Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Welcome to my store and thanks for stopping by! I've been teaching in out-of-school settings for over 15 years. From helping children understand wriggling pythons as a zoo education officer (dream job!), to using historical objects as keys to unlock our past, my teaching experience has been far from typical. I'm currently a schools manager for a museum and art gallery, working with hundreds of children of all ages each year.
Upper and lower case letters (A-Z), numbers and some symbols with a scaly pattern, ready to print onto whichever coloured card fits the theme of your display. Ideal for a dinosaurs, dragons or under the sea topic.
Each letter is a separate png file so can be resized as you need. All images are contained within a zip file so please ensure you are able to open this file type before purchasing.
The font used is Century Gothic Bold.
This resource is for personal/classroom use only and must not be resold.
Explore a rockpool habitat without getting your feet wet with this rock pool safari. This resource introduces children to some of the animals that make their home in a rockpool through an engaging interactive presentation (PowerPoint and Google Slides) and no-prep printables (word wall and 3 worksheets).
Use this resource to support a habitats unit, to prepare pupils for a trip to the beach, or to compare/contrast rockpool animals with another habitat.
Rockpool safari interactive presentation (18 slides)
This is included as both a PowerPoint and a Google Slides document.
This resource should be used in presentation/slide show mode to work effectively. After a short introduction, you get to a slide showing a cross-section of a rockpool. Click on each creature in the rockpool and it will take you to a slide telling you what it is, and some information about it! There are 10 creatures in total (starfish, sea urchin, barnacles, mussel, crab, hermit crab, jellyfish, sea snail, limpet, anemone).
There are questions to discuss together and once you have looked at a creature, you can easily click back to the rockpool to choose the next one. Animals can be accessed in any order.
The presentation is partially editable (text in white boxes can be changed) but images and titles are fixed in place.
Rockpool vocabulary word wall
18 words to print, cut, and display with colour images.
Worksheets
3 options for printables are also included:
Draw some animals in the empty rockpool
Cut and paste label a crab activity
Blank rock pool animal fact sheet (included with and without lines). Pupils will need to do their own research for this activity.
A US version of everything is included which uses the word tide pool instead of rock pool.
Create eye-catching display board titles with this set of scaly letters, numbers and symbols. This resource contains a full set of the following:
Blue scaly letters
Green scaly letters
Black outline scaly letters (to print on whichever colour paper or card matches your theme).
The font used is Century Gothic.
These are ideal for a variety of topics including dinosaurs, dragons, reptiles, fairy tales, Rainbow Fish and under the sea.
Each letter is a separate image file (png) so you can insert them into a document and re-size as you wish.
A fun and simple science activity all about the life cycle of a penguin. This foldable cut-and-paste resource could be used to support a lesson on birds, the Antarctic, or emperor penguins, or use as a winter/festive craft. The finished foldouts can be glued into an interactive science notebook.
This resource has different options to choose from:
Template 1: 4-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
Template 2: 6-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
You can choose which template will work best for your pupils, or mix and match. Instructions are included.
A colour life cycle poster is included, and some fun facts to discuss with your class whilst they complete the activity.
Please note that this is a pdf file and cannot be edited. US and UK versions are included.
A fun, foldable science craft activity for the life cycle of a butterfly! Use as part of a lesson on minibeasts, insects, growth, life cycles or symmetry. This resource could be used as part of your Big Butterfly Count, 30 Days Wild or National Insect Week activities.
Benefits of this activity:
Low prep
Children learn about the butterfly life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet.
Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding.
Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing.
Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity.
Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children.
The templates
This resource has 5 similar templates so that you can choose which best suit your pupils.
Designs 1 and 2: Colour, cut and fold (including the the simplest edges for cutting).
Design 3: Create a butterfly wing pattern, colour, cut and fold.
Design 4: Create a butterfly wing pattern, draw the life cycle stages, colour, cut and fold.
Design 5: Create a butterfly wing pattern, sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut and fold.
