We are ExcitEd to share a fun interactive assembly plan to celebrate Chinese New Year. This download includes: A detailed assembly script, with details about the Chinese New Year festival and an interactive storytelling of the traditional Chinese Folk Tale, ‘The Great Race’. A PowerPoint assembly presentation to accompany the script. (16 slides) Assembly entrance and exit music (Embeded into PowerPoint and links to free MP3 download.) Printable images of all zodiac animals to be used during interactive storytelling. Assembly Content: Starting with calming instrumental Chinese inspired music, children can take their places in the hall. A brief welcome is followed by a true or false quiz to introduce the assembly’s focus - Chinese New Year. (Also referred to as Luna New Year or Spring Festival.) After some information about the festival, where, how and why it is celebrated, there is an interactive storytelling of the traditional folk tale, "The Great Race’. This traditional Chinese tale explains to children how the new years came to be named after animals. Teacher’s should print the included prop cards to use during the story telling. Children could be chosen in advance or on the day to take on the roles of the animals. There is no need for rehearsals as this is completely led by the story teller and the children are given instructions as part of the story telling. The accompaning PowerPoint presentation shows illustrations and text to go alongside the story and could be used as an ebook. At the close of the assembly, the current or upcoming Chinese New Year animal is revealed and some information about it is shared. (this information can be edited so that the assembly can be used each year.) Finally, teachers wish the children good fortune and happiness in the new year using the Cantonese phrase, Gong hei fat choi. The exit music is again a calming Chinese inspired song called Gong hei Fat choi. The assembly should last approximately 15 - 20 minutes. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a firework themed maths project specifically planned for UKS2 (Year 6). Spend an afternoon allowing children to apply their maths skills in this topical, fun, themed lesson. This download includes: A Detailed Lesson Plan PowerPoint Lesson presentation with starter activity and plenary included. All printable resources are included - emails from the council, fireworks price list and planning sheets - Differentiated four ways. Answer Sheets for teachers are also included. For this lesson, children get to take on the role of pyrotechnic event coordinators. They’re going to plan a fireworks display! They will work in teams or pairs and get to use calculators to check their work. This has been a winning formula with my classes. The starter activity is a game called Target 100. Children must add, subtract, divide or multiply a start number to attempt to make 100 or stop anyone else making 100. Children will be given ‘an email’ from a local council asking them to plan a fantastic fireworks display to celebrate an upcoming national event. What an exciting opportunity! In the form of an email from a council events department, children will be given a brief. This sets out details of a budget and length of time that their display must be along with any special requirements which could make this activity more challenging. Along with the email, each team will be given a fireworks price list and a planning sheet. These handouts will support the children in planning their displays and completing the task. Included is also a follow up email from each council which can be used as an extension activity, asking children to calculate prices in discounts are added, or ticket prices for the event. The plenary ends the session with a review of questions about planning a fireworks display. Answer sheets for each differentiated activity are also included to make marking, reviewing and following up this lesson simple. National Curriculum Links: NC2014 - Mathematics - Year 6 Programme of Study. Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages and the use of percentages for comparison Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate**** Planned for use around a national celebration, such as Halloween, Diwali, Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year, Bastille Day, July 4th or any date when fireworks are set off nationally. ExcitEd Resources bring you effective, fun and creative resources linked to the English Primary National Curriculum. Take a look at out shop for more. www.excitedresources.co.uk

We are Excited to share a lesson for a 5th of November related acrostic poem plus a collection of firework themed handwriting worksheets. Suitable for KS1 but could be adapted and used with KS2 and EYFS Includes… Acrostic Poem Templates Blank Writing Template for Display Fireworks Handwriting Patterns Worksheets Remember, remember handwriting worksheet Lesson Plan for Acrostic Poems Smart Notebook Presentation for Acrostic Poem lesson - including starter activity and plenary We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

KS1 Maths - Discovering Fractions. A Maths Investigation Lesson. We are ExcitEd to share this practical and engaging maths lesson especially for KS1. Focusing on introducing fractions. We ask the question ‘How many ways to make half ?’ Children investigate ways to find half of a square in a practical and hands on way. SpoilerThere are 13 ways to find half in our fun maths investigation lesson, but shh don’t tell your class they have to find out for themselves! This download includes: Detailed lesson plan with curriculum links for both year 1 and year 2. Differentiated worksheets for MA,A, LA and SEN Suggested extension task Lesson presentation in SmartNotebook and PowerPoint We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

