A welcome back assembly for the new year. looking at the history of the new year with the Julian calendar starting the year at 1st Jan, then how the idea of the new year being 1st Jan changed in the middle ages. to the reintroduction with the new calendar led by the pope. Then looking at how people celebrate, along with where the first celebrations are and then where the last are and the distance between them (less than 140 miles).

A power point looking at surrealism and then some of Salvador Dali's work. with a slide of information and then some ideas for creating your own work. art looked at is metamorphosis of narcissus, the rose, the phantom wagon, Galatea of spheres and the lobster phone. either work through or pick your fav ones

two different poem ideas for being alone one being lonely and one not so. Designed for ideas and imagination for the pupils to develop on and create their own. can also be used for assembly ideas and discussion.

An assembly looking at tips and advice on how to handle change. It starts with looking at the January transfer window and the change that brings for teams, players and their families. it then goes into steps to help to handle change. it ends with David Bowie - Change

Can you guess these ten famous books from the Emoji’s

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

A fun activity to learn about pupils in your new class while enjoying yourselves. Ideally to be performed on a playground to make sure it does not get cramped. 45 multiple choice general knowledge questions included.

An Assembly looking at the Worldwide Conservation Day on the 4th of December. The assembly looks at the ten most endangered animals, and ends with the WWF pledge on what we can do to discourage animal poaching.

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

A simple poem in freedom

A simple assembly looking at national poetry day and two blank sheets for the pupils to write on. It looks at the teachers favorite poem (currently dad fell in the pond by Alfred Noyse). Then the nation fav, the owl and the pussycat. then topic of freedom, two examples of different poems on the theme. Ask the children what they would do and give out templates to make a display from. for full lesson plans see https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ and national poetry day on the tes

With Christmas approaching, here is an assembly that looks at the festive season in Hawaii. It is full of information about the food, celebrations, Santa's routine and the language along with a famous song. I hope you enjoy.

A short poem about a weeks activities on the playground by one pupil. something fun to help start a pupil off on using poetry to describe a weeks activities

A selection of images that can be used as cards, tags or / and colouring in, with pun comments. Ewe’re the one that I want with lamb image. Ewe R amazing with lamb again No body puts bunny in the corner with the rabbit you’re eggatrordinary and you’re eggstra special with a blank egg. finally hoppy easter with all of the images Enjoy

A simple image for pupils to colour in as an Easter Card with the tag line some bunny loves you. It can be lined or blank depending on if the class want to write on the image. Can be used as either a card, tag or simple picture. Hopefully a bit of fun running up to Easter.

Follows on from SPaG activity and activity 2. The aim of the game is to make a sentence (or two) that gets you across the board. There are two teams / players against each other, who will be first to complete the journey from A to B. each player takes it in turn to pick a card from the pile to see the next word they should play ( verb, noun, punctuation etc.) if they cannot play the card they miss a turn. You can simplify the game by the types of cards you put in the pile,depending on the groups ability you have. Good luck. If you download this and get some really good sentences I would appreciate a picture or explanation of the board on the feedback section. Thank you

SPaG activity 9 looking at the active and passive voice. Rules Both teams start at the starting point on the plank. The Pirate King / Queen acts as plank master and asks the questions. They then take it in turns to roll the dice. They then decide if they wish to move their counter towards safety or move the oppositions counter towards danger and the edge. To move towards safety they must turn an active sentence passive. To move the opposite player towards danger they must turn a passive sentence active. The Pirate King / Queen asks the question. If you get the sentence wrong you do not move and it becomes the oppositions turn. Good luck and avoid walking the plank.

A selection of thoughts, quotes, images and phrases to stimulate conversation and thinking within the classroom. they vary from Disney, star wars, images, quotes and phrases from famous thinkers and people over the years. Just a bit of fun for morning activities to get the mind working. There are 65 usable slides in total.

A selection of maths questions to challenge upper KS2 and KS3 pupils. They cover word problems looking at car millage and cost. Venn diagram, decimals to fractions with a defined number to use, Volumes in a cube, making an equation work for you and simultaneous equations to solve a puzzle grid.

Do you remember the game runaround from the 80’s? Here are a selection of SATs style multiple choice questions for maths and English (SPAG). Then using the basic rules of runaround the children have thirty seconds to work out the solution and get to A, B or C. If you have a sneaky class you could also add in the extra rule that after 30 seconds they have another ten seconds to change their answer. Will they play sneaky or be fairer. It could be a good way of revision and exercise to relax the class and unwind at the same time.