Hi, I am Lizzie a primary teacher with 10+ years of experience. I love teaching but the thing I hate is that Sunday becomes a work day. I believe that all teachers deserve to rest on Sunday. For the benefit of themselves and their students. Hence the creation of Teachers Love Sundaes.
The resources I create can be picked up and taught straight from. All lessons include key vocabulary, rewind , active learning throughout, problem solving generated learning , stem sentences and so much more !
Hi, I am Lizzie a primary teacher with 10+ years of experience. I love teaching but the thing I hate is that Sunday becomes a work day. I believe that all teachers deserve to rest on Sunday. For the benefit of themselves and their students. Hence the creation of Teachers Love Sundaes.
The resources I create can be picked up and taught straight from. All lessons include key vocabulary, rewind , active learning throughout, problem solving generated learning , stem sentences and so much more !
This resource is a ppt to support teaching on the Viking era. This is aimed at LKS2 but can be easily adapted for upper KS2.
The ppt will start by defining chronology and establishing the importance of developing a chronological understanding by comparing the chronology of the Vikings to the development of a key primary resource.
The ppt will then go on to teach the differences between BC and AD.
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This is the first lesson in a sequence. The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the further lessons. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however this is fully editable.
Children will be designing a new play park. Children will be shown two play parks and will think about which park they would rather play at. Children will be provided with a stem sentence to improve oracy.
Using the play park children will complete a number of tasks to ensure children have remembered their prior learning from year 1 and that it is at the forefront of their thinking ready to apply for their new learning.
Children will identify the materials used at the play park, differentiate between the object and the material and finally think about why certain materials have been used at the playpark based on their properties.
Children will move on to identifying the uses of different materials throughout the school.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
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In this lesson children will learn that they are helping the Three Little Pigs set up a building business.
Preparation - Each table will need a set of materials. The teacher will need materials during the input. Each table/partner/individual will need a plastic cup and a pipette.
They will start by rewinding to their previous learning. Children will work through two rewind tasks with a partner. They will identify the name of every materials and then identify an everyday object , its use and the materials it is made from.
Children will be given a problem. One of the pigs has made a house but they have forgotten the roof. Children will use their prior learning from the previous lesson to discuss what properties a roof needs to have. Children will then be taught about waterproof and absorbent.
Children will be introduced to the experiment they will be completing. Although children wouldn’t be completing a full science write up they will be involved and introduced to the stages of an experiment such as the method and the equipment list.
Children will start by making predictions about what materials they think will be waterproof and which they think will be absorbent. Children will be challenged to discuss how they made their decisions through conversation with their partner.
After completing their predictions children will complete the experiment which involves placing different materials on a cup and seeing how much water is left on the surface of the material.
Children will finish by reflecting on their results.
Stem sentences are used throughout to support oracy.
Helping hands - Children will be provided with a scaffold to write up their responses.
Chilli Challenge - Children will think about what further properties the waterproof materials need to be a suitable roof.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
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Lesson 1- To find out about toys and explain how we find out about the past.
Lesson 2 - To know about toys in the 20th Century
Lesson 3 - Comparing Victorian toys and modern day toys.
Lesson 4 - To recognise how toys have changed over time.
Throughout the lessons children will look at historical sources and discuss which sources are best for particular areas of learning.
In lesson 1 - Finding out about toys and explaining how we find out about the past.
In this lesson children will start with a physical warm up where they will show their preference to two items (one being a toy) . This will lead into a discussion about what a toy is and what children’s favourite is. Children will interview each other and proceed to write up their answers.
The teacher will then show children a toy from the past. They will generate questions to ask the toy and then discuss how we can find our answers.
lesson 2 - To know about toys in the 20th century
Children will start the lesson by reflecting on their prior learning and vocabulary.
Throughout all of their toys lessons children will be actively thinking of historical sources of information. Considering what is a good source of information and what might not be the best e.g children will think about how they aren’t a good expert group for toys from the 20th century as they weren’t alive during this era.
Todays focus of historical information will be the internet. Children will be shown a basic timeline of toys popular in the 20th century created by the teachers research from the internet. Children will then go on to do a focus research on lego. Children will be guided creating useful questions.
Children will final go onto present the facts they have learnt on a lego brick. With a chilli challenge and helping hands support to ensure all children maximise their learning.
Lesson 3 - To compare Victorian and modern day toys
In this lesson children will start with a warm up where they will think about the question - If you could make a toy what would it be? Children will rewind on their prior learning of modern day toys and 20th century toys.