Designs 2, 3, 4 or 5 could also be decorated with stickers, sequins, pompoms or other embellishments!
Instructions outlining how to fold are also included.
There are 2 versions of this file in a zip folder - one with US paper size and spelling, the other for the UK/AUS. This resource is not editable.
Blast off into a new school year with this space-themed all about me foldable activity, designed to help you get to know your class.
This printable resource is a fun alternative to a standard worksheet. It is suitable for classroom use as part of your back-to-school activities, or send home to as a transition activity over the summer break.
In this set, each foldout displays a different letter so that pupils can complete one that matches their first initial. The inner section has meaningful questions on an outer space theme as follows:
Captain… (children insert their name here)
Age
Things I love to the moon and back
I’m a star at… (for children to tell you what they are good at)
My mission is to get better at… (for children to let you know areas that they might need extra help and support).
Print the pages you need on A4 or letter-size paper (landscape). Pupils colour the space scene, fill in their answers with words and pictures, then cut out and fold. No glue or tape required!
Once folded, it can be closed to show the space scene and the first letter of their name, then opened to display their ‘about me’ answers inside.
The questions and clipart cannot be changed/edited.
A picture showing how to fold is included. US and UK paper size/spelling included.
There are 26 pages black and white pages - one for each letter of the alphabet.
Here are some other All About Me resources you might like:
Self portrait all about me
Vertical all about me foldable
Dinosaur themed all about me
Download these printable award certificates for free!
Motivate and reward your students with these paw-some cat certificates. The cute kitten designs make them pur-fect for Pre-school, early years and KS1 children.
Each certificate has the heading ‘Paw-some work award’. You could give these as prizes or for achievement in a particular subject. They are suitable to use all year round.
These free certificates are provided as a PDF that you can either print and fill in by hand, or use the form field to type the text you want.
Versions for UK (A4) and US paper sizes are included.
From the 1st December, use this festive digital advent calendar to count down to Christmas. A fun addition to your daily December routine for KS1 or KS2!
This resource is included as an editable PowerPoint and Google Slides document so you can use the one you prefer. The PowerPoint file has more options for slide transition (especially sounds) but otherwise, both files are the same.
How does it work?
There are 24 slides (one for each day of the month up to 24th December).
A fixed, animated background is included for each slide, and you can add your own text and/or extra images for each day. You could include some mental or physical warm-ups, festive jokes, mindfulness activities, motivational quotes… the choice is yours.
When you’ve filled in your slides, switch to present mode and click one of the numbered doors on slide 1. The link will take you to the corresponding slide.
From December 1st, use this festive digital advent calendar to count down to Christmas. A fun addition to your daily December routine!
This resource is included as an editable PowerPoint and Google Slides document so you can use the one you prefer. The PowerPoint file has more options for slide transition (especially sound) but otherwise, both files are the same.
How does it work?
There are 24 slides (one for each day of the month up to 24th December).
A fixed background is included for each slide, and you can add your own text and/or extra images for each day. You could include some mental or physical warm-ups, festive jokes, mindfulness activities, motivational quotes… the choice is yours.
When you’ve filled in your slides, switch to present mode and click one of the numbered days on slide 1. The link will take you to the corresponding slide.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your class by creating foldout cards featuring sweet, personal messages. This Valentine’s activity sees children colour a patterned heart, and write to their Valentine using the prompts on the template. They can then cut everything out, glue, and fold. Children can then give their completed card to a friend, parent, relative, or another special person.
The prompts:
To
I think you’re…
I love you because…
What makes you special is…
Happy Valentine’s Day from
Is this PDF resource editable?
The resource is not editable. However, a blank template page has been included with text boxes so that you can write your own prompts for students if you wish to.
Versions with US and UK spelling and paper sizes are included, as well as guidance on how to fold the card.
These fun accordion foldable activities are a lovely addition to interactive science notebooks and support learning around spring, seasonal changes and life cycles. They are a cross between a worksheet and a craft activity!
