The links below take you to examples of PowerPoint presentations. You are free to use these in within your teaching.
If you are a teacher from outside Bury LEA, welcome. You are also welcome to use these presentations within your teaching but we ask that you acknowledge where they came from.
Starter and Plenary sessions
These presentations are only part finished and are intended for you to add your own text to introduce and end your lessons. They have been created in PowerPoint 2002. Earlier versions of PowerPoint may not display the animations in these presentations.
Walt and Wilf 1
A way of introducing the lesson by stating the objectives using WALT - "We Are Learning To", and WILF - "What I am Looking For".Plenary 1
A plenary that repeats the objectives of the lesson, gives time for discussion and gives a brief overview of the next lesson.
Instructions 1
This presentation is a simple template for giving a number of instructions to complete a process.
Our Visit to...
A simple slide show of pictures that can be edited and adapted to your own use.
Counter
A set of slides that automatically change after one second. The slides count down from 10.
MFL
The following presentations contain a lot of large pictures, so they do take a lot of time to download.
Street Furniture of Paris
A simple presentation using PowerPoint as a photograph Slide Show.Public lighting in Paris
Another example of a PowerPoint Slide Show. In this presentation the slides change automatically.Interactive Map of Paris
In this example PowerPoint has been used to make a nonlinear presentation.Shopping in Paris
Art
Edward Hopper
A simple linear PowerPoint presentation. Showing the works of Edward Hopper.The Art of Water Colour
Another simple presentation showing the development of a process.Literacy
Conjunctions and Connectives
An example of how simple animation techniques can be used to introduce a teaching point.
Subject 1
A simple application of how colour can be used to draw attention to a teaching point.Subject 2
Another example of using colour.
Two Poems
A simple slide show displaying two poems for a class to discuss.
Maths
Multiply by 4
This slideshow comes from Mrs Jane Parsons, a year 4 teacher at Old Hall Primary and is an excellent example of the use of PowerPoint as a starter activity.Long Multiplication
An example of simple animation.
Venn Diagrams
This example makes use of the "Motion Path" animation facility in the XP version of PowerPoint.
Carroll Diagrams
Another example of using the "Motion Path" animation facility in the XP version of PowerPoint.
Timed Question
A simple example of the use of "Counter"
HistoryRoman Time Team Dig
Paul Howard, ICT Advisor, offers this interesting example of how PowerPoint can be used to promote questioning. Look at the individual slides to see how the pictures are revealed.
Additional support can be found in:
PowerPoint in the Classroom - from ACT360 Media Ltd. This looks at an old version of PowerPoint - PowerPoint97, but it is worth a look.
Microsoft PowerPoint - the official site
FAQ PowerPoint - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions part of the Microsoft Site.
Additional activities can be found in:
Teachers PowerPoint.com -"This is a 'Free' site. We now have powerpoints for Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, English, Geography and Spanish powerpoints. Dedicated to helping teachers increase their quality of teaching. We hope that by providing powerpoint presentations this will take some of the 'pain' out of preparation."
