Whatever the age, whatever the background, the better a student’s communication skills, the better their life chances. So let’s improve your student’s life chances by improving their communication skills. This is a well used and much loved dyslexia friendly resource full of activities and ideas on how to get and gain from students talking. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Feedback from recent buyers and users of this resource include: Get Students Talking are helping to turn my pupils into pioneers The students are learning so much through these exercises I really enjoy using the ideas in my classroom, and the kids love the opportunities These resources have made a huge difference to what we do in the classroom As a teacher in a special school I found there is something for everyone here Within minutes these Get Students Talking resources have become a class favourite Using Get Students Talking has had a huge impact on our students’ skills, experiences and confidence Terrific ideas, the classroom is a more productive and happier place to be After three activities we have seen massive change in students’ self-assurance and buoyancy Get Student Talking are resources embedded into every lesson now they are so good Remarkable The inspector came back to the school full of praise when she saw the ideas in practice The students’ life skills are so much more advanced because we used these resources Brilliant in developing our students’ resilience I have top-set students and they really enjoy these activities Wholeheartedly the best resources I am using with every class I wish I had these years ago Active learning has never been so good, or so powerful In one term, Get Students Talking has totally transformed our teaching and learning The classroom is buzzing with self-confidence, inquisitiveness and cooperation. Enjoy.

Popular dyslexia friendly resource with over 60 cool things to do this festive season in and outside school. suitable for all ages and abilities, these great resources can be used in singles, pairs, teams, groups, whole class, and outside school with family, friends, and community. Enjoy.

Fantastic set of ideas for all your students, all the class, all the family to try. Bring miles of smiles wherever you use these resources. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Dyslexic friendly version coming soon. Enjoy.

Breaking the ice is so important, here are some great resources I and others have used in and outside class. This ice-breaker game is suitable for all ages and abilities, used in small groups in a class where the buzz and dynamics can be immense, the learning rich, social skills blossoming, resilience and confidence is nurtured. Transformational.

OFSTED is often in the news, and has been controversial ever since its gestation. Here are ways for it to improve.

From the outset, OFSTED has, and will continue to be, a controversial aspect of education in England. Now is the time to revisit and rethink what it should be looking for when it inspects and reports on a school. This resource gives some great ideas on how it can improve itself and help improve what it inspects. Doing these things will offer better value for money, a more complete and considered report, a more rounded and nuanced picture, a more sustainable education inspection system, and improvements in school life and achievements. Your Basic Principles Can Be: RATED Respect Accountability Transparency Equality & Due Process

Huge variety of creative, engaging, thoughtful things to do for the King’s Coronation including drama, puppetry, poetry, music, dance, fashion, community, writing, reflecting, imagining, role play, environment, etc. Suitable for all ages and abilities, inside and outside school. Enjoy.

Collection of well used great ideas for Mother’s Day for you. Suitable for all abilities and ages, these are fresh and fantastic resources that can be successfully used 1-1, in pairs, and in groups, to nurture students’ life skills, boost their confidence and raise their self-esteem. Crossing the curricular, inside and outside school, the resources also give fantastic opportunities to further develop important skills when students feedback to their teachers and classmates how some of their plans went.

There is good evidence that the better student’s language skills, the better are their life chances in, and beyond, school. Students can make significant gains with these resources. This wonderful collection of fantastic resources will help to get students talking, sharing, caring and making sense of what is being said. Advantages of using these resources include: getting students more actively involved in their learning, developing deeper understanding, widening vocabulary and social interaction skills, improving presentation techniques in a safe environment, enhancing listening skills, developing student curiosity, questioning, reasoning, analysis, explaining, justifying, understanding, boosting their self-esteem, developing their confidence, giving them exposure and experience in being reflective, and cultivating a sense of joy of learning and a sense of purpose. Each task is suggestive and adaptive/flexible. Each task could be a starter, a plenary, a break out session, a small group activity, an inclusion, enrichment, extended task and they can be used across the curriculum and beyond for consolidation. Students learn about sounds and emphasis, word choices and word combinations, phonics, spoken content, talking construction, deconstruction, emphasis, imagery, what is missing from a line of reasoning, types of questioning, cooperation and through practice and reflection. They learn from each other and about themselves. You know students benefit if they are involved, so let them organise and lead on some of the activities whilst the teacher plays other roles such as facilitator, coach or assistant. Drawing from current users of these resources, here are some hints and tips on making your use of these resources a great success: Make time for students to allow them to think. Make time for them to talk to each other. Give them time to practice and improve. Encourage active listening. Encourage students to give feedback to other students. Support the use of a mix of questioning. Promote different scenarios. Get them to help rearrange the room if it helps. Try some activities outside the regular classroom. Use props, sticky labels, mini-whiteboards, flip-charts, diagrams, coloured paper, pictures, drama. Encourage students to take notes and reflect on what is said and written and felt. Allow students to take the lead on occasion. Help your students develop their set of key words and phrases. Give your students plenty of opportunities to develop a wide variety of presentation skills using various formats and forums.

