Are you looking for a fun outdoor activity? This is a very popular activity at my school - all you need to do is print out the 12 stations and laminate (optional!) then position them around your outdoor area. You can provide the children with a map so it is more of an orienteering task or just set it up as a trail. The children then work in groups/pairs to visit each station, read and answer the questions (which are a mix of English, maths, science and geography) recording their answers on the sheet provided along with the blue symbol. At the end of the course the children will have collected 11 letters and station 12 gives them a final hint to work out the secret message. This resource is easily edited to suit your needs and there are certificates included for all children who complete the course!

A collection of 13 PowerPoints from a range of famous artists including Chagall, Klee, Rousseau, Matisse, Warhol, Romero Britto, Hokusai and Yayoi Kusama. Use as a stimulus for children to experiment with self portraits, pop art, watercolours, pointillism, 'painting with scissors', colour mixing, blow painting and zentangles! Enough ideas and inspiration to keep you going all year! Suitable for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. For more practical activities and resources visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

PowerPoint containing information and images to launch an art activity based on amate bark paintings. For more practical activities and resorces visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

PowerPoint lesson starter - can you describe the alien using an exclamatory sentence starting with a What or a How and containing a verb (and an adjective or suffix word!) e.g. What a lot of eyes you have! or How brilliantly green you are! or How friendly you look! Photo borders included for children to then draw their own aliens and describe using exclamatory sentences. A really fab and effective lesson! Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A bundle of fun, practical activities to reinforce multiplication and division for Year 2 (games also easily adaptable for addition and subtraction). This pack includes: Flip a fact family game, solve the riddles, True and False - can the children reason their answers e.g. 5 x 13 = 66 is false because the answer does not end in a 0 or a 5 (good for Greater Depth), multiplication squares game, Bingo, Read it/ Write relays - just put a number in the centre and set a time limit (great for starters) and differentiated word problems including remainders! (Greater Depth). More resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

PowerPoint with activities linked to Fairytale characters to introduce using commas in lists. A range of 20 sentence starters for children to use on individual task to reinforce using commas when writing lists. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A range of maths activities and code breaking linked to Traditional Tales aimed at KS1 or KS2 with editable activity sheets. Perfect for end of term! For more practical activities and resources visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

Three Powerpoints to introduce or reinforce positional language. EYFS For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A PowerPoint introduction - It's the last day at alien school and the teacher needs help to sort out the lost property! Children can practise using apostrophes by using individual whiteboards to write sentences to match the images on the PowerPoint then make up their own sentences using the activity sheet that is included or inventing their own aliens and objects. A useful lesson also for reinforcing phonic skills (alien names) and writing expanded noun phrases. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A fun get up and go 'Scoot' game ideal for Year 2 children. Print out the 16 A4 sentence cards (laminate) and position around your classroom or outdoor area. The children visit each station, read the sentence, identify the word from the chosen word group and record it on their record sheet (also a useful activity for reinforcing the four sentence types). A great lesson starter or end of unit/SATs preparation activity. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

A fantastic activity that can be easily adapted to suit any topic or theme which involves using codes and calculations with money. A good variety of example activities included to get you started but the possibilities are infinite and it's FUN! KS1/KS2 More resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A bumper pack of activities to use when meeting your new class including: selfie templates, text it messages, wanted friends poster, a helping hand, Short and Tweets, class Chatter sheets and signs (so the children have a chance to share their news/likes/dislikes/best lessons etc) also bunting, jigsaw pieces and minion templates! Editable resources suitable for EYFS, KS1 or KS2 For more practical activities and resources visit: www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

Two fun and interactive get up and go 'Scoot' games ideal for Year 2 linked to coordination and subordination. Print out the A4 cards (laminate) and place them around your classroom or outdoor area. The children then visit each station, read the sentence, identify the coordinating or subordinating conjunction and record on their individual record sheets to build up their own word bank. Both resources are editable and the subordination version is linked to the stories of Roald Dahl. Buy these resources as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

Are you looking for a fun way to test your children's SPaG skills? This get up and go game is ideal for practising SATs style questions and checking pupils knowledge of the Y2 SPaG curriculum in an active way. All you have to do is print out the 20 A4 question cards (laminate) and set out your trail indoors or outdoors. Children then visit each station in pairs/groups, read the questions, discuss their ideas and record their answers on the sheet provided. I have also used this 'Scoot' game as an activity for parents at our KS1 workshops to give them an idea of the type of questions their children will be given in the end of KS1 SATs. Buy this resource as a bumper package here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spag-pack-for-year-2-11633421

This resource includes a PowerPoint with activities and Top Tips for spelling words ending in le. Also included: mystery words, crossword puzzle, word hunt task, spelling detective activity and Spelling Bump game.

PowerPoint detailing transport past and present and Who wants to be a millionaire Transport quiz. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A selection of editable maths, reading and writing challenges for children to complete independently - set up a challenge area and leave them to learn! I had a postbox for children to post their completed problems and they would earn stars for the challenges they completed - a good way to track what your class are doing independently. For more practical resources visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A great 'mastery' challenge activity investigating supermarket deals. Powerpoint for whole class introduction and resources for children to use to sort into deal or no deal explaining their reasoning. More maths resources @ https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Whitley01

A collection of five PowerPoints and four activity sheets that can be used to reinforce phonics during the festive period. Visit Santa's workshop and help the elves by making a list of all the toys (editable) or have a go at scribing the gifts from 'my true love' during the 12 days of Christmas. Could be used as an informal assessment tool to review sounds taught.

This is a Great Fire of London assembly with a twist as it is performed during a talent competition! I used this script with Year 2 as a fun take on Britain's Got Talent with performances from: The Pudding Lane drama club reenacting events from the Great Fire, the Red Hot Skipping Crew performing skipping tricks, Flame and Smoke with some fire poetry, Combustion do a fire dance, The Bright Sparks with a counting rap and Luminosity the class choir singing London's Burning - oh and a few surprise appearances from Thomas Farriner!