These look great when they are finished. I have given clear instructions on the first sheet and pictures of an example which I created. The trick is to keep the pictures as simple as possible so that the children can recreate them for day and night. They are a bit difficult to display, but children are fascinated by seeing the difference from one side and then the other.

Romero Britto is a Brazilian artist who creates very colourful and patterned artworks. I have provided an example of a piece of art in his style, using my name. You could ask the class to do their names or to choose words like 'happy', 'friend', etc. Children really enjoy using as many bright colours and patterns as they can. The finished works make a stunning display. I have also included an information poster with an example of Romero Britto's work

This is a test which I used at the end of a unit of work based on the families of instruments in the orchestra. The work included finding out how the instrument makes its sound and where it fits into the orchestra. I included live performancess on those instruments that I play, alongside prerecorded examples from a variety of composers. The answers are given on the last sheet.

These are two Christmas-themed certificates which can be given to children at the end of the Autumn term to celebrate the work that they have done. You could add their names in the central box, or your own name.

This is a worksheet with exercises for children to show their understanding of what a correct sentence should be, including punctuation, capital letters and ensuring that it makes sense.

These two sheets describe parts of speech in the English language. They could be used as revision aids by children before assessment tests.

This is a worksheet with a series of exercises based on homophones. Children need to complete sentences and write their own. It could be used as an assessment tool at the end of a unit of study.

These two worksheets look at adding a silent 'e' onto the ends of words, changing the vowel sound in the word. There are a series of sentences with missing words for the children to fill in.

This is a straightforward sheet of division sums. Children can use whatever method works for them to find the answers. The correct answers are given on the second sheet.

A worksheet on units of time and converting them.

I can't remember where I found this resource, but you could use it as reinforcement of the 9x table or as part of a unit of work on symmetry.

A sheet of multiplication sums, multiplying four digit numbers by single digits. The answers are provided on the second sheet.

This is a test of childrens understanding of place value using large numbers, including decomposition.

Basic map skills encouraging children to identify countries in Europe and complete a key.

A short quiz of 20 questions which I have used at the end of a unit of study on the continents. The last question requires children to cut out the continents and create their own map of the world.

This is a simple sketch map with activities based on recognition of cities, seas and islands.

Three different ideas for creative writing on the theme of Halloween.

These are display posters of vowel phonemes with examples for each one.

This is a resource containing 31 weeks of spelling lists which I have used with a Year1/2 mixed class. Each list has an option of 8 or 10 words and can be photocopied and given to the children for homework. Obviously you could adapt the lists to suite your own class, but the framework is there.

A simple powerpoint presentation with words and pictures containing 'a' as in the word 'plant'.