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SPaG Year 1 Spelling pack: Adding er and est to adjectives
A set of resources to teach the guideline/rule in the Spelling Appendix:
if the adjective ends in two consonant letters (the same or different), the ending is simply added on.
POWERPOINTS:
Adding er and est for comparisons: Explains that er and est can be added to words for comparison and shows examples in a single word and in sentences. It ends with an activity for children to add er and est to words, then form sentences using the suffixes er and est.PDF:
PDF:
er and est sentences worksheet: A list of words to add er and est to, and space for the children to write sentences with them in.
er and est word cards: For games and activities.
WORD:
Outline adaptable plan
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Famous Explorers Christopher Columbus & Neil Armstrong pack: powerpoints, worksheets, and display
A set of worksheets / activities / display / planning resources for looking at the lives of 2 significant individuals in the past and comparing aspects of life in the periods they lived.
POWERPOINTS:
Who were Columbus and Armstrong: An introduction to the topic. It shows three pictures of each explorer, asking the children to look at the pictures and find out information.
Christopher Columbus: A 24 page lesson, looking at his life story, and his first journey across the Atlantic.
Neil Armstrong: A 19 page powerpoint, looking at the story of his life and his journey to the moon
Comparison of life in the different time periods: Shows the different explorers and where they lived on a simple timeline. It compares different aspects of life in both their lives including aspects such as transport, knowledge of the world, houses, food and uniforms.
DISPLAY (pdf):
A-Z lettering x 2, one with a sea background and Christopher Columbus banner, and one with a space background and Neil Armstrong banner
Portraits of the two men in picture frames
A4 title - Christopher Columbus (x 2 versions)
A4 title - Neil Armstrong (x 2 versions)
World maps x 2 from the different time periods
ACTIVITIES (pdf)
Cards - 12 different cards with objects that both explorers would have used. Can be used in card games, or for cutting and sticking sorting activities.
Topic covers x 6 different layouts for Christopher Columbus
Topic covers x 6 different layouts for Neil Armstrong
Writing sheets (x 4 lined and unlined) with Christopher Columbus border
Writing sheets (x 4 lined and unlined) with Astronaut border
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KS1 KS2 history topic: Titanic display pack
Printable Titanic display resources, including heading, word / help mat, lettering, Titanic images, and vocabulary.
TITANIC LETTERING - This lettering is to cut out for display. 'THE TITANIC' is written out, plus there are all upper and lower case letters and numbers included so that you can print out whatever you need to personalise your display.
TITANIC HEADING - Prints onto an A4 sheet.
WORDMAT - An A4 help mat for the children to refer to during the topic with pictures and vocabulary
NEWSPAPERS, POSTERS AND MEMO - To print out for display
TITANIC IMAGES - Old photographs of the Titanic for display
TITANIC VOCABULARY - 3 words per A4 sheet, includes: Officer, Captain, steward, passengers, crew, voyage, deck, stern, bow, starboard, port, hull, oars, anchor, porthole, crow's nest, shipwreck, lifejacket, wreckage, lifeboat, iceberg, radio, newspaper, debris field, plus some of the crew involved in the maiden voyage. Each word is accompanied by a picture and definition / description.
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The Ancient Greeks / Greece pack: Powerpoints, activities, worksheets
POWERPOINT LESSONS:
Looking at evidence: Lots of images relating to Ancient Greece. Can be used as an introduction to the topic or to teach different ways of looking and finding out about the past.
Where and when was Ancient Greece: An introduction to the topic, looking at where Greece is located, its climate, and the effect this had on the Ancient Greeks; a timeline demonstrating AD and BC; and the first people to inhabit Greece.
Athens and Sparta: The similarities and difference between the two city states, including government, slaves, geography, buildings, army, wealth, education, girls, and territory. Ends with an activity matching the statements to either Athens or Sparta.
Ancient Greek Fighters: What made the Greeks so powerful, explains about hoplites, triremes, ships, soldiers etc.
The Battle of Marathon: Was it a victory for the Ancient Greeks? Looks at how it started,what caused it, and how the Ancient Greeks won. Shows artefacts found in Marathon, and asks what the Athenians and Spartans would have thought about the victory. Explains how it relates to marathons today.
Who did the Ancient Greeks worship and why: Explains the story of the Greek gods, from Chaos, to the Olympian gods. Includes a page on each of the gods; Zeus, Athena, Hera, Ares, Aphrodite, Apollo, Poseiden, Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hades.
