Descriptive writing: Winter. The power point includes: a starter, an extract from Storms of Silence by Joe Simpson which is analysed at word and whole text level, an opportunity for pupils to improve their work to show progression, a skills slide, a planning slide and a checklist for peer assessment. Highly visual and engaging.
Full lesson (approx 1-2 hour) with model paragraph analysing writer’s methods in the poem.
Starter - List/draw image of swan/connotations of a swan.
Main 1 - Read through poem/gather initial ideas/whole class annotation. Match images with Q’s task.
Rank ordering task. Push students to think about the effect of key words in preparation for the second part of the lesson.
Main 2 - Model paragraph - Discuss/annotate evidence of how it is a good example.
Students then write up their own response in the same style as the model. Could be given as a homework either.
*Model is aimed at higher ability GCSE students. This can easily be simplified to suit lower ability.
A few resources based around the Winter Olympics 2026.
Resources include a whole class quiz, a word match & wordsearch of key vocabulary (good to practise dictionary skills) and a blank athlete profile, where students could research athletes participating in the games.
This is an assembly on the Winter Olympics 2026. However, it can be adapted for a PSHEE sessions. It inks with themes of perseverance, attendance-showing up, resilience, mindset, growth, trust etc.
This resource contains a fully editable, 130-slide PowerPoint presentation on the Winter Olympics and the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games taking place from Friday 6th February until Sunday 22nd February in Italy.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
the history of the Winter Olympics
the events in the Winter Games
GB’s performances and achievements in past Olympics
the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Team GB
The presentation includes links to some of the events taking place at the Games, GB’s ice hockey gold medal, Eddie the Eagle’s ski jumping, John Curry and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s ice-dances and the amazing snowboarders, Jamie Nicholls and Katie Ormerod, in action.
Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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The Winter Olympics Puzzle Pack
This Winter Olympic sports puzzle pack includes fourteen puzzles - three differentiated word searches, four differentiated anagram worksheets, three differentiated winter sports puzzles and four differentiated crosswords. All the puzzles are Winter Sports-themed.
Winter Olympics Quiz 100 Question Quiz
This resource contains an editable, 100-question PowerPoint quiz on the Winter Olympics.
Questions focus on:
the history of the Winter Olympics
the events in the Winter Games
GB’s performances and achievements in past Olympics
The quiz contains 100 questions, with three possible answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. Answers can be found by clicking on the snowboard image on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals/teams to record answers.
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Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026 Bundle
Winter Paralympics Milano Cortina 2026 80-Slide Presentation
Starter with a review of the two poems, moves into an exploration of the mark scheme and before exploring what is necessary to achieve a 6+.
Tailored to the AQA mark scheme.
Moves into comparing the poems using a venn diagram.
Ends in sentence starters to help compare the poems.
Also included: a model answer for the question.
A few resources based around the Winter Olympics 2026.
Resources include a whole class quiz, a word match & wordsearch of key vocabulary (good to practise dictionary skills) and a blank athlete profile, where students could research athletes participating in the games.
This is a short lesson written for Year 12 tutor, it only last around 20 minutes so more suited to registration.
In this lesson students will learn about ways to support their mental health during the cold, dark winter months.
This resource comes with lesson slides.
This resource contains a fully editable, 130-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 100-question quiz on the Winter Olympics and the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Powerpoint Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
the history of the Winter Olympics
the events in the Winter Games
GB’s performances and achievements in past Olympics
the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Team GB
The presentation includes links to some of the events taking place at the Games, GB’s ice hockey gold medal, Eddie the Eagle’s ski jumping, John Curry and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s ice-dances, the snowboarders, Jamie Nicholls and Katie Ormerod in action, Team GB’s top 10 moments at the Winter Olympics and the highlights of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
100 Question Quiz
This resource contains an editable, 100-question PowerPoint quiz on the Winter Olympics.
Questions focus on:
the history of the Winter Olympics
the events in the Winter Games
GB’s performances and achievements in past Olympics
The quiz contains 100 questions, with three possible answers, with varying degrees of challenge. It can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. Answers can be found by clicking on the snowboard image on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals/teams to record answers.
