Children can work in pairs to plot the journey Mary and Joseph may have taken from Nazareth to Bethlehem and research how long it took to get there and how far it was in miles. Map gives children an idea of the scale of their journey! I do not own the rights to the picture used.

A hand illustrated activity booklet for children at Christmas. Includes spot the difference, decorate a reindeer, write a letter to Santa, worsearch, code word puzzle, ‘I am thankful for…’ worksheet and lots of pages to decorate and colour!

Three worksheets to support learning in year one on Christian symbols at Christmas. Most worksheets involve matching or filling in missing words, with higher sheet giving children opportunity to explain the significance of two of the symbols. Lesson worked well, we also had the symbols stuck on the walls around the room for children to spot and discuss in talk partners. They also matched them to the Christmas story as we read it through.

An activity where children (individually or in groups) look at two different Christian worship songs and talk about how they are different. They can then cut out the sentences describing each one and stick them in the right columns. Aim is to get children to understand that while forms of Christian worship can be different, they are doing the same thing - worshipping Jesus. Here are the links to the videos used to support this activity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHx7NDjMddo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTKIqmdfHSk

Worksheet helping children to practice making the sign of the cross and thinking about what it means. Suitable for lower ability children or EYFS, with stretch challenge for children of a higher ability. Suitable for Reception, Year 1 or Year 2. All pictures hand drawn by me!

Design your own Garden of Eden - children must choose what animals, plant, features would go in the garden of Eden, and the sheet also includes a set of comprehension questions for discussion or written answers about the story of Adam and Eve.

Worksheet designed to get children to demonstrate their understanding of why we celebrate Shrove Tuesday and where the idea of ‘pancake day’ comes from. Includes a colouring and drawing activity, as well as an opportunity to be challenged and explain why we give things up for lent, as well as exploring some of the history of Shrove Tuesday. All pictures hand drawn by me!

Worksheet giving children the opportunity to record how Thomas might have felt when he witnessed Jesus’ return, and think about what he might have been thinking. ideal for developing a deeper understanding of the story of Doubting Thomas. All pictures hand drawn by me!

LO: to examine the importance of diet, health and exercise for human survival. Lesson plan, presentation and three activities to teach the importance of diet, health and exercise for human survival. Activities include: food and drink picture sort (into groups relating to diet) fill in the food group pyramid letter from someone with an unhealthy lifestyle to respond with advice My year 6 class had a brilliant lesson - very interactive and engaging. Really got them discussing and thinking about what being healthy really is.

Presentation and two sets of simple column addition word problems without crossing tens.

Worked brilliantly with my year 6 class as they worked in mixed ability groups. Presentation showing children different climates and where they occur on the world map (discussing distance from equator). Activity where children label animals and plants with how they have adapted (eg. Polar Bear: thick fur and fat to keep warm, white fur to camouflage). End of presentation gives children prompts to respond to in books to ensure deeper understanding. All photos are not mine, and from google images.

Worksheet exploring the history of Saint Valentine and why we celebrate Valentines Day today. Children are challenged to think about what Saint Valentine might have done in his lifetime, and how we can show the same kind of love today.

RE worksheet aiming to enable children to sort the people they care about into groups - ‘school’, ‘family’, ‘neighbourhood’ and ‘the world’. They are given a question prompt to discuss or record why those relationships are different to each other. Fits with Catholic curriculum. All pictures hand drawn by me!

Worksheet to consolidate and demonstrate a secure understanding of states of matter with regards to particles in a solid, liquid and gas. Children also encouraged to answer question prompts to prove their understanding can be applied to different situations. Could be used as a test to check understanding.

An evaluation sheet for pupils to fill in each week which gets them thinking about their learning, behaviour and what they want to work on next week. Worked brilliantly with my Year 2 class, and great evidence of growth mindset in learning.

A brilliant teamwork based DT lesson/afternoon for Year 2+. Powerpoint to lead lesson (inc. youtube video link) with design worksheet also attached. Learning objective: to design and create a model of a bridge. In lesson children were encouraged to design a bridge individually, then get into groups with big A2 sheets bring their ideas together into one design for makeable model. They then presented ideas back to the class. Finally they had a go at constructing their bridges out of junk modelling materials and rolled up newspapers. We tested them at the end and rated them on appearance and durability! Children LOVED lesson and pushed their skills in teamwork, problem solving, design and fair testing.

FOUR Lesson powerpoints and then follow up activity ideas (instructions in presentations) for children to have a go at showing adding in different ways. Ideal for year 1 consolidation of adding knowledge. Also includes presentation looking specifically at using the equals sign for the first time. I do not own the rights to any of the photos included in this file.

Worksheet table for children to record their estimates for the outcomes of various activities. Worked well with year 1 and year 2 classes.

Four powerpoint presentations to help support children in phase 6 phonics. This set of presentations moves children onto looking at the long and short vowel sounds, and how we can use these to help us tell when to use the double consonant in past tense spellings (eg. hop goes to hopped, hope goes to hoped).

Four powerpoints that focus on teaching children about the past tense for phase 6 phonics. Children sat on carpet with whiteboards and composed their sentences in pairs or on their own, then went on to do some follow up work in their phonics books.