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This Assessment Guide was developed as a result of inconsistent assessment judgements and ineffective assessments. It has been in place 1 year at my current school and has drastically improved the consistency and accuracy of assessment across our EYFS Department. The guide includes: Objectives for each curriculum area of the EYFS Curriculum. Examples of how children may demonstrate objectives. Guidance of what constitutes children emerging, developing or meeting expectation within an age-band. Notes: The guide begins at 16-26 Months to ELG. Some objectives have been added that our department felt should be included in the rounded assessment of a child. These are written in red so you can choose to disregard them if you wish to. This guide is not editable. Once purchased, if you would like an editable version, please let me know.

This resource is designed to be used during Reading Workshop and is to be used with Frankenstein by Gris Grimly. About the Graphic Novel: Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein is a twisted, fresh, and utterly original** full-length, full-color graphic-novel adaptation of Mary Shelley’s original text, brought to life by acclaimed illustrator Gris Grimly**. The first fully illustrated version to use the original 1818 text, this handsome volume is destined to capture the imagination of those new to the story as well as those who know it well. New York Times bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly has long considered Frankenstein to be one of his chief inspirations. From the bones and flesh of the original, he has cut and stitched Mary Shelley’s text to his own artwork, creating something entirely new: a stunningly original remix, both classic and contemporary, sinister and seductive, heart-stopping and heartbreaking. About the Resource: The pack has been designed in alignment with Common Core Reading Standards for Grade 7. The pack has been designed to cover five weeks, with assigned pages for reading, comprehension tasks and quotation and structure analysis. A link to an editable digital copy of the file on Google Slides for completing without printing is available with download.

Remembrance Day cross and poppies. Could be used for topic words, spelling practise (write a word in the centre of the poppy and then practise writing it on the petals).

A full pack for a Unit on how animal species impact on the environment. Language: English (ESL) Level: A2 Age: 13 years old Approximately: 14 hours It includes resources I created which were based on 2 videos from Youtube and an article from The Guardian. -Teacher’s notes with ideas of activities -Activities: worksheets (+answers) and power point -Assessment Vocabulary list

★<strong>Included</strong> in this zip file: -Smart Board document with the key words -Word Document to print -PDF file ★These key words get posted in my classroom for students to refer to during our math word problems. Students tend to struggle with word problems, but my students have benefited so much with these key words. I also send a copy home with students for parents during homework help.

Four sample space diagram questions where the students have to complete a table then answer probability questions based on the table. Ideal for teaching probability to KS3.

A fun activity to introduce students to the concept of prophecy and to later question whether Macbeth was driven by greed and manipulated into creating his own destiny, or whether the witches’ prophecies really did come true! Cut out the 30 “prophecies” provided and have students pick one from a hat. Give students a week to see if any of their prophecies come true (they are all pretty vague, some of them are bound to!) There is a summative handout for students to complete after and from here a general class discussion and sharing of stories will give students something to think about and later link to the question of Macbeth’s fate.

A fully differentiated lesson on Follower by Seamus Heaney that analyses how the narrator sees his relationship with his father, as his father works as a farmer and he is the awkward nuisance as a child that follows him around. Includes key words, key quotes, differentiated activities and visually engaging and interesting resources for students preparing for AQA English Literature Paper 2 at KS4, but can also be easily adapted for KS3 students as well.

This Lesson Plan Template is a Word Document that is formatted to include: *Student Rosters (can fit 2 classes per sheet) *Rubric of 1 - 4 (with rubric description above the rubric) *Comment column for each student *Learning Standards *Learning Targets *Task Objectives *Differentiation *HOT Questions You can copy & paste the page to include your whole week for any subjects. You can change/edit any part of this document to meet your needs. You can copy & paste a spreadsheet or table with your class roster(s). On a single template sheet, you can score students towards mastery of the day’s objective with a 1, 2, 3, 4 rubric score, as well as write any observation notes next to any student, to help you plan and differentiate for the next day’s lesson. My colleagues and I find this lesson plan template so useful!

Verb endings for regular verbs designed to be cut out and put on display

An extensive unit of work designed for KS3, specifically Year 7 students, to help prepare students for the new AQA GCSE examinations. Lessons are, where appropriate, fully differentiated. The unit of work covers reading skills, as well as both discursive and descriptive writing. Homeworks are provided, too. The unit begins with a fun murder mystery game to solve! The unit also comes with two mini-GCSE English Language exam papers with which to assess students. There is also the opportunity to work with non-fiction texts. All of the stories mentioned can be downloaded for free from a variety of different places.

I love using ‘Amulet’ by the amazing Ted Hughes as a model for children’s poetry writing. Here are four sessions that explore this rich and powerful poem in creative ways. By the end of session 4, children will have created powerful poems of their own. Suitable for Key Stage 2. Objectives covered: Part 1 Understanding a poem I can discuss a poem in a group, listen carefully to others and build on my own ideas. I can explore the meaning of tricky words and phrases. I can infer what the poet may have been thinking. Part 2 Reciting a poem I can read using intonation to add meaning I can visualise a poem I can recite a poem from memory Part 3 Exploring nouns and noun phrases and gathering ideas I understand the terms noun and noun phrase I can use precise nouns and rich descriptive language Part 4 Creating poems of our own I can create a magical poem with patterns Your class will love creating poems in the style of Ted Hughes!

Suitable for Key Stage 2 students to encourage them to develop their vocabulary by using more interesting synonyms and antonyms.

