A 59-slide animated PowerPoint AND set of worksheets - the majority of which are related to ‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by Lynne Cherry. The PowerPoint focuses on WRITING TO PERSUADE with the last few slides dedicated to advertisements. 10 integrated and exciting activities. Fully editable. Ideal for Year 3 or Year 4. 10 days of activities. Over 20 hours of planning!

Lots of ‘Time’ questions - times shown in analogue and digital. O’clock, Half past, quarter past and quarter to times. Appropriate for all ages, particularly 5 - 9 years. Also attached is a second PowerPoint (with 38 slides) where students have to say the times shown in digital form.

Mr. Men PowerPoint - Story Logs and Storyboards Enjoy writing some of your own Mr. Men stories with this 16-slide bright and fun Mr. Men slide show. The slide show displays the Mr. Men characters (on 1 slide) but then focuses on Mr. Tickle, Mr. Brave, Mr. Daydream and Mr. Chatterbox. Each of the characters has their very own Story Log and Storyboard for you (or the children) to complete! Please check out my shop for a Mr. Men Unit of Work and additional resources. Fully editable.

A 14-slide PowerPoint to refer to when introducing and teaching pre-cursive handwriting. Contents: Slide 3: Holding your pencil correctly. Slide 4: The 5 pre-cursive stages. Slide 5: The 5 pre-cursive stages (to stick in books). Slide 6: Bookmarks showing the pre-cursive letters. Slide 8: Stage 1 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 9: Stage 2 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 10: Stage 3 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 11: Stage 4 Pre-Cursive Letters. Slide 12: Stage 5 Pre-Cursive Letters. Also attached are 5 worksheets for your student’s to practise the pre-cursive letters. Fully editable.

If you want to launch your very own school council, look no further. Attached is a fully editable letter/newsletter entry for parents to read explaining about the launch of a new school council, what it is, its aims and the application process. Also attached is a 7-slide PowerPoint that explains what a school council is, the benefits of being a member of a school council, important information, how to apply and the voting process. Ideal to use in a school assembly to inform your students.

1 Worksheet - Minutes TO the Hour. Activity: Write each time on the digital clock and in words.

Year 1 DT Unit of Work: PLAYGROUNDS Unit of Work and PowerPoint attached. Age range: Year 1 or Year 2. Theme: Playgrounds. Fully editable.

Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability). Fully editable. PowerPoint - 6 slides showing examples of speech written in speech bubbles and in sentences. Also attached is a 4-page activity booklet: Activity 1: Students must write down something each character might say in the speech bubble provided. Then they must write out the speech in a full sentence (using speech marks). The first is done for them. Activity 2: Students must give each character a name. Then they must write something the characters are saying to each other in the speech bubbles. Finally, they must write the conversation on the lines. The first one has been done for them. Activity 3: Same as activity 2 but this time the conversation must be BIGGER. Activity 4: A character called ‘Amelia’ must ask Tom a question then respond to his reply. Students must copy out the conversation on the lines provided.

Iron Man Poetry Unit of Work + Resources Attached is a fully editable 1-week Iron Man Unit Plan (this can easily be extended to 2 or 3 weeks). Genre: Poetry. Focus Text: The Iron Man by Brenda Williams. A 36-slide PowerPoint complements the unit of work - just click through each slide. All of the activities/resources are in the slide show - just print off the relevant slides. Optional homework task also included. . Objectives for each lesson: LESSON 1: To describe the Iron Man; To perform verses of the Iron Man; To rewrite verses of the original text. LESSON 2: To compose poetry verses describing the ‘Return of the Iron Man’; To perform poetry using a set criterion. LESSON 3: To create a character profile sheet of the Iron Man using rhyming words; To choose and describe a pretend job The Iron Man might do on his ‘home’ planet; To compose and write a poem based on the Iron Man’s pretend job using rhyming couplets. . Please note: Each lesson is designed to last approximately 1 to 2 hours (this all depends on the age and ability of your class).

A 15-slide PowerPoint that covers the following: The main organs and parts of a plant. Fertilisation. The functions of male and female parts. Pollination. . Ideal for 7 to 11 years (depending on ability). Fully editable.

This bundle of 6 resources includes: A PowerPoint showing examples of what it means to explain. An explanation rubric. A ‘What is it?’ activity. A writing to explain 4-page activity booklet. A Cause and Effect PowerPoint. A 36-slide PowerPoint containing the following information: What are explanation texts? Identifying the subject in an explanation text. 6 Explanation texts: 1. Water pollution 2. The production of paper 3. Health and Beauty 4. How do volcanoes erupt? 5. What would happen if humans didn’t have bones? 6. What do muscles do? Layout of an explanation text Cause and effect – connectives, examples and activities. More explanation activities

Electricity - How is it produced? Look, label and describe the various ways electricity is produced. Fully editable.

A great right angles worksheet. Answer Sheet provided. Ideal for 5+ (depending on ability).

TREASURE ISLAND - Take your class on a real pirate adventure! Attached is 56-slide Treasure Island PowerPoint. PowerPoint contents: Characters. Setting. Transport. Tricky words in the story. Treasure Island - the story. Script template. Pirate pictures. Heroes and Heroines. Treasure Maps and Treasure Chests Character profiles. Writing your own pirate story. Also attached is a 3-week unit plan (fully editable), play script templates, Treasure Island - the story (a Robert Louis Stevenson adaptation),a short story example and a writing assessment. Fully editable.

36 questions (with answers). Activity: Work out the calculations … if you can’t, try going backwards using the INVERSE operation. I did this as a CORE activity with my Year 2 class.

12 different varieties of paper including: 9-dot paper Squared paper Grid paper (1 quadrant & 4 quadrants) Squares table Tridots More dotty paper (small, medium and large) Triangular paper Editable squared paper

Coordinates - KS1 PowerPoint An excellent introduction to coordinates. Perfect for KS1 (5 - 7 years) 31 slides. Just click on the correct coordinate to proceed through the slides. Students love this!

Teaching Inference … the ability to “read between the lines” 8 slides explaining how to teach inference. Good for teacher training / INSET