CHINESE 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 twelve parts. Stick pictures of the twelve animals onto the segments, or ask the children to draw them. Attach another wheel on to the front using a split pin. Turn this wheel round to reveal the pictures through its window.

What about teaching pupils more about China? Get your pupils to build the Great Wall of China and Save the Panda too.

WET 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 and Ladders, Hangman, Squares, Noughts and Crosses, Battleships and Draughts.

IS THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL TERRORISM BOMBS AND BULLETS, OR IS IT EDUCATION?

ISLAM
At 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 certainly was. Two workbooks called Islam are the first of the series. There are two levels available - for different age ranges or different levels, depending on your requirements.
Click HERE to view ISLAM.

Perpetual 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

New 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.
2. There are great writing prompt mats for Winter too.

Click here to view them.


We have now added a perpetual Calendar for January provides great fillers for everyday of the month.

February coming soon…

Happy New Year!
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