Children will continue to look at historical sources of evidence. Children will look at books about the Victorians to answer four questions. This will provide a general gist of when the Victorian era was, what Victorian life was like for the rich and poor and what schooling looked like.
Children will be guided (in a ks1 manner) to make inferences about what Victorian toys might be like. Children will then learn about Victorian toys through an exploration of actual toys (pictures/videos may be needed if you can’t access Victorian toys) and then a teacher led input about the toys.
Finally, children will complete small steps which will support them to independently make simple comparisons in their independent application.
Lesson 4 - To recognise how toys have changed over time.
Today children will be introduced to a Victorian toy maker. They will start by using clues such as girl and boys toys to identify what era the toy maker came from. Using their prior knowledge on Victorian toys.
Children will continue to reflect back on prior knowledge when they learn the maker is going to travel forward to modern times. Children will reflect on times such as the 20th century.
The toy maker will then show children a toy and will explain why they think its a good toy (the toy is completely against modern times such as attitude and technology)
Children will be taught about why things have changed. MSTA - Materials, safety , technology and attitudes.
Children will write a letter to the toy maker explaining why the toy is unsuitable.
After their experiences with the big bad wolf, the three little pigs have set up their own building business.
Things keep going wrong in the business and they desperately need your expertise to help them.
All lessons start with children solving a problem that can only be solved using the LO. Research has shown that when children learn through problem solving and having ownership of their own learning they develop a deeper and longer lasting understanding.
Lesson 1 - Naming and identifying everyday materials.
Problem to solve - Shopping list is vague - what materials do the pigs actually need?
Lesson 2 - To know the difference between object and materials.
Problem to solve - Pigs have delivered the materials not the objects.
Lesson 3 - To describe the properties of everyday materials.
Problem to solve - Pigs are arguing over what is the best material for a chair they are building.
Lesson 4 - To investigate waterproof and absorbent
Problem to solve - The pigs have built a house with no roof. What is the best material to build a roof?
Lesson 5 - To sort materials.
Problem to solve - How to sort the items to pack for the new houses.
Powerpoint user guide
Throughout children are encouraged to rewind on prior learning through rewind sections.
Children are also exposed to fast forward where they will see how their learning applies to future learning (be this the next lesson or in future years)
Chilli challenges encourage children to maximise their learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.
Helping hands provide children with additional supports to allow them to access the main learning.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
Thank you for looking at my resource.
In this lesson children will recap on their prior knowledge by recapping on the definition of animal and matching the animal group to the description.
Children will reflect on what animals need to survive which will lead into being informed that Zack the zookeeper thinks that all animals eat the same thing. Children will discuss whether they agree or disagree with this.
Children will be shown a number of animals diets and will reflect whether it is possible to remember all of the individual diets of the over 1.2 million animals that exist.
Children will be introduced to carnivore, herbivore and omnivore as well a small task to ensure that children understand what is meant by meat and plant type foods.
Further to this a discussion will be had about humans and those that follow a vegan/vegetarian/other diet.
Children will build up to independently identifying whether an animal is carnivore,herbivore or omnivore based on their diet.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
I have been a maths lead for 5+ years. My subject was deep dived in the inspection which took it from unsatisfactory to good. I completed a maths specialist SSIF in 2019 and have a NPQ in leading teacher development.
In this staff training the focus is variation as part of the five main ideas of mastery maths.
This resource includes an indepth powerpoint as well as a plan and relevant resources.
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In this lesson children will start with a warm up where they will think about the question - If you could make a toy what would it be? Children will rewind on their prior learning of modern day toys and 20th century toys.
Children will continue to look at historical sources of evidence. Children will look at books about the Victorians to answer four questions. This will provide a general gist of when the Victorian era was, what Victorian life was like for the rich and poor and what schooling looked like.
Children will be guided (in a ks1 manner) to make inferences about what Victorian toys might be like. Children will then learn about Victorian toys through an exploration of actual toys (pictures/videos may be needed if you can’t access Victorian toys) and then a teacher led input about the toys.
Finally, children will complete small steps which will support them to independently make simple comparisons in their independent application.
Chilli challenges encourage children to maximise their learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.
Helping hands provide children with additional supports to allow them to access the main learning.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
Thankyou for looking at my lesson.
Today children will be introduced to a Victorian toy maker. They will start by using clues such as girl and boys toys to identify what era the toy maker came from. Using their prior knowledge on Victorian toys.
Children will continue to reflect back on prior knowledge when they learn the maker is going to travel forward to modern times. Children will reflect on times such as the 20th century.
