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Miss Zigzag

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Londonderry, United Kingdom
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16 years teaching experience across all primary classes in a variety of schools. Currently teaching Upper Key Stage 2 in a variety of primary schools. Gold Medal in Speech and Drama (now teaching Speech and Drama) Passionate about making my own resources to help children learn! I'm the ICT Coordinator in my school and am currently developing our organisation of iPads and use of our ICT Suite.
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Preview of Cut and stick ai ay a_e sound sort

Cut and stick ai ay a_e sound sort

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Miss Zigzag
A quick resource to consolidate sound knowledge. This could be used as a task in a lesson or as a form of assessment. Extend this by having students read the words, ensuring they are aware that each spelling will give the same sound! This could also be printed and enlarged to be used for group work or as a whole class resource for discussion. Includes: - 2 slides - Black and white -Fonts and graphics provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Happy Teaching!
Preview of Harry Potter Wand Design

Harry Potter Wand Design

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Miss Zigzag
A great task to use whilst reading 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' during group reading or as a whole class novel. Combining Literacy with Art, Design and Technology this task uses a clear planning process and structure to ensure each child can create their own wand to specific requirements. (I the follow this up with making wands using chop sticks wrapped with masking tape, painted with additional details added eg: carvings, feathers marbles etc. Includes: - 3 slides - Black and whit
Preview of Internet Safety Assembly (script)

Internet Safety Assembly (script)

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Miss Zigzag
An class assembly divided into 27 parts for children to present to a school or gathering. This could be easily divided up to include 30 children. It covers keeping information private, being kind online and age restrictions on popular apps. The assembly finishes with the SMART rules. Children could create their own art work or a PowerPoint to present along with this. Children would learn these parts off by heart or they could be printed/laminated to read from. Includes: - 6 slides - Borders pro
Preview of Design and make a Viking boat

Design and make a Viking boat

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Miss Zigzag
Do your students enjoy hands on activities to help them learn? This booklet will lead them through the process of researching, designing and making their own Viking boats! It will lead your class through a step-by-step process, encouraging them to think about their designs and reflect upon their decisions. This booklet could be used as an individual project or during group work. I have used this printed off as a booklet but have also used the pages singularly, allowing me to send home certain
Preview of First Penance Service (Speaking parts)

First Penance Service (Speaking parts)

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Miss Zigzag
This document contains the story of 'The Lost Sheep' to be used during First Penance (First Confession). There are 19 speaking parts in total, of varying length to suit a wide range of abilities. These are divided up with a line at the top to write each pupil's name. There is a border around each part, ready to print and mount on card or laminate for your pupils to learn. This will make the service (or an assembly) easy to prepare for! Includes: - 11 slides - Black and white - Fonts and borders
Preview of Reading / World Book Day Script for Assembly

Reading / World Book Day Script for Assembly

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Miss Zigzag
An fun assembly for children to perform for their school or parents. This is for World Book Day but can be easily adapted to promote a love of reading. It includes Harry Potter, The Worst Witch, Dogman and Alex Rider - perfect to engage older children. - 35 speaking parts (these could be condensed) -Includes a short poem - Ready to print off for children to learn parts or to mount on card/laminate to read from. Enjoy!
Preview of Retelling 'Tiddler'

Retelling 'Tiddler'

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Miss Zigzag
Retelling stories is so important - it allows students to learn to organise and describe events, which will enhance their reading comprehension. This worksheet will enable your pupils to organise their thoughts and sequence the brilliant story of 'Tiddler' using either words, sentences, drawings or a combination of all three. It can be given out to the whole class and each child can complete it at their own ability level. This would be perfect for a taskboard activity or a homework task. Includ
Preview of Friendship Assembly (script)

Friendship Assembly (script)

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Miss Zigzag
- A lovely, simple assembly for lower grades to deliver on the theme of friendship. It includes the poem 'The Crayon Box that Talked' by Shane Derolf. - Pupils could create art work to go along with this assembly. - Speaking parts for 23 children but this could easily be divided up differently to include more or less pupils. - Ready to print off for children to learn parts or to mount on card/laminate to read from. Enjoy!
Preview of The Flight of Icarus

The Flight of Icarus

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Miss Zigzag
Two activities on The Flight of Icarus. 1 - A blank cartoon strip divided into 6 with space to draw a picture and write a sentence for each part of the story. 2. Wordsearch Includes: - 2 slides - Black and white - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit.' Happy teaching!
Preview of Recycling Questionnaire

Recycling Questionnaire

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Miss Zigzag
This questionnaire could be used by an Eco Team in a primary or elementary setting to help pupils gauge the awareness levels of parents with regards to recycling in the local area. Print it double-sided for a quick and easy way to gather information. Includes: - 3 pages - Font, graphics and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Happy teaching!
Preview of Non-fiction features find

