A short story inspired by Roald Dahl characters based around the nativity story, along with an adapted Christmas carol to go with it.

A fun stand alone assembly. it starts with can you guess this famous person, hopefully from the clues they guess Elvis. then there are some facts about him and his life, ending with one of his most famous songs.

Activity 6 is based around comma golf. the par for the hole is based around the number of commas in the opening section of a piece of literature (it goes from Cats in a Manger to A Tale of two Cities). In the fist nine holes the pupils get given the par score and add the commas as they see fit. the back nine they must add the commas and hence decide the par score. Will they complete the course on par? Activity seven - welcome to the chase. Inference Inference is a major part of English testing. Using the game show you have a chaser and contestant / s to see how you answer the questions. Here in small groups you use a small paragraph or image of information to answer an A B or C question which has the correct inference from the multiple answers. Can you get home before the chaser catches you? There are two blank options if you wish to add your class examples.

A Christmas Assembly and poem. A normal family are getting ready on Christmas Eve for the big day, when they are greeted at the door by a talking reindeer. Santa has fallen off the roof and broken his ankle. so the mother takes on the mantle of Santa for one night, while dad looks after Santa. she travels the world guided by Rudolph and the gang with the help of Mrs Claus. could be a fun lesson or assembly

An assembly on thanksgiving in different countries. USA, Canada, Liberia, Japan, China, Norfolk Islands, South Korea, Germany and Granada. Brief description of history and activities that the day involves. Plus some colouring in sheets that could be used for cards etc.

A poem called schools back that looks at the teaching now in bubbles from a teachers point of view. this includes a poem for female teachers and one for males and a quick lesson plan if planning needed. can be used to help deal with the changes and any anxiety that might be happen.

Assembly for national sax day on 6th november. some history and descriptions. then some famous sax players, finishing with a sax version of 'Happy'

a ghost to colour in for halloween

A poem about the queen and what she meant to me to discuss followed by some starter ideas for the pupils to use for their own poems. The key is what the queen meant to you. Discuss the different aspects of her life and what she has seen in her lifetime

Some interlinking blocks for displays. they can be used to build vertically or horizontally. the horizontal ones could be used for building sentences, where each word has a block along with its descriptor e.g. verb, adverb, noun etc

Just a fun little poster to encourage pupils to focus on rainbows and unicorns rather than thunderclouds when things get to them. But remember even unicorns want to be Batman

A short poem on the anguish of a Sunday night as a teacher wondering if you have dine enough for the day ahead… just fun for you to enjoy.

Had enough Christmas cards? Here are 10 Christmas Autograph boards that friends and classmates can sign rather than send cards. print off on A3 then let the pupils select the design they like. you can then put them around the room to decorate he room and classmates and friends can sign them with festive messages etc, then send them home with the pupils for the Christmas holidays. the blank is also included if you or your class what to design their own,

A poem looking at why a teacher teaches and the job satisfaction they get from it. Also looks at how the teacher gets joy from helping pupils achieve potential. The poem comes with a lesson plan for use in English and / or PSHE. Lesson plan looks at jobs classed as a vocation and satisfaction / dissatisfaction obtained from them in the pupils eyes.

A lesson activity where the class / pupils look at creating a coat of arms for their teacher.

From a simple three letter word can you add a letter at a time to make up to a six letter word or even a nine letter word. You can start from a two vowel, one vowel or no vowel starting word. Good luck.

A printout that can be used for class autographs and comments if you do not want to go down the shirt route. It prints on A3 but you can reduce to A4 if required. You can modify the word version of you want to add your schools logo to personalise it more for your school. Could be used in Primary or Secondary school as required. once printed could be folded up for convenience. Comes with poem called Autograph board A picture can be worth a thousand words, they say. In my opinion that’s absurd, give me the written word every day. So use your board, to record your friend’s wisdom, Comments, jokes or something random. In years to come it will help your memories be full, You might even realise your teacher was slightly cool. Fill it up, maybe you’ll need a second or more, To record your academic adventure.

Two poems as starters for world kindness day. Might help and inspire. Both poems are only one page long.

A fun little poem about the night before school starts from the family and teachers point of view. hopefully will bring a smile to the readers face. hopefully you can read it all on one page before deciding to download it if you want.

Three lessons on kindness. first looks at being grumpy and what can be done to help you not being grumpy. second lesson looks at individual acts of kindness. third looks at a groups acts of kindness. this is all going to be going in as a bundle with all the extras referenced in the lessons