This document is an example of an action plan for leading Maths in a primary school. Some of the ideas could also be used in secondary. Included are objectives for improving teaching and learning in maths and 100 strategies for achieving these objectives. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you !

I have been involved in many interviews for several different local authorities. Included in this resource are 100 questions for the role of Deputy Head and are organised into the following categories: teaching and learning, behaviour and safety, equal opportunities and personal qualities. Please leave a review if you find this resource helpful. Thank you!

I have raised my schools attendance and punctuality figures significantly through many carefully planned strategies. This resource includes 100 helpful and practical tips to improve attendance and punctuality in your school. Advice is organised into the following sections: Daily Routines, Partnership with Parents, Encouragement and Rewards and Working with the Local Authority. This resource is aimed at primary but many of the tips are applicable to secondary schools. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.

Resource pack for an exciting and informative Roman-themed day. Includes instructions for five fun sessions, a factsheet for homework, a letter to parents, challenges and a song. This Roman day has been tried and tested with key stage two pupils who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learned lots of new information. Please see my other resources including a script for a Roman assembly.

This document contains grammatical terminology from the appendices of the National Curriculum 2013 for years 1&2, 3&4 and 5&6 with child friendly definitions and examples. 55 words are separated into the three stages and the document is fully editable. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful. Thank you!

24 page PowerPoint presentation and resources for a training session on phonics / Letters and Sounds which is suitable for teachers or support staff. The presentation includes: What is Phonics? Terminology Letters and Sounds Phases How to Structure a Phonics Session Ideas for Activities Irregular Words Split Vowels The Phonics Screening Check and Dos and Don’ts. This presentation is interactive and includes five activities including a quiz. Hand outs are also included. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please visit my shop for other English resources and leave a review if you find this helpful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

Imaginative script for an interactive and entertaining Roman class assembly. This script includes parts for up to 30 children and several interactive activities. This assembly has been tried and tested and received great feedback from staff, parents and children. Please see my other resources including a resource pack for a memorable Roman day.

Pack of interactive presentations, quizzes and worksheets on events in September: Roald Dahl’s Birthday, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Harvest Festival and the Autumn Equinox Roald Dahl’s Birthday is on the 13th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes: important vocabulary, who was Roald Dahl?, when and how his birthday is celebrated, Roald Dahl’s charity, the life of Roald Dahl, Roald Dahl’s books, Quentin Blake, success and awards, TV and stage, true or false questions, book quiz, special words matching activity, useful images, bibliography, links to videos, quiz and more! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is on the 19th of September. This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and visual, 30-page PowerPoint presentation which includes: important vocabulary, key information about Talk Like a Pirate Day, how Talk Like a Pirate Day began, Talk Like a Pirate Day celebrations, The Golden Age of Piracy real –life pirates, pirate lingo, pirate songs, identifying activity, pirate word matching activity, pirate jokes, matching activity, how to make a pirate hat, useful diagrams, pirate flags, quiz and more! Harvest Festival is celebrated throughout the month of September . This resource consists of a quiz worksheet and 30 page PowerPoint presentation which includes: important vocabulary, key information about the Harvest Festival, the history of the Harvest Festival, Harvest Festival celebrations around the world, Harvest Festival traditions, Interactive picture activity, interactive missing word activity, anagram activity, quiz, useful diagrams and images links to videos and more! The Autumn Equinox takes place in September each year. This resource consists of a visual, 30 page PowerPoint presentation and quiz worksheet which includes: important vocabulary, key information about the autumn equinox, the history of the autumn equinox, autumn equinox celebrations around the world, autumn equinox traditions, interactive picture activity, interactive matching activity, identifying activity, quiz, useful diagrams and images, links to videos and more! These resources are fully editable all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!

This pack includes a Roman Day resource, a Roman class assembly, 3x reading comprehensions and a Roman activity pack. Roman day pack: Resource pack for an exciting and informative Roman-themed day. Includes instructions for five fun activities, a factsheet for homework, a letter to parents, challenges and a song. This Roman day has been tried and tested with key stage two pupils who thoroughly enjoyed themselves and learned lots of new information. Assembly script: Imaginative script for an interactive and entertaining Roman class assembly. This script includes parts for up to 30 children and several interactive activities. This assembly has been tried and tested and received great feedback from staff, parents and children. Reading Comprehensions This resource is a pack of three reading comprehensions on the subject of ancient Rome. The topics are as follows: Entertainment in Ancient Rome, The Roman Army and The Roman Baths. They are designed for KS2 and the questions reflect content domains 2a- 2d: explaining the meaning of words in context, retrieval, summarising and inference using evidence. Question formats include multiple choice, true/false, ordering and find and copy. Activity Pack Included are a word search, quiz, crossword and writing activity. Please leave a review if you find this resource useful.

I have led English in several primary schools and had a positive impact on improving both reading results and attitudes to reading. Strategies for this have included whole school initiatives, providing training for staff and organising exciting book weeks. This document contains 100 ideas for improving reading standards and encouraging a love of reading in primary schools. Tips are organised into the following categories: whole school initiatives, in-class activities, home reading, strategies for phonics and staff training.

