Eye-catching start, then some physics, then a practical activity, making a Crane. Seesaw, See Saw, Turning, Newtons, Fulcrum, Balance

ACTIVITY: Cut out and make long chain molecules and the small intestine wall. Using scissors as enzymes (adding labels so they are specific to the molecules), snip off sections of chain and post them through the model of the small intestine. Shows how molecules won’t fit until broken down. Digestive System, Digestion, Amino Acids, Fatty Acids, Sugars, Glucose, Starch, Protein, Fats, KS3 KS4

A short PowerPoint presentation with worksheet, to help learners get to grips with the difference between two pairs of words that are widely confused: Affect/Effect and Less/Fewer. The presentation is aimed at secondary schools but may also be useful for years 5 and 6 who wish to improve their English usage. Extension: Greater than/More than Affect/Effect, Less/Fewer Worksheet included

Visual learners can become confused by the layout of arithmetic processes. Valuable GCSE Chemistry marks can be secured if they can find a method for balancing chemical equations that maps out what’s going on in an easy to understand way. This single A4 sheet contains the method I use to explain to my SEN students and others. It invites students to make columns of the molecules on each side of the equation until they have matching numbers of atoms/ions on each side. The method consolidates the understanding that only substances present in the equation can be added. It is also fun.

Full instructions, with lesson plan, on running a day-long activity where students create scenery and characters and animate them using simple digital cameras to create their own animated video. Videos can be created using easily available editing software, or simply hitting the forward button multiple times. Engaging and fun. Downloads: Lesson plan (timings left blank to suit your school day), Animation and Scenery instructions/suggestions, storyboard blank.

I estimate about 60% of secondary school pupils can not use analogue clocks. This guide is designed to be downloaded and used by teaching assistants, parents and other helpers, to guide children in how to use a round-face clock with hands. It has a cut out clock and a thorough explanation, so that the pupils themselves, at older junior and secondary level, can use the guide without support. For primary and SEN, it will ensure that essential information is not missed out.

Single poster, size 1868 x 1174px to print and display in classrooms/corridors etc. Suitable for A4. Will be a bit pixillated at A3 but perfectly readable. Uses the words PHYSICAL DISTANCE so students do not feel they are not allowed to socialise.

Students make a simple paper windmill to demonstrate DC and a folded paper fan to represent AC. The air movement models the electrical energy in one continuous flow or moving back and forth. Resources needed: paper or thin card, hanger wire and a bead (or map pins and sticks to do the same job - see diagram - but note H&S hazard sticking pins into wood). Students read the note on the difference between AC and DC, then make the models and understand that the energy can be delivered with an alternating movement as well as movement in one direction.

Pixelated images of famous characters esolve in three steps to a clear picture with their name below..Some are more easily recognised than others. Can be used for starter in science skills lesson, or to show how eyes and brain process visual cues. Most age groups will recognise most of the images on this ppt.

3 sheets of printable sheets with idioms paired with their meanings. These can be: Cut out folded/glued so the meaning is on the reverse of the idiom Separated completely so the idiom and meanings have to be paired up Used on display posters, perhaps with researched/created images alongside Used as prompts for inserting idioms within sentences or stories A short explanation of what an idiom is, together with a couple of stories as examples of how idioms arise, is also included.

A scribbled, comic-style representation of the story told in My Last Duchess, a horror poem by Robert Browning, to help those who struggle with poetry, e.g. ASC (autism), dyslexia.

A poster advertising that students can wear festive clothing on the last day of term before Christmas break, bringing in £1 for the school’s chosen charity(ies).