Turn the popular trend into a useful reading tool for your pupils. Children spin their fidget spinner and read as many words on the list as they can until it stops. High Frequency word lists included for Year Reception, Year 1 and 2 , Year 4 and 5. Year 3 children can use the Year Reception and Year 1 and 2 worksheets. A total of 10 worksheets included.
Ideal for 1:1 or small group sessions.
Specifically tailored to the UK curriculum.
Science: Friction. How do things move on different surfaces?
This PowerPoint Science lesson can be used as an introduction to studying Friction. Suitable for KS2. Goes well with Year 3 topic on Forces and Magnets.
The lesson introduces Friction in a fun and engaging way! Pupils go on an exploration journey around the school grounds to find the best surface for ice-skating, all wearing their own “skates.” 4 surfaces to test are suggested - grass, tarmac, carpet, linoleum. Children observe themselves "skating" on the surfaces and rate them accordingly.
The lesson has plenty of opportunities for independent learning and exploration.
It comes with an investigation sheet; a template for skates; a number of engaging activities; higher level questions; a debate opportunity, and a quick pair assessment. All text is editable, so that it can be tailored to the needs of your class. The lesson has been tried and tested with very positive feedback from the pupils!
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A classic Loop cards game with British coins to help practise counting and understanding money. Suitable for KS2. 32 cards in total. Just print, cut out and laminate.
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A system of rewards designed to be used with a whole class. No money required. Just print the different coupons available and give them out to the children. Can be used as individual rewards for various achievements – reading at home, following the school rules, as game prizes, birthday gifts, the choice is yours!
Can be organised in a catalogue folder (front cover and larger images also included for all the 10 prizes).
Coupons included: music break; house points; round of applause; show and tell; pen pass; read aloud to the class; desk swap; teacher's assistant for a day, etc.
Le Navet Geant / The Giant Turnip French
A PowerPoint containing a short version of the Giant Turnip story in French.
10 pages with colourful illustrations and text accompanied by sound. To hear the story being read, just press on the text on each slide.
Le Navet Geant PowerPoint is suitable for KS2 French lessons (topics - Family, Pets, In the Garden). The story can also be used in assemblies or for a French performance.
The resource comes in a zipped file and includes a PowerPoint presentation and wave sound files. The text is editable.
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100 High Frequency Words Money
Here is a fun and engaging way to practise High Frequency Words. Print the words on coloured paper and let the children enjoy playing with their pretend money and learning at the same time. They can write, read, trace and colour the words.
The words included in this pack are: the, and, a , to, said, in, he, I, of, it, was, you, they, on, she, is, for, at, his, but, that, with, all, we, can, are, up, had, my, her, what, there, out, this, have, went, be, like, some, so, not, then, were, go, little, as, no, mum, one, them, do, me, down, dad, big, when, it’s, see, looked, very, look, don’t , come, will, into, back, from, children, him, Mr, get, just, now, came, oh, about, got, their, people, your, put, could, house, old, too, by, day, made, time, I’m, if, help, Mrs, called, here, off, asked, saw, make, an.
25 pages with 4 words on each. Black and white. In .pdf format (non-editable)
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This resource contains 20 + spelling activities and games.
Suitable for any word list (KS1, KS2)
Almost no prep needed apart from printing (some games require a dice or a spinner).
Can be used year after year making it a great investment!
Activities include: secret code writing; spelling battleships; look/say/cover/write/check; iPad spellings; postcard writing; word search making; rainbow spelling; dictionary work; word webs; word swirls; spelling hangman; board game; word families; comic strips and more!
A PowerPoint Lesson introducing the Present Perfect Tense. Over 20 slides packed with explanations and practice materials -identifying verbs; looking for differences between Simple Past and Present Perfect; common uses; forming Present Perfect.
Most text can be edited to suit the needs of your pupils. Blank slide included. pptx format
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A Geography PowerPoint lesson and 3 differentiated worksheets on the topic of the Earth structure. The PowerPoint teaches pupils about the four layers - crust, mantle, inner and outer core.
Suitable for KS2/KS3. Would also make a good opening lesson on Natural Disasters.
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A PowerPoint lesson introducing children to Advent and exploring the symbolism behind it. The slides will take your pupils on an exciting journey exploring the origins of Advent and what makes it important to Christians.
The PowerPoint included information on the Advent season; advent calendars; christingles; advent wreaths and candles;
There are 3 activities included in the lesson:
1. Sequencing the story of Jesus' birth.
2. Exploring the events the local churches hold during Advent.
3. Watching a video about Papa Panov.
There is an independent worksheet that asks the children to circle the symbols of Advent and write a paragraph describing their feelings (anticipation) during the season.
Suitable for KS2
A Geography PowerPoint lesson and 2 worksheets on the topic of Plate Tectonics. The PowerPoint teaches pupils about tectonic plates and the three main types of boundaries - convergent, divergent, transform.
Suitable for KS2/KS3. 16 slides in total - including the cover page and the credits page. 2 pages of worksheets.
