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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Shopping Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Shopping Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about shopping or fashion? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different locations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Transport Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Transport Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about different forms of transport? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different types of transport being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Vegetable Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Vegetable Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about vegetables or healthy living? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different vegetables being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Magic Of The Bump - Visual Story Prompts  - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.
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Magic Of The Bump - Visual Story Prompts - Creative Writing Prompts Using All 5 Senses.

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Are your students studying about life cycles, babies or human reproduction? These creative writing prompts ask the students to look at each picture and use their 5 senses to describe the image. What can they see, touch, smell, taste, hear and feel in each picture? They then use these notes to write a fuller, more detailed description of the picture. This is a great way to prepare for the KS1 SATs tests and the KS2 SATs tests while still having a lot of fun! You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different pregnant bumps being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching set of story prompts. The students could also take five of the laminated photos and create them into a story . The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
60 images Of Children In Need And What Girls Do Around The World + 31 Fun Teaching Activities To Try
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60 images Of Children In Need And What Girls Do Around The World + 31 Fun Teaching Activities To Try

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different activities being shown in each of the photos. I have combined two teaching packs about poor children from around the world and also added a teaching guide which explains how to use these teaching resources in 31 different teaching activities in the classroom. In addition, your students can look at how the poor live and then think about how their own life compares using the workbook. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Children In Need. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different reasons why children are in need. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Remembrance Day, Peaceful World,Writing Prompts and 31 Different Teaching Activities To Try In Class
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Remembrance Day, Peaceful World,Writing Prompts and 31 Different Teaching Activities To Try In Class

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different activities and objects being shown in each of the photos. I have mixed together images from Remembrance Day and International Peace Day. I have added a PowerPoint which shows you how to combine images from both to make 31 different fun activities to try with the class. The writing prompts are focusing on how nice it is we have a peaceful world. The students can focus on what the sacrifice of many has meant for you and me. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Remembrance Day. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Remembrance Day activities. The students can then discuss what they think each one was representing. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation + 31 Teaching Activities To Try In Your Own Classroom
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Thanksgiving PowerPoint Presentation + 31 Teaching Activities To Try In Your Own Classroom

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. I added the second PowerPoint to help teachers get more out of their Photo Flashcards. These activities make learning fun, improve their vocabulary and enhance their memory skills. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Thanksgiving. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Thanksgiving activities. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
World Television Day + 31 Different Ways Of Using This Teaching Resource In The Classroom
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World Television Day + 31 Different Ways Of Using This Teaching Resource In The Classroom

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different materials being shown in each of the photos. I have included a teacher guide explaining the 31 different teaching activities you could use this teaching resource. This helps you to get a lot more out of your purchase and helps to improve both your students' vocabulary and memory skills. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about World Television Day. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different World Television Day related activities. The students can then discuss why they think each one is important. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
December Celebration PowerPoint Teaching Pack.
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December Celebration PowerPoint Teaching Pack.

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I have collected another great set of PowerPoints for teachers. This months lessons cover Bodhi Day, Christmas, Drawing Figures, International Mountain Day, International Volunteer Day, Ludwig Van Beethoven's Birthday, Monkey Day, Motivational Quotes, Motivational Road Signs, News Year Eve, St Nicholas Day, Winter Solstice, World AIDS Day. You could use them to create different interesting, colourful displays or show them as PowerPoints to promote talking and discussion in the classroom.
International Mountain Day, Mountain Sports, Mountain Writing Prompt and 31 Teaching Activities
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International Mountain Day, Mountain Sports, Mountain Writing Prompt and 31 Teaching Activities

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You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different places being shown in each of photos. Here is a fun learning pack about mountains. I have mixed two mountain presentations to provide you with extra resources. I have also create a special writing prompt resource which goes with the presentation. I have also included another presentation to show you how you can use these photo flashcards in 31 different ways in the classroom - to get the very most out of this great purchase. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about International Mountain Day. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different types of mountains. The students can then describe them and express their ideas about them. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Talk A Lot - Complete Teaching Pack For Getting ESL Students Talking In English!
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Talk A Lot - Complete Teaching Pack For Getting ESL Students Talking In English!

