Bubble writing - cursive handwriting scaffold Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting. Included is a PowerPoint presentation including words from the Year 3/4 spelling list that can be printed as a handwriting pack for children to work through. Blank slides enable you to add words to suit your needs and finally 2 different sized PDF scaffolds that children can use to write on (If photocopied the bubbles will disappear to leave the writing that has been completed.)

Bubble writing - cursive handwriting scaffold Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. There has been a huge impact within my class in a very short space of time and I hope you will see similar benefits within your own setting. Included is a PowerPoint presentation including words from the Year 5/6 spelling list that can be printed as a handwriting pack for children to work through. Blank slides enable you to add words to suit your needs and finally 2 different sized PDF scaffolds that children can use to write on (If photocopied the bubbles will disappear to leave the writing that has been completed.)

Positive Male Role Models - Addressing Harmful Influences and Gender Stereotypes. In this lesson, students will explore the positive qualities and characteristics to consider when choosing a role model to emulate or be influenced by. Created to counter the harmful views propagated by online influencers such as Andrew Tate, this lesson empowers children to become critical consumers of information, rather than accepting online hearsay as fact. Intended as a gentle precursor to secondary school topics of misogyny and toxic masculinity, this lesson reminds students of their previous learning on gender stereotypes and applies this knowledge to new scenarios related to harmful gender stereotypes. While this lesson does not explicitly name Andrew Tate, we will apply our critical thinking skills to an age-appropriate selection of Tate’s quotes without crediting him as the influencer (please note that we have been careful to select examples that include no sexual references or violence). This lesson is suitable for students in UKS2 (Year 6) or possibly LKS3 students in Year 7. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The British Legion, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk

This unit is a series of six lessons and all resources for the Understanding Christianity Gospel Unit “What would Jesus do?” These lessons are based on Understanding Christianity CORE LEARNING planning. Activities include a detailed Sermon on the Mount guided reading comprehension; Sermon on the Mount mindmap activity; Wise and Foolish Builders comprehension; foundations for Christians and non-Christians Venn Diagram task; Jesus as miracle worker statement ordering task; Christian dialogue about Jesus’ miracles activity; study of four components of prayer; Lord’s Prayer activity based on four components of prayer; write a prayer for a Christian to use; how can Christians follow Jesus to improve the world table sorting activity; interview with a prison chaplain; and a final What is wonderful about the world? mindmap task. Lessons include videos, group/partner discussion, group tasks, individual tasks and making links to children’s own lives. All resources are included, and there is a printing requirement list for the whole unit. Please note - the SMART and PowerPoint contain the same content, but you need Notebook software to open SMART.

SATS 2020 - 100 reading questions organised by content domain, created for SATS revision. This is a popular revision tool for the Y6 Reading SATS test! The resource can be used all year round to help prepare pupils for the requirements of the 2020 KS2 test or as a last minute revision tool. Get ready for the 2020 KS2 reading assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the reading content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the KS2 SATS paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular reading content domain to revise - Practise those tricky 3-mark questions where pupils often lose marks - Revise fiction/non-fiction/poetry questions - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource also includes handy hints and tips to help pupils in the test. Perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a short passage in the style of the reading SATS papers and then a question to answer. This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their reading SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: SPAG #helpwithsats

SATS 2020 - 100 SPAG questions organised by topic to revise for the KS2 tests. This is a helpful revision tool for the Y6 SPAG test. The tool can be used all year round to prepare students for the requirements of the 2020 SATS or as a last minute revision activity. Get ready for the 2020 KS2 grammar assessments with this SATS Question Generator! Covering all of the grammar content domains, you can use this SATS revision resource to practise the different types of questions that might come up in the grammar paper. Select one of the following modes: - Choose a particular grammar domain or topic to revise - Random mode, giving you a mixture of all types of questions The SATs revision resource is perfect for teachers to use as morning work, lesson starters or revision sessions or alternatively for pupils to practise independently at school or at home. Each slide contains a new question in the style of the SATS GPS test paper and an answer to reveal. < This is a must-have resource for Y6 pupils working towards their GPS SATS tests! You might also like our similar resource: Y6 SATS Question Generator: Reading #helpwithsats

