7) - grammar activities for staff to participate in on tables (x5) - 10 files to download This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with four supporting word documents for an hour-long training session on methods for teaching reading. Includes: - looking at a range of methods of teaching reading from the past and present - an activity in which staff attempt to decode five mystery texts - discussion of diagrams which show the skills used for reading - a task to match activities to reading skills and - an opportunity for teachers to reflect on the provision for reading in their own classrooms. This staff meeting is interactive, up to date for 2017-2018 and fully editable. It has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This pack consists of resources for an hour-long staff meeting which introduces five strategies for improving English skills. In this session, quick and easy activities including reciprocal reading, dictation, language drill, reciprocal reading, precision teaching and dictogloss are clearly explained then demonstrated to staff. Practitioners are then given time at meeting to choose a strategy and plan a session to carry out with pupils. This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large team of teachers and received glowing feedback. This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities. The pack includes all resources needed for an hour-long, interactive staff meeting or INSET session. Includes: - Requirement sorting activity - Question marks: subject knowledge and activities - Exclamation marks: subject knowledge and activities - Sentence types subject knowledge - Interactive advert activity for staff - Apostrophes subject knowledge - ‘Greengrocer Apostrophe Game’ for staff - Commas and inverted commas subject knowledge - Parenthesis subject knowledge - Hyphens subject knowledge - Colons and semi-colons subject knowledge - Interactive colon activity for staff This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. **WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) **A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. **[ READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading]( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-staff-meeting-pedagogy-strategies-for-reading-english-inset-training-11540049)** A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading.