Useful documents for assessing your pupil’s writing for every year group. Make the new curriculum and assessment system easy to understand and fluid within your teaching. Use your assessments to enhance your planning and teaching, notice where your children are at and know what small steps they need to take in order to move on and make progress. Don’t be overwhelmed by all of the statements, look at them sorted into three steps: - Beginning/Entering - Within/ Developing - Secure You can use these for one child or for the whole class to track their progress throughout the year. These are guidance for you to have a better understanding of assessing with the new curriculum. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in these high quality resources for the New Curriculum: Whole School SMART Targets Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets Whole School Guided Reading Questions

Three essential resources for improving your own and your school’s behaviour management: 1. Noise Meter - Keep the level of classroom chat at the most appropriate for outstanding learning. Use this bright and clear tool with the children to save your voice. 2. Behaviour Management CPD Pack - An inspiring CPD pack for refreshing and updating your behaviour management. A 29 slide PowerPoint takes you through key techniques and strategies to update your teaching. Within this there are moments to discuss, reflect and evaluate your practice. Alongside this a 10 page document explain in more detail these key aspects: How to lay the foundations for outstanding behaviour How to explain your expectations and consequences The 4 behaviour management essentials The 10 strategies you need in your toolkit How to teach for engagement and excellent behaviour management Walking around school and behaviour Table Plans Playground behaviour management Practical subjects, rewards and tidying up a classroom How to evaluate and change your practice Also included is an optional anonymous survey you can give your class to find out what they think about your strengths and weaknesses - a daring but effective way to move your skills forward. This would be helpful for any NQTs and other teachers looking to refresh and update their pedagogy. You could use it for your own personal CPD or provide it as a whole school CPD. 3. Seating Plan Pack: A bright and clear seating plan useful for teachers and your students. Five seating plans that work for different classrooms, lessons, children and times of year. Two sets of colour coding: 1. Colour coded for ability 2. Colour coded for groups Labelled for subjects. Lots of spare tables and chairs so can edit each plan. Start the term with a focused, organised and refreshed classroom. All reviews welcome. You can find many more free and inexpensive resources at my shop Teachallenjoy

Over 300 questions for guided reading, reading discussions 1:1 and reading assessments in years 1-6. Grouped under National Curriculum headings to build confidence in readers and reader helpers. Enhance reading dialogue with colour-coded questions, engage children with books and ensure progress. Scaffold learning so children can peer support readers and deepen their own understanding of the reading process. Support and succeed with reading at home. Can be used in guided reading, reading 1:1, writing comprehensions, at home to support parents and for assessment purposes. Useful for teachers, TAs and parent helpers. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular English AFL Resource Bundles: Whole School Writing Assessment Sheets Whole School Writing Assessment Guidance Whole School SMART Targets

Raise awareness and understanding of mental health issues with this bundle of 30 emotion cards, 14 posters, and a 36 slide assembly. Useful for Mental Health Awareness Weeks in primary schools. Colourful, bright and easy to use. Be prepared and organised for these important moments. Develop your pupil’s emotional wellbeing, language for discussing their emotions and provide them with coping strategies. 3 children in an average classroom are facing mental health problems and 75% of mental health issues arise before the age of 18. So we need to do all that we can to provide children with the tools to cope with these challenges and an understanding to support those around them as they grow. A large bundle of resources for KS1.

4 Engaging and animated assemblies, explaining and bringing to life 4 important days in our year. Each one full of information, video links, fun facts, higher level reasoning questions, interactive elements and discussion opportunities. World Poetry Day - 21st March Celebrate famous poets from around the world, amaze your pupils with their culture, story and achievements. Share some thought provoking poetry and inspire them to write their own poetry. World Kindness Day - 13th November Celebrate this day or use on Random Acts of Kindness Day (17th February) or Random Acts of Kindness Week (February). Enthuse children to be kind by sharing how it is celebrated around the world, what is kindness, who is the kindest person you know, famous influential kind people, why it is difficult to be kind sometimes, how to overcome this, ideas for being kind and how to pledge for kindness. Includes activities to use in the classroom. National Speech and Debate Day - 1st March This animated presentation takes the pupils through how to debate, the purposes of public speaking, famous speeches, famous speakers, famous debaters and famous debates. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery This thought provoking and interesting assembly explains the history of slavery, how it has changed and what we know of slavery today. Discuss some famous quotes about this subject and encourage pupils to think about how their generation could make positive changes to the world.