Here is a quote from a recent buyer of these resources: "Our school saved £50,000 and brought in £20,000 extra income in the first term after using this resource. Fantastic, practical, simple and rewarding. Is this the best £5 we have ever spent? Absolutely ". Got money to burn? Want to save money? Want to generate more income? Here is a collection of things for you to try, for you to work with others on, and to use as starting points in discussions and actions. Such as establishing a no food wasted at this school champion in each class, positive action against water waste, against food wasted, against electricity wasted, exercises, reading buddies in the library, renting out rooms, labs, lecture theatres, and sports halls, learning to mend that bike… Beneath each heading are some visuals to act as stimulants for debate, discussion and action: a variety of things are there for you to attend to and do. These resources and ideas are inclusive, diverse, and engaging. Collection of practical things to do inside and around the school, inside and around your home, inside and around your community to help with the cost of living crises. Suitable for all ages and abilities, these resources can be used for individuals, pairs, teams, whole classes and at whole school level.

Quotes from people who have already successfully used these resources include: “… made a big difference in the staffroom… tangible, palatable, sustainable…” “my students now have a better chance in life than their parents ever did… and I used to teach some of them… excellent resources…” “last year’s results got us into so much trouble… we turned to these resources and turned ourselves around… “ “the local inspector loved this place so much she asked for a job…” “best resources we’ve bought all year… huge impact for not much money” “using these with the children has brought the joy back into learning… now the classroom is a pleasant place to be for all of us… great buy…” "incredible… these have already made a massive difference to my life… in and outside work” There are many deceptively simple but powerful things you can do to become an outstanding leader in your school. Over the years, and across the globe, I have found that outstanding leaders in schools, at many levels, have several things in common. Here is a collection of characteristics of outstanding leaders in schools, characteristics that you can look for, demand, develop, and maintain. And these resources have been successfully used across the world to: • Open discussions and debates about the characteristics of an outstanding leaders in schools; • Rank the most important characteristics to you; • Map the characteristics of leaders around you; • Self-reflect and identify what you have and what you think you still need to have to be an outstanding leader in school; • Ask a colleague to assess you on each characteristic; • Compare your answers with your colleagues; • Identify what you need to work on, and • Help develop a collection of characteristics of an outstanding leader in each of your students. You can look for these characteristics: • in yourself, • in your faculty, • in your school, • in your teams, • in your managers and • in each student in your classroom.

‘Closing the Gaps’ is a collection of tried and tested ideas to help advance the skills, enthusiasm, aspirations and achievements in academic and non-academic areas for students at your school, they benefit through pushing all students to do even better, to really impact on their life chances. So it really does not matter where you are coming from, what matters is where you are going and how you are going to get there. The resources are rich points, allowing you to develop and reflect on your journey to success, keeping in mind that you will learn a lot from these resources about yourself, about your team and about the individuals in your classes, just as your students will be learning a lot about themselves and each other as they go on the journey to success. Suitable for all ages and abilities, there is something in here for everyone. These resources have been successfully used in pre-school lessons, elementary, junior and primary schools, in secondary and high schools, in colleges and in higher education. They have been used in a wide variety of schools and in home schooling, and there is every expectation that you too will be very successful with your students as a result of using these resources, paying particular attention to detail, these resources should easily and rapidly become embedded in your classroom practice. ‘Closing the Gaps’ is not just about academic achievement it is more, much more than that as it is about enriching lives, yours and your students, and improving their life chances.   These resources can be successfully used in primary schools, secondary schools, free schools, academies, MATs, charter schools, private and state schools and colleges across the world. They can be used in various ways and I include some great ideas from current users. Probably the best advocates for buying and using this resource comes from those who have bought it and are successfully using it: seasoned teachers, NQTs, TAs, trainers, managers, governors, parents, and school advisors. I include just some of their quotes in the resource.