The Theatre: The origins of Greek theatre; the Acropolis, Theatre of Dionysus, The Odeon of Herodes Atticus. Explains what went on in the theatre, and how it was organised, with a questionnaire at the end.
The Olympic Games: The story of how they began.
Ancient Greek Legacies: A look at the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and their influence on the western world.
PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS AND ACTIVITIES (pdf): All activities accompany the powerpoint lessons above
What I already know/What I would like to find out about Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece fact file
Athens or Sparta fact files
Hoplites
The Battle of Marathon fact sheet
The theatre question sheet
Ancient Olympic buildings
How the Olympic games started
The events in the ancient Olympics
Ancient Greek achievements fact finding sheets x 3
Topic covers x 4
Writing sheets: Greek column design.
PLUS (in word)
An adaptable outline medium term plan
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KS2 Topic The Victorians: powerpoint lesson pack
A look at life in Victorian times. The powerpoints cover:
Who were the Victorians and when did they live: Includes British timeline, Queen Victoria's life, and comparison of rich and poor family in Victorian times
Dr. Barnado: His life, and how he improved life for poor children.
Lord Shaftesbury: His life, and how he improved factory conditions, and education.
What was it like going to school at the end of the nineteenth century: What Victorian schools were like
How did different Victorian children use their spare time: Explains the different activities and toys of rich and poor children
Leisure time in the Victorian era: How the Victorians entertained themselves
What was life like for a poor child in the 1840's: Explains the different jobs poor children had to do, with photographic evidence, and links to online research.
Victorian Household objects: 11 photographs to look at and find clues.
Victorian Life: Photographs of Victorian Britain to look at and use for discussion points.
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Achievements of the earliest civilizations - lessons, activities, planning & display
An overview of when and where the first civilizations appeared with a closer look at Mesopotamia, Ancient Sumer and Ancient Egypt.
POWERPOINT LESSONS:
What are ancient civilizations: An introduction to the topic, explaining the meanings of ancient and civilization
The development of early civilizations: Explains how humans developed from living as hunter-gatherers to becoming farmers and the change from moving around to living in villages, towns and cities.
Early civilizations: Looks at the locations and dates of the main early civilizations. There are details on Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Peru, the Yellow River, the Indus Valley and Mesoamerica.
History of Mesopotamia & Ancient Sumer: A 15 page powerpoint looking in detail at Mesopotamia and Ancient Sumer.
History of Ancient Egypt: A 25 page powerpoint looking in detail at Ancient Egypt, the three Kingdoms, the River Nile, houses, medicine,etc.
ACTIVITIES (pdf)
What I already know/would like to find out about ancient civilizations: To record for AfL
The development of early civilizations writing sheets: Bordered sheets
Ancient civilizations fact file template: To find and record information, one with headings, one with blank boxes to adapt
Topic covers x 4 Ancient civilizations
Topic covers x 4 Ancient Egypt
Topic covers x 4 Ancient Sumer
Writing border x 4: Each of the 4 designs has a blank page, a lined page and a half lined page. The border designs are Tut, Enki, Pyramids & Ur
ACTIVITIES (word)
Ancient Sumer fact finding sheets: 7 different sheets for finding out and recording information under specific headings. Can be used as a template to write a report or for different groups to find information.
Ancient Egypt fact finding sheets: 10 different sheets as above.
Plus a medium term plan in word with activities and web links.
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Year 3 science - Animals including humans worksheets, powerpoints, planning and display
A set of resources looking at how animals need the right types and amount of nutrition; and how humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.
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Year 3 science - Plants - powerpoints, worksheets, planning & display
A set of resources looking at the functions of different parts of flowering plants (roots, stem, trunk, leaves and flowers); the requirements of plants for life and growth, and the part that flowers play in the life cycle of a plant.
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SPaG Year 3 Sentence Grammar: Time, place & cause using conjunctions, adverbs & prepositions
Includes a powerpoint, vocabulary cards and a set of posters.
POWERPOINT: explains the difference between conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions, giving examples of where and how to use them.
4 sets of display:
SET 1 Time place and cause connectives: This set contains 3 headings and sets of words in clouds to display around the headings time, cause and place. There are blank clouds for you to add your own.
SET 2) Conjunctions adverbs and prepositions cards: In this set there are 5 words per A4 page which can be cut up for display. The words are organised into conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions with an A4 title for each.
