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I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
Welcome to Goodeyedeers - the home of quality resources for primary teachers. Visit us and check out some great ideas.
I'm Mike Jackson, a former primary headteacher. I've teamed up with a fellow retiree David Horner who was a freelance children's poet delivering poetry workshops to children and teachers in schools across this country and abroad.
Between us, we bring an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the task of creating quality resources.
In this bundle of Powerpoint presentations, the well known children's poet, David Horner, will talk your children through four clever ways to write a poem for their mum for Mother's Day.
1. The first idea he calls 'My Mum's A Ferrari' and it explores the use of metaphors.
2. The next one is a 'Recipe Poem'.
3. The third idea involves playing a word association game to get ideas for a poem.
4. The final idea for a poem for Mother's Day, David calls 'The Magic Box' and is based on the poem 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright.
The poems the children write are bound to melt the hearts of the mums who receive them.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
In this PowerPoint presentation, children’s poet, David Horner, will talk your children through an ingenious way to write a poem for their dad for Father’s Day. It is a ‘Recipe Poem’. The presentation takes the children through the entire process step by step.
At the end they children will have written a recipe poem describing what goes in to making a great dad - it is bound to melt the hearts of the dads who receive them.
If you and your children enjoy this lesson then watch out for our other Father’s Day poetry lessons - there will be four in total.
Father’s Day Poetry - The Magic Box
Father’s Day Poetry - Using Metaphors
Father’s Day poetry - Word Association Game
We would love to know what you think of our resources, so please leave us a review.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
In this PowerPoint presentation, the well known children’s poet, David Horner, will talk your class through a clever way to write a poem for their dad for Father’s Day. He calls it ‘The Best Dad In The World’ and it explores the use of metaphors.
The presentation takes the children through the whole process step by step.
At the end they will have written a poem describing their dad in a series of ‘metaphoric couplets’ - it is bound to melt the hearts of all the dads who receive them.
If you and your children enjoy this lesson then watch out for our other Father’s Day poetry lessons - there will be four in total.
Father’s Day Poetry - Word Association Game
Father’s Day Poetry - Make A Recipe for Your Dad
Father’s Day Poetry - The Magic Box
We would love to know what you think of our resources, so please leave us a review.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
KS2 Poetry Writing
A great way to introduce your class to writing Haiku.
The PowerPoint takes you through the process. It starts by explaining what a Haiku poem is and then gets the children recognising and counting syllables.
They then have a chance to complete some half-finished Haiku. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually.
Finally, the children are given some word prompts to help get them started on writing their own Bonfire Night Haiku.
The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. There is also a section giving you some facts about Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot to share with the children.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.
In this bundle of Powerpoint presentations, the well known children’s poet, David Horner, will talk your children through some great ideas for writing four different poems for their dads on Father’s Day.
1. The first idea is called ‘The Best Dad In The World’ and it explores the use of metaphors.
2. The next one is a ‘Recipe Poem’.
3. The third idea involves playing a word association game to get ideas for a poem.
4. The final idea for a poem for Father’s Day, David calls ‘The Magic Box’ and is based on the poem ‘The Magic Box’ by Kit Wright.
The poems the children write are bound to melt the hearts of the dads who receive them.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources is donated to a local northwest charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
These four PowerPoint lessons explain to the children what homophones and homonyms are and then shows them how to create some teasing riddles and riddle poems to try out on their friends.
These resource are intended to foster youngster’s confidence and skill in navigating the quirks of English spelling by making it a game to engage with, rather than a problem to worry about.
All the money raised from the sale of this resources is donated to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
A poetry workshop for lower KS2. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom.
In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you.
You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
This ‘Crack The Code’ resource contains four different codes the children can use, all linked to the Year 3/4 NC Word List.
The 90 slide powerpoint takes the children through four different codes that they can use to both send messages and decipher them.
It is accompanied by a children’s booklet full of codes for them to make and break
40 great bookmarks for your children to colour and use.
Each one contains a reading slogan such as:
Lost in a good book.
I’m a bookworm.
Dive into a good book.
Reading opens doors.
Time for reading.
I love reading.
Reading forever.
Sssh! I’m reading
… and many more.
We hope you enjoy this resource and will have a look a our shop for more amazing ideas.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a children’s charity called MedEquip4Kids.
A great quiz to end the term or school year.
Suitable for KS2 and lower KS3 children.
