Raffle Tickets!

Resources: A Raffle Book- £1 from a Poundshop! How It Works: As students enter the room they are greeted with a pot containing raffle tickets. Students take a raffle ticket […]
Quiz Quiz Trade

Resources:Pieces of paper with a question on one side and the answer on the other How It Works:This is a Kagan cooperative learning structure.Students are given a question.They then have […]
Lego

Resources: Spare lego/board game pieces. How It Works: Give students pieces of lego/game bits and ask them to make/shape/create ‘something’ that links to a keyword/concept previously learnt. […]
Riddles

Resources:Pre-written example of a riddlePost it notesHow It Works:The teacher shares a riddle based on a key idea or new terminology. The students then have to guess what the riddle […]
Secret Student

Resources:Rewards – stickers, house points, postcards How It Works:Pick a child to be your secret student. Shhhhh! Don’t tell anybody as it remains secret. Establish the success criteria for the […]
Exit Tickets

Linked to RAG123 by @Listerkev Resources: Click here for template by https://twitter.com/rondelle10_b How It Works: As a plenary, students have a choice of exit ticket which they have to answer […]
4X4

Resources:A3 paper with the template printed on it How It Works:After students have produced a draft design for a piece of practical work, the 4X4 grid is used to support critical […]
Dominoes

Resources:Card sort activityYou will need to prepare dominoes with one end of one domino able to be matched with the end of another.For example a question on one end and […]
Teaching Sequence for Writing

Image from- http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/naplan/teachstrategies/yr2011/index.php?id=literacy/reading/lr_evld/lr_evld_s3a_11 Resources: Example of a text types- See here for ChesterHills really useful list. How It Works:When teaching pupils how to write, there are 9 simple steps […]
Perceptions- Points of View

Whilst watching a film or video clip students are designated specific roles to watch the video from that person(s)/group(s) point of view or perception. Resources:A DVD/Youtube clip etc. How It Works:For […]