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A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.

A primary school teacher for over 20 years. I've learned a thing or two to share. My degree is in archaeology and I've never lost a love for history and all things history based.
White Rose maths Y1-6 unit cover sheets with small steps for children's book
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White Rose maths Y1-6 unit cover sheets with small steps for children's book

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This is the full school set of cover sheets for all year group topics. These can be glued into the children’s book before each topic starts. Great for Ofsted and we use them to mark out interventions for TAs in the small steps. Each maths area has its own border, eg, length is tape measures and place value has colourful numbers. I have left them as a word document so you can edit to suit your school. As i have uploaded it to a new computer, the school font has not been recognised so you will need to change the font and ensure each unit is on a new page. The title is the unit topic, then the White Rose small steps for that unit are below, a box for a before and after test results and a box at the bottom for the children to reflect on their learning within the topic. You can edit the boxes or wording, even the image around the edge if you like (it is a watermark under the design tab in word).
Handwriting families catchy letter formation for primary school
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Handwriting families catchy letter formation for primary school

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A catchy way to introduce letter formation groups and to continue practice throughout the primary years. There is the curly-wurly family (all c based letter formation), the bouncing family (letters that fall down and bounce back up), the soldier family (straight line, standing tall letters), the smiley family (rounded bottom letters) and the dangerous family (containing all the letters with sharp edges). A presentation that can be used for posters or on the Interactive White Board.
Using historic artefacts in the primary classroom CPD PowerPoint
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Using historic artefacts in the primary classroom CPD PowerPoint

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A PowerPoint for History Subject Leads to train staff in primary schools. The PowerPoint is around the effective use of artefacts in the classroom. It focuses on asking questions and using observation skills. It contains games that can be used in the primary classroom from the Foundation Stage to Year 6. Download and edit to personalise to your school.
Inspiration for using ruins to teach primary history in schools and at home
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Inspiration for using ruins to teach primary history in schools and at home

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This PowerPoint investigates how ruins can offer an insight into the history of a buiilding, a village, national history and can be used as the incentive for a larger project including art and design and technology. It provides ideas for using the ruins themselves as a learning tool for the building’s history and then ideas for a wider project. If you are thinking of using local ruins, then this is a presentation to use before you plan your unit of work.
Literacy sound, word and sentence support Dyslexic SEND
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Literacy sound, word and sentence support Dyslexic SEND

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An effective support for any primary child, dyslexic student or SEND pupil. Print a copy and put on the table to remind children of the letter formation families, the writing process, a sentence checklist, a sounds mat on the back and a personal dictionary inside. It is colourful and bright to engage the user and support their long term memory of key literacy skills.
Primary history subject development using the local area to understand local history
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Primary history subject development using the local area to understand local history

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This PowerPoint outlines how primary teachers and home-schoolers can use the local area for a unit of work in History. It takes the teacher through the resources that they can use to support a rich and multi-sourced investigation. It is intended to be used by the History Subject Lead as CPD or for a teacher / parent who needs help to plan a unit of work. There are embedded links to useful sites within the slides themselves, where sources have been suggested.
Primary Maths editable table top support basic skills key formulas SEND dyscalculia help
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Primary Maths editable table top support basic skills key formulas SEND dyscalculia help

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This is a handy sized booklet with a range of basic facts and reminders from the Key Stage 2 curriculum. It includes addition and subtraction (100 square and the part-whole model), multiplication and division (multiplication square and the part-whole diagrams), a range of shape key facts (including features and symmetry), angle reminders (shapes and lines), area, perimeter and volume formulas, fraction key information with diagram and a table of key facts for measures. It is downloadable as a PowerPoint so that you can edit to suit the needs of your children by adding or removing diagrams or key information. It can be used for SEND children or those with dyscalculia.
Well being emotional awareness anger issues SEND time to talk 5-11
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Well being emotional awareness anger issues SEND time to talk 5-11

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These colourful and engaging sheets offer children a chance to stop and think about how they are feeling. The first question asks them to identify an emotion they are feeling and is followed by having to identify what it looks like on a face. For those children that are learning to read emotional and social cues this can be invaluable training. For those learning to recognise emotional triggers, using these sheets daily as a morning task can support their growing awareness of themselves and their feelings. The sheets come in a multitude of genders, skins colours and hair styles so that you can find a fit for the child you are working with. A simple but really effective resource supporting our primary aged children as they try to make sense of themselves and the world around them.
A personal dictionary Dyslexic SEND table top template
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A personal dictionary Dyslexic SEND table top template

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An effective tool for all children but especially those with dyslexia or SEND and experiencing short term memory issues. This small booklet has simple colors on the cover to support any colour sensitivity and this makes it easier to copy on to coloured paper or card. The dictionary can be populated with useful words or can track the misspellings of the child to support their independent use when writing.
Ancient Greece PowerPoint template
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Ancient Greece PowerPoint template