This unit is a series of six lessons and all resources for the UC Gospel unit “What kind of world did Jesus want?” It is based UCGospel Core Learning planning. Each lesson starts with a sticky knowledge retrieval quiz and vocabulary activity. Activities include giving up favourite possessions task linked to calling of first disciples; analysis of Matthew 4; mindmap of what it means to be a “fisher of people”; exploration of Leprosy Mission website; comprehension based on Bible story of Jesus healing the leper; discussion linking Jesus healing the leper to Christians today; activity based on modern day church activities linked to following Jesus; class vote activity on the importance of church activities; mindmap on what qualities a church leader needs; designing a weekly timetable for a church minister; day in the life of a church minister; wanted poster for a church leader; detective task linked to Archbishop Sentamu’s dog collar protest against Mugabe; globe activity looking at the way the world is versus how they want it to be; drawing activity correcting a situation Jesus would not want; and final paragraph answering the Big Question “What kind of world did Jesus want?”. Lessons include videos, group/partner discussion, group tasks, individual tasks and making links to children’s own lives. All resources are included, and there is a printing requirement list for the whole unit. Please note - the SMART and PowerPoint contain the same content, but you need Notebook software to open SMART.

32 lessons - ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ by Onjali Rauf - Year 4/5/6 - English planning A whole term’s English planning linked to the book ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’ (Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award 2019) by Onjali Rauf. Since its release, this book has been a classroom favourite, covering a topic that is never far from the news. Onjali Rauf writes about the topic of migration and refugees fantastically. I’ve taught this scheme three times now to different classes, and each time the children have all cheered at the end of the book (always a good sign that they’ve enjoyed it!) There are 32 lessons in total, all with accompanying SMART Notebook screens, task sheets and header sheets. To aid teaching each lesson, there are a total of 162 SMART Notebook screens (in one file) and each lesson is clearly marked along with which lesson each chapter should be read to aid and link to the learning. (Update - I personally use SMART Notebook files in my own lessons. In response to many requests, I have converted the SMART Notebook screens to Powerpoint, so there is also a Powerpoint presentation included for the teaching sequence for those unable to use SMART Notebook. However, please note that while the SMART Notebook screens can be edited, the Powerpoint screens can not be edited as they are screen snips from the SMART Notebook file.) This teaching sequence and planning will require the children to complete the following tasks over the 32 lessons: writing a recount writing a persuasive letter answering SATs style comprehension questions writing a narrative descriptive writing drama session writing an information text writing a newspaper report I have also included some examples of work for some lessons in the planning. This topic will also educate and inform the children of a very current real problem that others in the world face - the plight of the refugee. Using this book will expand their understanding of the world and help them to empathise and appreciate what some of the other children in school may have gone through. Even if you don’t need this scheme of work, I would highly recommend the book to share with the class. This resource has received over 20 five-star reviews from teachers who have purchased it. Some of the comments include: We have used this scheme for 2 years it is suitable for high, middle and low ability. It provides the cross curricular style that we wanted for year 7. Worth every penny. (united77) The best resource I have ever downloaded, this made my life so much easier. (AJ40) Absolutely love this. Brilliant scheme of work to go with an excellent book. (ajtranter) Thank you ! These resources are amazing. (teach_explore) Wonderful purchase. All lessons and clearly explained and the appropriate resources are all numbered which makes it super easy to follow. (torylindsay96)

Year 6 Arithmetic Tests with answers, written to fit on one A4 page. Based on KS2 SATs Arithmetic Papers. I use these tests as revision for my Year 6 class. After much searching, I couldn’t find any Arithmetic practice tests that fit onto one page (to save on photocopying!), so I decided to make some. Each test fits on to one page and comes with the answers. They are all based on KS2 SATs Arithmetic Test questions. The tests download in both PDF and editable Word formats. There is also a front cover, which I use when putting all the tests into a booklet, so my class can keep track of their scores improving. I hope you find them useful and it saves the trees/you some photocopying time!

Kingdom of God planning. This unit is a series of six lessons and all resources for the UC unit "When Jesus left what was the impact of Pentecost? Each lesson starts with a sticky knowledge retrieval quiz and vocabulary activity. Activities include reading and reaction to Pentecost story; emotion graph based on Pentecost; Pentecost objects and symbols group task; complete the picture activity; “I see, I think, I wonder” art task; diary entry of Pentecost witness; Bible study of Acts 2 : 41–47 passage; Holy Spirit “tweet” task; Holy Spirit symbol mind map; group drawing of what the Kingdom of God could look like; study of the Lord’s Prayer; Pentecost birthday invitation design; Pentecost Church poster design; a world without Pentecost group activity; and a final paragraph answering the question ‘What difference did the giving of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost make to Christians, then and now?’ Lessons include videos, group/partner discussion, group tasks, individual tasks and making links to children’s own lives. All resources are included, and there is a printing requirement list for the whole unit. Please note - the SMART and PowerPoint contain the same content, but you need Notebook software to open SMART.

