Maths Murder Mystery (KS2 Revision, SATs) Great revision activity for Maths. Solve the mini mystery of a murdered lumberjack by practising addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, time, equations and times tables. Suitable for KS2. Can be used as a whole class, in small groups, as preparation for SATs. Colourful graphics, can be printed in black and white with no quality lost. Enjoy your revision and thank you for taking a look!

Maths Murder Mystery (KS2 Revision) Turn your Maths revision lesson into a fun activity by solving a mini murder mystery on Treasure Island. Review the four operations, co-ordinates, sequencing and time. Can be used in mixed ability pairs or with gifted and talented groups. Colourful graphics, can be printed in black and white with no quality lost. The resource has 3 pages (2 for the activity and 1 with HoppyTimes terms and conditions). Thank you for your interest in my products!

In this resource, you will find over 80 question stems/ pupil prompts that could be used during Guided Reading sessions. Was created to follow the Reading Rainbow scheme (COLOURFUL REMINDERS FANTASTIC) but can be adapted to be used with any guided reading lesson to promote deeper thinking and good reading behaviours.

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 4) This is the fourth set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment, equipped, especially, exaggerate. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity page 4 - Email your Teacher activity pages 5 - 9 - flash cards pages 10-11 - Word Search activity (with answers) page 12 - Roll and Spell activity page 13 - Word change activity page 14 -credits Set1 Set 2 Set3 More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Complete lesson PowerPoint on Jesus’ crucifixion. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics, link to video, range of activities including drama, discussions and independent work where children are invited to write a newspaper article on the events of crucifixion (can be linked to chronological report writing in Literacy). Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable.

KS2 Science PowerPoint Lesson and worksheets This is the second lesson in a series of Year 3 Science lessons on Plants. Corresponds to the Year 3 Science statutory requirements: explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant. 18 pages including the front cover and Hoppy Times terms and conditions. In this lesson, students will discuss the 7 living processes of all the living things (Mrs Gren); explain possible reasons for wilting in plants; predict and further explore the main things all plants need to live and grow; set up their own investigation on monitoring the growth of a radish plant under different conditions; answer follow-up questions. Activity worksheet on needs of a plant and an investigation sheet are both included (.pdf format) . The list of materials to set up an investigation is included in the PowerPoint. The PowerPoint is fully editable, making it easier to customise and tailor to the needs of your class. HoppyTimes

Up for your consideration is a complete lesson PowerPoint on Pentecost. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics; link to videos; range of activities including discussions and independent work where children are invited to write what their own cinquain poem and design a Pentecost symbol . Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable. Please check my other lessons from the EASTER UNIT series.

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 5) This is the second set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity page 4 - Crack The Code activity pages 5 - 9 - flash cards pages 10-11 - Word Search activity (with answers) page 12 - Fill in the Blanks activity page 13 - Word battleships page 14 -credits Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 More sets will appear shortly. Each will include 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Up for your consideration is a complete lesson PowerPoint on the Last Supper. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics; link to videos; audio built in the PPT; range of activities including a game, discussions and independent work where children are invited to study the modern and traditional paintings of the Last Supper . Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable. Please check my other lessons from the EASTER UNIT series.

