Children in groups create a 'leaning tower' from any sort of materials, art straws, sellotape, newspaper etc. They gradually tilt the base of their completed item whilst measuring the angle with a protractor. They keep tilting until the tower collapses! There is a planning sheet and there is an accompanying results sheet. Angles, Europe, Italy, Towers, Building, Maths.

Design your own wacky and weird Olympic event- space for a drawing, equipment list and how to play instructions.

This is a frame for a science report based on an insulation experiment. The experiment is using different types of cups (plastic, ceramic, wooden, polystyrene, glass etc.) to see which one keeps water hottest the longest. Children have to test the water temperature at timed intervals and write up an experiment report.

After reading the story of the first Christmas, I got the children to recount the story in comic strip form to assess their understanding. Can be used with younger children as a story and sentence activity or in greater depth higher up the school.

This is a report frame which allows children to write up a dissolving experiment. They predict and test several substances such as coffee, sugar, salt etc. in hot and cold water. They can discuss how to make it fair and the results.

This is a powerpoint to accompany the novel, Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. It has several pictures of different settings and leads to a discussion on why setting is important to a story. You can either give the children a copy of a chapter describing setting or get them to take notes of words and phrases relating to setting as you read aloud.

Children must choose objects from around the classroom and test them to see whether they float or sink in water. This report frame lets them think how to fairly test this and to predict their results first.

This is a great getting to know you activitiy for a class or first day. Children create a recipe based on themselves, ingredients could be personality traits, looks, hobbies, family members etc. They write a method and produce a picture of themselves at the bottom. Just a bit of fun to help you get to know them!

Powerpoint using pictures to inspire creative writing. setting, visual, space, planets, description, senses.

Sets of eyes to print so children can stick them on paper and draw their own portrait but with Mona Lisa eyes. Good way to introduce portraiture skills or different artists or for use with a class studying Europe. Makes a great classroom display when completed!

Some labels for maths jotters, language jotters etc.

Interdisciplinary Learning based around Global Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities -Text from Chat GPT describing Sustainable Cities -Literacy task -Editable slide -Day overview with literacy, maths, ICT and play challenges

I created this sign and laminated it. There is a space to stick on the photo of the pupil of the week and a space for them to write on why they have achieved pupil of the week.

Planning sheet for writing a letter to a child in Europe, penpals, letters, Europe,

Here are some arrows that I had children complete with 'My target is...'. We had them decorated and laminated and put up on a target board, getting nearer to the centre as they felt they were reaching their target. Good for target setting and self assessment.

Planning frame to go with Journey to another Planet Powerpoint. Creative writing, setting, space.

Instructions for a storybook activity to recap on french family unit. Pupils must create characters and plot for a book in french. Group work.

Simple character wheel for younger children.

5 stations for position and direction activities to practise clockwise, anti-clockwise turns, quarter turns, half turns, right angles and lefts and rights. Instruction cards, maths and other activity sheets

Baleen whales worksheet, fill in the gaps, picture. Cloze exercise, sea and seashore, ocean, underwater creatures.