Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Get all of our quizzes in one helpful bundle.
Useful to use across in the school to help children to retrieve prior learning, don’t just have to be used in the Year group that you teach that themed topic in.
All our quizzes can be bought individually too.
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Goulden Time Colours (Pen Lids) Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on dragging and dropping coloured pen lids onto the correct pen. Great for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and as a sensory needs resource. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
“I can’t drawwwww…”
Whilst drawing is a great skill to have, it sometimes gets in the way of what we need to do.
Using simple Computing skills, create awesome looking characters for your stories using this easy-to-use PowerPoint file. Drag, drop, copy and paste the different elements of the character, thinking carefully about each of your choices. Choose a face and then ready your adventurers by providing them with armour, jewellery, special equipment and weapons.
With a vast number of variations available, you can create hugely diverse set of characters from mean looking villains, withered old side characters to brave heroes and heroines!
On the final page, name your character and write a description.
Easily printable from PowerPoint to stick in books.
“I can’t drawwwww…”
Whilst drawing is a great skill to have, it sometimes gets in the way of what we need to do.
Using simple Computing skills, create awesome looking characters for your stories using this easy-to-use PowerPoint file. Drag, drop, copy and paste the different elements of the character, thinking carefully about each of your choices. Choose a skin tone, add hair, eyes, eyebrows, mouth, face paint, scars, jewelery and facial hair.
With a vast number of variations available in terms of colours, expressions, distinguishing features you can create hugely diverse characters from mean looking villains, withered old side characters to brave heroes and heroines!
On the final page, name your character and write a description.
Easily printable from PowerPoint to stick in books.
A beautiful variety of dinosaur themed writing templates in landscape.
Several pages of each, differentiated with varying amounts of lines and line thicknesses.
Why not make some of your own dinosaurs using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create and build your own dinosaur’
Using animals as part of your languages topic, but you don’t use French or Spanish? Then these editable animal flashcards are just what you need!
You will get 15 animal flashcards that you can add any language to, including English for any learners who have English as an additional language.
Why not check out our other language themed resources. Including a PowerPoint game using all of these animals. The PowerPoint can be found in our TES Shop HERE
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘Spanish-Interactive Whiteboard Game - Animal Names
A collection of Flashcards of animals with their Spanish translation. Perfect to use as part of your main teaching, starters or even could be used as part of a classroom display.
The download includes a free PDF format of 15 animal flashcards.
Why not check out our other language themed resources. Including a PowerPoint game using all these animals. The PowerPoint can be found in our TES Shop HERE
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘Spanish-Interactive Whiteboard Game - Animal Names’
Why not also check out our Interactive Spanish Mini Bundle? Click HERE to view our Spanish Mini Bundle.
A beautiful variety of space aliens to help count up to 30. Perfect for the interactive whiteboard as a teacher input/starter or as a continuous provision style activity.
Contains a whole bunch of unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and discuss. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
This PowerPoint is set up to run like an interactive game, not just a dull slideshow. Run the PowerPoint and follow the instructions on screen. Simply count the red, blue, yellow or green aliens, as directed, and select the boxed number on screen. It will either chime to signal a correct answer or click and wiggle to tell you to try again. Choose from 5 different difficulty levels - higher difficulties have more aliens to count. The highest difficulty even asks you to count multiple colours of aliens.
Over 40 questions in total and includes a question randomiser to make it endlessly replayable!
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
And if you are looking for even more Space themed resources:
Click HERE to view the Wanted Posters
A beautiful variety of alien posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and describe. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
The resources contains 2 sets of posters. The first set gives each alien one made up name. The second set gives each alien two names to sound out. We threw in a little alliteration on the second set just for fun!
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
A beautiful variety of alien ‘Wanted’ posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and describe. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
The resource is differentiated 3 ways with 4-6 aliens to choose from in each category.
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
A beautiful variety of space/alien posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and discuss. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
If you want to take the discussions further, you might also be interested in creating some ‘WANTED’ style posters using the same aliens in this resource.
Click HERE to view the Wanted Posters
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
In the style of Blockbuster, test your children’s knowledge all about the Romans. 28 questions are supplied with the quiz, along with a PowerPoint with all the instructions that you will need to use this fun resource in your classroom on your interactive whiteboard. Could be used at an end of the topic, to test how much your children have learnt or just as a fun activity.
Not doing the Romans? Then keep your eyes peeled on our page, more history quizzes will be added soon.
A beautiful variety of space/alien themed writing templates both in landscape and portrait.
Several pages of each, differentiated with varying amounts of lines and line thicknesses.
Why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
Pirates and Explorers
Choose from 5 different shaped hats and decorate them with a variety of items such as tassels, feathers, buttons and badges. The badges include all kinds of designs such as skull and bones, cross swords, flag, parrot, anchor and helm steering wheel.
A super simple to use PowerPoint file that allows you to drag and drop the items onto your hat. Rotate, resize and flip items to get the desired effect.
This resources is super great for teaching younger children how to manipulate objects on the screen and is perfect for individual use or group use on an interactive whiteboard.
Finally, with a couple of clicks, your hats can be printed out to create wonderful displays or look great in their books.
Set sail across the seas in in a creaky, wooden ship destined for adventure, new lands or even treasure!
Included in this package:
A superb 12 minute video hook showing a 1st person experience of life as an adventurer. Check the map, raise the sail, steer the ship and dig for treasure where ‘X’ marks the spot!
A printable/editable instruction template to halp structure your writing.
Using the explorer video as a hook, get your children to write their instructions on ‘How to find treasure/land’ on the printable templates. Alternatively, tick off some Computing skills and get the children to type their instructions on the digital template.
If you want to make your own treasure maps, explorer hats or your own pirate pendants. Check out my other items on my TES shop HERE.
Based on the retelling of Goldilocks and The Three Bears by Martin Goulden, this Microsoft PowerPoint document contain exactly the same storyboard as the story itself. However, this storyboard contain no text or text boxes but instead contains editable speech bubbles.
This Microsoft PowerPoint document retells the classic fairy tale of Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Whilst the illustrations are non-editable, the story itself is. This allows you to change the text as you see fit. Visuals created by Martin Goulden. Story re-written by Martin Goulden.
Love the idea of clay but remember how messy it was last time?
These several, step-by-step picture guides teach you the basics of a computer program called Sculptris - a free 3D modelling program that simulates clay.
Have yourself a Spanish Day! Gather your children around the interactive whiteboard for some interactive games that will teach them the Spanish names for animals, hobbies, food, numbers, days of the week and months of the year.
A variety of interactive whiteboard resources and Computing resources aimed at learning the basics in Spanish.
“You arrive at three ancient doors. Which door do you choose?”
Write your own adventure stories where you, the reader, choose your own path - like authors such as Ian Livingstone. Differentiated through 10,7 or 5 paragraphs, write them on the PowerPoint files provided and the hyperlink buttons will take you to the next part of the story. There are two sets of immersive PowerPoint files that each give you starting/linking sentences - provided are 1st person and 3rd person files.
Perfect for practicing setting descriptions and creating writing with suspense!
*Included are some images from a computer game called Legend of Grimrock. Please note that these images are readily available via their website and are simply added in this package for convenience, not profit.
