Differentiated activity where children compare the temperature of places in the UK with countries from around the world. Used with a year 1 class.

Collection of photographs/paintings of a Victorian street, displayed on worksheets to support development of interesting adjectives etc. Photographs/paintings also displayed on PowerPoint for display on whiteboards. Used with a year 1 class but can easily be adapted for use across primary age phase.

Lesson based on calculating percentages of money and finding the best deal for different food products at different retailers. Differentiated activities 3 ways. Can be taught as a single lesson or in a series of 3 lessons. Used with an upper Key Stage 2 class. Supporting PowerPoint and lesson plan also provided.

Lesson based on the following scenario: An energy company has decided to build a dam near your local area in order to produce hydro-electrical power. The building of the dam and the flooding it will cause will mean that 200 homes will be destroyed. The energy company will give the people and families affected money and time to move house. The project will create a source of clean, renewable energy that will power thousands of homes in Swansea. It will also create work for many people in your area. However, the flooding of the valley to create the reservoir will not only affect the families that live there, but also the many animals and birds that live there. The valley that will be flooded is a place of natural beauty that is enjoyed by tourists, walkers and fishermen. In your group, you must create an argument either in favor or against the development of the dam.

A task for book by Philip Pullman ‘Clockwork’. Children to write their own blurb and preface for the book.

A template for getting to know a new class, getting a child’s perspective on their strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes etc. Can be used as a One Page Profile, an introductory first week back task or as a homework task. Contains a blank version which can be used if completing using ICT and a version with lines if handwritten. Both .doc templates so can be easily edited.

A whole class lesson based on homophones. Covers all common homophones including your/you’re, there/their/they’re, where/were/wear, to/two/too.

An introductory PowerPoint to introduce different methods of long multiplication. Differentiated activities - can be used in class or as a homework task following classroom based activities. Easily adapted.

A lesson including differentiated activities to develop children’s understanding of adding several numbers. Includes a whole class introduction loop game. Suitable for lower Key Stage 2, but can easily be adapted for other year groups.

A lesson based on the Swansea Tidal Lagoon. Session explores the pros and cons of building a tidal lagoon in Swansea, South Wales. Use news reports to support the task. Various resources to support group discussion, culminating in a whole class discussion where children need to decide upon whether they think the tidal lagoon is a good idea or not.

A collection of resources to support the teaching of the solar system. Resource include: 1) vocabulary related to the solar system, which children need to research and find definitions. 2) A template for a ‘Wikipedia’ style entry about a famous astronaut. 3) Questions for children to explore about stars. 4) Planets of the solar system worksheets which includes task for children to come up with their own mnemonic. All .doc or .ppt formats so can easily be adapted.

A template which can be used to display characters feelings, emotions or actions through the beginning, middle and end of a story or short film clip. Includes a blank version, smiley face LA version and 2 versions with a differing number of lines, for children to add in their own vocabulary related to emotions.

A lesson plan and accompanying resources for a lesson based on developing ‘counting on’ using the number line method. Also supports column addition method for checking answers. Includes lesson plan, warm up task, PowerPoint of how to use the method and number cards for the main activity.

A weekly planning document template & evaluation document template based on the new ‘Successful Futures’ curriculum for Wales. Templates are organised in the 6 new ‘Areas of Learning Experience’ (AoLEs). Easily adapted as in .doc formats.

A display to encourage children to use interesting sentence starters when writing. ISPACED - I (ing ending words), S (simile), P (preposition), A (adverb), C (connective), E (ed ending words), D (dialogue). Includes ISPACED title, headings for each of the letters and an example sentence for each technique.

A range of maths warm up activities suitable for use across KS2. In .doc .ppt formats so easy to edit/differentiate.

A series of activities used during a multiplication workshop for parents & children. Includes a number of task card, with activity resources where appropriate. Can also be used as a mini unit of work on multiplication, or as additional/extension tasks. Powerpoint explains step by step, and gives examples of, multiplication methods.

A Philosophy for Children (P4C) lesson aimed at children in Key Stage 2, based on the book ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. Lesson begins with a mystery box, which contains a pack of crayons, with one crayon outside of the box. Lesson plan, supporting PowerPoint and planning sheet provided, all in editable formats.

A PowerPoint with accompanying good & bad examples of ghost story introductions, focusing on development of description and speech punctuation skills.

Two activities to support teaching of solar system, space & time topics. One activity looks at a hypothetical scenario based on different spacecraft traveling to different planets at different speeds. Second activity looks at the average temperature of planets and asks children to create a line graph/bar chart and answer questions based on the given data.