This fun and entertaining activity (for both the teacher and children!) is played like charades. It is an exciting and a practical way for children to learn that adverbs modify verbs. There are 30 adverb cards (mostly of manner ending in 'ly') with each card containing ideas as to how they could act out the adverb. This game can be played in groups, pairs or as a whole class. Contents: - 4 x Box Decorations - 30 x Adverb Cards - 2 x Differentiated Record Sheets My children absolutely love this game and are always asking to play it!

This game is a fantastic and fun way to introduce or recap adverbs for your class. It consists of two interactive and entertaining games where the children will discover what an adverb is and why they are important, learning to recognize them within sentences. Contents: - Slide 1 – 4: Introduction to the game / adverbs - Slide 5 – 40: Game 1 – Deciding whether the given words are adverbs or not - Slide 41 – 54: Game 2 – Finding adverbs within the sentence We hope you enjoy!

It’s time to get messy writing instructions for and making potions! This fun activity is sure it be a hit with your class while the learn about the key features in instruction writing such as imperative verbs and time connectives. At the end of it all they will have their own set of instructions for their very own magic potion using natural materials. Our teaching structure: 1: Show examples of instructions and highlight the features 2: Get the children to go outside to think about which natural resources they may want to use. 3: Fill in the planning sheet 4: Write the instructions 5: Swap the instructions and make the potions! Contents - Teacher’s Guide - Instructions Checklist - Potion Instructions Example - Planning Sheet - Differentiated Instructions Template We hope you have as much fun as our class did! ------------------------ Please don’t forget to leave feedback if you enjoyed this resource. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This poetry scrapbook is the perfect way to get your class exploring the outdoors while letting their creative juices flow in the form of poetry. They each get their own personal scrapbook where they are required to think about what language they can use to describe specific things before putting their thoughts into a poem. This scrapbook gives the children the opportunity to write acrostic, quatrain, and couplet poems along with another, which they can choose. I have used this pack with great success in spring and summer where we would spend Friday afternoons going out to write poetry, however I am excited to have a go at it in winter too! It is very therapeutic for both the children and the teacher. Contents: - Scrapbook cover - Blank scrapbook cover (where they can draw their own) - ‘Beautiful Birds’ language ideas - ‘Beautiful Birds’ acrostic poem sheet - ‘Magical Mini-Beasts’ language ideas - ‘Magical Mini-Beats’ quatrain poem sheet (aabb rhyming pattern) - ‘Vibrant Views’ language ideas - ‘Vibrant Views’ quatrain poem sheet (abab rhyming pattern) - ‘Wonderful Weather’ language ideas - ‘Wonderful Weather’ couplet poem sheet - Free poem sheet (the children choose the form and subject for their poem) -----------------------------------

Summer is a wonderful time of year when nature is blooming. This can be a fantastic opportunity to look at poetry and description. These lessons will get your students looking descriptive language and adjectives to describe the world around them through an acrostic poem. They will look at adjectives and other descriptive techniques to describe summer before writing their own acrostic poems. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

A big set of literacy games that are perfect for a mid lesson brain break or as some fun lesson starters to get your classes minds in gear! Each game is designed to help improve literacy skills, from reading to spelling and writing, they have it all! Contents - Slides 1 – 15: The Riddle Challenge - Slides 16 – 34: Amazing Anagrams - Slides 35 – 41: Describe The Picture - Slides 42 – 47: The Persuasion Game - Slides 48 – 55: The Alphabet Game - Slides 56 – 60: Compare And Contrast - Slides 61 – 66: Complete The Sentence ------------------------ Enjoy! :)

