World Book Day is one of our favourite days of the year – and it’s always amazing to see schools and their pupils (and often their staff!) celebrating some of our best known books and stories. But as these are normally drawn from Western Europe (and particularly the UK), are we missing an opportunity? This … Read More
Use this piratical twist on bingo to test your speaking skills and your pupils’ listening skills with thirty five Pirate Phrases we’ve identified – and learn some Pirate Vocabulary into the bargain! Year Groups: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, P4, P5, P6, P7 Preparation: Download the Pirate Phrasebook (for you); download … Read More
Challenge your pupils to share their understanding of and thoughts about characters from books they’re exploring through poetry. Four line poems with a clear rhyming structure, clerihews are easy to construct – and packed with facts and descriptions! Download the resource here Resource Character Clerihews instructions Character Clerihews PowerPoint Find more teaching ideas and resources … Read More
Supporting children in thinking about rhymes, there are obvious links between Animal Rhymes and phonics teaching. The activity can lead to wonderful poetry – and also develops strategic thinking! Download the resource here Download the Resources Download the resource here Download the staff sheet Download the pupil sheet Get in touch and let us … Read More
With November 2019 marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, it’s important that the conflict is not forgotten by the children of today. And it’s important, too, that they’re supported in understanding that, in the intervening time, many more millions of men, women and children have suffered as the result of … Read More
Welcome to Observational Bingo! We at as creatives love looking for Maths in everyday life, so we’ve had great fun putting this together – and we hope you enjoy it. Your task is to find an example of each item on one of the five downloadable and printable Observational Bingo Grids, make a note of … Read More
Hit the ground running as soon as you get back in the new term – by promoting pupil-led, positive attitudes to learning from the outset! Download the Resource Getting SMART about Resolutions instruction sheet Resolutions Record Sheet SMART Resolutions Powerpoint
It’s nearly fifty four years since Martin Luther King dared voice a dream for the future – so why not help your pupils articulate their dreams as you celebrate Martin Luther King Day on January 16th? Get in touch and let us know about your experiences of using Bottling Your Dreams with your pupils at: … Read More
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