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Aspiration Assembly! (Primary)
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Aspiration Assembly! (Primary)

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This fun and original assembly aims to inspire children to be aspirational, through: -Understanding what aspiration is and recognising why it is important; -Finding out about successful and inspirational people who have been aspirational, gone on inspiring journeys and reached their goals (examples include Ed Sheeran, Beth Mead and Malala Yousafzai); -Demonstrating the power of aspiration through a powerful video - followed by discussion questions; -Looking at their own lives and considering how they can apply aspiration strategies (e.g. setting SMART targets, etc.) -Ending with reflection and a well-linked song. This assembly is tried and tested, and has always been really well received in the past. It is comprehensive (20 slides in total - there is enough material for a 30-40 minute assembly or two 20-minute assemblies). The slides are visually engaging and well-presented, and the subject matter is tailored to the interests and needs of young people. For example, there are references to scenarios and dilemmas that they themselves might find themselves in order to help them to make the right choices in their own lives. No further resources are required - everything that you need to present the assembly is included. The assembly presentation is fairly self-explanatory, but I’ve included guidance notes to assist the speaker just in case. Hope that you find this useful!
Teaching and Learning CPD Bundle!
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Teaching and Learning CPD Bundle!

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These teaching and learning CPD sessions offer engaging and original approaches to introducing or revisiting a range of effective pedagogical strategies. Grounded in educational research, these sessions are interactive, well-structured, and have been successfully tried and tested. The aim of each teaching and learning CPD session is to develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed in order to utilise in practice in each key area, and as an aid in achieving these aims, the trainer is supported with: -Colourful, engaging, and comprehensive PowerPoint presentations; -Videos for analysis of key techniques; -A wide range of interactive resources for CPD activities; -Instructions and plans to assist delivery. All images and videos are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide of each PowerPoint.
Online Safety Knowledge Retrieval Activities Primary Bundle!
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Online Safety Knowledge Retrieval Activities Primary Bundle!

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This resource offers a wide range of knowledge retrieval activities focusing on Online Safety throughout the entirety of the primary phase. There are 4 resource packs in total: -EYFS -KS1 -Lower KS2 -Upper KS2 The depth and breadth of knowledge covered is aligned with the ‘Education for a Connected World’ framework. There are a wide range of interesting and thought-provoking activities (24 slides in each of the KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2 packs and 17 in the EYFS pack) which help children to secure all of the important information from the unit. Research-approved activities include: -Quick Fire Questions; -Picture Stimulus; -Retrieval Grid; -Fill in the Blank; -Vocabulary Busters; -Fact Dump; -Rank 5; -Anagrams; These resources have been tried and tested in the classroom and have proven successful in helping children to consolidate key information within this unit.
Year 6 Maths Complete Primary Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Year 6 Maths Complete Primary Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for teachers, parents and children throughout the teaching and learning of all of the Year 6 maths blocks. Included are 10 organisers: -Four Operations -Area and Perimeter -Decimals and Percentages -Fractions -Ratio -Algebra -Number and Place Value -Position and Direction -Shape -Statistics Each organiser contains clear sections covering the key learning areas, including an overview, the specific learning content, and important vocabulary. The knowledge is sequenced in alignment with the National Curriculum and most commonly-used mathematics schemes. Images are used to present and clarify ideas. The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDFs and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Upper KS2 Maths Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Upper KS2 Maths Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for teachers, parents and children throughout the teaching and learning of all of the Year 5 and Year 6 maths blocks. Included are 19 organisers: Year 5 -Addition and Subtraction -Area and Perimeter -Decimals and Percentages -Fractions -Multiplication and Division -Number and Place Value -Position and Direction -Shape -Statistics Year 6 -Four Operations -Area and Perimeter -Decimals and Percentages -Fractions -Ratio -Algebra -Number and Place Value -Position and Direction -Shape -Statistics Each organiser contains clear sections covering the key learning areas, including an overview, the specific learning content, and important vocabulary. The knowledge is sequenced in alignment with the National Curriculum and most commonly-used mathematics schemes. Images are used to present and clarify ideas. The resources are designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and are provided as both PDFs and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Lower KS2 Computing Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Lower KS2 Computing Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for subject leaders, teachers, parents and children covering the computing curriculum at lower KS2. Included are organisers based on: -Year 3: Computing Systems and Networks - Digital Devices -Year 3: Creating Media - Animations -Year 3: Creating Media - Desktop Publishing -Year 3: Programming - Events and Actions in Scratch -Year 3: Programming - Sequencing in Scratch -Year3: Data and Information - Data Logging -Year 4: Computing Systems and Networks - The Internet -Year 4: Creating Media - Audio Editing -Year 4: Creating Media - Desktop Publishing -Year 4: Programming - Repetition in Scratch -Year 4: Programming - Repetition in Shapes -Year 4: Data and Information - Data Logging The content is fully aligned with the age-related expectations for lower KS2 children in computing. The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDF and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Greek Myths: Big Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
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Greek Myths: Big Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)

