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Resource: Christophe’s Story Character Profile Pack
This pack contains everything that is needed to write a character profile about one of the characters from refugee novel Christophe’s Story. The children’s book by Nicki Cornwell tells the story of Christophe, a young refugee from war-torn Rwanda, who is faced with the challenges of a new school, language and life. The Christophe’s Story…
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Holes Writing Ideas
Holes is a novel by American author Louis Sachar about a boy called Stanley Yelnats who is wrongfully sent to a juvenile detention camp for a theft that he did not commit. This comic mystery-adventure book is most suitable for 9-13 year olds, i.e. upper key stage two pupils (years 5 and 6) and lower…
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Resource: The Firework-Maker’s Daughter: Diary Entry Example Text Pack
This model diary entry is written from the perspective of Lila, the main character of The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman. The exemplar diary text comes with feature find worksheets and answers, and differentiated planning templates. After reading chapters 2 and 3 of the novel, this example diary text is perfect to use as a…
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5 fun ways to learn about ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is a popular history topic in many primary schools. But how do you make teaching this period in history fun and engaging? Below are five fun activities. Mummify a tomato Teach children about the fascinating process of mummification by mummifying a tomato. Follow the steps below to learn what was dine to dead…
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Games to teach and reinforce subitising
Subitising is to quickly know how many items are in a small group without counting them. It is important in the development of number sense. This skill can be developed in young children through games and activities. Dominoes Playing dominoes is a fun way to teach and reinforce the link between the iconic dot patterns…
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Resource: French Game Battleships: Food
When playing this enjoyable French food game, competitors will use their speaking and listening skills on the topic of food to sink their opponents’ ships. In this French battleships version, the vocabulary of food items are combined with ccolours, numbers and a variety of sentence starters. The following resources are provided:• Food and numbers battleship…
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Resource: Fun English Writing Games
This set of three enjoyable English games are perfect to increase knowledge, expand vocabulary, and boost confidence in writing. Children love playing these games in small groups, in pairs or individually. Pupils playing the three games learn about and use the following:• Various word classes (nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, determiners, prepositions)• Various phrase classes (noun…
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Resource: Example Diary: Journey by Aaron Becker
This resource pack contains a WAGOLL diary text based on Journey by Aaron Becker, a beautiful wordless picture book. The model diary entry is written from the point of view of the young female protagonist of the book. Alongside the Journey diary WAGOLL is a feature find worksheet, where pupils are tasked to identify the…
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Resource: Icebreakers: 10 Games and Activities for KS2
This fun set of ten icebreaker games and activities will help you get to know your new class and help them get to know each other, making it perfect for the start of a new school year! Every one of the icebreakers included in this pack comes with all that is needed to play the…
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Resource: The Iron Man Character Profile Example, Feature Sheet, Answers & Template
This popular teaching pack contains all the resources needed for your pupils to write a character profile for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The following resources are provided: The model Iron Man character profile text is perfect to use as a WAGOLL for pupils to read. They can then go on to examine the…