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What a Relief!

Practical tips and activities for relief teachers

  • Packed with fun and educational ideas for the relief teacher
  • Covering a diversity of teaching subjects
  • Pre-tested activities that may be put to instant use in the classroom
  • Meeting a need for practical support in relief teaching

What a Relief! Here is a handbook packed with ideas for the relief teacher searching for fun and educational ways to engage a class. These practical tips and activities cover a diversity of subjects, from maths and English to drama and physical education. Thorough testing in the classroom has also established their success with students. Of immediate use and great educational value, this book provides the resources that can be lacking in the often unsupported task of relieving.

Ages: 8-12 | Pages: 48 | Code: 0268 | ISBN: 9781877390630

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Lisa Bryant

Lisa Bryant is passionate about making learning fun. As a classroom teacher and more recently as a relief teacher, she has enjoyed working with children of all ages, and particularly those at senior primary level.

Contents

Introduction4
Strategies for a smooth-running day4
Part one: English activities6
Chunk challenge6
Messing with meaning7
Dictionary treasure hunt7
Journal discovery9
Writing for a readership9
How many words can you make out of ...9
Story writing with a difference10
Part two: English games11
Definitively dictionary11
Largely language quiz12
Spelling tag17
"My auntie went to ..."18
The alphabet game18
Part three: Creative maths ideas19
Number chains19
Making maths bingo20
"What number am I?" cards20
Making a shared maths book21
Making a maths board game21
Part four: Maths games23
Stink23
Times table tag24
Around the world25
Guess my number25
Multi race26
Magic squares27
Dicing with pyramids28
Part five: Drama games29
"What are you doing?"29
Telling it together30
Tasked with tableau30
Freeze frame!31
Vegetable orchestra32
Part six: Dance activities33
Mirror mirror33
Making a musical movement motif34
Sport-inspired dance35
Disastrous dancing36
Part seven: Physical education and games37
Chair soccer37
Frisbee throw38
Rats and rabbits39
Blob tag40
Design a game40
Silent ball41
Part eight: Crossing the curriculum boundaries42
Creative contracts42