Superb to have up your sleeve - 16 engaging worksheets each with at least 1 extension activity. Hours upon hours of learning. Designed to be used with ANYbook or text and match the new statutory and non-statutory reading curriculum for 2014. Suitable for guided reading groups, homework, interventions, individual assessment of understanding or even as worksheets for a whole class lesson. Learning objectives: - identifying the main points of a text - summarising texts - creative activities where children use and apply their knowledge in engaging ways - expanding vocabulary - dictionary and thesaurus skills - learning to spell new words (involving handwriting practice) - Identifying and retrieving facts and opinions - character descriptions and comparisons - fiction and non-fiction book reviews - planning and delivering oral presentations and All images either owned by tftf or licensed via creative commons 1.0

Up to 3 art lessons including: PowerPoint, colour instructions (for the children), self assessment plenary sheet, extra writing activity (for any early finishers) and teachers' notes. Easy to teach as the instructions add an element of reading comprehension, simply hand them the instructions and see if they can figure out what to do - developing lots of thinking and teamwork skills (alternative approaches are also suggested in teachers' notes). 2 - 3 separate lessons in 1 - as the artwork is created in stages with potentially fantastic end results perfect for displays. Children will communicate feelings and moods with colour, practice numerous art techniques, experiment before committing to their finished work and reflect on their success, all with commonly found art materials in primary schools. Multiple options for the materials used you don't need to exactly follow the suggestions - this is explained in the teachers' notes.

This KS2 character descriptions lesson contains starter, teaching input, example for modelled writing, peer-assessment and further plenary activity on the PowerPoint PLUS all worksheets and teachers' notes for a complete and thorough lesson pack. The lesson is flexible and can be used with a character from a book you are reading in class, a character from a story the children are planning or a character from a selection of full colour images provided in the learning activity pack: full colour images are also differentiated. Starter, teaching input, example for modelled writing, peer-assessment and further plenary activity are all included on the PowerPoint for a complete and thorough lesson. Learning activities involve discussion, planning and then describing a character in a narrative style using the techniques taught in the lesson. Best suited for KS2 but could be applied to a higher ability Y2 class. Full teachers’ notes included too. It is intended to slot into a unit either about story writing, fiction or any narrative theme, but can be used as a stand-alone English lesson if required. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 12 separate & complete activities for your class to undertake that result in them creating all the details of a newly discovered remote island complete with a tribe of people. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is completely purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, persuasive writing, speaking and listening, art édesign and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4.

This cross-curricular learning pack for KS2 will provide you with at least a whole day of meaningful and highly enjoyable learning all about Guy Fawkes, bonfire night, fireworks and the gunpowder plot. Everything you need is here - just print and teach. Flexible teaching and learning - lots of options! Designed to last a whole day (at least) and involving Maths, English and Topic based lessons, but can be used for discrete lessons and dipped in and out of if you prefer - if all work is completed then the pack could provide up to 2 whole days of bonfire night based learning. Contains: - Lesson 1: Establishing the history and context of Bonfire Night and allowing children to explore and learn independently and in a holistic way culminating in an optional speaking and listening activity. - Lesson 2: Your class' ideas and knowledge from lesson 1 will be tested as they discuss, plan and then creatively write about a highly engaging firework night related activity that they are guaranteed to love. - Lesson 3: Super fun Maths lesson with 2 levels of differentiation PLUS a speial sheet that enables you to add precise levels of differentiation that exactly match your class' current ability making this highly engaging lesson accessible to every age range in KS2 or HA yr2. Multiple extension options included in each sheet too. - Lesson 4 (optional - other options below): PSHE, Topic, Art and Writing all combine into this creative, cross-curricula learning experience. - Teachers' Notes including useful website links and other information. Extra Lessons/Activities for added value and flexibility: - Custom, professionally designed colouring sheet - Creative thinking and art based activity sheet - Fireworks art activity - An extra creative thinking, writing and art activity that will keep your class busy for 30 - 60 mins depending on your class! Super Value: 11 worksheets in total, with lots of extension options meaning hours of cross-curricular learning included. We love this pack and cannot wait to teach it ourselves! All images either sourced via creative commons 1.0 or owned by The Future Teacher Foundation.