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I created a huge set of teaching resources for getting students to speak in English and still have fun. This set of resources above provides an ESL teacher with approximately 1000 hours of teaching resources. I have added lots of motivational pictures and made the process as simple as I can. The resource starts with the simplest, elementary English and works up to much more complex intermediate English. Elementary Book 1: Topics Covered Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time. Elementary Book 2 Topics Covered Crime, Sport, Music, Weather, Animals, Cars, The Human Body, Colours and Numbers, Life Events, and Nature. Elementary Book 3: Topics covered Learning English, Films, Hospital, Books, Airport, Money, Places in the UK, Politics, Internet, and Australia. Intermediate Book 1: Topics covered 1. Hotel 2. Problems 3. Media 4. Getting a Job Intermediate Book 2: Topics covered Holidays English Language
101 KS1 Grammar SATs Revision Worksheets - Perfect for Homework and Revision
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101 KS1 Grammar SATs Revision Worksheets - Perfect for Homework and Revision

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It’s jam-packed from cover to cover with a great selection of photocopiable worksheets. We wanted to provide teachers with a really useful book of no-nonsense grammar worksheets that they can dip into and use in a typical KS1 class. Don't forget to also check out book 2 in the series (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/101-ks1-english-grammar-sat-revision-worksheets-book-2-11189219) It is also ideal for students to work with at home since the answers are all printed at the back. The book is divided into four parts and is graded in difficulty, so that it begins with some basic stuff and builds up to more challenging grammar activities. It features a selection of Essential English worksheets which provide practice for crucial basic areas of knowledge for learners at Entry Level, like using numbers, writing the alphabet, spelling days and months correctly, and so on. If you have already bought this book under the name of "Big Grammar Book 1" then this is a remarketed version and you have already bought it.
101 KS1 English Grammar SAT Revision Worksheets Book 2 + Answers
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101 KS1 English Grammar SAT Revision Worksheets Book 2 + Answers

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Like the first version of 101 KS1 English Grammar SAT Revision Worksheets (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/101-ks1-grammar-sats-revision-worksheets-11189210), it is packed with 101 printable worksheets for teaching and improving grammar skills in English. The topics are wide and varied, starting with Essential English worksheets that cover the basics, like the alphabet, days, months, and telling the time; then tenses (a lot about tenses!), then irregular verbs, question forms, word order in sentences, parts of English, uncountable nouns, and so on! If you have used the first BGB, you will know what to expect from this one. Around 25% of the worksheets in this book are closely modelled on activities in BGB 1, for example Full Stops 1 (pp.68-69). The material starts off at beginner level, with the alphabet worksheets, then gets progressively more difficult. Only towards the end do things get “tougher”, with articles, conditionals, and phrasal verbs making their inevitable appearance! Don’t worry – all the answers and notes for use are included at the back of this book. English teachers can use Another 101 KS1 English Grammar SAT Revision Worksheets in class, although it may be better to use the worksheets for homework and let students focus on speaking and listening and group work – producing language – in class. It is ideal for private study – i.e. homework or self-study – and also for use in online lessons. Teachers can adapt the worksheets in this book, and I would positively encourage them to treat many of the pages as templates for producing their own activities. For example, the sentence building worksheets (from p.60) would be ideal for adaptation, among many others. I hope you enjoy learning English with Another 101 KS1 English Grammar SAT Revision Worksheets! Remember, a good understanding of English grammar will open doors of opportunity. Please note: This was originally marketed under the title Big Grammar Book 2. If you have bought this title, you do not need to buy this book.
SPAG Levels 3-5 and Level 6 Interactive Whiteborad Revision Materials - Questions and Answers
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SPAG Levels 3-5 and Level 6 Interactive Whiteborad Revision Materials - Questions and Answers

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When I am teaching and revising grammar, the big thing I hate it needing to only check all my answers at the end. I like to be able to give a question. Get the students to show their answers on mini white boards and immediately check their answers and discuss why the answer is correct. I have taken the 2015 SPAG short answer test papers and marking schemes and combined them into a single PowerPoint. There are two different levels of questions, those for Levels 3 - 5 and the more advanced level 6. It is worth going through all of them to both check the advanced groups basic understanding and the other group to inspire them to greater things! Please leave me a comment on how you found them.
SPAG Revision Test Papers - Questions and Answers combined into one document!
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SPAG Revision Test Papers - Questions and Answers combined into one document!

