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- Several years experience as a Deputy Headteacher across schools in London and Dubai. Leading school-wide on:
*Teaching and Learning;
*Literacy across the Curriculum;
*Building Learning Power;
*Pupil progress and outcomes;
*Staff CPD;
*NQT Induction;
- Background as a Head of English, Head of Year, and teacher of English, Media Studies, and P.E across mainstream, behavioural, and PRU sectors: often aiming to engage and inspire some of the most disadvantaged and disaffected young people in the country.
- Leader of private GCSE and A-Level revision programmes, specialising in aiding students looking to advance from A to A*.
Hopefully, these experiences have enabled me to gather at least some resources, skills, and advice that fellow practitioners may find useful!
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Kensuke's Kingdom Big Bundle!
THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE KENSUKE'S KINGDOM LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET AND THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER! This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Michael Morpurgo’s ‘Kensuke's Kingdom.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the te
2nd - 10th, Adult Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Never Let Me Go Huge Bundle!
This bundle contains all of the Never Let Me Go lessons, the comprehension activities booklet, the knowledge organiser and the Pointless game!
These engaging, varied, and informative lessons have been designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of the plot, characters, language, and key messages in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel ‘Never Let Me Go.’ The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of content, language, and structure, in addition to conside
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Romeo and Juliet: Act 3 Scene 1 - The Fight Scene!
This interesting and engaging lesson enables students to gain a detailed understanding of the fight scene in William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Students learn to demonstrate a developed understanding of the plot and meanings throughout the scene, with the support of precisely-selected textual evidence. In particular, students consider Romeo's struggle between love and honour throughout the duration of the scene, and how social demands lead him towards his demise.
The lesso
Not Specific
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Literature
The Woman in Black Huge Bundle!
THIS HUGE RESOURCE PACK CONTAINS ALL OF THE POPULAR WOMAN IN BLACK LESSONS, AND ALSO THE WOMAN IN BLACK KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER, AND THE WOMAN IN BLACK COMPREHENSION BOOKLET! This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Susan Hill’s ghost story ‘The Woman in Black.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Literature, Reading
Romeo and Juliet: Act 2 Scene 2 - The Balcony Scene!
This lesson enables students to gain a detailed understanding of the balcony scene in William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Students learn to demonstrate a developed understanding of language, supported by precisely-selected textual evidence. Students develop clear interpretations of the key meanings within the scene, as the lesson provides a close analysis of the figurative language, rhyme, and repetition strategies utilised by Shakespeare throughout.
The lesson utilises a r
Not Specific
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Social and Historical Context!
This engaging and informative lesson students to make sustained and developed links between Stevenson’s novella ‘Strange of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and its social and historical context. In particular, students learn about 19th Century attitudes towards scientific discoveries and religion, the duality of the mind, and the idea of civilisation vs. savagery.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
- Understanding key information about 19th Century thro
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Formal Letters, Informal Letters and Email Writing - Big Bundle!
These engaging and detailed resources have been designed to make the learning of formal letter, informal letter, and email writing easily accessible, engaging and interesting for all children. Throughout each lesson, students learn to improve their skill at using appropriate and imaginative content, language and structural choices depending upon the purpsoe and audience of different letters/ emails. Each lesson contains a comprehensive whole lesson PowerPoint, all the resources that you will nee
3rd - 11th
English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository
A View from the Bridge Big Bundle! (All lessons, worksheets, plans, everything!)
This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Arthur Miller's play 'A View from the Bridge.' Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer's ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, unde
Not Specific
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Skellig Comprehension Activities Booklet!
This resource booklet contains a wide range of age-appropriate, engaging, and meaningful comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of David Almond's 'Skellig.' Teachers have found them particularly useful in comprehension or close reading sessions. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate. They also relate to
PreK - 11th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading
The Explorer - Katherine Rundell - Big Bundle!
THIS ‘BIG BUNDLE’ CONTAINS ALL OF ‘THE EXPLORER’ LESSONS, PLUS THE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER AND THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET. It contains all that you need to deliver a complete unit of learning alongside reading Katherine Rundell’s ‘The Explorer.’ The engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter. The double and triple-lesson resources are well-sequenced, and include: Chapters 1-2 - ‘Flight’ and ‘The Green Dark’ Chapters 3 and 4: ‘The Den’ and
2nd - 8th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading
David Walliams Comprehension Activities Bundle!
These resource booklets based on David Walliams’ stories contain a wide range of age-appropriate and engaging comprehension activities for use in guided reading sessions. Children love learning from these resources, whilst they are also of great use to teachers, as there is explicit information within each task regarding which comprehension strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
Included are activity booklets to accompany the following texts:
Bad Dad;
Gangsta Granny
Demon Dentist
The Bo
2nd - 9th
Close Reading, English Language Arts, Reading
Dragons' Den Project!