This 5 Worksheet pack with 3 levels of differentiation, enables children to explore and expand their knowledge living things and lifeforms on Planet Earth. Children then use this knowledge to classify and sort living things under their own criteria enabling lots of discussion and potential for child-led teaching and learning, as curiosity and questioning is bound to ensue. An extension task requiring children to use the learning creatively is included as well, meaning that this pack will easily last a whole afternoon or more. Would work well as an introduction or early lesson in a living things, Planet Earth or Our World topic/unit of work. Could be also used to assess your class' understanding of living things. All images licensed through Creative Commons C.0

Christmas Worksheets Creative Activity Book contains 20 pages of educational, festive joy that will keep your class busy for days! Bought to you by Bestselling TES Gold Tier Author, The Future Teacher Foundation. With a focus on art, drawing and creative thinking, this book will tick all those artistic boxes whilst also providing a rich variety of learning experiences that take a decent amount of time to finish - when completed slowly and carefully, of course! CROSS-CURRICULA: Some worksheets contain elements of writing, literacy, internet research and geography and activities include: create a wordsearch, make a Father Christmas mask, researching the North Pole plus plenty of engaging art based activities that allow children to tap into their creative abilities as they imagine and draw to complete the tasks. VERSATILE: All pages have been designed to print and teach - they can just be handed to children as they are self-explanatory however, we recommend enlarging some to A3 or bigger for large scale art using any material or medium you want - this can also extend the amount of time they take to complete. Please visit our shop for more, unique, creative and engaging lessons that are perfect for the more "relaxed" run up to Christmas where you are more free to try new and creative learning experiences with your class. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TheFutureTeacherFoundation Please don't forget to keep up to date with our education and teaching resources news by joining nearly 3000 of your fellow educators in "LIKING" our Facebook page too :) https://www.facebook.com/thefutureteacherfoundation All images in this Christmas Worksheets Creative Activity Book are released through Creative Commons C.O

This Christmas Art / Christmas Colouring Book contains 20 beautiful, seasonal colouring images that can be used for any age and key stage. The Christmas Art / Christmas Colouring Book has something for everyone with a nice blend of traditional and modern images from modern "mindfulness colouring style" images right through to old fashioned images of the nativity and Father Christmas and everything in between. Don;t forget we are the authors of the Mindfulness Colouring Book for Children the bestselling mindfulness colouring book in the world for children - so we know how to make a good colouring book! Adaptable for christmas card covers, art lessons, large scale art, group work or standard colouring/art activities in the run up to christmas. Please visit our shop for more, unique, creative and engaging lessons that are perfect for the more "relaxed" run up to christmas where you are more free to try new and creative learning experiences with your class. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TheFutureTeacherFoundation Please don't forget to keep up to date with our education and teaching resources news by joining nearly 3000 of your fellow educators in "LIKING" our Facebook page too :) https://www.facebook.com/thefutureteacherfoundation All images in this Christmas Art / Christmas Colouring Book released through Creative Commons C.O

Take a week or more off planning with this spooky blockbuster pack of incredibly engaging, cross-curricula learning all inspired by and based upon Halloween. Contains 4 separate PDF booklets that are well organised, professionally presented and designed to meet the new 2014 curriculum objectives. PDF booklets include: - Halloween English and Writing Pack : Designed to inspire writing across a range of genres with 7 "lesson-long" fun yet challenging tasks and prompts that will engage your class in their learning. You can choose which genre to apply each lesson/activity to, to match your class' current learning or ability. Also contains 3 Halloween writing frames. - Halloween Cross-Curricula Topic Pack: Contains worksheets for lessons based upon science, history, independent learning, internet research, art and design, writing, small group presentations, maths (multiplication, division and data handling/presentation), team work and a special party planning lesson involving many different skills and tasks. - (Our Favourite!) Halloween Creative Thinking Activity Book: 15 pages of stunning activities that your class will love, that have been designed to make children think creatively and imaginatively. A stunning resource to develop creative and artistic abilities and inspire writing, collaboration and discussion. - Halloween Colouring Book: 10 colouring pages based on Halloween - great for anytime but why not blow them up to A3, pair the children up, pick an art technique and let them create stunning, huge pictures for display? This is without a doubt one of our most stylish, creative and engaging packs yet, full of deeply engaging learning - we hope you enjoy it. All images sourced via Creative Commons CCO 1.0 Universal License

