Home Learning, project-based activities, perfect for distance learning or homework.
This is a ‘design your own country’-themed, distance learning project that will be used whilst the children are off school. This resource spreads across 4 tasks (these could be set weekly or daily) which last for an hour each. The activities see children coming across a new, previously-undiscovered country- they’ll need to: - Write a fact file about biome, climate, fauna and flora found in the country
Create a new currency for the inhabitants
Develop a new written language and decipher messages in code
Write the laws for their citizens to follow!
This download includes:
PDF version of the 4-task home learning project
Word Document version of the home learning project for editing
2 fonts for editing .docx Word documents
England: This task would work great for KS2 (Key Stage 2) and it fits in with the Year 3 national curriculum expectation
My Distance Learning Projects
Perfect for whilst we’re away from school or for homework, these independent projects can help to develop your children’s writing and creativity in a variety of areas.
X Distance Learning Project: Apocalypse Theme
X Distance Learning Project: Detective Theme
X Distance Learning Project: Space Theme
X Distance Learning Project: Island Explorer Theme
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 5 of my No-Prep, 6-week How To Train Your Dragon English teaching unit. This week’s focus is on personification, rhyming poetry and text comprehension using evidence from the text.
How to Train Your Dragon is an incredible book to study, and this Chapter 12-14 unit pack helps to engage children in the text right from the start. With exciting, attractive and innovative worksheets designed to hook children in to the action from the get go, you can expect children to gain skills in using personification to describe, writing rhyming poetry in the ABCB pattern and providing evidence when answering comprehension questions.
Included in this download:
1 week of planning included in page 2 of the PowerPoint for ease
41-page teaching PowerPoint that breaks down all worksheets & learning
Key vocabulary break down for Chapter 12, 13, 14 and topical words
Video clips suggested to complement planning
Integrated QR codes for children’s independence purposes
Identifying Personification worksheet
The Story So Far worksheet
Personification in Poetry worksheet
Rhyming Poem Example worksheet
Poetry Write-Up worksheet
Chapter 14 Comprehension worksheet
Newspaper Article Challenge worksheet
Evaluation challenges for children to give their opinions on each poetic form
5 x starter/extension activities on the PowerPoint slides to push higher ability
How To Train Your Dragon clip art (not for commercial use)
2 fonts to edit your resources with
PDF & Word Document versions of every resource
Looking for the rest of the unit?
X Week 1
X Week 2
X Week 3
X Week 4
X Week 6
**Want to save money on the whole unit? **
X How To Train Your Dragon - Full Unit
I hope this resource saves you time and stress
Happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Writing prompt/stimulus based on finding a mysterious book. Teaching PowerPoint and 4-way differentiated planning sheets included in this 22-Page pack.
Assessing writing is a subjective nightmare! With this independent writing assessment stimulus, children can engage in an exciting and mysterious plot centered around a magical book found in the school library. As teachers, we can decide which planning sheet most accurately matches the children’s abilities or targets and the writing they produce can be assessed against national or state standards.
With Talk for Writing opportunities throughout the PowerPoint, children can discuss their use of vocabulary, ideas for plot and explore their characters’ emotions in peer work or small groups.
This can be delivered to a single class, year group or whole-school cohort, or even as an extra-curricular Creative Writing club task!
Included in this download:
18-page teaching PowerPoint
4 different planning sheet options in PDF format
5 fonts for editing purposes
Editable versions of PPT and worksheets to suit your classes’ needs!
Looking for more writing prompts? Look no further (:
X Writing Stimulus | Narrative | House in the Woods
X Writing Stimulus | Narrative | Spellbound
I hope this resource saves you time and stress!
Miss Austin
Week 1 of 12- An introduction to the Victorians topic, key vocabulary, BC/AD and timeline chronology activities
This product contains a 20-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 7 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the chronology of where the Victorian era fell in the context of British and global history. The activities can be conducted as a class or in smaller groups both physically (using string and clothespins/pegs or laminated cards) or digitally. The focus is on problem solving, understanding the meaning of BC and AD and understanding the chronology of this pivotal era.
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ sticky note activity
Understanding timelines (creating your own)
Sorting British History events using physical or digital cards
Sorting key images of Victoria using physical or digital cards
A note-taking activity to improve summarizing skill
This download includes:
A 21-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
Many fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
History Resources by LiL
Perfect for the classroom, home learning or even extra curricular clubs, these no-prep lessons make learning about History fun, exciting and (dare I say it…) easy!
