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We provide a wide range of high quality primary resources to enhance learning opportunities and save teacher's time! They have been trialled in school before publishing to test how effective they are. We are delighted with the results and hope you will be too!
A flexible Literacy lesson that uses the topic of fire to generate ideas of a poem. This is an excellent lesson for the end of a poetry topic. Children are encouraged to use their senses as well as simile and onomatopoeia to create a poem all about fire. this would fit in very well with Bonfire Night, the Stone Age, Fire of London or Halloween. Children can write their poetic phrases onto flames and build up their poem like a real bonfire. This makes for a wonderful class display. Alternatively, there is writing paper for the children to use instead.
This pack contains plans and resources for 9 sequential lessons covering most of the new science national curriculum objectives for living things in KS1. The aim of this pack is to provide fun engaging activities while being easy to prepare for the teacher. Content includes lessons on: Living and non living things, what living things need, life cycles, food chains, classifying, habitats, nature in artwork (Monet). A colour in sheet and word search are also included.
A set of 39 Bingo activities that cover number facts for the year 2 National Curriculum. Included is a powerpoint with 39 slides to show the children and separate powerpoint with 39 slides for the teacher to read out. There is also a recording sheet.
Children pick 5 numbers or calculations and write them on the recording paper or whiteboard.
Print off the teacher powerpoint and read the numbers or calculations for children to solve the problem. Children cross off each number they have chosen if they are the answer. When all 5 are crossed off, they jump up and call BINGO. You must be the first one of the room to win!
An excellent activity to make revising key facts fun! This resources could be used as early morning work during the register or as a Numeracy lesson starter.
Topics include:
- nearest 10
- addition facts
- number bonds to 10, 20, 100
- subtraction facts
- 2,5,10 times tables
-2,5,10 division facts
- sequences
- shapes
- numbers in between
A range of different activities exploring the life and work of William Beaumont and Alexis St Martin. 200 years ago St Martin was shot in the stomach while hunting animals. Most people would have died but St Martin survived and continued to live with a hole in his stomach. Beaumont ceased this opportunity to learn about the digestive system through a series of experiments. This resource will take you through the events of their story.
Perfect for teaching when exploring the digestive system or significant scientists.
Can be used at KS2 or KS3 level.
Included:
3 page written overview of his life and achievements.
Reading comprehension questions and answers
True or false statements to discuss and sort
Ordering key events activity sheet
Role play worksheet
Wordsearch
colouring in page/ title page
Part of the ‘This is the life of…’ series. Other resources include:
Charles Drew
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
Zhang Heng
Hedy Lamarr
Why not buy the bundle and be able to inspire your children to a range of fully diverse scientists?
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-this-is-the-story-of-bundle-1-hedy-lamarr-charles-drew-hasan-al-haytham-zhang-heng-and-william-beaumont-12724225
Running through the alphabet to revise handwriting. Children can copy into their books from the board or print out and they can copy onto the page. Good for morning work, extra home learning or as practise of key letters.
Did you know Guy Fawkes was actually born a protestant? Did you know the Queen still has the cellars checked for gunpowder before she enters Westminster?
2 fact-filled reading comprehension sheets with a full description of the fascinating history leading up to the plot and modern day traditions.
One comprehension on the story of the Gunpowder Plot and one about Bonfire Night celebrations. Both have two versions of the reading text with worksheet questions or ‘write out in your book’ questions and sentence starters.
A range of different activities exploring the life and work of Charles Drew. Charles Drew was an African American Scientist who discovered how to store and transport blood. His work led to the invention of the blood bank during WW2. Perfect for studying blood in Science, the achievements of important Scientists or when studying significant people during World War 2.
Can be used at upper KS2 or lower KS3 level.
Included:
3 page written overview of his life and achievements.
Reading comprehension questions and answers
True or false statements to discuss and sort
Ordering key events activity sheet
Wordsearch
colouring in page/ title page
Part of the ‘This is the life of…’ series. Other resources include
William Beaumont & Alexis St Martin,
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
Garret Morgan
A range of whole class and individual checklists to assist with the collection of evidence and assessment of children’s achievement throughout the year. All checklists follow the interim framework criteria which was previously used for SATs assessments and moderations. They are all editable so you can add or remove objectives as you see fit.
Whole class checklists allow the teacher to have an overview of the whole class on one page and identify gaps to cover further. They include working at, working towards and greater depth checklist. Additionally, there is a spelling checklist of a shortened version of the common exception words, contractions and some suffix words.
Individual checklists for pupil books allow children to identify how well they are doing and what they need to work on next. Checklists are available using the exact language of the interim framework and a ‘child speak’ version.