The toy maker will then show children a toy and will explain why they think its a good toy (the toy is completely against modern times such as attitude and technology)
Children will be taught about why things have changed. MSTA - Materials, safety , technology and attitudes.
Children will write a letter to the toy maker explaining why the toy is unsuitable.
Chilli challenge - Children will be encouraged to give a recommendation and explain why this is a better toy.
Helping hands - Children will have a scaffold to allow them to focus on the facts rather than forming sentences.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
In this resource there are four lessons. Each lesson focussing on a specific type of sentence.
Lesson 1- Questions
Lesson 2 - Command
Lesson 3 - Exclamation
Lesson 4 - Statement
Indepth preview of lesson 1
In lesson one children will look at question sentences.
Children will be challenged to think why we need question sentences via the example of a new child starting in their class. Children will then be taught what a question is and using the child starting in their class will work with a partner to apply the 5 ws + 1h to questions they may ask a new student. Children will independently apply these to a similiar example in their own books where they will fill in the missing W/H. With the most able being challenged to write further questions while helping hands in the form of the teacher to be available. Children will return as a class and look at how we write a question sentence such as the punctuation. Children will be introduced to an alien who has given some answers. Children working with their partner will write the questions they think the alien was asked. Finally children will move on to independently writing the questions they think a paramedic was asked based on their answers. Helping hands scaffold and Challenge additional questions.
Every lesson involves children being encouraged to idenitfy the importance of what they are learning. This is usually through a direct problem such as following instructions where there is no verb to emphasis the importance of a verb in instructions. Research has shown that when children learn through problem solving children develop a deeper and longer lasting understanding of their learning.
Powerpoint user guide
Throughout children are encouraged to rewind on prior learning through rewind sections.
Children are also exposed to fast forward where they will see how their learning applies to future learning (be this the next lesson or in future years)
Chilli challenges encourage children to maximise their learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.
Helping hands provide children with additional supports to allow them to access the main learning.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
Children will start by reflecting on prior learning.
Children will be provided with a brief overview of what mining is and the importance of it to the Victorian era.
Children will then start to explore the general impact of mining,before using the 1842 commission report to identify how mining impacted children. They will finally will look at the impact on Nottinghamshire.
Children will write their own report.
In this resource children will focus on the importance of a noun in a sentence.
Children will do a variety of carefully thought out small step tasks to build up their understanding of what a noun is and how to apply nouns to sentences.
Resource includes a PPT and corresponding word resource
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
Powerpoint user guide
Throughout children are encouraged to rewind on prior learning through rewind sections.
Children are also exposed to fast forward where they will see how their learning applies to future learning (be this the next lesson or in future years)
Chilli challenges encourage children to maximise their learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.
Helping hands provide children with additional supports to allow them to access the main learning.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
In this lesson children will not only be writing prepositions but also developing a clear understanding of what exactly a preposition is.
Children will start with a warm up task identifying the nouns in a festive picture. Children will then play a where’s wally style game with a snowman which will lead on to children spotting that the commonality of prepositions.
Prepositions will be defined however a child friendly version will be established.
Children will identify the two nouns relating to the snowman and then identify the preposition. Children will do this a number of times to establish their understanding.
Children will move on to independently writing the preposition for various items on a snowman.
Helping hands - Children will choose the appropriate preposition.
Chilli Challenge - Children will make a snowman and write instructions containing a preposition to instruct a friend how to make theirs.
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This is the second lesson in a sequence. The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the further lessons or the previous lesson. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however this is fully editable.
In this lesson children will play a child friendly version of two truths one lie. Children will be informed that Ms Cheeky has changed one of three scientific facts and they have to identify which one is the not fact. This will provide an opportunity for the teacher to make a quick assessment of any learning which needs recapping on. This will also ensure that prior learning is at the forefront of children’s mind to make sense of their new learning.
Children will link their prior learning on offspring by thinking how a baby develops from a baby to an adult. Children will start this by looking at humans as an example of offspring that look like their adult . Children will then move onto looking at a frog. Children will have it highlighted that in future learning that this is called metamorphosis. Children will not needed to remember this to complete their learning.
Once learning about the frog’s lifecycle and given opportunity to consolidate this learning. Children will create their own frog lifecycle.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge for both independent tasks.
The chilli challenge should be provided to all learners the ’ differentiation ’ will be based on how children complete the task.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
This is the second lesson in a sequence . The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the further lessons or the previous lesson. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however this is fully editable.
Children will be designing a new play park. They will complete a number of tasks to ensure they have remembered their prior learning from year 1 and their previous lesson on material uses. This will also ensure that this prior learning is at the forefront of their thinking ready to apply for their new learning.
