A great resource to get learners excited about the Halloween and Day of the Dead 2016! The resource includes 5 theme activities: -Creating a Halloween monster -Writing a dribble (100 word story) -Day of the Dead find-a-word -Mindfulness Colouring -Day of the Dead skulls -Day of the Dead skull masks -Teachers notes and suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy and art lesson, can be left as a cover lesson or used during Form group or ‘Down time’. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and KS3 students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

Christmas literacy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 11 Christmas theme activities, teacher notes and answers: - 2x pre-poetry activities (mind-map and 5 senses) - 3x poetry activities – Limerick, Cinquain and Tanka - 3x Christmas word-search - Drabble (creative writing) - Christmas world fact file - ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ comprehension This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone English or literacy lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. The worksheets can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and lower KS3 students. Activities are differentiated – outlined in teacher notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Want to try before you buy? Download one of my free resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 5 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -writing a haiku -acrostic poem, -dribble (100 word story) - feature article -word search -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to higher KS2 and KS3 students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978

A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 3 worksheets for students to use to reflect on their holidays. The pack also included 2 fun back to school worksheets for students to complete. -2 truths and 1 lie -Holiday memories -Back to school Bingo -Word scramble -Back to school word search -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4- 8 or KS2 and lower KS3. Would go great with ‘Back to school – Holiday and Learning Reflections’ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-and-learning-reflections-11186051 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

An excellent resource of Spirograph images for early finishers to colour in. The resource includes 16 images for a mindful colouring activity in your tutor time, art or maths class. This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a standalone art lesson or be used as an activity for early finishers in your maths class. It could also be used as an activity during tutor time, free time, class ‘down-time’ after lunch or cover lesson. This resource can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS1-KS3 students. Activities are differentiated, as there are easy patters and more complicated patters to provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -multiplication -time - perimeter and area - division - reading tables -word search (for early finishers) -suggested teaching strategies -answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and lower KS3 students. Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4). Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.

Christmas literacy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 10 Christmas theme activities and answers: - 2x Beginning sounds – writing the letter - 2x Beginning sounds – circle the correct letter - 2x Christmas word-search - Christmas words snap game - 2x Christmas story with puppets - Letter to Santa Claus This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone English or literacy lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to early years and KS1 students. Activities are differentiated – harder word search and Christmas vocabulary provide a challenge for more able students. Want to try before you buy? Download my free Christmas resource. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes Rio Olympic theme displays: -Medal Tally Poster - Bookmark/ Border Display - Bunting - Bingo -Olympic Country Report - Flag of competing country and sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! The worksheet and game can form a standalone lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. The displays can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and lower KS3 students. Suggested ideas are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978

A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 4 worksheets for students to use to reflect on learning and goal progress. The pack also included 2 fun worksheets for students to use when reflecting on their holidays. -Comparing and Reflecting on Progress -Reflecting Rubric -Learning Reflection -Classroom Reflection -Holiday Tweets and Texts -Holiday Snapshot -Teacher Notes This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson when students receive their most recent results back. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Years 6-10 or KS2, KS3 and GCSE students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes 9 Rio Olympic theme activities: -Puzzles - Alphabetical sort, word search, crossword - Literacy activities – Acrostic poem, persuasive writing - Olympic games activities – Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream - Certificate -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to KS2 and low KS3 students. Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent RIO resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285978

A great resource to give learners at the start of any term, not just at the beginning of the year! The resource includes 4 worksheets for students to use to reflect on learning and goal progress. The pack also included 5 fun worksheets for students to use when reflecting on their holidays and 2 fun back to school worksheets for students to complete. -Comparing and Reflecting on Progress -Reflecting Rubric -Learning Reflection -Classroom Reflection -Holiday Tweets and Texts -Holiday Snapshot -2 truths and 1 lie -Holiday memories -Back to school Bingo -Word scramble -Back to school word search -Teacher Notes and Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a first day back lesson when students receive their most recent results back. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Years 4- 8 or KS2 and lower KS3, however the reflection worksheets are accessible to Year 6-10 or KS3 and GCSE students. Both packs are available individually @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-reflections-and-activity-pack-11186943 and https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-holiday-and-learning-reflections-11186051 Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 6 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -multiplication -time - perimeter and area - division - reading tables -word search (for early finishers) -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4 - lower Year 8. Worksheets provide a challenge for more able students (Year 4). Some questions rely on assumed Olympic event knowledge so please read the teaching notes. All measurements are in meters to align with Olympic events (i.e. 100m, 10km athletic events etc.) Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest.