A 53 slide interactive PowerPoint and quiz on figurative language that looks at similes, metaphors, personification, and alliteration. Perfect for a lesson introduction or recap. TOP TIP: Make the quiz interactive by getting the children to write their answers on whiteboards. Contents - Slides 1 - 4: Introduction - Slides 5 - 10: Similes - Slides 11 - 15: Metaphors - Slides 16 - 19: Alliteration - Slides 20 - 23: Personification - Slides 24 - 52: Quiz - Slide 53: Conclusion ------------------------ If you like this resources, please give us a good rating! Thank you! Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Unlock creativity and enhance descriptive writing skills through this engaging personification activity. Nature serves as a rich source for improving descriptive writing, particularly when incorporating personification. This hands-on exercise provides students with the opportunity to experiment with personification while immersing themselves in the natural world. Check out our Outdoor Onomatopoeia Activity! Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This video comprehension takes a look at the ozone layer and its depletion. Your students will watch a video where they will learn about what the ozone layer is as well as what is damaging it and the issues that this has on life on Earth before answering a set of questions about what they’ve just seen. This pack contains 3 levels of differentiation as well as an extension activity where they will draw a diagram to show how the ozone layer works. What is video comprehension? Our video comprehension series is designed to facilitate the learning of those students who find reading tricky. It allows them to access the same level of learning without the need to read large amounts of information as they will watch a video on the topic rather than reading large amounts of text. We have found it especially helpful with our SEN students. Each set is differentiated three times. With the first level of differentiation requiring them to simply circle the correct answers. These worksheets work best if each student has their own device as they can re-watch parts of the video to find the correct answers. However if you don’t have one device per students or pair we have done this with great success by having the video on repeat on the board / tv at the front of the classroom. These activities are also perfect for home and distance learning. We are constantly expanding our range of video comprehension worksheets so be sure to check back frequently for new resources. Check out our other video comprehension packs: - Compost Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This video comprehension is all about the wonderful world of compost. Your students will learn what compost is and how it works, the importance of composting, as well as what we can and can’t compost. This pack contains 3 levels of differentiation as well as an extension activity where they must write a persuasive letter. What is video comprehension? Our video comprehension series is designed to facilitate the learning of those students who find reading tricky. It allows them to access the same level of learning without the need to read large amounts of information. We have found it especially helpful with our SEN students. Each set is differentiated three times. With the first level of differentiation requiring them to simply circle the correct answers. These worksheets work best if each student has their own device as they can re-watch parts of the video to find the correct answers. However if you don’t have one device per students or pair we have done this with great success by having the video on repeat on the board / tv at the front of the classroom. These activities are also perfect for home and distance learning. We are constantly expanding our range of video comprehension worksheets so be sure to check back frequently for new resources. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Get your students involved with this drawing scavenger hunt where they’ll head outside to see if they can find and draw all the items on the sheet. It’s great if you’re looking at your local area, wildlife, and observation skills. You can also use this activity to help introduce habitats. This resource contains a few different activity sheets that allow you to differentiate based on the things they are required to find. It’s great if you can have a discussion about the scavenger hunt after they’ve completed it. What did they enjoy drawing the most? What did they find exciting to see? What were they surprised they saw? Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Debating is a great way to get students thinking creatively about persuasive language. For this activity students will go and find the most interesting item they can from your outdoor space and write a list of points as to why their item is the best using their persuasive language techniques. Once they have put together a strong argument they can then get into groups of 3 or 4 and have a debate about whose item is the best. As an extension, you could then turn their arguments into a piece of persuasive writing. This is a fantastic and fun activity to encourage the use of persuasive language, especially for your reluctant writers. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Wild story telling is a great way to let your students’ imaginations run wild as they use natural items they find in your outdoor space to plan and tell their very own wild story. It’s perfect if you’re looking at descriptive language or as a stimulus before they begin to write down their own stories. For this activity they will head outside and collect 6 items that will be used within their story. These items could be imagined into anything from characters in their stories to powerful magical items. Encourage them to collect varied items as this will help when planning their stories. Once they’ve got their 6 items they can either tape or draw one item per box on the activity sheet. They must now think about what their item could be within their story. You can either get them to include the items in chronological order or allow them to use them randomly within the story. Once they’ve planned their story they can get into small groups and use their activity sheet and items to help them as they tell their wild story to others. This activity is designed to be done verbally while in your outdoor area. They can plan their stories either individually or in pairs. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great resource to introduce or recap rhyming that can be used in a variety of ways. This pack contains 32 rhyming pairs with visual prompts on each card. **Outdoor Activity – **Rhyming pairs hunt (whole class or small groups). Cut out and laminate the cards. Hide them around your outdoor space. Get the students to go find as many rhyming pairs as they can. To extend this activity you could get them to write a short poem or sentence using the rhyming pairs that they’ve found. **Memory Pairs **(in pairs or small groups). Put the cards face down spread out on the table or floor. Taking it in turns, the students will flip over two cards. If they find a rhyming pair they take the cards and have another go, if not then the cards get turned facedown and the next player tries to find a pair. **Match The Pairs **(individual or pairs). This is a very simple but effective activity where students will simply match the cards with their correct rhyming pair.

Autumn is a wonderful time of year where there are a lot of changes happening. This can be a fantastic opportunity to look at poetry and description. These lessons will get your students looking descriptive language and adjectives to describe the world around them through an acrostic poem. They will look at adjectives and other descriptive techniques to describe autumn before writing their own acrostic poems. Part 1: Get the students to go outside to find the most interesting leaf they can. They will then stick the leaf in the middle of the worksheet and write adjectives / descriptive phrases around the outside to describe the leaf. Part 2: This lesson is all about thinking of adjectives and descriptive phrases to describe Autumn. They must find somewhere outside (ideally around trees) and use their descriptive language techniques to describe the changes happening in autumn. Part 3: It’s now time for the students to write their acrostic poems using the descriptive language they’ve been looking at. This pack contains a few different poem templates for them to use. Love teaching outdoors? Check out our year of outdoor home learning challenges here. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

It’s time for a Christmas themed outdoor scavenger hunt! This simple activity will get your students exploring the outdoors while they find items that start with each letter of the word ‘Christmas’. This activity is perfect as a brain break, extension, or fun Christmas party activity. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales.

This is a great reading comprehension pack about Baptism and part of your ‘Seven Sacraments’ topic. The text that goes through what baptism has, why people choose to get baptised and the importance of baptism. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 2 page Lego reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (2 pages each) Answer key Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a great reading comprehension pack about the sacrament of first holy communion as part of your ‘Seven Sacraments’ topic. The text that goes through what first holy communion is, why people choose to get take the sacrament and the importance of receiving the eucharist. Once they’ve read the passage they will complete the differentiated comprehension questions. This no-prep close reading activity is perfect for both remote learning and classroom work. Included: 1 page reading passage 2 x differentiated comprehension questions (2 pages each) Answer key Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

This is a fun scavenger hunt to get your little ones practicing their initial sounds as part of your phonics topic. For this activity they will take the worksheet outside, find the item in the box before circling the correct initial sound. This resource contains sounds from phase 1 – 4. There are two variations of the worksheets. One where the students simply circle the initial sound. The other where they circle the initial sound before attempting to spell the word. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about upcoming sales!

Your students will love using alliteration with this fun poetry lesson. For this activity they will head outside and choose a variety of different items for them to describe and complete the table. Once they have done a few items they can piece together their alliteration poem. This lesson will help students to understand what alliteration is and how to use it in their own writing. Check out our Outdoor Writing Bundle. Please don’t forget to rate this resource to let us know what you think. Also be sure to visit my store and FOLLOW ME to see my new products and hear about