Goldtopfox provides a range of primary school teaching resources, covering all areas of the curriculum. We will be adding engaging, interesting and useful resources on a regular basis, with a particular focus on internet safety, creative writing and original play scripts.
Goldtopfox provides a range of primary school teaching resources, covering all areas of the curriculum. We will be adding engaging, interesting and useful resources on a regular basis, with a particular focus on internet safety, creative writing and original play scripts.
This is a useful set of resources for some 'back to school' lessons and activities. It is best suited to KS2, although it can also be easily adapted for younger children.
The overall aim of the activities is to welcome children to their new class, while also giving them some constructive work to do. The activities should also provide you with some useful displays for the start of a new term.
The pack contains:
*Teaching PowerPoint with introductions and examples for 2 activities - designing a personal shield and some serious or fun class rules.
*Templates for: personal shield and a rules poster.
*Back to school themed anagram and wordsearch puzzles - easier and harder versions.
These activities are also part of a larger resource, which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-activity-pack-11690777
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of useful teaching resources:
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A full week of up to 10 KS2 lessons for maths and English, all of which are fully resourced with teaching PowerPoints and differentiated independent activities.
This is a great set of lessons for getting back into the swing of school after the holiday or for other busy times of the year.
Includes:
*5 full English reading and creative writing lessons linked to 'The Witches' by Roald Dahl
*2 full column addition lessons for maths
*2 full written multiplication lessons for maths
*A set of 5 mental maths sessions
The differentiation contained in the lessons means that I have been able to easily use or adapt them across KS2.
There is also an alternative non-fiction version of this bundle, which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/full-week-of-maths-and-english-lessons-for-ks2-non-fiction-version-11800550
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of teaching resources:
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This a set of six separate lessons for KS2 Christmas work. All of the lessons are fully resourced with teaching PowerPoints and differentiated activities, making them adaptable to different ages and abilities. They are ideal for keeping your class going during the last few days before the Christmas holiday!
The lessons all have a Christmas theme and cover English (sentence work/grammar, creative writing and humour), maths (doubling and halving) and design.
Included:
*Christmas adverb openers English lesson
*Christmas commas English Lesson
*'10 Things in a Christmas Pocket' creative writing lesson
*Lesson on writing Christmas jokes
*Maths lesson on doubling and halving
*Design lesson to invent a device to rescue Santa
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of teaching resources:
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A full week of up to 10 KS2 lessons for maths and English, all of which are fully resourced with teaching PowerPoints and differentiated independent activities.
This is a great set of lessons for getting back into the swing of school after the holiday or for other busy times of the year.
Includes:
*5 full English non-fiction lessons for instructions
*2 full column addition lessons for maths
*2 full written multiplication lessons for maths
*A set of 5 mental maths sessions
The instructions work is geared towards Years 3 and 4, but the differentiation contained in the lessons means that I have also been able to easily use or adapt them across KS2.
There is also an alternative fiction version of this bundle, which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/full-week-of-maths-and-english-lessons-for-ks2-fiction-version-11800537
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of teaching resources:
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This is an ideal set of resources for a range of 'back to school' lessons and activities. It is best suited to KS2, although it can also be easily adapted for younger children. It includes plenty of creative art and writing, some puzzles and a differentiated mental maths activity, making it a handy resource for the first few days of a new term.
The overall aim of the activities is to welcome children to their new class, while also giving them some constructive work to do. The activities should also provide you with some useful displays for the start of a new term.
The pack contains:
*Teaching PowerPoint with introductions and examples for 4 separate activities - design a personal shield; design a target/achievements wall; create a school superhero; design some serious or fun class rules.
*Templates for: target wall, shield, superhero design and a rules poster.
*Back to school themed anagram and wordsearch puzzles - easier and harder versions.
*Mental maths - number bonds. This is differentiated 4 ways (bonds to 20, 100, 1000 and 1).