Christmas numeracy activities. A great resource to get learners excited about the Christmas 2015! The resource includes 12 Christmas theme activities and a number chart and answers: - 2x Counting – halving numbers - 3x Counting - addition practice - 2x Counting practice (1-10) - Counting with a dice - 2x Counting – number sequence - 2x Symmetry drawing This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can provide worksheets to help form a standalone numeracy lesson or can be left as activities in a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to early years and KS1 students. Activities are differentiated – harder number sequences and symmetry drawings and blank addition worksheet and provide a challenge for more able students. Want to try before you buy? Download my free Christmas resource. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes 9 Rio Olympic theme activities: -Puzzles - Alphabetical sort, word search, crossword - Literacy activities – Acrostic poem, persuasive writing - Olympic games activities – Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream - Certificate -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 3-6 students. Suggested ideas for differentiation and extension are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent RIO resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993

Special discount offer for all 3 of my Rio Summer Olympics themed resources! The resource includes: - 5 literacy activities (writing a haiku, acrostic poem x2, dribble (100 word story), feature article and persuasive writing. - 5 worksheets (Olympic rings, design a medal, my hero, Olympic dream, Olympic Country Report) - 4 puzzles (Alphabetical sort, word search x2 and crossword) - Certificate - 3 display posters (Medal Tally Poster, Bookmark/ Border Display and Bunting) - Bingo - Flag of competing country - Sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers These resources have been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. Please note that some activities in this bundle are aimed at KS2 while others are aimed at KS3. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rugby World Cup 2015! The resource includes 13 Rugby World Cup theme activities: -Writing a haiku and acrostic poem, dribble (100 word story) and article -Mapping skills -Numeracy worksheet – number, fractions and percentage -Suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy and numeracy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to upper Elementary and lower Middle school students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources and free RWC themed resource.

A great resource to get learners excited about Rio 2016! The resource includes 5 Rio summer Olympics theme activities: -writing a haiku -acrostic poem, -dribble (100 word story) - feature article -word search -suggested teaching strategies -Answers This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! It can form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 6-9 students. Activities are differentiated and provide a challenge for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources including my FREE Rio Olympics web-quest. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993 Updated: Haiku PowerPresentation uploaded...if you have already purchased this resource you can download the file via your dashboard.

Use this display pack to brighten up your classroom and so you never miss a student’s birthday! This resource has colourful posters for each month and a title poster to complete the display. There is also name tags and teacher notes with a bonus lesson idea. Click on my display name to visit my TES shop and see my other great resources, including other back to school resources and displays. Please review if you found it useful!

A great resource to get learners excited about Chinese New Year 2016! Question Answer Relationship (QAR) is a great technique for encouraging and improving reading comprehension with students. http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship The resource includes 3 clips for students to watch and QAR themed questions for each clip. The clips include: -the story of the 12 Chinese Zodiac -Chinese New Year fable – Nian -a story about the Lantern Festival The resource also includes a web-quest including 9 questions with extension activities (web game and mini art project). Computers with access to the internet, Paint and Office applications and headphones are required. This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialised ability is needed! It can help form a standalone literacy lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. Together all activities should last between 80mins – 120mins. Can be easily adapted to suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to years 7-8. Activities are differentiated by the QAR levels, but there is also an extension activity at the end for more able students. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources.

A great resource to get learners excited about the Rio 2016! The resource includes Rio Olympic theme displays: -Medal Tally Poster - Bookmark/ Border Display - Bunting - Bingo -Olympic Country Report - Flag of competing country and sport pictographs -Suggested teaching strategies This resource has been thoroughly designed so no extra prep or specialized ability is needed! The worksheet and game can form a standalone lesson or can be left as a cover lesson. The displays can easily suit other lessons you may have already planned. This lesson should be accessible to Year 4-7 and lower Year 8-9 students. Suggested ideas are provided in the teachers notes. Please rate if you enjoyed! Click on my display name to see my other excellent resources. Now available as a bundle @ https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/rio-olympics-2016-themed-literacy-activities-bundle-11285993