Children will discuss with a partner whether paper would be a ‘good’ material for a slide. This will lead into the introduction of the concept of suitability.
The first task children will complete will involve identifying all materials that would be suitable for an object. Children will build up to completing an independent task.
Children will return as a class to look at how the object’s exact use can change which material is most suitable. Children will look at a number of scenarios and discuss which material would be most suitable.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge for both independent tasks.
The chilli challenge should be provided to all learners the ’ differentiation ’ will be based on how children complete the task.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
This is the fourth lesson in a sequence . The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the further lessons or the previous lesson. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however this is fully editable.
Children will be designing a new play park. They will complete a number of tasks to ensure they have remembered their prior learning from year 1 and their previous lesson on material uses. This will also ensure that this prior learning is at the forefront of their thinking ready to apply for their new learning.
Children will discuss what will happen to the old play park. This will lead onto children learning about landfill. Children will think of ideas to stop the play park going into landfill. Leading on from this the teacher will introduce children to recycling and their experiences of recycling. The example of plastic will be given to show the process of recycling. Children will create a comic strip showing the process of recycling plastic.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge for both independent tasks.
The chilli challenge should be provided to all learners the ’ differentiation ’ will be based on how children complete the task.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource.
This is the third lesson in a sequence . The lesson can be taught independently without the need for the further lessons or the previous lesson. This lesson can be picked up and taught straight from however this is fully editable.
Children will be designing a new play park. They will complete a number of tasks to ensure they have remembered their prior learning from year 1 and their previous lesson on material uses. This will also ensure that this prior learning is at the forefront of their thinking ready to apply for their new learning.
Children will discuss how easy it is to change the shape of wood. Children will be given a brief fastforward of how wood is changed to emphasis that it is complicated. This will lead into a discussion about what objects made from different materials can be easily changed shape.
Children will be shown four ways that objects shape can be changed - twist,stretch, squash and bend. This will be explicitly explained and modelled to children.
Children will move onto testing these four types of changing an objects shape.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge for both independent tasks.
The chilli challenge should be provided to all learners the ’ differentiation ’ will be based on how children complete the task.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource. These resources are designed that they can be picked up and taught from however allow full user edits.
The lesson will start with children recapping on prior learning.
Children will label parts of Zack the Zookeepers body with their partner. This will lead onto a discussion about what parts of the body are there for. Children will reflect on Zack’s view that he only needs his arms and hands for the zoo.
As a class children will discuss different body parts and what there uses are.
Helping hands will be provided for children who need additional support as well as a chilli challenge.
Children will have stem sentences to support oracy and enable children to focus on the science rather than forming a sentence.
Powerpoint guide
Green slides - Partner tasks , class discussion etc
Red slides - Teacher led tasks
Blue slides - Reflection time
Yellow slides - independent application
Thankyou for looking at my resource. The purpose of this video is to show you what a typical lesson will look like. This showcases two lessons from a halloween sequence.
It shows the key components of all lessons as well as how creative learning is successfully applied to maximise learning ,whilst ensuring students don’t experience cognitive overload.
Children will be challenged to think why we need question sentences via the example of a new child starting in their class. Children will then be taught what a question is and using the child starting in their class will work with a partner to apply the 5 ws + 1h to questions they may ask a new student. Children will independently apply these to a similiar example in their own books where they will fill in the missing W/H. With the most able being challenged to write further questions while helping hands in the form of the teacher to be available. Children will return as a class and look at how we write a question sentence such as the punctuation. Children will be introduced to an alien who has given some answers. Children working with their partner will write the questions they think the alien was asked. Finally children will move on to independently writing the questions they think a paramedic was asked based on their answers. Helping hands scaffold and Challenge additional questions.
Every lesson involves children being encouraged to idenitfy the importance of what they are learning. This is usually through a direct problem such as following instructions where there is no verb to emphasis the importance of a verb in instructions. Research has shown that when children learn through problem solving children develop a deeper and longer lasting understanding of their learning.
Powerpoint user guide
Throughout children are encouraged to rewind on prior learning through rewind sections.
Children are also exposed to fast forward where they will see how their learning applies to future learning (be this the next lesson or in future years)
Chilli challenges encourage children to maximise their learning. Challenges should be given to all. Not just your most able. They are purposely open ended. The ‘differentiation’ comes from how your most able access the task.
Helping hands provide children with additional supports to allow them to access the main learning.
Colour coding
Blue slides – Reflection
Green slides – Child led
Red slides – Teacher led
Orange slides - Independent application
