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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42394578134435465192012-03-13T00:06:05.003-05:00Top Teaching ToolsThe home of great downloadable teaching resourcesJRKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12969846906094959897noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-3886797804591431012011-05-01T06:25:00.005-05:002011-05-01T06:33:42.731-05:00SHAKESPEARE AND HISTORY TOPICS DISPLAY LETTERING

SHAKESPEARE AND HISTORY TOPICS DISPLAY LETTERINGDisplay our history topic titles on your classroom displayshttp://www.topteachingtools.com/Resources/History/index.htmlTHese letters are available by immediate download. In the download you will receive different sizes and in capital and lower cases to suit all classroom display boards.Simply print the individual letters that you require out,

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-19199513461106292192011-04-25T17:01:00.003-05:002011-04-25T17:11:47.626-05:00TUDORS AND STUARTS TOPIC WORDS

TUDORS AND STUARTS TOPIC VOCABULARY CARDSDisplay our topic labels in the classroom to help pupils spell the Tudors and Stuarts topic words correctly.http://www.topteachingtools.com/Resources/History/index.htmlAn essential resource for anyone teaching this topic. The cards cover the main words relevant for the reigns of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. This pack includes an

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-65947282243178099312011-04-23T11:04:00.003-05:002011-04-23T11:09:02.414-05:00The Royal Wedding

Sign up to Top Teaching Tools today for free and automatically download our new three fantastic, top quality Royal Wedding teaching resources.http://www.topteachingtools.com

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-67961477673668539072011-04-22T12:02:00.011-05:002011-04-22T12:22:59.434-05:00Top Teaching Tools has a Facebook page!

Join Top Teaching Tools today on facebook! We now have our own primary teaching resources page, a place to share ideas, resources, photographs and teaching anecdotes.

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-54369202224128227022011-04-22T11:46:00.005-05:002011-04-22T12:00:18.358-05:00DISPLAY LETTERING

New to our website this month is our fantastic display title lettering. Our lettering will enhance any display. We have lettering for subjects, languages and also topic work. The photo shows just one example of the lettering we now have. I use these for all my classroom displays. We have many more to follow too! What is unique about our lettering is that each title is available in different

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-23477646750498090612010-02-13T04:40:00.003-05:002010-02-13T04:48:53.778-05:00

ST VALENTINE'S DAY St Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world. Our heart baskets make the perfect Valentine's gift and activity suitable for all ages. Younger children can make simpler weaved baskets and older children can graduate onto more paper weaves. Have a go! They look great in contrasting colours - red and white, pink and white etc. You can let your imagination run away!

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-63919174958109556332010-02-13T04:32:00.003-05:002010-02-13T04:37:52.162-05:00

CHINESE NEW YEAR ZODIAC WHEELThis zodiac wheel is a fab idea that can be used for any age. Looksgreat copied onto red card or can be left plain to be coloured bypupils (both included in the pack). Once they have coloured in the zodiac animals, these can be cut out and stuck onto the back wheel. The animals are in the correct order reading from left ...to right. For younger children it works well

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-32955681087386432342010-02-07T05:51:00.003-05:002010-02-07T05:56:57.504-05:00CHINESE NEW YEAR

CHINESE NEW YEAR RESOURCES!Check out the best worksheets, display posters, models and puzzles for Chinese New Year!

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-2921298282193637052009-02-23T15:19:00.009-05:002009-02-23T17:01:33.428-05:00PANCAKE DAY - SHROVE TUESDAY

In UK SHROVE TUESDAY is known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday.CLICK HERE TO VIEW PANCAKE DAY, LENT and EASTER RESOURCESWhy do we eat pancakes?Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the period which Christians call LENT. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes. Lent is a time of abstinence, when people give things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to eat up foods that aren't

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-84561554505056207602009-01-25T05:09:00.006-05:002009-01-25T06:21:56.820-05:00ROBERT BURNS, SCOTLAND'S POET and BURNS NIGHT - 25th January

Click the photo for Robert Burns and other Scottish Teaching Resources.Robert (Rabbie) Burns is Scotland's best-loved national poet and lyricist and tonight is the celebration of his 250th birthday. In our technological age, has reading of poetry lost its appeal? Is it no longer still fashionable? In Scotland tonight and across the world, many people will be reading and listening to recitations

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-65350178483944883532007-11-10T03:16:00.001-05:002007-11-10T04:17:03.168-05:00REMEMBRANCE DAY TEACHING NOTES

REMEMBRANCE DAY or ARMISTICE DAY - 11th November.Children today might ask 'What relevance is this to me? It happened a long time ago - back in history'. But it is very relevant for pupils to learn about Remembrance Day.War is certainly not a thing of the past and wars are unfortunately still being fought today. Troops are on duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and other trouble spots around the world.