This delightful 20 page colouring book contains fun, cute and wholesome colouring pictures of all the things Key Stage 1 children love, with each picture having the perfect level of detail and challenge for children in KS1. The book has been designed to have a mixture of images that traditionally appeal to either girls or boys and a wide selection of pictures that will be enjoyed by everybody - who wouldn't like to colour an ice lolly collage or a big bowl of ice-cream sundae? Incredibly versatile and useful to "have up your sleeve", as any of the pictures can be blown up to A3 (or bigger) for pair or group work using a wide range of art materials - this doesn't just have to be a regular colouring book! Perfect for art lessons, golden time, wet break, lunch clubs, rewards, time fillers, competitions, story telling visual prompts... All images either copyright owned by The Future teacher Foundation or licensed through Creative Commons C.0.

KS1 Minibeast cross-curricular literacy pack is suitable for any insect, minibeast or nature based study/topic - or for simply an inspiring writing lesson or two! This is a complete, engaging, imaginative, creative writing or Big Writing stimuli lesson that can be applied to many different writing genres. Children discuss ideas and then plan by answering the thought provoking questions which enable a wealth of ideas to be generated for the writing. Planning sheet has space for 5 sense descriptions, VCOP elements and purpose, audience and genre notes to help meet the new 2014 curriculum. Starter activity plus 2 widths of line guides/writing sheets included plus optional paragraph planning sheet, custom art sheet and self-assessment plenary activity mean that this lesson's length is flexible and could easily last for 2 hours if you wanted it to and comes with 3 different options for delivery over 1,2 or 3 lessons. Lesson is aimed at higher ability KS1 but can be used for KS2 as well. All images licensed through Creative Commons C.0

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 11 separate & complete activities for your class to undertake that result in them creating a new band or music group. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is audience and purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, journalistic writing, speaking and listening, art édesign and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.

Give yourself and your class and end of term treat with this super fun, engaging and highly creative 5 worksheet long English lesson pack which could last a whole day, if your class took their time! But can be done in any amount of time you need. Your class will get to reflect on the entire school year that you just gave them and pick out all of the most memorable moments and turn them in a spectacular performance that will live long in their memories. Perfect for letting your hair down a bit towards the end of a term, and designed for you to simply print and hand out to your class with NO MARKING. So simply purchase this 5 worksheet pack and put your feet up for the next day created by bestselling primary authors The Future Teacher Foundation. If you are looking for more end of term solutions then we have lots of super fun and highly educational end of term resources that can be found by : CLICKING HERE All images either copyright owned by tftf or released through creative commons C.O.

“Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.” Sir Ken Robinson - TED Talk. This book has been designed to stimulate a wealth of creative thought processes in children of all ages and key stages, whilst also being engaging and highly enjoyable to complete. Designed in the style of our calming mindfulness colouring books but with influences from the anti-colouring books also. Contains 41 thought-provoking activities and fun artistic challenges that progressively get more creatively challenging as the book progresses, plus a bonus challenge that is not available in the physical book (which is available from Amazon) plus Teachers' notes and a children's introduction that is full of creativity enhancing ideas. Uses include: for a golden time group, wet play or lunch activities, after school clubs, SEN interventions, gifted and talented pupils (as the creative potential is open ended), starters, art lessons, time filling, explicit creativity enhancing lessons (think Edward de Bono) or just incredibly useful to have "up your sleeve" as a highly educational set of printable activities that requires deeper thinking than "just" colouring in. Single user license. All images licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication. Text Copyright tftf. Physical version of the book available from amazon.co.uk