Dyslexia Friendly Resource. Suitable for all ages. Over 60 things to do in school on your own, in pairs, in teams, as a whole class, whole school, and outside school with family, neighbours, and friends. Enjoy.

Suitable for all ages and abilities, here are lots of great ideas for you to do around the theme of Christmas. Do these things on your own, in pairs, teams, as a class, whole school, and beyond school with family and friends and neighbours.

Everyone hears about that inspirational teacher, people talk about them, you might know of one, and the question is, how do you become one? From over 40 years of teaching, research, reading and writing, and numerous awards, here is my collection of ideas of what can absolutely help you become that inspirational teacher. Go on, try them, and see how good you can become.

The Queen@90. Majestic. The Queen's Official birthday is coming soon... very soon... so grab these resources and rejoice, as with these resources, you too can celebrate in real style. This is a magnificent set of over 90 things to do to celebrate The Queen’s 90th birthday. Suitable for all ages and abilities, at schools, colleges, work, voluntary groups, community groups, care homes, clubs and cafes, here is a collection of fantastic ideas about 90th Birthday Cupcakes, design and build a brand new Royal Carriage, a new Palace fit for the Queen made from recycled materials, fly 90 colourful flags for 90 seconds, plant a beautiful 90th Birthday Celebration Garden.... WOW...this is a rich and rewarding collection for you to really enjoy, to show you can share and care. These resources will aid the development of really important life skills such as skills in thinking, communicating, organising, managing, motivating, reflecting, and enjoying. There is something for everyone in here, with rich activities drawing on, for example, elements of Geography, History, Citizenship, Maths, Science, English, Languages, Art, Drama, Music, Dance, Sports, Exercise, RE, PSHE, Design, Engineering and Technology, Reading, Writing and Royalty.

Part of a brilliant set of HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) resources, proven in practice to get significant and sustained results. This set is about Analysing. The more your students get the chance to think, to talk, to reflect, to question, to reason, to care and to share, the more they will make rich, broad and deep progress. Use these resources inside and outside the classroom on 1-1, in pairs, in groups, in teams, and as whole class activities. See the Guide for Seven great ideas on how to use the resources. Brilliant, just brilliant.

Fantastic and successful game used in pre-school, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and FE, this icebreaker-board game can be printed off and laminated and used in class as many times as you like. There is an A4 size board included here and an A3 size board in another file for you. Why bother? Well, let’s share some views from people who have successfully used my ice-breaker games. The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors.......: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class...Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued...Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion...The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming...Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group...Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game...Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel...Switches the students brains on from the moment go...Helps to break down various barriers...Gives a big boost to developing important life skills...This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group...Helps participants learn some things about themselves...Helps participants learn some things about others...Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)...Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation...Builds a sense of purpose...Creates a sense of community and togetherness...Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

60 Great Things Do To Celebrate Prince Harry and Meghan’s Wedding. Suitable for all ages and abilities, with scope for differentiation and inclusion, mental and social welfare. Covering a wide range of school curricula, leadership and learning, these resources can improve creativity, cooperation, pair and team work, writing, spelling, reading, phonics, presentation, risk taking, critical appraisal and feedback skills. Enjoy.

Successfully used resources for teachers, teaching assistants, tutors, students, parents and guardians. This set covers Algebra, approximately the first three years of high school. Each resource has a sheet which covers one main topic. So, in this set, we have 55 topics/pages/sheets. Using relevant paper, each sheet can be printed off as a set of sticky labels and stuck in students’ books, for discussion, motivation, marking, and reflection. Each shows what to do to get to a level and what to do to get to get to the next level. Can be used in various settings, one-to-one, in pairs, groups and whole class. Can also be successfully used when projected on to a wall or white-board.

This is a fantastic set of colourful resources about the 2016 Rio Olympics. Colleagues and I, and some parents, recently used it with classes in years 1-7 and they loved it and learnt a lot about themselves, phonics, and how they capture and phrase sentences; and how to reflect on what other people say and do and reason. You too can use these activities solo, in pairs, threes, teams, groups, as a whole class and at home. This pack includes material on the venues, maps and commentating challenges; questions about the venues and sports; writing frames and doodles and thoughts page...... there is also a word search game with....... wait for it......wait......with answers!... (on a separate page). A version of the flag of the Olympic Games and the flag of Brazil are included.