*Answer sheets for the maths.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of useful teaching resources:
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This is a useful set of resources for some 'back to school' lessons and activities. It is best suited to KS2, although it can also be easily adapted for younger children.
The overall aim of the activities is to welcome children to their new class, while also giving them some constructive work to do. The activities should also provide you with some useful displays for the start of a new term.
The pack contains:
*Teaching PowerPoint with introductions and examples for 2 activities - design a target/achievements wall and create a school superhero.
*Templates for a target wall and superhero design.
*Back to school themed anagram and wordsearch puzzles - easier and harder versions.
These activities are also part of a larger resource, which can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/back-to-school-activity-pack-11690777
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of useful teaching resources:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/goldtopfox
A PowerPoint of 100 'what if' questions, which can be used for discussion in your class. This is an ideal resource for use in KS2 and upper KS1 and covers a variety of topics:
*PSHCE (friendships, target setting, relationships, changes, problem solving, etc.)
*Internet safety
*Personal safety
*Moral decisions
*Speaking and listening
*Fun or unusual situations
The 100 questions can be used in a variety of ways, including as a stimulus for discussion, ideas for independent work or just to explore a key topic for your class. They can also serve as part of a wider lesson or as handy 'time-fillers'.
The questions can be worked through in order, selected by the teacher in advance or the children can pick them at random. Each main question also has 2 follow-up questions, allowing the children to discuss their ideas in pairs or small groups first.
The PowerPoint has also been included in PDF form, in order to allow for easy printing.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of teaching resources:
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Another bundle of popular resources, which are ideal for a relaxing first week back in school with your new class. The lessons and activities are best suited for KS2, but can also be adapted to younger children.
Included:
*2 fully resourced creative writing lessons: 10 things in a book character's pocket and short story writing.
*A set of worksheets connected to 2x, 5x and 10x tables.
*A pack of E-safety games, puzzles and activities.
*A mixed pack of 'back to school' lessons and activities, covering maths, English and 'all about me'.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for other useful teaching resources:
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This pack is designed for teaching a series of 10 mental maths sessions, covering a range of important revision skills. Topics covered include, mental calculation, fractions, shape, measures, money, problem solving and place value.
The PowerPoints can be used on screen for whole class activities (approx. 20 minutes for each slide) or printed for independent/small group tasks.
The harder versions are aimed at Years 5 and 6, while the easier versions are more suitable for younger or less able children. Each session also contains a challenge task for more able pupils.
Includes:
• 4 PowerPoint presentations of the 10 sessions (easier and harder versions) - these also include brief teaching notes
• 4 answer sheets
• Plus! Bonus free pair of multiplication lesson PowerPoints
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for more handy teaching resources:
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A set of 3 mini lessons for Christmas themed maths, English and design sessions. Each activity comes with an introductory PowerPoint presentation and differentiated activity sheets.
These lessons are also ideal as easy-to-use activities to keep your class entertained as the Christmas holidays draw nearer.
Bundle includes:
•Full 'Christmas Jokes' lesson
•Full 'Santa Chimney Rescue Design' lesson
•Full 'Christmas Doubling and Halving' maths lesson
This is a great time-saving set of maths homework sheets! They cover six written calculation methods for multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. The methods covered are:
1. Column addition
2. Number line subtraction
3. Column subtraction
4. Column multiplication
5. Grid multiplication
6. Chunking division in columns
Each method contains 3 differentiated versions of the worksheet (LA, MA and HA) and a set of answers. The worksheets all start with a visual example and explanation of the method, followed by 8 questions to answer and an extension/challenge task.
I have used these for homework and for independent class work in Years 4, 5 and 6. The sheets are all fully editable, so they could also be adapted for other ages.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for other useful maths and general teaching resources:
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A bundle of KS2 maths lessons and teaching resources, which are great for saving your valuable planning and preparation time!
All lessons and activities are fully resourced with differentiated questioning and appropriate planning.