Celebrating Fathers Day. An English lesson planned for KS1 but could also be useful in KS2 year 3 This lesson has been planned to help you celebrate Fathers Day with your class. Children will be focusing on their reading skills whilst completing an individual cloze activity that they can take home as a Fathers Day gift. This cloze activity is in the form of a thank you letter to Dad. We are aware that for some children their male carer may not be called ‘Dad’ so we have various versions of the activity so that you can give each child a suitable version to complete as a Fathers Day gift. L.O. I can read back my work to check that it makes sense. Included in this download: Lesson Plan linked to NC2014 Lesson Presentation in Smart Notebook (slides also visible in PDF format) Cloze Procedure Letter Worksheets. (Various Dad, Daddy, Father, Uncle, Papa, Grandad, Grandpa plus a blank version.) All printable resources are in PDF format. Both cursive and standard font versions are included. Word Bank Blank Word Bank (Reduce the number of words on the word bank to further support LA pupils. Extend MA children by removing word bank and asking them to complete activity with their own words. ) We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a 1 week literacy unit for LKS2. Children working in year 3 and 4 will write a book review of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. (This is week 6 of a 6 week scheme of work built around The Iron Man. The complete half term of work is available as a discounted bundle in out TES shop.) Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing a book review with specific attention placed on the use of paragraphs and apostrophes for possession. Included with this download: Detailed Planning for the week. Daily PowerPoint lesson presentations including starter activities and lesson plenaries. Reading comprehension with a teachers answer sheet. Worksheets and activities for each lesson. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. All lessons are differentiated 3 ways using the TAF statements for LKS2. Daily literacy starter activities are also included - This week we look at using apostrophes for possession. Lesson 1 is whole class reading comprehension which ensures that children are familiar with book reviews as a text type. This lesson also acts as a ‘hook’. Children will be excited to offer their own thoughts and opinions. Lesson 2 looks at the text type in more detail and children are required to think about and identify facts and opinions about the book. Lesson 3 introduces the use of paragraphs and both supports and challenges children with their use of these. Lesson 4 allows children to plan their own book reviews using a planning frame which will include facts, opinions and support children in their use of paragraphs. Lesson 5 is an independent writing lesson where children use the skills they have developed over the week to write their own book review of The Iron Man. This resource is part of a bigger scheme of work based on the whole book. The whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing a newspaper report based on the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. For children in years 3 and 4. Planning for 5 days, differentiated 3 ways, daily teacher presentation in Smartnotebook. Daily literacy starter activities also included, guided reading, homework suggestions and display templates. All materials included. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. Please note: This download is the fourth part of a 6 part scheme of work. The additional weeks or whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price in our shop. Each week starts with a reading comprehension lesson and builds up to a piece of extended writing at the end of the week. I have found this to be a highly effective way of teaching and ensuring progress. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share, one week unit of outstanding literacy lessons for LKS2 - Year 3 and year 4. Focusing on developing children’s use of ambitious vocabulary with the outcome of a question and answer poem about food. Easy to follow and adapt to your class. Includes: Five full lessons All planning linked to the English National Curriculum, and driven by TAF targets. Step by step, easy to follow plans. All digital resources, including differentiated worksheets and activities. A PowerPoint presentation to accompany each lesson. Suggestions for guided reading. Dyslexia friendly styling. Reading comprehension lesson. Writing templates for display. Daily starter activities - This week linked to vocabulary. Children will look at the poem ‘Colour’ by Christina Rossetti, this poem will be used as a format model for their independent writing later in the week. The week starts with a reading comprehension lesson and then, over the following days, children will develop their food related vocabulary, using dictionaries and thesauruses. An exciting lesson with snack tasting makes this week fun and interactive. Children will then plan their food poems using the vocabulary they will have developed and finally they will independently write. Outcomes have been fantastic and templates for display allow you to easily share children’s writing success. Hopefully teaching this unit won’t make you too hungry before lunch! We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook for updates and freebies.

Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing the opening of a newspaper report based on the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. For children in years 3 and 4. Planning for 5 days, differentiated 3 ways, daily teacher presentation in Smartnotebook and powerpoint Daily literacy starter activities also included, guided reading, homework suggestions and display templates. All materials included. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. Please note: This download is the third part of a 6 part scheme of work. The additional weeks or whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price in our shop. Each week starts with a reading comprehension lesson and builds up to a piece of extended writing at the end of the week. I have found this to be a highly effective way of teaching and ensuring progress. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a one week literacy unit focused on writing a diary entry related to chapter 2 of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Planned for children working in years 3 and 4. (LKS2) Download Includes: A detailed weekly plan PowerPoint Presentation for each lesson Daily literacy starter activities Worksheets and printable activities A homework worksheet This week children will start with a reading comprehension lesson which will act as the hook to introduce chapter 2 of this book. In daily lesson starters they will work on using conjunctions to create compound sentences. Additionally, throughout the week children will be encouraged to use these in their writing. We then look at writing in the first person, past tense and sequencing events in the chapter, with work on adding time connectives, before children confidently and independently write a diary entry. **Please note: ** This download is the second part of a 6 week scheme of work. The additional weeks are available individually or as a bundle with 50% off in our shop . We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing and recording a TV news report based on the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. For children in years 3 and 4. Planning for 5 days, differentiated 3 ways, daily teacher presentation in Smartnotebook and powerpoint Daily literacy starter activities also included, guided reading, homework suggestions and display templates. All materials included. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. Please note: This download is the fifth part of a 6 part scheme of work. The additional weeks or whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price in our shop. Each week starts with a reading comprehension lesson and builds up to a piece of extended writing at the end of the week. I have found this to be a highly effective way of teaching and ensuring progress. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a full, painting focused, art day! Including detailed planning, PowerPoint lesson presentations, wit starter and plenary activities, plus all printable resources. Key questions and tips are also included throughout the lesson presentation. Additional extension activities, worksheets and a display pack add to this comprehensive set of resources. This is a reflective art day looking at cherry and plum blossom in East Asian culture, how it is portrayed in art and what it represents. Developed originally for use with year 5 during spring term, but could be used in any KS2 class. This resource focuses on building work in children’s sketchbooks and upon them developing their brush skills using both water colour and then acrylic paints. (Although the type of paint could be adapted easily.) National Curriculum Links: Art Day Contents: Starting with details of the cultural significance of cherry and plum blossom trees in Japan and China. Followed by a virtual gallery trip to look at traditional East Asian art. A nature walk is also a good stimulus to further inspire children. Throughout the day, opportunities are planned for children to develop their brush skills and also to adapt and build upon their ideas for their final piece of work. By the end of the art day / block of lessons children will have filled several pages of their art sketchbooks and have a final piece inspired by the days work ready for display. The final outcome is a blossom painting inspired by traditional cherry and plum blossom paintings from China and Japan. An extension activity allowing children to explore writing Chinese characters and perhaps adding them to their final piece of work is included as a work sheet. This resource could very easily be adapted to 5 or 6 shorter lessons with the same outcome if a whole art day was not possible. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.

We are ExcitEd to share a 1 week literacy unit. Complete planning and resources for 5 lessons focused on writing poems based on the opening pages of ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes. Intended for LKS2, years 3 and 4. This unit is week 1 of a 6 week scheme of work. All materials are included Detailed Planning Daily PowerPoint lesson presentations Worksheets and activities. Only a copy of the book ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes is needed in addition. All lessons are differentiated. Daily literacy starter activities are also included (All starter activities are reading comprehension related for this week.) Lesson 1 is whole class reading comprehension which ensures that children are familiar with the first chapter of the book as this is what the poetry is based upon, this also acts as a ‘hook’. Children will be excited to find out what happens next. Lesson 2 looks at the text in more detail and children are required to generate questions about the Iron Man. Lesson 3 introduces the use of adjective and adverbs and for a greater challenge, adverbial openers Lesson 4 looks at the use of similes in description and writing descriptive sentences which will be used in children’s poetry. Lesson 5 is an independent writing lesson where children use the skills they have developed over the previous lessons to write their own question and answer poem about the Iron Man. This resource is part of a bigger scheme of work based on the whole book. The whole scheme is available as a bundle at a discounted price. We bring you effective, teacher made, fun and creative resources for use in primary schools linked to the English National Curriculum. Take a look at our TES shop or follow us on Facebook @ExcitEd Teachers for updates and freebies.