A game I made for my small class of learners with autism. Suitable for any small group introduction - e.g. intervention group, speech and language, attention and listening. Learners throw a dice and move around the board. When they land on a question, they answer the question. I like to ask another member of the group a question relating to the answer, to encourage learners to pay attention to each other's answers - my children tend to have very little interest in each other! Supports social skills, attention and listening, turn taking. Used for specialist autism group but appropriate for any mainstream KS1 / KS2 group or older SEN group.

Class Assembly & Resources: Chinese New Year 2024 Approximately 10 - 15 minutes long. Suitable for 5 - 9 years. Full script (Word and PDF), PowerPoint and music attached. Also includes a small Tai Chi routine for a class to perform (slides 6 - 18). . Main topics covered: Chinese Zodiac. Facts about China. The Great Wall of China. Tai Chi routine. . I’ve also included 2 additional resources: A CNY fact sheet and multiple choice questions. A CNY booklet and activity.

A worksheet where students are able to discuss themselves and set targets for the year. This is perfect for the beginning of term to help you get to know the students. Students are asked things such as: ’ Write three ways that you are going to challenge yourself in art this year ’ ’ How can you improve your confidence in art ’ At the end of the worksheet students create a cartoon of themselves. The publisher file is included if you want to edit/change the wording to suit

Get to know you bingo is a fun way to get children talking and engaging with each other early on in a meaningful way. Perfect for breaking the ice and getting children sharing their names.

A good pdf with some useful ideas for icebreaker activities.

Two editable worksheets for new classes One is advice on how to make a custom word search and the other is a fact finding activity for kids.

This activity gets learners moving around and talking to each other. Pupils have to go around the class asking their peers questions to find a name of someone who matches each description on the sheet. They should try and find a different person for each one.

New Class: Transition Meeting Forms 2 forms to choose from. Very useful to complete prior to passing on your ‘current’ class to the next teacher. Form 1: Appropriate notes under the following ‘headings’ will make the transition effortless and give the new teacher a clearer and more accurate picture of every child: Name Family or School connections Medical SEN Pastoral Academic Sport Form 2: Appropriate notes under the following headings will make the transition effortless and give the new teacher a clearer and more accurate picture of every child: Student Name Previous Teacher SEN IEP/ELS English Plus Term 3 Writing Assessment level Term 3 Maths Assessment level Term 3 Reading Assessment level Running Record Age Reading Band Last 3 Guided Reading Book Titles Dietary/medical Behaviour Attitude Parents Other Fully editable!

A PPT for listing your new class with their jobs in class for the year!

A short oral interview to get students to know their classmates better. There are 11 questions. As a follow up, students can write out the answers to the questions.

Collated from various threads on the TES forums, this booklet gives 50 suggestions for activities to do when meeting your new class either on a transition day, or for the first day of term.

This is a resource for meeting your new class. I trimmed the questions, glued them on to large piece so paper and paired the children up. They then had to make their way around the room to each station answering the Bloom's questions. This encourages deepened thinking and also gives you a good idea of the current depth of the children's thinking, whilst also giving you information about what the children like in a classroom, teacher etc.

Powerpoint slides showing clearly key expectations for your new class. Helps with behaviour management to get a clear and consistent start to the year.

Bingo game to encourage students to communicate and get to know each other. Basic template with statements which can be adjusted to fit the group. Students could write some sentences about the students they met as a follow up activity.

Four different activities to do in class at the beginning of the new term. Getting to know you activities, friendship and relationships as well as self awareness and self efficacy activity. One of the activities is for each pupil in the class to complete a page about themselves to go into a class book. Have the pupils design a front cover, blurb and back cover, choose winning entries and have it bound to be out on display in class. All the documents are fully editable to change the year group.

LI: To assign class jobs. This Power Point will assist you to assign class jobs to your new class. The Power Point goes through the different ‘Job Vaccanies’ in class and allows the children the opportunity to apply for the class job!

LI: To understand the expectations my new teacher has. This Power Point will help you to set the expectations that you have with your new class. The PPT covers: Walking around school. Lining up. Getting changed for P.E lessons. It allows you to ensure that your new class understand your expectations with these things ready for the year ahead!

New Class Expectations LI: To understand the expectations my new teacher has. This Power Point will help you to set the expectations that you have with your new class. The PPT covers: Walking around school. Lining up. Getting changed for P.E lessons. It allows you to ensure that your new class understand your expectations with these things ready for the year ahead!

An A4 sheet with 4 rules for your classroom, with space for everyone to sign and agree

Transition to New Class Workbook / Move Up Day / Meet the Teacher Day This download is a transition to new class workbook for Key Stage 2 teachers meeting their new class on move up day / meet the teacher day. The ten varied transition activities are to be used on move up day to: Reflect on the past year Set new subject-related targets for this year (SMART targets) Reflect on their hopes and concerns for the upcoming year Learn more about each other Learn more about their new teacher Included is: an editable PowerPoint file a PDF version of the same document, which is ready to print and turn into a booklet