Updated for New Year 2024 Happy new year! Welcome 2024 by encouraging your class to reflect on the past year, and decide on goals or resolutions for the new year. This foldable activity is a great way to start January with positivity and a good mindset (and is a fun alternative to a worksheet). This resource contains the following: A PDF with 3 similar templates, with identical prompts. One template has a straight cutting edge. A PowerPoint file with 3 blank templates to write your own prompts for pupils. These can then be printed for students to complete and fold. A Google Slides link (in the PDF) with 3 blank templates to write your own prompts for pupils. As above, this can then be printed for students to use. A picture to help with folding The prompts on the pre-written template are: -My best memory of 2023 -My proudest moment of 2023 -Someone who made me smile in 2023 -This year, I’d like to learn more about… -My 2024 goal at home is… -My 2024 goal at school is… -The month I’m most looking forward to in 2024 -Something I can do for others in 2024 is… Children colour their template, write/draw their responses in the blank spaces, cut, and fold. US and UK spelling and paper size included.

RE SMART and PowerPoint based on the big question “What did Jesus do to save human beings?” Unit of 5 lessons based on Understanding Christianity plans with all resources included and a guide to printing requirements. Each lesson includes a sticky knowledge retrieval quiz and vocabulary starter. Lessons include a bible passage comprehension on the Last Supper, animated videos, freeze frame activities, a study of the Stations of the Cross, a responsibility pie activity around who was to blame for Jesus’ death and emotional reactions to art depicting Jesus’ sacrifice. The unit culminates in looking at how Christians follow Jesus by considering different scenarios where someone’s burden is taken from them through the sacrifice of others. Lessons include videos, group/partner discussion, group tasks, individual tasks and making links to children’s own lives. All resources are included, and there is a printing requirement list for the whole unit. Please note - the SMART and PowerPoint contain the same content, but you need Notebook software to open SMART.

Like many primary school teachers I have tried a variety of handwriting schemes with varying degrees of success. Having thought through many common problems with handwriting I have developed a simple scaffold that places a bubble either side of the line to support letter formation. This simple scaffold provides a guide to consistently form cursive letters and ensure each letter is uniform in both height and width. Children are able to leave equal spaces between words and see clearly whether or not there is enough space at the end of each line for the next word they intend to write. These yellow scaffold sheets come in 4 different sizes and make it easier to see work done in pencil.

A comprehensive covering letter and personal statement which I wrote during my recent job search. Although it obviously needed to be adapted to suit the needs of each school that I was applying for, I found that having a ‘base’ letter was extremely useful. I was shortlisted for each job I sent this application to (and gained a headship) There was nothing on line at the time that I could use to guide/scaffold me, so I hope that someone finds this useful!

A lesson on ordering and comparing large numbers. Powerpoint contains: a video for visual learners, sentence starters to encourage maths talk and inequality symbols to print out. Differentiated worksheets included. Aimed at SEND Year 8 students but can easily be used for KS1 & 2 or KS3 intervention groups. Dyslexic friendly font and powerpoint.

Starter exercise for warming up and building word knowledge - a good starter for when children come in first thing in the morning or in preparation for entrance exams. 1 exercise = 17 antonyms to be matched (1 used as example). Most words are based on national curriculum (upper KS2) with some others added to enable the sheet to suit children of differing abilities.

Resources for teaching map skills to year 7 covering a range of skills Activities have been collated from a variety of free resources over the years - I'm sharing this SoW to help others with planning and resourcing. If there is work of yours I will happily credit it in the resource description, just let me know. Topics covered Longitude and latitude 4 and 6 figure grid references (some resources adapted from https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/4-and-6-figure-grid-references-6373196) Map symbols Scale (some resources adapted https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/what-is-scale-6169040 and https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/scale-drawing-and-maps-6280918) Height

Some more Christmas activities for your classes. -Bingo -Code breakers -Mixed up sentences -Word search -Mixed up paragraphs Please write a review! It’s important to me. Thank you very much. Have a nice day!!!