This message decoder is a great way for students to practice their skills with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers. The solution to the puzzle is included.

This tarsia puzzle is a great way for students to review their skills with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers. The solution to the puzzle is included.

This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their skills with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing rational numbers. Contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions and FAQ ♦ 3 Levels to decode: Maze Decoder, Tarsia Puzzle, and Message Decoder ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room

For pupils who fail to complete tasks, here’s a reminder of what they need to do to get the work done. Also contains some unfinished sentences for them to complete as practice - to be done in detention or at home, in addition to completing the unfinished work.

Ressource à plastifier et à découper. L’enfant devra reproduire une suite sur une corde à linge ou en construire une selon la consigne donnée. Les élèves adorent ce genre d’activité.

A set of quiz quiz trade cards for students to assess their knowledge of the compositional aspect of matching and mirroring. How to: Students have a card each They quiz someone about whether the picture on the front shows matching or mirroring who also quizzes them about theirs If both students get it correct they swap cards and go to find someone else to quiz Need more on matching and mirroring?Please see here for a matching and mirroring help card/display

Ressource à plastifier et à découper. L’enfant devra reproduire une suite sur une corde à linge ou en construire une selon la consigne donnée. Les élèves adorent ce genre d’activité.

A great lesson plan for teaching Year 3 and 4 children how to use inverted commas to punctuate speech. Interactive and fun! Can be developed to be a whole lesson, but condensed to be a SPAG starter.

A set of 20 alien-themed PowerPoints to help your class revise the phonemes for each of phases 2 to 5. Each PowerPoint contains 1 sound and 1 picture per slide. Simply click to reveal each sound. There are 5 PowerPoints for each phase. All the sounds are in a random order on each PowerPoint, to ensure children don’t simply learn the order. A perfect daily filler or starter which can be used instead of flashcards to ensure every child can properly see the graphemes.

Ressource à plastifier et à découper. L’enfant devra reproduire une suite sur une corde à linge ou en construire une selon la consigne donnée. Les élèves adorent ce genre d’activité.

A small collection of worksheets working through what a sentence is, simple, compound and complex sentences and how to use semi-colons/how not to comma splice. We use these as starters once a week.

Activity for pupils who struggle or are reluctant to write the date and title in Spanish. An explanation of how to write the date in Spanish, followed by some example dates to put in Spanish and underline. Soon they won’t even have to look at the board, they’ll be able to write the date before it’s even on the board!

Four sets of four problems where students have the answer but there are blanks in the questions which require filling in. This is designed to create discussion in class and hopefully provided natural differentiation (stretch the “top end” by finding the general solution where possible compared to finding a single solution). I will be using these as starters or plenaries as I believe they will develop deeper understanding of topics, but feel free to use them as you like (you will as you don’t need me to hold your hand).

How to develop leadership skills in Year 6 and provide a fabulous afternoon’s activities for the Foundation Stage. This is an event that I carried out annually with my Year 6 children. Have fun with it!

This bundle of resources contains 15 lessons which meet all learning outcomes within the ‘Ecology’ unit for the NEW AQA Biology Specification. Classification New systems of classification Communities Distribution of organisms Competition Adaptations Feeding relationships Recycling materials (water cycle) Carbon cycle The human population explosion Air pollution Water pollution Deforestation & peat destruction Global warming & the impact of change Maintaining biodiversity

WAGOLL / example text / model text Powerpoint form to edit and PDF to display A news report on Howard Carter discovering Tutankhamen’s tomb. Includes headline, standfirst, quotes, captions etc

New KS3: Genes - Menstrual Cycle Lesson 8 Powerpoint & Activities

2 A4 landscape pages showing students how to match and mirror balances. Could either be used as a display or as a task card to help students with this compositional aspect of gymnastics. I also have a set of free plenary quiz quiz trade cards available here

New KS3: Genes - Pregnancy Lesson 7 Powerpoint & Activities

An engaging lesson looking into the different ways to plan non-fiction.

New KS3: Genes - Fertilisation & Implantation Lesson 6 Powerpoint & Activities

Lesson looking into the Victorian workhouse using the skill of inference.

16 KS3 takeaway homework menus specifically for KS3 schemes of learning. Each menu has a different takeaway restaurant from Mcdonalds to Subway and starts with “extra mild” through to “extra hot” to reach those high achievers. See below for the list of work schemes covered: A Christmas Carol An Inspector Calls Beginning the Bard (Introduction to Shakespeare) Blood Brothers Contemporary Novel Dystopian Literature Gothic Literature Literary Extracts and Creative Writing Macbeth KS3 Me Myself and I (Autobiographical) Of Mice and Men Poetry from Other Cultures Romeo and Juliet KS3 Unseen Poetry KS3 War Literature War Language

An explanation of the differences between use of capital letters in Spanish and English, followed by a short activity in which pupils rewrite sentences with capital letters, using the rules they have learned. Use as practice in feedback activity before pupils go through their own book to find and correct mistakes.

New KS3: Genes - Reproductive System Lesson 5 Powerpoint & Activities

Ressource à plastifier et à découper. L’enfant devra reproduire une suite sur une corde à linge ou en construire une selon la consigne donnée. Les élèves adorent ce genre d’activité.

This is a knowledge organiser that is used for a scheme of work I use for ‘Peace and Protest’. It is an excellent revision tool and can be used for GCSE or KS3. If not in line with the buyers SOW it can be edited or used as extra reading. Thanks and enjoy!

Lovely visual timetable - something for all subjects!