X The Victorians | Week 1
X The Victorians | Week 2: Queen Victoria
X The Victorians | Week 3: Victorian Society
X The Victorians | Week 4
X The Victorians | Week 5
X The Victorians | Week 6
X The Victorians | Week 7
X The Victorians | Week 8
X The Victorians | Week 9
X The Victorians | Week 10
X The Victorians | Week 11
X The Victorians | Week 12
X British Monarchy Clip Art
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 2 of 12- An introduction to the human and physical geography of ancient and modern Egypt.
This product contains a 23-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 3 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the human and physical geography of Egypt. The main task sees children plotting key locations onto a plain map of Egypt and is differentiated for three levels of challenge. This activity can be conducted individually or in small groups both physically or digitally. The focus is on map reading and independent research using the internet.
This product contains 5 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ reasoning activity about BC and AD
World geography challenge questions
Linked QR Code YouTube introduction to Ancient Egypt video
Sorting human and physical features of Egyptian geography
Mapping key features on a blank Egypt map (3-way differentiated)
This download includes:
A 23-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
3-way Differentiated Main Task Mapping Egypt worksheet
Differentiated answer sheets in PDF format
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Week 3 of 12- A historical & geographical lesson on the importance of the River Nile to Ancient Egyptians
This product contains a 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 1 main task that can be implemented digitally or physically. The PPT guides students through learning the key reasons why the River Nile was pivotal to the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. The main task sees children creating a digital or physical fact file using the information included in this pack. This activity can be conducted individually or in small groups both physically or digitally. The focus is on recalling key facts and independent research using the internet.
This product contains 5 activities, including:
True or False recap activity about the Nile
Linked YouTube video discussing the relevance of the Nile
Questions about the video to answer as a class
Informative teaching slides for the purpose of the Nile
Introduction of task (creating a fact file about the Nile using PicCollage, Popplet or physically on paper)
This download includes:
A 16-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outlined Main Task with signposted relevant apps
JPEG Example of how PicCollage can be used to create a fact file
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
A Pugs of the Frozen North themed worksheet that I used for a week-long homework task based on subtraction using the column method.
There are four challenges in increasing difficulty that see children securing more and more desirable food for the pugs when Shen is abandoned with them on the frozen ocean.
Mega Teaching Pack for the Past, Present & Future Tenses in the Simple, Progressive & Perfect forms.
This resource includes:
Past tense worksheets in all 3 forms
Past tense wordsearch conversion challenge for all 3 forms
Present tense worksheets in all 3 forms
Present tense wordsearch conversion challenge for all 3 forms
Future tense worksheets in all 3 forms
Future tense wordsearch conversion challenge for all 3 forms
All answer sheets
All Word document versions to assist with editing to your students’ needs
2 fonts to assist with editing in the same style
Teaching tenses can be frustrating for many reasons- we were never taught grammar to this extent before, making resources can be tedious and it can be difficult to make them entertaining!
For that reason, and to help out other teachers who are DONE making tenses worksheets time and time again, I thought I’d upload the unit I created and teach with year in and year out!
Miss Austin
Week 1 of 6- A no-prep lesson that opens a course on the use of nature within art. Gets children outside exploring, and it is perfect for teaching in Fall, Summer or Spring with Grades 1-3!
This product contains a 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint that guide students through learning the basics of groupings in nature (flora and fauna), and walks them through exploring the outdoors, taking an interest in the world around them and creating a collage using the objects they find, pens and paper.
This activity can be conducted as a class, or in smaller wellbeing groups to work on mindfulness or calming SEN children during the chaos of the school day. The focus is on talking about the items that they find, exploring patterns in nature, and lateral thinking when creating a collage based on examples on the slides.
This lesson is likely to take 1-1.5 hours, involving a nature walk that could be as short or as long as you like!
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ questioning activity about natural objects
Grouping activity with manipulative images on PPT slides
Exploration task involving magnifying glasses
Nature collage task involving pens and paper
This download includes:
A 13-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Links to websites for extra inspiration, if needed!
Week 1 of 12- An introduction to the Ancient Egypt topic, key vocabulary, BC/AD and timelines.
This product contains a 12-slide Teaching PowerPoint and 8 pages of worksheets that guide students through learning the chronology of where the Egyptian civilisation fell in the context of 12 important world history events. This activity can be conducted as a class or in smaller groups both physically (using string and clothespins/pegs) or digitally. The children then have a sorting activity for key points in Egyptian history! The focus is on problem solving, understanding the meaning of BC and AD and understanding the chronology of this impressive civilisation.