This resource is a bundle of 4 life cycle template sets - frog, bean, daffodil and chicken.
Each foldout breaks down the life cycle into 4 or 6 parts. There are options to simply colour the template, cut out and fold (and insert into a notebook if required). Alternatively, there is also an option to add a step of ordering the life cycle stages and gluing them onto the template.
Pupils could complete a foldout, then research the animal/plant they have chosen to find out more about the stages of its life cycle (e.g. the length of each stage). Guidance for this is not included.
Please note, it is not possible to edit these templates.
Explore the stages of a clownfish life cycle with this fun foldout activity. This differentiated printable could be used to support learning about life cycles, fish, coral reef habitats, or ocean animals/sea life.
There are 4 similar templates to choose from so you can pick one that best matches your students’ needs:
Children colour the template and life cycle stages before matching either single-word labels or short descriptions to the pictures. They then glue, cut, and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge around the clownfish.
Children colour the template and life cycle stages. They then sequence the stages on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge around the clownfish.
Simple instructions with pictures are provided to help with folding. Once complete, the 2 halves of the foldout are brought together, then gently pulled apart to reveal the life cycle stages inside.
Please note, this resource contains a file formatted for letter sized paper with US spelling, and an A4 version with UK spelling.
This resource is 12 pages and is not editable.
Do you need a fun and hands-on way for your students to organise their research and learning around the Amazon rainforest? This interactive printable lapbook is full of templates to help children explore the animals, plants, and features of the Amazon.
Use this resource over several lessons to support science and geography at upper KS1 or lower KS2. The individual components can be used as centres, for homework, or as a consolidation of a habitats or Amazon rainforest topic.
There is no set way to present the lapbook - just choose the components you want to use based on the size of the card/folder you are using to make it, and the options available.
This resource contains:
Cover page, plus smaller ‘Amazon Rainforest’ title labels.
Layers of the rainforest flipbook with cut and stick, or fill in the description options.
Plants and animals of the rainforest activities (either fill in fact cards to place in pockets, or make a petal foldout of Amazon plants).
Rainforest geography flipbook - children write about the location, climate, and features of the rainforest.
Anaconda food chain foldable sequencing activity.
Blue morpho butterfly life cycle foldable sequencing activity.
Lift the flap writing prompts.
Assembly notes with photos.
Teacher notes.
Please note, there will be an element of basic research required for some of the activities. Research notes and links are not provided.
US and UK paper sizes are provided. This resource is 30 pages.
Explore the stages of a daffodil’s life cycle with this fun folding science craft. Use this activity to support learning about plants, life cycles, spring/seasonal changes, growth or St David’s Day.
Print the black and white templates onto paper or card for pupils to colour and cut out.
There are 4 similar templates to choose from so you can pick one that best matches your pupils’ needs.
Template 1: Colour the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 2: As above but with a simple, straight cutting edge.
Template 3: Draw the life cycle stages onto the template, cut and fold (no glue required).
Template 4: As above but with a simple, straight cutting edge.
Simple instructions with pictures are provided to help with folding. Once complete, the 2 halves of the daffodil are brought together, then gently pulled apart to reveal the life cycle stages inside.
US and UK versions of the file are included, as well as some questions to discuss together.
Explore the life cycles of 3 different marine animals with this fun set of foldable activities.
Differentiated templates are included for a sea turtle, clownfish and a penguin.
Use as a part of a science carousel, or to support learning on ocean habitats, sea creatures, or life cycles. You could also use for comparison of a bird, reptile and fish life cycle.
Each animal has a selection of foldout templates to allow you to differentiate for your students if required. Some require simply coloring, cutting and folding, others allow students to sequence the life cycle stages with descriptions or single words.
Instructions for how to fold are included.
Looking for life cycle activities that are a bit different from a standard worksheet?
Your kids will love these fun and engaging foldable activities. This printable resource covers 4 summer-themed life cycles: A sunflower, tomato plant, ladybird, and dragonfly.