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-47948231912840516552007-07-29T16:14:00.000-05:002007-07-29T16:22:00.538-05:00Top Teaching Tools is back in action!

TOP TEACHING TOOLS is proud to introduce its new website. We have returned after a major technical hitch. It has taken five months to re-write the whole site and make significant changes, but we are very excited to have added a huge number of new downloadable teaching resources. There is even a display photos section now.

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-57820500094021640682007-02-24T06:43:00.000-05:002007-02-24T07:01:06.449-05:00HUNGARIAN / ENGLISH RESOURCES

Szia! We are developing our new Hungarian section - for Hungarians learning English and for English speakers wanting to learn Hungarian. Our resources include flash cards - concentrating at present on classroom language and objects.We have developed a useful bi-lingual Hungarian / English help mat with key words and greetings, numbers, colours and other important vocabulary. Ideal if you have a

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-87852451475343203682007-01-23T18:36:00.000-05:002007-02-05T08:57:58.390-05:00CHINESE NEW YEAR TEACHING RESOURCES

Have you heard the news headlines? Mandarin may be introduced into UK schools? This is already happening at Primary School level at one school in Edinburgh. With CHINESE NEW YEAR coming soon, pupils will love to learn about the animal 12-year zodiac. One of the best activities I have done in the past with my pupils is to make an everlasting zodiac wheel. Take a circle and divide it into

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-13839364672482552262007-01-09T15:04:00.000-05:002007-01-09T15:27:27.307-05:00WET PLAYTIME GAMES and NEW ESOL, EFL GAMES

Do you dread the thought of WET PLAYTIMES with your Primary pupils? Paper and pens everywhere, and over-excited children? One useful idea I have used with my classes are these popular games mats. Pupils will be totally engaged, whilst reinforcing their numeracy and literacy skills! Perfect!I have included and adapted these games for ESOL / EFL / EAL / English pupils too. Games include Snakes

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-48026704465264652082007-01-06T14:19:00.000-05:002007-01-06T14:56:48.816-05:00IS THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL TERRORISM BOMBS AND BULLETS, OR IS IT EDUCATION?

ISLAMAt a time when security issues are to the fore, it is important that pupils of all faiths and of none have the opportunity to study and understand the major religions of the world, and to understand their differences and similarities.Are you struggling to find attractive, accurate and comprehensive materials on the world religions for Primary and Secondary Religious Education teaching? I

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-37799075316133297842007-01-05T04:38:00.000-05:002007-01-05T04:51:17.701-05:00Perpetual Calendar

Do you ever have a spare five minutes in class to fill, or the same pupils who always finish their work before the rest of the class? I find this resource really helpful and use it all the time:PERPETUAL CALENDAR

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-57644062349700234392007-01-02T17:46:00.000-05:002007-01-02T18:53:51.446-05:00New Year Teaching Resources

As the new teaching term looms, and the joys of Christmas are fading away, you are probably starting to think beyond the first INSET day to how you can get the New Year and beginning of term off to a good start with your classes.We have just added a handful of seasonal teaching resources that you might be interested in:1. We have New Year / Hogmanay writing mats for lower and upper primary pupils

Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475649538268528813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-19398305119726751502006-12-28T05:37:00.000-05:002006-12-28T05:39:34.174-05:00

Just a little bit more info for new subscribers:TOP-TEACHING-TOOLS.COM offers time-saving and attractive teaching resources to bring colour and fun to your lessons.We offer top quality…- Photocopiable publications- Differentiated workbooks- Downloadable topic packs and resources- Powerpoint lessons for interactive classroomsWe are constantly adding new teaching resources to our main site. There

JRKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12969846906094959897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4239457813443546519.post-12606241612986586382006-12-28T05:14:00.000-05:002006-12-28T05:19:07.559-05:00Welcome!

Welcome to the Top Teaching Tools Blog!Please visit our main website at www.top-teaching-tools.comfor the full list of our products, covering many different teaching areas, from primary languages to Religious Education. Just sign up to get a free resource and a taste of our material. Thanks for visiting, and Happy Christmas and New Year!

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