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When I am revising the SPAG (KS2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests), I want to have all the questions and all the answers in one place. This means I can ask the class a question and then after they have shown me their responses on their mini-whiteboards, I can immediately show them the answers and the acceptable alternatives. As I could not find this anywhere, I thought it would be easier to simply make it myself. So here it is! This particular set of resources comes from the 2014 test. I have also done this for the 2015 test and the 2016 tests. This resource could be used in school or it could be used at home. It could be used with a whole class or in pairs, one asks the question, the other answers the question and then they swap roles. It contains both Levels 3 to 5 and a second presentation for level 6. All children should try all the tests to either consolidate their learning or to extend their learning.
Year 6 SPAG 2016 sample papers - Questions and answers
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Year 6 SPAG 2016 sample papers - Questions and answers

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I love to revise grammar. I don't like needing to constantly refer between the answers and the questions to get the most out of each lesson. I decided the simplest thing was to simply combine the question paper and the marking schemes into a single document. The idea is simple - you ask a question - the children then show their answers and then you check the answers as a class against the official marking scheme answers. This helps to keep revision fun and the lessons snappy. Let me know what you think of them!
Year 6 SPAG 2015 Test Papers for Levels 3-5 and Level 6. Questions and Answers
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Year 6 SPAG 2015 Test Papers for Levels 3-5 and Level 6. Questions and Answers

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I like the students to see the questions and answers next to each other. It makes learning a lot more effective. You ask a question and then check the answers as a class. I have combined the 2015 test papers and the marking schemes into single documents. This means after every question, comes the official answer and explanation. This makes a lot more sense. It keeps the lessons fast paced and snappy. The students should look at both sets of papers to get the most out of the test. Please leave me a comment below about what you think of them.
Year 6 2014 SPAG test papers -  Two In One Questions and Answers Quiz Makes Revision Fun!
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Year 6 2014 SPAG test papers - Two In One Questions and Answers Quiz Makes Revision Fun!

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Teaching grammar should be fun, fast paced and enjoyable. I have taken the 2014 SATS past papers and I have combined the test paper and the official marking schemes into single PowerPoint presentations. This means you can now ask a question, get the students to show you the answer, and then show the original answer and check their understanding. I know my class really enjoys this teaching method.
Year 6 2015 Maths SATs Papers  TWO IN ONE Questions And Answers Presentation
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Year 6 2015 Maths SATs Papers TWO IN ONE Questions And Answers Presentation

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I wanted to make Year 6 SATs revision more fun. I have combined each of the 2015 Past SATs papers for maths questions and the marking scheme into a single document. This means that a teacher can now show a single question and get the students to find the answer before moving onto the next question. This makes revision a lot less stressful. I have removed the time limits and of course students can now work in pairs or small teams to discuss their different strategies and answers. It also helps to make the lessons faster paced and snappier as the children start to gain confidence in their abilities to solve maths problems. This resource could be used in the classroom or at home to prepare for the UK Year 6 SATs exams. Students should try all the tests to gain the deepest knowledge of this subject. Please leave me a comment below about this teaching resource.
Thinking Scarves - The Creative Thinking System for Primary Schools
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Thinking Scarves - The Creative Thinking System for Primary Schools

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I would like to introduce a brand new concept in thinking. Thinking Scarves. For a long time I was a huge fan of thinking hats... until a teacher one day wrote to me and said she did not like Thinking Hats as the Black Hat was very negative and could help to reinforce negative stereotypes about the colour black. In contrast, "White" was seen as a straight down the line, honest hat. The facts, pure and simple, without and falsification or misinterpretation. I then thought I am a teacher. Why not simply reinvent the whole system - forget about hats - scarves are the answer. With scarves, you can share them between friends, creating a closer bond between the thinkers. Make a thinking system which works perfectly in a primary school environment. Green - What is positive - makes you feel good? Red - What is negative? What makes you feeling angry or upset? Purple - what are your general feelings towards a character? Like purple, feelings can be hard to define. Gold - Make 'n' Shake - Follow your dreams and all the streets will be paved in gold. Blue : Facts - Facts, like the sea and sky can appear endless. Guide: No scarves, just a handy bag to carry all the scarves in and organise them into some sort of order. I would love other people's opinions on this concept.