A word mat designed to support children's thank you writing after Christmas. Set out to mirror the VCOP board, including question words to prompt.

Step by step instructions to make a snowy trees picture using chalk or oil pastels.

Step-by-step instructions to create a winter landscape. Images and text thanks to http://terristeachingtreasures.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/winter-wonderland-art.html

5 sentences containing pictures to sequence to create a recount about the Moon landing.

A word mat designed to support writing about the moon landing. Sectioned in to Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation. Also contains the two common phrases broadcast and VCOP superheroes (thanks to Butterbeer and ilovemarmite)

A word mat to write instructions on how to make a straw rocket launcher. Set out into V, C, O & P sections. Also contains butterbeer & Ilovemarmite's VCOP superheroes.

3 differentiated instructional writing templates. All templates in Word and pdf version.

A new version of my 2013 safety rules in PowerPoint and pdf format

PowerPoint version of my previous SMART notebook file. A short introduction to describing pumpkins, both on the outside and inside. Activity inspired by A-Z Teacher Stuff (lessons atoz) to make a non fiction pumpkin book. Children to write words, phrases or sentences to describe the outside and inside of the pumpkin. Can cut orange wool and seeds to stick on the inside of the book to illustrate. Also some words on pumpkins as display title Suitable for topics on autumn and Halloween

A lesson starter/intro to the story of The Three Little Pigs &/or Homes topic. Loosely based on Through the Keyhole. Use the spotlight tool in ActivPrimary on the image pages to give the children thinking time.

Step by step instructions to make a pop-up Eid-ul-Fitr card. Text and images courtesy of myramadanfun.com

Cut and stick activity to order the months of the year. LAPs months are colour coded to the seasons (Dec, Jan, Feb - blue, Mar, Apr, May - green, June, July, Aug - yellow, Sept, Oct, Nov - orange). To be designed to stick onto calendar frame or into books.

A VCOP word mat to be used when writing the African folktale 'How zebra got stripes'. Links with Greedy Zebra by Mwenye Hadithi and the Tinga Tinga Tales version. Picture courtesy of a child from http://thislittleclassofmine.blogspot.co.uk - thanks xx

Designed to be used as homework or classwork. A large image of the solar system which could be stuck in the centre of an A3 piece of paper. Second page contains a table where children could type or write facts about the different elements of the solar system. Easily amendable to your needs!

A step by step guide to make stained glass crosses. Will work with any other shape as well.

2 different word mats: 1. Religious: The Easter story 2. Non-religious: Easter signs and symbols

Step by step instructions on how to make a spinning Victorian thaumatrope toy.

Instructional PowerPoint on how to make coconut burfi snowballs. Nice easy sweets to make - fits in with Hinduism topic or celebrating Diwali.

A simple PowerPoint introduction to Diwali. Children watch a video, listen to the Ramayana story then find out ways in which Hindus celebrate.

Designed to go alongside the Leicester University Botanic Garden's Whole world cake lesson/activity. Images of ingredients that children find growing within the gardens. This is designed for children to draw/use a map of the gardens, stick and label where the ingredients were found growing. The images could also be stuck onto a world map to show where in the world they are naturally grown. Fits in with work on Fair Trade and harvest.