Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
Hi! I currently work in London as a Deputy Headteacher. I love all things teaching and learning! I am extremely passionate about education and find researching and creating new strategies and ideas exciting. The world of teaching and leading in England is highly stressful and it's up to all of us to look after each other's well-being...I hope my resources save you some precious time.
A great and exciting week long project, which enables pupils to create a fantastic leaflet and meet lots of objectives along the way.
Created for primary but can easily be adapted for early secondary.
Powerpoint follows the sequence:
-Discuss who inspires the children and why
-Set homework for pupils to research their chosen person or can be done in class.
-Show model on Malala and discuss writing features.
-Show children blank version and give them an opportunity to talk before writing.
-Look at objectives together – how will pupils meet these?
-Children create their leaflet. If there's time, they should self or peer-assess the leaflet and publish a final version.
Other resources include:
-Blank leaflet template
-Model leaflet based on Malala Yousafzai - www.malala.org/malalas-story
-An activity for EAL or LA attainers after they have heard the story of Malala
-Blank planning sheet and model planning sheet
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*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
Want a planning free weekend? This resource includes everything you need to teach your class about information leaflets. Follow a presentation as pupils learn about foxes and the features of an information leaflet. Included is an example leaflet on badgers so pupils can see exactly what is required of them. There are many resources, including a leaflet template and peer-assessment activity.
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*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
I am a fan of the slow writing technique by David Didau, www.learningspy.co.uk
Here is a presentation on slow writing, which I created for a staff meeting.
It goes through:
-what slow writing is
-how slow writing is beneficial
-an example of slow writing
-two activities for staff to complete
-how teachers can experiment and take the research further
I have also created two examples of objectives slow writing for every year group (year 1 - 6) based on the current national curriculum. These can be used straight away in class or can easily be adapted to suit individual classes/pupils.
I spend a great deal of time making resources and hope they save you time! Any questions, amendment suggestions or feedback are always greatly received. Thank you!
I have recently won a TES prize for the creative teaching of Shakespeare. Here's what TES said: 'Hannah embraced the challenge of bringing Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, to life in her KS2 classroom by adopting an original, cross-curricular approach. Featuring learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom, learners were fully immersed into this epic tragedy in every subject area and demonstrated their understanding in a variety of ways. From video retellings and word count pie charts to song writing and unique artistic interpretations, her teaching is the perfect example of how Shakespeare can be made accessible to pupils of all ages.'
In this activity pack, there are ideas for 16 lessons and learning journeys. Many subjects are featured, including: Science, Maths, English, D&T, Art and more. The pack is made-up of resources, photos of when I did these activities with my class and planning. One of the 16 above is a cross-curricular learning journey for D&T and took us three weeks to complete - the children loved it! There are 46 pages in total.
This was used with a Y5 class but can easily be adapted to support pupils from Y3 - Y8. The progress that my class made throughout this project was phenomenal!
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*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
This presentation contains planning and resources for 2 weeks of cross-curricular teaching on Japan's involvement in the Second World War. I followed this learning journey with my Y6 class and that were enthralled by the story. The presentation teaches children about Japan's involvement. Then asks them to focus on the Atomic Bomb and then more specifically on the story of Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Peace Cranes - a sad yet inspiring story. Focus genres are timelines and autobiographies, with lots of opportunities to show viewpoint.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
Please do review my resources. Thank you!
Three week scheme of work/15 lessons/three learning journeys on George's Marvellous Medicine, includes: plans (starter/main/plenary), writing to model to pupils, many resources for activities and three homework activities for the three weeks. These are fun and engaging lessons that pupils will enjoy. The English topics covered are: spell poems, diary entries and adverts. Resource is suitable for KS2 and lower-KS3.
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*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
An interesting and engaging poem on the fear and devastation caused by earthquakes. The 1,2,1,2 rhyming poem gives pupils an insight to the loss that someone may feel. The poem comes with writing paper for pupils to write their own poem about an earthquake and poetry comprehension questions.
78 word flashcards covering all sounds from Phase 3 in Letters and Sounds. Cut out and laminate the sounds and you have a great, durable set of words to complement the teaching of phonics. Each picture has a picture representing the word - great for EAL learners.
These word flashcards can be used for so many things. They can be used in the teaching of phonics but can also be given to pupils to work independently on many different activities. There are 3 words for each sound and the sound is highlighted in green. Also a super resource to aid phonic interventions.
One key element in the teaching of phonics is to revisit previous sounds taught - using these flashcards is a great way to do just that! Lots of games can be played using flashcards, including, 'your pile, my pile'.
Any questions, please just ask! And please check out my other resources...
A n 12 slide presentation on Halloween. 11 slides can be used for introducing Halloween to pupils or for an exciting assembly and 1 slide has 6 ideas for writing lessons. The presentation is made up of the history of Halloween, information about where Halloween is celebrated , how people celebrate Halloween and includes some fun facts!
This was a great tool that I used with my class. It covers contractions, general punctuation , singular possession , plural possession , was/were and much/many. Pupils are taught about a particular aspect of grammar and then shown the slides on the IWB, which asks them to fix the sentences. Perfect for AFL and ensuring that they understand. The presentation is easy to adapt and you can quickly change the sentences to suit other grammar needs that you may have. There is also a blank activity sheet, which is perfect for typing in and sending home for homework once the pupils are familiar with hoe the game works. Pupils could also use this sheet to write their own incorrect sentences for a partner to fix!
If you have any questions or need any support, send me a message and I'll do anything I can to help.
Please do review any resources that you download - many thanks!
With Euro 2016 just around the corner, engage your pupils with these exciting Maths and English lessons and have an easier week yourself,,.with all of the resources pre-prepared. Both boys and girls will enjoy these exciting lessons.
Maths lessons relate to fractions and problem solving with truly enjoyable lessons, that pupils will remember. For English, there is a variety of lessons, from leaflet writing to poem writing to ordering countries alphabetically.
There is also a grid so that every child in your class can have a football team for Euro 2016 - who in the class will win?!
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
A months worth of words with word type and definition to improve pupils vocabulary choices. There are also photos of displays, a template for display and an activity idea linked to improving pupils vocabulary. Colour-coding word types hugely improved my classes understanding of grammar.
67 flashcards covering all sounds from Phase 2 - Phase 5 in Letters and Sounds. This is one resource, which has been a saviour for many years now. Cut out and laminate the sounds and you have a great, durable set of sounds to aid the teaching of phonics.
Phase 2 - blue border
Phase 3 - orange border
Phase 5 - green border
One key element in the teaching of phonics is to revisit previous sounds taught - using these flashcards is a great way to do just that! Lots of games can be played using flashcards, including, 'your pile, my pile'.
I have uploaded them as a PDF file and also as a word document, in case you wish to edit.
Any questions, please just ask! Please check out my other resources...
A fun and engaging activity pack. These 10 lessons can be done individually or stretched into longer learning journeys.
Planning - a brief description of 10 cross-curricular activities linked to: art, English, maths, history and geography.
Activities - resources linked to Anglo-Saxon times, including writing coded messages in Runes, understanding the story of St. Cuthbert and designing a Sutton Hoo mask.
There is also a useful list of Anglo-Saxon related websites attached.
If you do have any questions or need any support, please send me a message.
*My resources always take me a lot of time and effort to create so I hope that they help to save you some precious time - please do review my resources. Thank you!*