This product contains 4 activities, including:
‘What do we already know?’ sticky note activity
Understanding timelines (creating your own)
Sorting World History events using physical or digital cards
Sorting key Ancient Egypt events using physical or digital cards
This download includes:
A 12-slide Teaching PowerPoint
‘How to use this product’ explanation within the PPT
Outline of the planning with links to accessing the rest of the course
A learning path to outline the focuses for the rest of the course
3 fonts for editing .ppt & .docx documents
Extra challenges to push on your critical thinkers
Ancient Egypt Resources by LiL
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 1: Introduction & Timelines
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 2: Mapping Egypt
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 3: The River Nile
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 4: Social Structures
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 5: Daily Life
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 6: Gods & Goddesses
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 7: Mummification
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 8: The Pyramids
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 9: The Afterlife
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 10: Hieroglyphs
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 11: King Tut’s Tomb
X Ancient Egyptians History Unit || Week 12: Archaeology
X Egyptian Themed Skip Counting - Times Tables Board Games
X Egyptian Cinderella- Character Description
I hope this resource helps you to save time and save stress!
Thank you, and happy teaching!
Miss Austin
Key Stage 2: 4 Entire Weeks of no-prep, distance learning English lessons based on Matilda by Roald Dahl. Emphasis on play scripts, recipe writing and description.
Matilda is one of those novels that never gets old, is loved by children and adults alike and provides great opportunity to explore lots of different text types. Perfect for whilst we’re teaching from afar, I put this pack together to ensure this module can still be taught even though we’re not in the classroom!
Included in this mega pack:
30+ resources in PDF format to ensure aesthetic layout!
PDF version of the text
20-lesson, 4 week long planning sheet with brief lesson plans- all able to be completed from home.
Prediction worksheet based on the front cover and blurb
Glossary worksheet and definition answers provided
Character trait worksheet for Mrs Phelps, Matilda & Mr Wormwood
Two write up sheets for different character descriptions
Venn Diagram for comparing characters
‘Features of a play script’ help sheet
Jack and Jill play script to label
Converting prose to play script worksheet
Using commas in three different ways worksheet
Acrostic Poem worksheet
Intonation and expression worksheet
Mischief scale worksheet
Comparisons between movie and book worksheet
Matilda’s next trick hypothesis worksheet
Planning sheets for play scripts
Asking questions to Miss Trunchbull worksheet
Converting adjectives to adverbs worksheet
Antonyms starter activity
Synthesised chapter planning sheet
Sequencing of emotions worksheet
Recipe planning and example sheets
Various starter tasks and extension challenges
Additional Resources that didn’t make it onto the final plan
.docx Word Document versions of ALL resources to allow you to edit them
3 fonts to edit your resources with
Phew! What a massive pack to put together!
All of these will be sold separately as individual lessons in the coming weeks.
I hope this saves you time and stress.
Miss Austin
Hi there!
Included in this pack is a presentation that outlines the LO, success criteria, input, whole class activities and plenary. There is also a detailed Lesson Plan for you to amend to your children's abilities.
Hope you enjoy this and find it useful!
Please leave a review if you download it!
Miss Ritchie x
* Includes *
3 powerpoints, including one recap of rounding and multiplying,
Learning Objective: To be able to multiply 4 digit numbers by a 1 digit number using a formal algorithm.
Success Criteria
Recapping on 2 digit numbers multiplied by 1 digit numbers
Recapping on 3 digit numbers multiplied by 1 digit numbers
A cheat sheet for how to do the sums
Introduction and practice for 4 digit numbers x 1 digit numbers
Simple, clean but fun layout and images for the children to enjoy
Lesson Plan for the week
3 worksheets
Hi there!
There's a main focus on gravity in this week's planning- just a heads up!
* includes *
3 Power Point presentations
multiple worksheets and resources for activities
Sorting activities
2 Lesson Plans that describe work for the rest of the week
A4 page full of helpful websites, games and quizzes for plenary/input/extension work
Let me know if you need anything else!
Enjoy Teaching!
Miss Ritchie x
Three whole weeks of Christmas themed morning challenges
(otherwise known as early morning activities, class starters, welcome work etc.)
There’s a mix of Maths and English questions.
Maths include: Shape, graphs, addition etc.
English includes: Poetry, creative writing etc.
LO's and success criteria outlined for each lesson
Butterfly, Frog and Ladybird lifecycles outlined
Numerous online resources linked and sourced
5 lessons planned and resources outlined
appendix of worksheets, ordering activities and flash cards for drama lesson.
Cross curricular with DRAMA, ICT and ENGLISH
Hi there!
In this pack there's three lessons outlined and planned with learning objectives and success criteria.
Multiple worksheets, powerpoint presentations and sorting activities!
Enjoy!
Miss Ritchie x
Hi!
Here's another resource pack for you. This time it's regarding the use of databases online. Children are to research certain areas using websites that are stated in the planning.
Worksheets are differentiated and are suitable for Year 1, 2 or 3.
Happy teaching
Miss Ritchie