You may also be interested in:
The Winter Olympics Puzzle Pack
This Winter Olympic sports puzzle pack includes fourteen puzzles - three differentiated word searches, four differentiated anagram worksheets, three differentiated winter sports puzzles and four differentiated crosswords. All the puzzles are Winter Sports-themed.
Save money and buy all three resources in a bundle at a discounted rate:
Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026 Bundle
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Winter Swans
This two-lesson mini-unit explores Owen Sheer’s ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Designed for GCSE pupils studying AQA’s Love and Relationships Poetry, this resource looks at the poem in depth and explains how to compare it to other poems from the anthology. The resource is made up of a 46-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 4 accompanying worksheets.
The two lessons contain the following:
Lesson One
Context – A brief outline of Owen Sheers and factors that may have inspired the poem.
First Contact – An initial reading of ‘Winter Swans’ with a glossary included. Comprehension questions with example answers.
Language and imagery – Analysing ‘Winter Swans’ in detail. Exploring key imagery and answering questions that delve deeper. Model answers provided.
Essay Writing – An essay question to assess initial understanding. An example answer is included.
Lesson Two
Themes – Analysing the themes of ‘Winter Swans’ - Romantic love, nature and distance
Structure and Form – How Sheers uses rhyme, rhythm, caesura and enjambment.
The GCSE Exam – Comparing ‘Winter Swans’ with other poems from the anthology. Model answer included.
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Very detailed 70 slide PPT on The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare containing a short biography of the author, a presentation of the major characters, notable quotations, a very detailed summary of the play and 30 essay questions.
Designed for A Level Literature, OCR. However, this resource will be useful for all lessons, exam boards and specifications dependent on usage.
This lesson covers: Winter, my Secret with context, critics
Polar bears, penguins and snowmen…Oh My!
Now with additional Winter Related Activity Sheets
A wonderful, creative way to decorate your room for Winter with these Winter Lantern Crafts. With 8 different lantern templates, let your kids choose the one they like: snowman, snowman family, polar bears, penguins, winter trees, January art, snowflakes and patterns.
These units are designed in a Mix and Match format. You are able to pick the pieces that you want, depending on the needs and the abilities of your students. There are so many different possibilities.
Each lantern creation is designed with a printed lantern template and the choice of several Winter themed trims. This is a great activity to keep the kids busy while practicing fine motor skills, colouring, folding, gluing and especially cutting.
So many ways to decorate the lantern trims using glitter, paper layering, leaves, fake snow, shredded paper, cotton, tissue paper...
In my classroom, creating the basic lantern will take my kiddos about 90 minutes (coloring and assembly).
Included:
• 8 Printed lantern templates
• 8 Trim sets
• Additional embellishments
• 6 Winter Related activity sheets
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Keywords
:: Winter Craft :: Winter Activity :: Snow Craft :: Snow Activity :: Paper Lantern :: 3D Craft :: Winter Theme :: Ms Lil :: Winter Decoration :: Winter Art :: January Art
I put this collection of photos together for my students as part of our exploration of seasons, weather, and climate.
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This is a sensory story I created for my topic 'seasons'. This was written for a PMLD/ CLDD class.
I have written it with the sentence, the sense, the sensory experience and what I and my TAs are looking for and observing throughout the sessions.
Repeat story throughout the term to enable the child to develop anticipation, investigation, awareness, preference and much more.
Could also be used in an EYFS KS1 class.
Looking for a week’s worth of no-fuss, easy-peasy poetry-reading and letter-writing? This unit covers the story and themes of Timothy Winters, with several interesting tasks and videos to help pupils unpack the poem, followed by a scaffolded formal-letter writing task. This pack consists of a PowerPoint, a pupil workbook , a video link and a few other handy worksheets.
Grab these calming winter coloring pages to bring creativity to your classroom! This pack of winter coloring sheets is full of 50 beautiful, clean, and fun images for children to enjoy expressing their creativity and perfecting their fine motor skills.
Can be used with various Keys stages right up to GCSE level. This is a lesson which encourages creative writing based on the theme of winter. Students would need to have completed a study of figurative language and know how to use a thesaurus before attempting this task.