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This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a deep understanding of a number of traditional Greek Myths. Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s key messages, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding language devices, and relating the texts to their social and historical contexts. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: - Engaging - Defining/ Understanding - Identifying/Remembering - Analysing/ Creating - Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Scandinavian Countries - Geography Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Scandinavian Countries - Geography Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources offer a complete reference point for students revising knowledge relating to the countries of Scandinavia, as a part of their study of place, human and physical geography. Each knowledge organiser contains comprehensive sections on: Overview and Maps; Physical Geography; Human Geography; Comparison with the United Kingdom; Timeline; Key Vocabulary. There are 5 knowledge organisers in total: -Sweden -Denmark -Norway -Finland -Iceland Each organiser is designed to help children to learn the relevant place, human and physical geography knowledge from the Geography National Curriculum: -‘understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom and a region in a European country’ -‘physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes’ -‘human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy.’ They are provided as both PDFs and Word versions (so that you can edit if you want to).
Huge Primary RE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!
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Huge Primary RE Knowledge Organisers Bundle!

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These clear, detailed and visually-appealing resources are tailored to all units within the Primary RE curriculum. They are a great basis for designing your RE curriculum offer, and offer children and teachers a complete reference point for all aspects of planning, teaching and assessing. The KS1 organisers included are: -Special People; -Special Places; -Special Symbols and Objects; -Special Things in Nature; -Special Ways of Living; -Special Words and Stories. The KS2 organisers included are: Christianity - The Bible Christianity - Introduction to Jesus Christianity - Churches Christianity - The Teachings of Jesus Christianity - The Last Week of Jesus’ Life Islam - The Five Pillars Islam - Holy Places Judaism - Moses Buddhism - The Buddha Hinduism - Hindu Gods and Goddesses Sikhism - The Gurus and the Khalsa Humanism The organisers are separated into logical compartments, based on the key curriculum expectations. They have been devised from the curriculum information given in the ‘ExploRE’ documentation. Each resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Private Peaceful Big Bundle!
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Private Peaceful Big Bundle!

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THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE PRIVATE PEACEFUL LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET, THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER AND THE POINTLESS GAME! This engaging, varied, and informative collection of lessons is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Michael Morpurgo’s’ ‘Private Peaceful.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete the lessons having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context. Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps: Engaging Defining/ Understanding Identifying/Remembering Analysing/ Creating Peer or self evaluating. All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Activity resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Y1 Position and Direction - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
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Y1 Position and Direction - Maths Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 1 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Position and Direction.’ The content is organised into the following sections: -Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important; -Movement; -Turns; -Position; -Key vocabulary. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
Toys in Space - Whole Class Reading Session!
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Toys in Space - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s fluency and comprehension skills through reading Mini Grey’s ‘Toys in Space.’ The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in years 1-2, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
The Last Bear - Whole Class Reading Session!
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The Last Bear - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through a reading of an opening extract of Hannah Gold’s 'The Last Bear.’ The resource pack includes the extract and all of the activities for the session, which the class are guided through via a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The text for reading is hyperlinked at the bottom of the first slide. The session is best suited for children in lower KS2. I originally used this with Year 3-4 children, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups. The session is also suitable for home/ remote learning.
Loki - A Bad God's Guide to Being Good - Whole Class Reading Session!
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Loki - A Bad God's Guide to Being Good - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension skills through a reading of the opening chapter of Louie Stowell’s ‘Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good.’ The resource pack includes the extract and all of the activities for the session, which the class are guided through via a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation. The reading is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in KS2. The session is also suitable for home/ remote learning. The extract is provided as a PDF, and a link to the online version is also included on the first slide.
Y2 Position and Direction - Knowledge Organiser!
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Y2 Position and Direction - Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 2 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Position and Direction.’ The content is organised into the following sections: -Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important; -Straight Line Movement: Forwards, backwards, left, right, north, south, east and west; -Turns: Clockwise and anticlockwise, half turns, quarter turns, three quarter turns and full turns; -More Advanced Knowledge: Mutli-step directions; -Key vocabulary. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
George's Marvellous Medicine - Whole Class Reading Session!
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George's Marvellous Medicine - Whole Class Reading Session!