SET 3) Conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions posters: These posters splits the connectives into sets of Time/Cause/Place and conjunctions/adverbs/prepositions. There are 7 A5 pages plus a title page.
SET 4) Co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions: These posters explain the difference between the two types of conjunctions and give examples of each in clouds.
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EYFS Rhythm and Rhyme phonic activities resource pack
This pack is a collection of PowerPoints and printable resources in pdf. It will help give children experience how words rhyme, and to develop an awareness of rhythm in speech. Listening to and joining in with rhymes and playing rhyming games help children to develop skills to know how letters correspond to sounds.
Fits in with Letters and Sounds Phase 1.
PRINTABLE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES:
• Dominoes – showing pictures of simple cvc words
• Odd one out cards – print, cut and laminate for a rhyming game
• Rhyming pairs – 40 images showing pictures of rhyming pairs. There are 4 per A4 page so can also be used for display or flashcards
• Rhyming soup game – A printable version of the powerpoint. The children have to make a soup out of rhyming objects (eg snake, cake, rake etc)
• Rhyming words bingo – 4 bingo cards with 7 pictures each.
• Two rhyming worksheets
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DISPLAY:
• Large lettering: Rhymes (one letter per A4 page, if you want them smaller you can alter the print settings.)
• Large lettering: Rhyme Time(one letter per A4 page, if you want them smaller you can alter the print settings.)
• What rhymes with….posters – A set of 6 A4 colourful posters with pictures of rhyming words. Rhymes include what rhymes with…can / hat / pot / bug / cap and zip.
POWERPOINT GAMES:
• Can you think of words that rhyme - Simple introduction to rhyming.
• Making up rhymes - Explains rhyming words, and then encourages the children to make up rhymes using the images.
• Odd one out - Find the picture that doesn’t rhyme from a choice of 3, with immediate feedback.
• Playing with words - 20 images of words with longer syllables.
• Rhyming pairs - Find the rhyming pair from a choice of 3, with immediate feedback.
• Rhyming puppets - 14 name rhymes for the children to finish.
• Rhyming soup - ake - An interactive version of the game, the children click on the object to put it in the soup bowl.
• Rhyming soup - an
• Rhyming soup - at
• Rhyming soup – ip
• Rhyming soup – ox
• Rhyming words - 11 sets of rhyming words, encouraging the children to make up rhymes with them.
• Words that rhyme - Find the 2 pictures that rhyme from a choice of 3.
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POWERPOINT RHYMES:
• A pig who was big - 9 rhyming verses about pigs
• Action Rhymes - 8 different rhymes: Two little feet / I wiggle / This is the way / Wind the bobbin up / A sailor went to sea / Jack-in-the-box / Clean up/ I’m a little teapot / Row your boat.
• 5 fat peas
• Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
• Down in the jungle
• Head, shoulders, knees and toes
• Katalina Matalina
• Peanut butter
• Ten fingers
• The Farmer’s in his den
• The wheels on the bus
• There was a princess
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British Values display resources: Headings, posters, lettering word clouds etc for KS1 KS2
A set of resources for a British Values display. It contains:
9 A4 posters with headings, image and explanations. The headings are:
Democracy
The Rule of Law
Individual liberty
Mutual respect
Tolerance
Election
Voting
Parliament
Government
PLUS
British Values word clouds - 2 versions, one in a Union flag design the other in a British Isles design, both containing relevant words for the topic
2 x A4 headings 'British Values'
A-Z Lettering with a union flag background
Banner 'British Values' - prints onto 4 pages
Border strips - union flag images to frame a display
Bunting - in colour and black and white, with Union flag
Flags - of England, Scotland, Ireland, Britain
God Save the Queen - words
Large Union flag
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Year 4 Vocabulary grammar and punctuation terminology posters
A set of A4 posters to print and display.
They contain all the 'terminology for pupils' identified in Appendix 2 for Year 4:
Determiner; Pronoun; Possessive pronoun; Adverb; Adverbial; Fronted adverbial; Plural; Verb inflections; Nouns; Possessive apostrophe; Sentence; Punctuation
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Places of worship - the Church and Christianity powerpoint and activities
A powerPoint lesson plus worksheets.
The PowerPoint is 46 pages long and split into different sections:
What do church buildings look like?
Shows photographs of new and old / large and small churches, and the oldest church in Britain; shows the layout of many church buildings, and explains who goes to church and why.