These 6 cross-curricular maths activity sheets easily last a lesson each and have been designed to give your class a fun, engaging and independent learning experience, that is super-easy to teach and leaves minimal to no marking - all you need to do is print and hand it over to mixed ability groups! Each activity easily lasts an hour and some could go on a lot longer! Perfect for those last weeks of term where you want your class engaging with the curriculum but in a more creative, practical and enjoyable way. Objectives and skills covered include: - Addition, estimating and rounding of numbers with 2 decimal places ( in the context of money) and using and applying this to real-life scenarios. - Collecting data, displaying visually and analysing. - Creating and solving 1, 2 or 3 step worded maths problems. - Estimating and measuring the perimeter and area of increasingly large shapes and spaces. - To estimate, round and use numbers up to 10,000,000 and beyond in an engaging cross-curricular way - computer or library access required! Get your last week and a bit of maths planning done with this superb pack from bestselling primary authors The Future Teacher Foundation. If you are looking for more end of term solutions then we have lots of super fun and highly educational end of term resources that can be found by : CLICKING HERE All images either copyright owned by tftf or released through creative commons C.O.

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 12 separate and complete activities for your class to undertake that result in them creating a new charity. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is audience and purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, persuasive writing, speaking and listening, art, design and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.

This mini-colouring book has 9 pages, each with a full size A4 colouring/creative activity to do with the Mayans. Some have an extra dimension of creative thinking required to complete as well. Each page is relevant to the Mayan civilization, its culture and characteristics. Extremely useful to have up your sleeve and can be used as the basis for art lessons as well. All images either sourced from openclipart.org or owned by tftf.

Complete lesson with easy to understand instructions and photocopiable mask templates. Simple everyday art resources are used creatively to create awesome masks your class will love, that are great for display or to inspire and compliment cross-curricula drama and writing. Starter, teaching input and reflective self-evaluation plenary worksheets are all included, plus an optional writing activity for early finishers. Included PowerPoint teaches children about Stone Age hair and hygiene, putting the lesson within an easily understandable historical context. Part of a 6 lesson complete unit of Stone Age art and design/DT available to buy from the TES.

Do you want to keep your class occupied for hours with fun and educational games? If so, then this is the resource for you. 7 Versions are included plus a blank sheet so your class can make their own PLUS tips for playing all included! Your class will need to work in pairs or teams (or by themselves) to try and come up with a name for each category at the top of the sheet. Categories include: general knowledge, school life, popular culture, food and drink etc All accessible to children whilst also providing challenge and fun. With 7 versions plus a blank page this pack will keep your KS2 or KS3 class busy and learning for AGES - perfect for the end of term! Get your last week and a bit of maths planning done with this superb pack from bestselling primary authors The Future Teacher Foundation. If you are looking for more end of term solutions then we have lots of super fun and highly educational end of term resources that can be found by : CLICKING HERE All images either copyright owned by tftf or released through creative commons C.O.

Designed to be adaptable and flexible in length to suit your needs, this challenging yet engaging mini-project contains 13 separate and complete activities (12 largely worksheet based 1 presentation) for your class to undertake that result in them designing a new Hollywood film. Packed with learning, creativity and the demonstration of acquired skills, the project is designed to keep your class occupied and learning for an entire day, with minimal input from you, but could even be extended over a longer period of time. The project is audience and purpose driven with children engaging in research, independent learning, planning, persuasive writing, speaking and listening, art, design and creative problem solving activities. Designed for pairs or 3’s in upper KS2, and to provide engagement and challenge for even the brightest members of the class whilst being accessible to all. Suitable also for KS3 and higher ability Y4. All images from openclipart.org