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This whole class reading session aims to develop children’s comprehension of the opening chapter of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine. It contains a link to the online chapter (on the first slide). This is followed by a series of activities aiming to develop children’s retrieval, explanation, inference, prediction and summarising skills. It also contains a vocabulary check immediately after the extract is read to clarify any unfamiliar/ difficult language. The tasks are comprised of quick-check questions, solo thinking, pair/ group discussions and deeper thinking activities. The session is best suited for children in years 2-3, although with minor adaptations it could feasibly be used with slightly younger and older year groups.
The Congo Rainforest - Physical Geography Lesson!
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The Congo Rainforest - Physical Geography Lesson!

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This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to describe and understand the key physical geography features of The Congo Rainforest. Whilst gaining a wide range of knowledge about the biome, key facts, climate, plants and animals of area, students also become familiar with a wide range of vocabulary pertinent to the KS2 geography curriculum. The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards relevant and constructive learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to: -Remember key facts about the African continent to contextualise their learning; -Learn where the Congo rainforest is, and understand why this biome exists here; -Learn key facts about the area, rivers, animals and plants of the Congo; -Remembering further facts through watching an interesting video on the Congo, and then answering comprehension questions; -Self-assess their progress using the learning objectives. The lesson benefits from access to atlases and/or web-searching devices for the final task. This lesson resource is made up of a visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation (15 slides) The resources within this lesson can be easily adapted to suit home/remote learning.
Egypt - Exploring Human and Physical Geography Lesson!
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Egypt - Exploring Human and Physical Geography Lesson!

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This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to describe and understand the key human and physical geography features of Egypt. Whilst gaining a wide range of knowledge about the biomes, rivers, lakes, climates and cities of Egypt, students also become familiar with a wide range of vocabulary pertinent to the KS2/KS3 geography curriculum. The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards relevant and constructive learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to: -Remember key facts about the African continent to contextualise their learning; -Learn key facts about the area, population and main features of Egypt; -Explore further information about the climate and biomes of Egypt through watching a thought-provoking video; -Identify and range of physical and human geography features on a map-building task; -Partake in deeper thinking activities about population density and trade in Egypt; -Self-assess their progress using the learning objectives. The lesson requires access to atlases and/or web-searching devices. This resource pack includes: -A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation (14 slides); -A blank map for the Egypt map-building activity (in Word and PDF); The resources within this lesson can be easily adapted to suit home/remote learning.
Salah - The Second Pillar of Islam!
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Salah - The Second Pillar of Islam!

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In this engaging and comprehensive lesson, students are introduced to the second pillar of Islam - Salah. Children learn through collating their collective prior knowledge, watching an interesting video (hyperlinked) and answering comprehension questions about the Salah. They then develop their understanding by learning about the daily prayer routine and the ‘wudu’ (washing ritual). The lesson is tried and tested, and is easy for teachers and students to follow. It contains a comprehensive 17-slide Powerpoint which offers a step-by-step guide throughout the lesson, in addition to the worksheet template for the creative ‘routines’ activity (in both Word and PDF). Challenge activities are provided in order to enrich learning for higher-attaining learners. In the past, I have used this lesson with children in upper Key Stage 2 (years 5 and 6). The key learning is aligned with regional expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide.
Y6 Position and Direction - Maths Knowledge Organiser!
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Y6 Position and Direction - Maths Knowledge Organiser!

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This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for Year 6 teachers, parents and children when covering ‘Position and Direction’ in mathematics. The content is organised into the following sections: -Overview: Learning areas covered, key definitions, why this learning is important; -Coordinates in Four Quadrants -Translation; -Reflection; -Key Vocabulary. The resource is designed to be printed onto either A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.