What do church buildings look like inside?
A large photograph of the inside of the church for children to look at; then shows and explains about different types of furniture found inside a church. (Altar, font, stained glass windows, lectern, pulpit, pews and kneelers, and organ)
What artefacts are found inside churches?
Shows religious artefacts, and explains why they are found in churches. (Crosses, Hymn board, candles, Bible, Tabernacle, chalice, ciborium and patten, statues, and the stations of the cross.)
What symbols might be found inside a church?
The Ichthus, doves, candles, Communion bread, water, colours, bells, incense)
What celebrations might happen in church?
Sunday services, baptism, marriage, funerals.
How should we behave in a church?
Asks questions about appropriate behaviour.
Worksheets (pdf format to print out)
Church building - Shows the inside of a church, for children to label
Church diagram - Shows the layout of a church, in a cross shape
Church objects - Pictures of a font, Chalice and communion bread, an altar, stained glass window, pulpit and church organ for the children to write about.
Design a hassock - A template for designs
Objects worksheet - For the children to choose an object they find in church, and draw, and describe it.
Symbols of Christianity - Pictures of the Ichthus, dove, and cross with space for the children to write about them./ artefacts in a church / symbols / celebrations/ how should you behave in a church.
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Transport topic - canals powerpoint
Powerpoint on the development of canals and canals around the world today. Explains how canals were the method of transporting goods before the railways; how the barges were pulled along by horses; and how they were built.
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SPaG Year 2 Spelling: Contractions
Resources to teach the spelling rules for: The use of apostrophes in contractions
POWERPOINT
Introduction to contractions: Explains what contractions are and shows examples of them in newspaper headlines. It then demonstrates how different contractions are formed. It ends with an oral activity for the children to say the long form of the contraction in each sentence.
Writing contractions: A writing activity where the children have to change the words into contractions
Changing contractions to the full form: As above, but the other way round
Its or it’s: Explains the differences, with sentences for the children to guess which is correct
Your or you’re: As above
ACTIVITIES
Cards - Sentences with contractions: The children can rewrite them in the long form
Cards - Contractions snap
Show me cards - its or it’s
Show me cards - your or you’re
Worksheet - Change the words into contractions
Worksheet - Change the contractions into the long form
Worksheet - Complete the contraction matrix
Worksheet - Find the contractions in the story
Newspaper report
TEACHER RESOURCES
Y2 Spelling Appendix planning - Contractions: An adaptable outline plan
Word List - With relevant contractions
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SPaG Year 5 Punctuation: Parenthesis (brackets, dashes, commas) and commas to clarify meaning
This pack contains 2 powerpoint lessons:
Parenthesis: How brackets, dashes or commas can be used to indicate parenthesis.
Commas: Gives examples of what can happen if commas are omitted, and how they are important to the intended meaning.
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Transport EYFS topic pack - powerpoints and activities
A set of 13 PowerPoint resources and several printable activities looking at different types of transport for early years.
POWERPOINT FILES:
5 Little men in a flying saucer: The song
A-Z of transport: Pictures for every letter of the alphabet, related to transport
How does it travel: A simple quiz
Old and new transport: Compares old and new kinds of transport
Row your boat: The song
The history of cars: Pictures of cars, how they have changed
The history of transport: From the Stone age to the modern age.
The Wheels on the bus: The song, with sounds and animations
Types of transport: Different kinds with labels
Transport 2: Different kinds, why we need it etc.
Transport shapes: Simple shapes in the environment related to transport
Vehicles that travel in the air: Pictures and facts
Vehicles that travel on water: Pictures and facts
Vehicles that travel on land: Pictures and facts
Transport advertisements - Adverts from the past 100 years showing old cars etc. Can be printed or viewed as a show.
PRINTABLE PDF ACTIVITIES:
Transport lotto: Game to print out and laminate
Shape car: A car to make by cutting out shape
Black and white pictures with headings to colour / write on
5 Little Astronauts - props, heading and rhyme
5 Little Firefighters - props, heading and rhyme
5 Little men in a flying saucer - heading, props, masks and earth
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Minibeasts / Insects for EYFS / KS1: PowerPoint lessons, activities and display pack
POWERPOINTS
ANTS:10 page presentation, includes where they live, body parts, life cycle, ant attacks, and food.