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 7) This is the sevenths set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - mischievous, muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade. The activities are the same as in Set 2. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity pages 4 - 8 - words flash cards pages 9 - 10 - Word Search (with answers) page 11 - Which is correct? activity page 12 - Spelling Rainbow activity page 13 - Word Puzzles activity page 14 -credits Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 8) This is the eighth’s set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - physical, prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant. The activities are the same as in Set 3. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity pages 4 - 8 - words flash cards pages 9 - 10 - Word Search (with answers) page 11 - Dictionary work activity page 12 - Word shapes activity page 13 - Dial a word activity page 14 -credits Sets 1-5 Bundle Set 6 Set 8 More sets will appear shortly. Each will include 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 10) This is the last set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 11 words of the list - sufficient, suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity page 4 - Crack The Code activity pages 5 - 9 - flash cards pages 10-11 - Word Search activity (with answers) page 12 - Fill in the Blanks activity page 13 - Word battleships page 14 -credits Other sets and money saving bundles are available in our store. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 6) This is the sixth set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are based on the following 10 words of the list - hindrance, identity, immediately, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous. The activities are same as in Set 2 and include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity pages 4 - 8 - words flash cards pages 9 - 10 - Word Search (with answers) page 11 - Make a sentence activity page 12 - Caption it! activity page 13 - Spelling Maths activity page 14 -credits Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 More sets will appear shortly. Each will include at least 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. These will later be combined into a bundle. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Year 5 / 6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities ( set 9) This is the ninth set in the series of activities to practise the spellings of Year 5 and 6 Common Exception Words. The activities in this set are the same as in Set 4 and are based on the following 10 words of the list - restaurant, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincerely, soldier, stomach. The activities include : page 1 - cover page 2 - mini word lists page 3 - Look, say, cover, write, check activity page 4 - Email your Teacher activity pages 5 - 9 - flash cards pages 10-11 - Word Search activity (with answers) page 12 - Roll and Spell activity page 13 - Word change activity page 14 -credits For more sets, please visit my shop. Each set includes 5 spelling activities, plus mini word lists and flash cards. If you like the quality of my work, please consider leaving a rating/ review. Thank you for your interest in my products. Hoppy Times

Halloween Maths Murder Mystery . Suitable for KS2 (Years 4-6) Great revision tool with a number of topics covered - 4 operations, times tables, time,problem solving, etc. Easier and harder versions included. Colourful graphics, can be printed in black and white with no quality lost. The resource has 6 pages (a cover page, 4 pages with the activity, and 1 with HoppyTimes’ terms and conditions). Solution included. Thank you for your interest in my products! Hoppy Times

A set of 9 posters and 9 colouring pages to help promote Growth Mindset in your classroom.

Up for your consideration is a complete lesson PowerPoint on Lent. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics, link to video, range of activities including drama, discussions, a game and independent work where children are invited to contemplate the ways in which temptations can be resisted. Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable.

A fun and interactive 27-slide PowerPoint presentation about Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday), its UK origins and traditions. Suitable for stand alone lessons and assemblies in KS1/KS2. Fully editable text can be tailored to the needs of your pupils. After a short starter, pupils learn about the history of Mother’s Day and its religious origins. Information about modern Mother’s Day is also included, as well as a fun facts quiz, inspirational quotes and colourful illustrations. Thank you for your interest. HoppyTimes

An excellent way to bring some festive cheer to your Maths lessons with a visit to the Christmas Cafe. Children study the menus (differentiated 3 ways - prices in pence up to 20, prices in pence up to £1, prices in £ using decimals); they then proceed to answer questions on the task cards; alternatively, a teacher can set a budget for the children to spend in the cafe or use fake money and role play. The choice is yours. Great for practising the four basic operations, place value and decimals. Included in the resource: 3 differentiated menus, 24 task cards. If you have a suggestion or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to contact me on the email address provided on the last page of the resource. Thank you for your interest in my products, Hoppy Times

Science: Friction. How do things move on different surfaces? This PowerPoint Science lesson can be used as an introduction to studying Friction. Suitable for KS2. Goes well with Year 3 topic on Forces and Magnets. The lesson introduces Friction in a fun and engaging way! Pupils go on an exploration journey around the school grounds to find the best surface for ice-skating, all wearing their own “skates.” 4 surfaces to test are suggested - grass, tarmac, carpet, linoleum. Children observe themselves "skating" on the surfaces and rate them accordingly. The lesson has plenty of opportunities for independent learning and exploration. It comes with an investigation sheet; a template for skates; a number of engaging activities; higher level questions; a debate opportunity, and a quick pair assessment. All text is editable, so that it can be tailored to the needs of your class. The lesson has been tried and tested with very positive feedback from the pupils! Thank you for your interest. HoppyTimes