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RE Easter Story bundle, comprising 5 resources/ activities. For KS1/ lower KS2
Included:
14 Poster cards (slightly less than A5 size) - Jesus, angel, disciple, Mary, cross, etc.
Easter word search
8 Colouring pages
Bingo cards
Easter story board game
Great for the last few weeks before the Easter half term.
Feedback is greatly appreciated. All my resources have been proof read but if you do spot a mistake, please let me know and I will correct it promptly.
A Geography/ Natural Disasters PowerPoint lesson and 3 Activity Sheets on the topic of Volcanoes. The 16 Slide PowerPoint teaches pupils about what volcanoes are, how they are formed, their main types (shield, cinder cone, composite), the ring of fire and reasons why people choose to live near them.
A lot of opportunities for active learning; questioning and discussions; links to amazing footage.
All the text is editable so that you can tailor it to the needs of your class!
Suitable for KS2/ lower KS3
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The Nativity bundle is suitable for KS1 / lower KS2
It consists of
* 12 display cards/ posters (2 per page) of the main nativity characters
* Nativity word search
* Nativity story sequencing activity (print and cut the pieces)
* 3 Colouring pages
* 10 Bingo cards with 3 calling cards
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Cafe Role Play
This kit contains everything you need to set up a cafe role play area in your school. Great for drama and maths (money) activities in KS1 and KS2.
45 pages full of colourful and child friendly posters, order forms, word cards, signs and a menu. Not editable, .pdf format.
The menu consists of snacks (most are healthy choices), drinks and desserts (please see the additional picture for details).
Page 1 - Cover image
Page 2 - Cafe sign (A4 but can be enlarged to A3 without any quality lost)
Page 3 - Open/ Closed signs
Pages 4 - 8 - Cafe table numbers (1-10, x2 per page of A4)
Pages 9 - 10 Cafe order forms (2 versions, x2 per page of A4)
Pages 11 - 33 Food posters (cafe, lemonade, yoghurt, orange juice, scones, gingerbread, berry ice cream, chicken burger, tea, hot dog, pizza, milkshake,and all the other items that are on the menu).
Pages 34 - 43 food word cards (x2 per page of A4; all the items on the menu).
Page 44 - Menu (A4, prices in £)
Page 45 - Cafe opening hours poster
Page 46 - Cafe Bon Appetit poster
Page 47 - HoppyTimes terms and conditions, contact information, credits.
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This PowerPoint will make a fantastic introduction to you Separating Materials lesson.
The students are offered to make Dinosaur Soup only to discover they put too much of one of the ingredients and they have to separate everything and start again!!
Make it as easy or as difficult as you can - most of the text is editable - change the ingredients, the quantities, the objectives, add your own keywords. For a more challenging task - ask students to separate sand from salt or water from the sand/salt solution.
Suitable for KS2/ early KS3
The PowerPoint consists of 10 slides including the cover and my credits slide. It also comes with a worksheet for recording the investigation and the equipment used.
Insect Life Cycle Lesson
National Curriculum link: describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird; describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
The resource consists of:
A 21-slide PowerPoint Presentation on insect life cycles (the presentation explains what a life cycle is, details the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis using a butterfly as an example of a life cycle with 4 stages - egg, larva, pupa, adult)
Insect Life Cycle Posters (butterfly and stag beetle)
Activity 1 (labelling parts of an insect)
Activity 2 (completing a life cycle of a butterfly)
Activity 3 (completing a Venn diagram to compare the life cycles of a stag beetle and a dragonfly )
All the text in the presentation is editable. Activities are in .pdf format and can not be edited (if you need anything changing or adapting, please get in touch).
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Humanism is a relatively new addition to the KS2 RE Curriculum. I have made this PowerPoint lesson as a basic introduction to Humanism and its main beliefs with a range of activities and independent work.
The PowerPoint consists of 14 slides (including the cover page and the credits page).
All the text is editable.
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Degrees of Possibility Adverbs and Modal Verbs
A PowerPoint lesson on indicating degrees of possibility using adverbs and modal verbs. Suitable for KS2 Year 5 SPaG.
Included are 19 slides with clear explanations and exciting activities for practice. All text is editable so that you can tailor it to the needs of your class.
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Celebrate Chinese New Year in your classroom with this easy and fun craft and writing activity suitable for KS1 / lower KS2.
Start by reading a story about the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, then introduce the main activity – making a Zodiac wheel. Children cut out the wheel and animal cards which they then glue to the wheel and colour or decorate it.
Finish off with a quick writing task – children draw or colour (both versions included) their Zodiac animal, read about its strength and weaknesses and say if they agree with the descriptions.
The resource is in .pdf format , not editable (29 pages including the cover and credits page) and includes:
1. The story of the 12 Zodiac animals.
2. Zodiac Craft instructions
3. Zodiac Craft
4. Zodiac writing activity (individual pages for each Zodiac animal)
The resource has been updated up to the Year 2026 (with lowest year now being 2003)
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