The finished foldouts look great in an interactive science notebook.
For each insect/plant, the templates are differentiated so you can choose the ones that best suit your learners. Each gives opportunities for pupils to sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut, and fold. Some templates show the stages with pictures and a single word, others use descriptions.
Instructions for students are provided as well as a picture guide showing how to fold their template.
Looking for life cycle activities that are a bit different from a standard worksheet?
Your kids will love these fun and engaging foldable activities. This printable resource covers 4 summer-themed life cycles: a sea turtle, watermelon, butterfly, and honey bee.
The finished foldouts look great in an interactive science notebook.
For each animal/plant, the templates are differentiated so you can choose the ones that best suit your learners. Each gives opportunities for pupils to sequence the life cycle stages, glue, cut, and fold. Some templates show the stages with pictures and a single word, others use descriptions.
Instructions for students are provided as well as a picture guide showing how to fold their template.
Add some groovy vibes to your Google Classroom with this animated set of banners.
Just add them to the header area in your Google Classroom in the same way you’d add a static image - it’s super easy and guidance is provided if you need it. These banners are full of 70s colors and style - think fun florals, camper vans, and disco!
There are 6 headers in this set (as gif. files) so you can swap them around when you want a change!
You can see all 5 of the banners in the preview video.
Unfortunately, animated banners are not compatible with the Google Classroom app.
Do you need a fun activity for teaching life cycles that isn’t a standard worksheet? Help your pupils understand and review the life cycle of a tomato plant with this differentiated sequencing activity. This resource is a printable PDF and suitable for KS1 or early KS2.
Children put the life cycle stages from tomato seed to ripe fruit in order on their template. They then cut and fold. The finished foldouts are ideal for an interactive science notebook.
This activity could support learning about flowering plant life cycles, plants we eat, summer fruit/healthy eating, or gardening.
There are 4 similar printable template options so you can choose what suits your pupils best.
Colour the tomato life cycle stages, cut out and sequence the life cycle stages, glue, and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge (rectangle around the outside).
Colour the life cycle stages and tomato halves, match the words to the pictures, glue, and fold.
Colour the life cycle stages and tomato halves, sequence the stages, glue, and fold. There are 2 label options for this - one has pictures with words, the other with short descriptions.
There is also an additional set of cards for sequencing that you can print and use for a small group activity.
Instructions are provided, as well as both US and UK paper sizes. This resource is a 13 page PDF.
This winter/Christmas themed bundle is a collection of 4 foldout sequencing activities:
Penguin life cycle
Christmas tree life cycle
The steps for making gingerbread.
How to build a snowman.
These are printable activities, with multiple cut and paste template options to allow for differentiation. Instructions for students and picture guides to help with the folding are included.
Here is a breakdown of each foldout:
Penguin life cycle foldout
A fun and simple science activity all about the life cycle of a penguin. This activity could be used to support a lesson on birds, the Antarctic, or penguins.
This resource has 2 similar templates.
Christmas tree life cycle foldout
A fun, seasonal activity to help children understand the life cycle of a Christmas (coniferous) tree from seed, to sapling, to the adult tree and seed cones.
Use this activity for interactive science notebooks, or to support a unit on plants, life cycles, or Christmas traditions/celebrations.
There are 6 similar options to allow you to differentiate for your students or to use with different age groups.
Making gingerbread
This foldable sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of making/baking gingerbread. It is designed to help develop thinking and fine motor skills.
You could add the finish foldouts to interactive notebooks, use this to support learning around The Gingerbread Man story, or as a fun Christmas activity or center.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their gingerbread foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included, including one with a straight cutting edge for those children who would struggle to cut around the outside of the gingerbread man.
How to build a snowman
This cut and paste sequencing activity allows students to order the stages of building a snowman.
Students cut out the stages, put them in order on the template, before cutting and folding. They will love bringing the 2 halves of their snowman foldout together, then gently pulling it apart to show the stages inside.
There are 3 similar versions included.