A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities to teach spelling, punctuation and grammar. This pack provides all resources needed for an hour-long staff meeting about activities to use in class for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. Your staff team will look at examples of SPaG questions from SATs, reflect about the SPaG requirements for their year group and how they have been covered, complete a grammar terminology activity, take part in whole group grammar activities and then try out several fun grammar activities on their tables. I delivered this meeting to a large staff team and received a round of applause! Included: - requirement activity - terminology activity - spelling strategies - grammar activities to demonstrate to team (x7) - grammar activities for staff to participate in on tables (x5) - 10 files to download This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This resource consists of a PowerPoint presentation with four supporting word documents for an hour-long training session on methods for teaching reading. Includes: - looking at a range of methods of teaching reading from the past and present - an activity in which staff attempt to decode five mystery texts - discussion of diagrams which show the skills used for reading - a task to match activities to reading skills and - an opportunity for teachers to reflect on the provision for reading in their own classrooms. This staff meeting is interactive, up to date for 2017-2018 and fully editable. It has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

This pack consists of resources for an hour-long staff meeting which introduces five strategies for improving English skills. In this session, quick and easy activities including reciprocal reading, dictation, language drill, reciprocal reading, precision teaching and dictogloss are clearly explained then demonstrated to staff. Practitioners are then given time at meeting to choose a strategy and plan a session to carry out with pupils. This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large team of teachers and received glowing feedback. This resource is fully editable, up to date for 2017-2018 and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading. WRITING Staff Meeting: Punctuation (English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities.

A staff meeting regarding subject knowledge of punctuation and ideas for teaching activities. The pack includes all resources needed for an hour-long, interactive staff meeting or INSET session. Includes: - Requirement sorting activity - Question marks: subject knowledge and activities - Exclamation marks: subject knowledge and activities - Sentence types subject knowledge - Interactive advert activity for staff - Apostrophes subject knowledge - ‘Greengrocer Apostrophe Game’ for staff - Commas and inverted commas subject knowledge - Parenthesis subject knowledge - Hyphens subject knowledge - Colons and semi-colons subject knowledge - Interactive colon activity for staff This staff meeting has been tried and tested with a large staff team and well received. This resource is fully editable and all images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you! You may also be interested in the following English Staff Meetings: WRITING Staff Meeting: SPAG Activities (Grammar, Spelling, English, INSET, Training) A staff meeting regarding enjoyable activities for teaching spelling, punctuation and grammar. **WRITING AND READING Staff Meeting: Activities for Teaching Reading and Writing (SPAG, English, INSET, Training) **A staff meeting in which staff will learn about and participate in five strategies for improving English skills. PHONICS Staff Meeting: Subject Knowledge and Teaching Strategies A staff meeting for teachers or support staff regarding phonics theory and how to teach phonics. **[ READING Staff Meeting: Pedagogy / Strategies for Reading]( https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/reading-staff-meeting-pedagogy-strategies-for-reading-english-inset-training-11540049)** A staff meeting regarding the teaching and learning of reading.

Pack of interactive presentations, quizzes and worksheets on events in June: World Cup 2018, Ramadan, Father’s Day and the Summer Solstice. Ramadan presentation: Visual 30+ page presentation for an assembly or lesson with accompanying quiz worksheet. Includes: When is Ramadan? The Five Pillars of Islam, the ‘Night of Power’, what is the Quran? What happens during Ramadan? Fasting, special meals, Eid ul Fitr, interactive true or false activity, interactive anagram activity, vocabulary activity, quiz, useful information and images, links and more! 2018 FIFA World Cup 30+ presentation with quiz worksheet. Includes: Important vocabulary, What is the 2018 FIFA World Cup? When will it take place? Where will it take place? How was the host country chosen? The history of 2018 FIFA World Cup, Who won previous World Cups? Who will be taking part? Who will not be competing? Which teams are in each group? How will the games be organised? Which players will take part? Who is the mascot? Who are the favourite teams to win? What is the prize? Interactive picture matching activity, Interactive flag activity, Anagram activity, Quiz, Useful information, Links to websites and more! Father’s Day: Interactive PowerPoint presentation on the subject of Father’s Day with images and activities. A quiz and accompanying worksheet is provided. Includes: what and when is Father’s Day and who celebrates it? how is Father’s Day celebrated in other countries? fathers in fiction, how did the tradition of Father’s Day begin? who else can we celebrate on Father’s Day? how can we celebrate Father’s Day? Father’s Day gifts, nature’s best dads, quiz, true or false activity, discussion points, identifying activity, matching activity Summer solstice presentation and quiz worksheet. Includes: Key information about the summer solstice, Information about the winter solstice, Vocabulary and definitions, Length of the day in London / Salisbury, Stonehenge, How is the summer solstice celebrated? Summer solstice celebrations around the world, Questions, Photographs, Fun facts, Interactive picture activity, Stonehenge activity, Matching activity, Quiz, and more! These resources are fully editable and could be used for an interactive assembly or a lesson. All images are copyright free. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you!