Roald Dahl Day

This year will be the 100th year since Roald Dahl's birth. The Roald Dahl website has lesson plans based on his stories, games, activities and information. There is a pack full of worksheets and activities for children which you can download here.
The trailer for the new BFG movie could be good to inspire some writing or discussion:



The Mathematics Shed website has several downloadable worksheets suitable for all ages, including 'Count the objects in Mt Twit's beard', 'George's Marvellous Measuring' and sheets of word problems based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

ICT Tools for Teaching

This website has been around for a while now, and you might know about the spinner random name picker:

and there are loads of other fantastic tools that have been added for using on your Smartboard, or for children using in ICT/ literacy lessons. For example, this headline generator:

and this one:

There are lots more interesting tools to check out. Go to www.classtools.net

Inspiring Videos

The Present from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.
This is a lovely little short animated film which would be great to use in class, and could be used in a variety of ways. You can also watch it here. There are ideas for writing at The Literacy Shed website. I think it would be great to use and refer to the Emotions Talk sequencer, as you see the range of emotions expressed by the main character, and you could discuss strategies for feeling better. It might be good to pause the video before the character opens the present and reflect on when we feel happy, then reflect on his reaction to the present. It also lends itself well for work on resilience and growth mindset.

You might have seen this on TV - It could be fantastic as a stimulus to discuss positive self talk. The Paralympics start on the 7th of September.