This resource is perfect for enabling students to build both their persuasive writing and their speaking and listening skills. Based upon the popular BBC series 'Dragons' Den', students have the opportunity to research, design, pitch, and evaluate arguments for their own inventions, whilst simultaneously analysing persuasive pitches, revising persuasive techniques, structuring arguments and articulating convincingly.
Included is a 16 page booklet (I would say at least 4-5 hour lessons of tasks
3rd - 12th
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing-Essays
The Merchant of Venice Huge Bundle!
THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY BOOKLET, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER, AND THE POINTLESS GAME! This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
Jane Eyre - Jane's Bildungsroman Development
This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make clear, detailed and well-informed interpretations of the eponymous title character’s development throughout Jane Eyre. In particular, students develop their background understanding of how Jane’s character is introduced, before plotting her development against the different stages of protagonists in Bildungsroman novels. The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which students learn through: Defining the key term ‘bildung
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, Literature
Private Peaceful Big Bundle!
THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS ALL OF THE PRIVATE PEACEFUL LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPREHENSION BOOKLET AND THE POINTLESS GAME! This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Michael Morpugo's' 'Private Peaceful.' Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, und
3rd - 11th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Pride and Prejudice - Social and Historical Context!
This engaging and informative lesson enables students to gain a detailed insight into the social and historical context of Jane Austen’s 'Pride and Prejudice.' In particular, students learn about love, class, inheritance, and reputation in the Georgian and Regency eras – key themes throughout Austen’s novel. They then make clear and sustained links between the features of context and the text.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
- Playing a fun a
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
British History, English Language Arts, Literature
A Christmas Carol: The Context of Victorian Britain!
This engaging and informative lesson students to make sustained and developed links between Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and its social and historical context. In particular, students learn about the harsh treatment of the poor in Victorian society, the selfishness and cruelty of those in power, and attitudes towards sin, religion, and the supernatural. The lesson explores how Dickens explores these ideas through the allegorical nature of the text.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning jour
Not Specific
English Language Arts, For All Subjects, Literature
Charlotte's Web - Lesson Bundle!
These engaging and thought-provoking lessons aid students in developing a secure understanding of every chapter of E.B. White’s ‘Charlotte’s Web.’ Eight double-lesson and triple-lesson resource packs are provided, which include all of the lesson slides, worksheets and activities needed to teach every chapter of the text. Chapters 1-2 - The Story BeginningChapters 3-4 - Wilbur’s LonelinessChapters 5-7 - Meeting CharlotteChapters 8-10 - Spider FactsChapters 11-13 - The MiracleChapters 14-16 - Wilb
2nd - 6th
Close Reading, Reading, Writing
Murder Mystery Investigation!
There's been a murder!
This exciting, engaging investigation activity allows students to control the direction of their own learning, through speaking, listening, discussing, and reasoning. I initially created these resources to provide something interesting for the students to engage with for their Functional Skills Speaking and Listening discussions, but it has since been used across Citizenship and PSHE departments, as well as by form groups, as a catalyst for social and moral discussions.
3rd - 12th, Higher Education
English Language Arts
Also included in: Holiday Fun Activities Bundle!
North America: Physical and Human Geography (People and Places)
This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to describe and understand the key aspects of physical geography (e.g. climates, vegetation belts, flora, fauna, mountains, and rivers) and human geography (e.g. types of settlement, populations, use of resources, and trade) in the vast and varied continent of North America. Whilst gaining a wide range of knowledge about the content, students also become familiar with a wide range of vocabulary pertinent to the geography curriculum.
2nd - 10th
For All Subjects, Geography
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About the store
Experience
- Several years experience as a Deputy Headteacher across schools in London and Dubai. Leading school-wide on:
*Teaching and Learning;
*Literacy across the Curriculum;
*Building Learning Power;
*Pupil progress and outcomes;
*Staff CPD;
*NQT Induction;
- Background as a Head of English, Head of Year, and teacher of English, Media Studies, and P.E across mainstream, behavioural, and PRU sectors: often aiming to engage and inspire some of the most disadvantaged and disaffected young people in the country.
- Leader of private GCSE and A-Level revision programmes, specialising in aiding students looking to advance from A to A*.
Hopefully, these experiences have enabled me to gather at least some resources, skills, and advice that fellow practitioners may find useful!
Awards & shining teacher moments
- MA in Education Management - King's College, London. Specialising in:
*School Effectiveness and Improvement;
*Teacher Development;
*Recent Developments in Education Management.
My own education history
MA - Education Management - Kings' College, London
PGCE - University of West England, Bristol
BA (Hons) - English - Manchester
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