BUTTERFLIES: 15 page presentation, includes parts of a butterfly, life cycle of a butterfly, butterfly eggs, caterpillars, what caterpillars eat, how caterpillars change, what do butterflies eat, how do they fly, why are they different colours, and camouflage.
EARWIGS: 11 page presentation, including how they grow, what they eat, where they live, are they pests, how they are born, and interesting facts.
FLIES: 12 page presentation, includes what they eat, life cycle, houseflies, horseflies, mosquitos, crane flies, dung flies, and hoverflies.
HONEY BEES: 10 page presentation, includes what they eat, where they live, arethey pests, bee stings, life cycle, what they look like close up, how they make honey, and a bee rhyme
LADYBIRDS:10 pages, includes where they live, what they eat, life cycle, enemies, facts and a rhyme.
SLUGS AND SNAILS: 9 page presentation, includes where they live, what they look like, how they move, life cycle, what they eat, and what eats them.
SPIDERS: A 22 page presentation, includes spider body parts, legs, eyes, mouth, predators, webs, spiderlings, different types of common spiders - house spider, garden spider, woodlouse spider, wasp spider, spitting spider, and tarantula.
WOODLICE: 7 page presentation, including where they live, are they insects, what do they look like, what do they eat, does anything eat them, and life cycle.
WORMS: A 13 page presentation, includes can worms see, where they live, how they move, what and how they eat, how they breathe, their enemies, and how they are good for the soil.
MINIBEAST FACT FILE: 24 page presentation, recapping different minibeasts
I KNOW AN OLD WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED A FLY: -the rhyme
DISPLAY resources
A-Z LETTERING: Plus numbers and letters with a minibeast/leaf fill
MINIBEASTS BANNER: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets
MINIBEASTS DISPLAY BORDER: Attractive border to print out to frame your displays
INSECTS LETTERING: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets. You can cut the letters out out or display it as a banner
MINIBEASTS LETTERING:Prints onto 3 A4 sheets. You can cut the letters out out or display it as a banner
NUMBER LINE: Ant number line to 20
LIFE CYCLES: 3 pages - the life cycles of a bee, butterfly and fly.
ACTIVITIES
CARDS - WORDS AND PICTURES: Match the words to the minibeast pictures. 16 different minibeasts, 32 cards in total
MINIBEASTS FLASH CARDS: 39 different flash cards with photographs of common minibeasts. They can be used as cards or for display.
MINIBEAST CLIPART: Colourful clipart to print
MINIBEAST COLOURING: Large black and white pictures to colour
WRITING BORDER: Minibeast writing border; lined and unlined
TOPIC COVER: To colour in - 2 versions, insect/minibeasts
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The Arctic: ( animals and Ocean) powerpoint,display, worksheets and activities
A set of printable resources (display, worksheets, games and activities) plus a PowerPoint about the Arctic, the Arctic Ocean and animals in the Arctic.
The set contains:
The Arctic PowerPoint. It covers:
What is the weather like in the Arctic?
Where is the Arctic?
What is the Arctic Circle?
The North Pole
What plants grow in the Arctic Circle
What animals live in the Arctic Circle - herbivores and predators
Arctic birds
Arctic whales
Arctic sea animals
Humans and the Arctic
2 A4 headings
Alphabet polar bears
Anagram worksheet - Arctic animals
A-Z lettering with an snowy background; all letters of the alphabet, plus numbers and punctuation, plus ‘The Arctic’ in large letters
Bookmarks to cut out and colour, with polar bears
Display border - with pictures of polar bears
Cards - Arctic animals for games or display
Factfile sheets - for children to research and fill in
Flags - The countries bordering the Arctic Circle
Map showing satellite imagery of the Arctic Circle
A map of the Arctic Circle
Masks - black and white animals from the Arctic
Number line to 20 with digits and written numbers with a polar bear background
Passport to fill in for a trip to the Arctic
Pictures of Arctic animals to cut out and use in topic work
Pictures of Arctic animals to print out for display
Postcard to write from the Arctic
Set of posters with explanations and photographs of:
The location of the Arctic
Arctic plants
The Inuit
Arctic animals
Polar bear
Wolverine
Arctic fox
Arctic owl
Arctic tern
Snow geese
Arctic hare
Arctic squirrel
Lemming
Seal
Muscox
Caribou
Walrus
Topic covers - 3 different versions
Vocabulary cards - Arctic adjectives for composition
Writing border sheets - lined and unlined