This attractive PowerPoint contains five rounds in all, each round has ten questions. There are four possible answers to each question. Each round of questions is followed by the answers so that teams can swap answers and mark them.
The rounds are:
Round One - General Knowledge
Round Two - Sport
Round Three - Harry Potter
Round Four - Animals
Round Five - Science
Included is a PDF containing team sheets for teams to record their answers and an answer sheet.
All the money raised from the sale of our resources goes to a local charity for children called MedEqup4Kids.
A set of poetry workshops to cover classes in KS2.
In this resource bundle David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you four typical workshop session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. Each package includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your children enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
A poetry workshop for Year 6 children. Here is a chance for you to have a real poet in your classroom.
In this resource package David Horner, children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, shares with you a typical workshop session he did when he was working in schools across the country and abroad.
A comprehensive set of notes set out in detail how David would have organised a typical visit to school. The package also includes all the resources you will need to duplicate the sessions:
Three animated videos where David reads out three of his poems using a number of unusual characters to help him!
Text of each of these poems for the children to have as they follow the readings.
Suggestions, in the Teachers’ Notes, as to how you might follow this first session up.
A PowerPoint containing a complete workshop lesson for you to do with the children to get them writing their own poetry.
A set of notes to accompany each of the slides that talk you through the lesson.
We hope that you and your class enjoy this resource.
If you have any comments we would love to hear from you. You can leave a review or contact us through Twitter @goodeyedeers
Here are some great ideas for an amazing lesson to get your children writing scary haiku poems for Halloween.
Within the printable PDF you will find:
Facts about Halloween.
Details about what a haiku poem is and where it originates from.
A detailed lesson plan to get the children learning about syllables and write their own haiku.
Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones.
If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.
Here is a lesson plan for an exciting session that will get your children writing scary kennings poems for Halloween.
Within the printable PDF you will find:
Facts about Halloween.
Details about what a kenning is and where it comes from.
A detailed lesson plan to get the children creating their own Halloween kennings and then using them to create some poems.
Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones.
If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks.
The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.
Challenge your children with this set of 32 engaging vocabulary challenge cards all linked to words from the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List.
For each card the children are given a word from the Word List with the letters jumbled up and they have to see how many words they can find from those letters.
Each letter has a number on it so the children can keep a score of the new words they create.
The PDF contains two sets of the same cards - one set in colour and another in black and white to help reduce printing costs.
How can you use these cards in your classroom?
Use a card as a warm-up session before your English lesson.
Pairs can work together to solve cards and then quiz each other.
Use them as an enrichment activity for children who finish early.
Use them as a start of the day activity.
Ideal activity for straight after play.
Use them as homework activities.
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All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and please tell your colleagues and friends about us.
These three sets of Vocabulary Challenge Cards cover all the words in the Year 3/4 National Curriculum Word List.
For each card the children are given a word from the Word List with the letters jumbled up and they have to see how many words they can find from those letters.
Each letter has a number on it so the children can keep a score of the new words they create.
Each PDF contains two sets of the same cards - one in colour and one in black and white to make for easier photocopying.
20 great Christmas bookmarks to colour in and use.
The PDF contains 4 bookmarks per page.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids.
If you find this resource useful then please let us know.
Here is a fun and effective way to get your children using alliteration to write some amazing Christmas recipes.
The PowerPoint lesson takes the children, step by step, how to use a simple chart to write some wonderfully whacky Christmas recipes.
The resource includes:
a PowerPoint lesson
a set of detailed notes explaining each part of the lesson
a set of Christmas writing frames to display the finished Christmas Recipes
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a charity for children called [MedEquip4Kids](https://www.medequip4kids.org.uk/.
If you enjoy using this resource please let us know and tell your friends and colleagues about it.
This PDF contains six different templates/nets for the Christmas card envelopes and ten cards.
There are guidelines on how the envelopes should be cut out and assembled. There are six differently patterned envelope nets to choose from.
The PDF includes ten Christmas cards (two per page) for the children to cut out, colour and then add their Christmas greetings to before popping them into their envelopes.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids.
If you enjoy this resource then we would love a review.
A clearly explained and carefully structured PowerPoint lesson to encourage writing which is rich in vocabulary - as befits the season!
Wordplay is at the centre of it all, so an ideal activity to get pupils – individually or in pairs - digging into their dictionaries. The produced pieces are ideal too for any end of term assembly.
The teachers’ notes to go through the PowerPoint lesson slide by slide to give you ideas as to how you might use it.
All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.
We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us as well.
