A template intended to help pupils structure a persuasive letter. This template could be easily edited to suit requirements. There are lines providing space for children to write if printed off or the template could be opened on the IWB for a whole class activity or on computers for children to overtype.

Would you rather have two noses or three eyes? Would you rather have a self cleaning house or a self cleaning car? Would you rather only drink tea forever or only drink coffee forever? Once you start thinking these up, you can’t stop! Use these 32 cards as a time filler before break or at the end of the day for discussions. Have a class vote for which they’d prefer then ask the children to share their own ideas. Great for KS2, who love the concept!

A short passage about a boy called Addi who finds himself lost in a dark and scary forest. This passage could be used as a whole class activity with year 6 or could be simplified to use with other year groups. An idea of how the first passage could be improved to make it more descriptive and interesting is included in this resource.

Don’t just write “and.” A short story about a dad called Julian who takes his children to beach. Change the conjunctions to make the story more interesting. Could be used as an early morning or extension task. Great for a supply teacher to use as a time filler.

Why not have some fun with your class at the end of term? Download this Christmas movie bingo and use it as an end of the day reward game for the last few weeks before the holidays. Photocopy it as many times as you like to reuse or laminate them to use with a whiteboard pen. Play with a small group or in table groups and see who is first to get a bingo. Let the children take turns being the caller and you can join in the game too! And if you love it…remember to leave a review! Happy Christmas!

Rosa Parks! A narrative text and a non-fiction text. With comprehension questions and answers. Rosa Parks was a key figure in the American Civil Rights movement and is a hero to advocates of anti racism. The fateful day when she refused to stand up to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, sparked the Bus Boycotts which lead to the end of segregation on buses. This story is often used in October, during Black History Month in the UK. However, this comprehension exercise has been designed to use any day of the year, to support civil rights education and anti racism discussions. It was created for a freelance writer position for an educational resource website, but since I never heard back about the job, I thought I’d share it with you to use in your classes. I’d love to hear what you think, so please do leave a review. Especially if it lead to valuable anti racism discussions. Let me know!

Lesson plan prepared as a resource for a prospective teacher applying for school based teacher training. Could also be used for an ECT applying for teaching posts or someone looking to work as a TA or LSA. Or as an observed lesson. Lots of detail included as prompts. Good luck!

Grab this reusable story prompt resource to print off or use on the interactive whiteboard. Perfect for early morning activities or story writing starters. Variety of settings to use to inspire story writing from beach to mountains, to the moon and Mars. I’d love to hear how they helped and a sentence from the children’s work would be even better!

Twenty five curious story starter sentences. Plus intriguing character images. Who are they and what are they doing? Where are they going? What will happen to them once they get there? Perfect for narrative writing, early morning tasks and to give structure to an emergency lesson for supply teachers. Use this alongside the story “writing prompts,” for endless mix and match story writing inspiration. If you like it, please leave a review.

Do you have Toy Story? Do you have Harry Potter? Do you have The Lion King? The Kids Movie Bingo can be enjoyed by your class time and time again. With 6 play boards mentioning nearly thirty children’s movies, your class will love to play this bingo and talk about their favorite characters. Divide your class into table groups or play, play with a small group at a time, or even laminate them and put them in the wet play box. These Bingo cards can be enjoyed over and over again. Ideal for Key Stage 2. Includes a template for you or the children to write their own bingo cards. If you love this, please leave a review. Thanks.

I can match the Christmas pictures. Variations of picture matching cards which can be used for child led matching or as an adult led matching game. Print off as boards and duplicates to cut up for the matching cards. Could be used for: -Picture matching -Bingo -Snap -Pairs Have fun!

Why not have fun with your class in the last few weeks of term? Download these three variations of Christmas Movie bingo plus a calling card for you to show them the picture and cross it off. Could be played in pairs with a group of 6. Or with one adult and up to 3 children. Who will be first to get 3 in a row? If you love it, please return to leave a review. Happy Christmas

Two documents that can be used for similies work. One can be used as a writing template to record similies pupils create. The df + sheet gives instructions and word suggestions to allow differentiation of the activity.

Can you find all the hidden video games?

An extremely popular English lesson resource that involves the use of multimedia and is aimed at developing children’s use of similies. This resource includes a powerpoint which features an extract from The Iron man and a video clip from the film, the Iron Giant, differentiated worksheets and pictures.

A poster/table card that features alternative words pupils could use instead of ‘said’ in creative/narrative writing.