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Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about the Ancient Greece. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Ancient Greece on the slides, they are designed to have Greek images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
Roman History PowerPoint slide design templates
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Roman History PowerPoint slide design templates

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A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and suited to the Romans topic. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text. The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own. Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
A-Z inside churches presentation  for teachers, CPD, parent or pupil
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A-Z inside churches presentation for teachers, CPD, parent or pupil

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A bright and engaging illustrated dictionary of things you might find in a church. It could be used as CPD by history/RE/Literacy subject leads in school, teacher knowledge if using a local church, parent knowledge if home schooling or for pupils to carry as they investigate a church. Pupils could use it like a checklist or as a reference to extend their knowledge. A great reference for a range of subjects and a range of purposes.
History PowerPoint slide design template bundle
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History PowerPoint slide design template bundle

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A collection of PowerPoint design templates: Roman Greek Early Man Vikings (buy as a bundle and get one free - 4 for the price of 3) The slides include: front cover agenda famous quote activity sheets with images relating to the topic conclusion final talk to your partner about what you have learned Fully editable and ready for classroom use.
Viking history PowerPoint slide design template
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Viking history PowerPoint slide design template

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A professional and engaging PowerPoint template ready for you to download and edit for teaching. The slide design is colourful and attractive and focuses on the blood-thirsty nature of the Vikings. The designs can be personalised with school fonts and the images rearranged to make way for text. If you want more slides duplicate the slide required to ensure the design and style is maintained. The presentation can be used in many ways - the pages can be printed and glued into books, pinned to a display, adapted as writing frames or even used within an ICT outcome for the history topic. Just download and make your own. Your headteacher will think you’ve spent hours designing engaging slides for your class!
Early Man PowerPoint template
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Early Man PowerPoint template

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Making school life just that little bit easier for teachers. Who has time to make powerpoints look engaging and exciting as well as making sure they contain lots of information? No one! This digital download contains a powerpoint design for a lesson or scheme of lessons about Early Man. It has been designed to ensure your slides are already engaging and exciting so that all you need to do is add the information for your students to learn. The download has editable slides, with elements that can be moved and fonts that can be replaced if your school has a strict cursive rule. There are 10 slide designs that can be duplicated and used to suit your needs. Be aware that it is a design only not a lesson plan. There is no information about Early Man on the slides, they are designed to have Early Man images and patterns ready for you to engage your students.
Children's calendar 2024
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Children's calendar 2024

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A comprehensive collection of events that school leaders, home schoolers or just interested parents can use to celebrate cultural, religious, charity and appreciation days. There are also some useful competition dates for story writing and poetry. The religious celebrations have a key - B Buddhism, S Sikhism, I Islam and J Jewish. Some Christian celebrations are embedded within our secular calendar so have not been highlighted as religious but this can be used as a learning opportunity. The Solstices and Equinoxes have been highlighted too. This could support learning in astronomy, history and nature. A great resource that you can use any way you see fit.
Primary School Mantras for Managers Leaders Heads to create a cooperative environment
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Primary School Mantras for Managers Leaders Heads to create a cooperative environment

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A set of 8 mantras to support leaders to create a respectful and cooperative environment. Taken from the perspective of a classroom teacher who has seen the good, the bad and the down right ugly. They are the lessons I have learnt where leaders, heads and managers can make easy changes to win the trust and respect of their staff. Once that respect is achieved, it becomes a sted-fast loyalty and you have a school that shares the load and works together. Through my experience, this open, honest and cooperative environment can be the difference between a Requires Improvement inspection and a Good one.
Motivational quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt for kids
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Motivational quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt for kids

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These engaging posters have hand-picked quotes from the inspirational Eleanor Roosevelt (the wife of FDR, American President 1933-1945). She is responsible for quotes like ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ and ‘Today is a gift and that is why it is called the present.’ These posters have specially selected quotes that should resonate with younger children in the primary classroom. They could be used as a display around a growth mindset or as part of a larger project about Eleanor or building resilience.
End of year review fortune teller fun activity
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End of year review fortune teller fun activity

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A twist on the usual end of year worksheets with this fortune teller. It has the questions that you would normally write on a piece of paper but this time they are in the centre of the fortune teller with some fun ways to find them. Watch the video with the images to find out how to put the fortune teller together. The sheet also has instructions. A lovely keep-sake for your students to take home at the end of the year.
End of year review by students
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End of year review by students

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A great keep-sake for your students to celebrate their best bits of the last year. It covers their favourite memories in picture form, their proudest moment, the most important thing they have learned and their favourite topic. A super way to celebrate their best bits with open ended questions so students can celebrate all successes. The download is a PDF format and is in both colour and black and white.