Non-fiction features find

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Miss Zigzag
A quick and handy resource to print off for your pupils to use to consolidate their knowledge of non-fiction features and terminology including: table of contents, glossary, index, headings, captions, headings, subheadings etc. This could be used as a whole class teaching activity, as part of a carousel, homework or homeschooling. All that is needed will be a few factual books for pupils to use! Includes: -One worksheet -In colour -Borders from 'I'm Lovin' Lit -Clipart from 'Living, Breathing
Preview of Imaginative Writing

Imaginative Writing

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Miss Zigzag
This is a great activity to allow your class to use their imagination and create their own animal. It could be linked to any World Around Us topic based on animals with links to adjectives, sentence construction and punctuation. It can also be used as a homework task. Follow this up with your pupils making their new animal from playdough/craft materials, take a picture and collate these as a class into an extended story with all of the animals in it! Includes: - 2 slides - Black and white - Fo
Preview of Eco Posters

Eco Posters

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Miss Zigzag
A handy resource to add to your Eco Schools or an environment display. 8 slides each with a different fact to interest children. These can be printed in A4 or enlarged to A3 and put on display to grab children's attention in classrooms or on the corridor. They can also be used one at a time as a 'fact of the month.' Includes: - 8 slides - Colour - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Happy teaching!
Preview of Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger Hunts

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Miss Zigzag
2 outdoor scavenger hunts. These will be suitable for your class to use as part of a World Around Us lesson, or as part of Outdoor Classroom day. The use of pictures makes the first hunt suitable for young children to complete. Just attach them onto a clipboard, grab a pencil and you will be ready to go! Pupils can use these individually but it may be more fun as part of a group. Give children a bag to collect their findings in or they could use an iPad to take pictures of their evidence. Inc
Preview of Subtracting a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number

Subtracting a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number

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Miss Zigzag
2 pages of subtracting a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number. The first page has a numberline across the bottom and questions are below 30. The second page extends to numbers to 100. This can be used as a numeracy activity but is also perfect for homework or assessment. Includes: - 2 slides - In colour - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Happy teaching!
Preview of Kindness Advent Calendar

Kindness Advent Calendar

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Miss Zigzag
A different take on an Advent Calendar! Pupils can complete this at the beginning of December, writing/illustrating each day with something kind they can do for others. They can cross off each activity as they complete it and count down to the 25th December knowing that they are doing good deeds! It is a useful activity to complete in a class that may have different cultural background as it isn't specific to any religion and therefore can be individual to each pupils' beliefs. (will be best e
Preview of Harry Potter Map work

Harry Potter Map work

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Miss Zigzag
A great resource to use during chapter 5/6 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone for retrieval. Pupils can read and highlight/underline in groups the information that they need to complete the task. As a follow-up pupils can then compare the finished maps and see how they differ. Includes: - 2 slides - Black and white - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Happy teaching!
Preview of Saint Patrick's Day activities

Saint Patrick's Day activities

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Miss Zigzag
This is a small bundle of activities for a range of abilities. It includes a wordsearch, word scramble and an acrostic poem template. Enjoy! Includes: - 5 slides - Black and white - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.' Please feel free to leave a review! Happy teaching!
Preview of Vikings Fact or Opinion

Vikings Fact or Opinion

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Miss Zigzag
A short passage giving details about the Vikings and where they lived, how they travelled and how they survived. Pupils will read the passage and read 13 statements, deciding if they are true or false. This is a great activity for discussion and can be completed individually, in pairs or groups. Includes: - 2 slides - In colour - Fonts and borders provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third in Georgia.'
Preview of The Jolly Christmas Postman (rhyming words)

The Jolly Christmas Postman (rhyming words)

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Miss Zigzag
An activity based on 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. This could be used as a taskboard activity or homework to both focus on the story and revise rhyming sounds based on familiar words. Includes: - 1 slide - Colour - Fonts, borders and graphics provided by 'I'm Lovin' Lit' & 'Teaches Third Grade in Georgia.' Happy Teaching!
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About the store

Experience

16 years teaching experience across all primary classes in a variety of schools. Currently teaching Upper Key Stage 2 in a variety of primary schools. Gold Medal in Speech and Drama (now teaching Speech and Drama) Passionate about making my own resources to help children learn! I'm the ICT Coordinator in my school and am currently developing our organisation of iPads and use of our ICT Suite.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Literacy Specialist, ICT Co-ordinator, Eco Co-ordinator, Speech and Drama Teacher, Girl Guide Leader, Seesaw Ambassador

My own education history

B.Ed in English

Additional biographical information

A very creative person who loves art, reading, ICT and nature!