Get the children decorating your class with these Christmas paper chains. They will be amazed at how long they can make one as whole class one it if they all work together. Alternatively they can make their own individual ones as a Christmas treat. A great opportunity to teach repeated patterns. Add numbers to the pictures and children can explain the number sequence on the inside. Enjoy!
Also check out these seasonal resources:
Build a super Christmas sentence
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449268
Christmas Reading story:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449074
Christmas Chatterboxes:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11449139
A lesson learning all about polar bears, reindeer and robins. A seasonal activity for a fun and educational Christmas week. Included is a powerpoint presentation with photos, facts and links to short video clips as well as 3 writing pages with word banks to assist with writing up a fact file. There is also a word mat to help with any further writing.
A seasonal-themed resource aimed to improve children’s knowledge of sentence structure. This lesson will reinforce the language needed in the Year 2 curriculum (noun, verb, adverb, adjective and conjunction) and allow opportunities it to develop their own sentences. By focusing on one or two sentences, children can develop the language needed to talk about their word choice.
Children use their mathematical understanding of shape to generate as many different ways of organising 5 squares. They are asked by a building company to find all the different ways of laying out 5 rooms for a new block of flats. Fits in well with ‘Houses’ topic in Geography. Lesson plan, photocopy pages and flipchart included.
PLEASE NOTE: this resource requires ActivInspire software
A range of different activities exploring the life and work of Eratosthenes. Eratosthenes was a mathematician and physicist in the ancient Greek times. He was able to calculate the circumference of the Earth and the tilt of the Earth’s axis with excellent accurancy.
The perfect scientist for studying ancient Greece, circumference, earth and space or significant scientists.
Can be used at upper KS2 or lower KS3 level.
Included:
3 page written overview of his life and achievements.
Reading comprehension questions and answers
Fill the gap activity
Factfile worksheet
Planning sheet for report writing
Role play
Wordsearch
colouring in page/ title page
Part of the ‘This is the life of…’ series. Other resources include:
William Beaumont & Alexis St Martin,
Charles Drew
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
Zhang Heng
Hedy Lamarr
Why not buy the bundle and be able to inspire your children to a range of fully diverse scientists?
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12724225
A set of 3 amazing scientists to add depth, diversity inspiration to your science planning. Full awe-inspiring stories of each scientist written up with accompanying resources.
Resources included for each scientist:
Write up of the scientist story
Reading questions with answers
true or false game
role play
factfile/ planning sheet
wordsearch
colouring in title page
A range of whole class and individual checklists to assist with the collection of evidence and assessment of children’s achievement throughout the year. Both checklists follow the interim framework criteria which is used for SATs assessments and moderations. All resources can be edited to add or remove objectives as you see fit.
Whole class checklists allow the teacher to have an overview of the whole class on one page and identify gaps to cover further. They include working at, working towards and greater depth checklist. Additionally, there is a spelling checklist of a shortened version of the common exception words, contractions and some suffix words.
Individual checklists for pupil books allow children to identify how well they are doing and what they need to work on next. Checklists are available using the exact language of the interim framework and a ‘child speak’ version.
A range of whole class and individual checklists to assist with the collection of evidence and assessment of children’s achievement throughout the year. Both checklists follow the interim framework criteria which was used for SATs assessments and moderations.
Whole class checklists allow the teacher to have an overview of the whole class on one page and identify gaps to cover further. They include working at, working towards and greater depth checklist. Additionally, there is a spelling checklist of a shortened version of the common exception words, contractions and some suffix words.
Individual checklists for pupil books allow children to identify how well they are doing and what they need to work on next. Checklists are available using the exact language of the interim framework and a ‘child speak’ version.
Have you ever wondered how London would have changed if the Gunpowder plot had been successful? Did you know the queen still has the cellars of Westminster checked by a guard before she arrives?
A range of fact-filled Bonfire Night themed resources for years 2 - 4. Great opportunities to create a class display. Resources include 3 chatterbox templates, two reading comprehensions, a lesson to create a wonderful fire poetry display and 2 themed word searches.
A different take on spellings where repetition and teacher assessment is at the forefront. Each week, children are introduced to 4 new spellings and are given 4 spellings from the previous week. This allows children two weeks to practise each word so that they can build a solid memory of each word when using them in their writing. This pack contains spelling lists, test sheets and home learning with words that match up to the common exception list in the new national curriculum.
A seasonal themed reading comprehension linked to the year 2 National Curriculum objectives. Questions direct children to practise inference, deduction, skimming and scanning skills as well as links to different word types. Can be completed individually or as a Christmas Quiz in partners. This resources has been differentiated three ways.