The bundle includes:
*2 fully resourced written multiplication lessons
*2 fully resourced written addition lessons
*10 mental maths sessions
*A pack of differentiated homework sheets, covering written methods in multiplication, division, addition and subtraction
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for many other useful teaching resources:
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These resources are ideal for school E-safety Officers, computer science co-ordinators or primary class teachers, as they help to establish some basic e-safety guidelines and to create communication between home and school.
1. The newsletter is designed to be sent to parents of primary (KS1 & KS2) children, laying out advice for parents and explaining what the school aims to achieve in the area of online security. It has been written generically enough to be used by any school, but an editable Word version is also included.
2. The pupil contract sets out an agreement of important internet safety rules and expectations to be followed in school. It also has space for a signature from the child and from the parents. Again, this has been written in a broad manner to suit most primary schools, but an editable Word version is also included.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for plenty more e-safety resources:
https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=20240864&q=internet safety&shop=goldtopfox
A full and original Early Years/KS1 Christmas Nativity play script, which is ready to perform and can also be adapted to your performance needs.
This play tells the traditional Nativity tale, but from the perspective of a lovable guard dog named Lilly. After Mary and Joseph arrive at the stable, Lilly is given the task of ensuring that the familiar visitors arrive quietly and that nobody disturbs the baby or its parents. With her determined approach, Lilly seems to have everything under control, but a gang of mischievous rats and the local brass band might still spoil the special event.
This is a fun and educational story for the Christmas period, which is enjoyable for children to read and perform, as well as being straightforward for teachers to organise and direct.
Key information:
Age range: 5-7 years
Show running time: approx. 30 mins
Number of parts: up to 30+
The show is designed for a class, year group or whole school Christmas performance and contains differentiated roles, in order to allow for inclusion of pupils of all abilities.
This bundle contains 5 fully differentiated English lessons, based on developing creative writing in KS2.
There are 4 distinct sessions provided, with at least 1 being adaptable to make an additional lesson.
All lessons come with:
• Full teaching PowerPoint - from starter through to plenary
• Fully differentiated worksheets (higher, middle and lower ability)
• All other necessary writing support resources
• Full lesson planning, linked to current English curriculum
The 5 lessons cover:
1 & 2: Planning and writing a short story
3: Using commas to add additional information to complex sentences
4: Using adverbs as imaginative sentence openers
5: Writing an imaginative list of 10 things that you might find in a favourite book character's pocket
A full and original primary show play script, which can be used in a variety of teaching and performance areas.
Brad, Sally and Mike are TV presenters with a very different take on history and technology. While Sally and Mike love to find out about how things were done in the past, Brad just can’t get enough of his internet-enabled communication tools. Through the stories of King Darius, Cleopatra and Chief Sitting Bull, we learn all about how great civilisations managed to keep in touch in years gone by…but will Brad be able to tear himself away from Twitter for long enough to notice? A class assembly for older primary children, with a fun take on how communication has developed through the ages.
This is a fun and educational story, which is enjoyable for children to read and perform, as well as being straightforward for teachers to organise and direct. In addition, the show incorporates a number of cross curricular themes and links directly to the following topic:
IPC Milepost 3 unit, ‘Making the News’
This product includes a show script only.
Please note: an alternative version of this show is also available, containing full production notes, 2 supporting PowerPoints and all music files and sound effects. This can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12922277
Key information:
Age range: 8-12
Show running time: approx. 30-40 mins
Number of parts: up to 30+
The show is designed for a class or year group performance (or as a great way to begin/end a topic) and contains differentiated roles, in order to allow for inclusion of pupils of all abilities.
A full and original Early Years/KS1 Christmas show play script, which is ready to perform and can also be adapted to your performance needs. All sound effect files are included in this version of the show.
Imagine the scene: Davey the Donkey is minding his own business in his field, when three sheep suddenly appear and tell him of the dreadful fate of Santa. He’s stuck in a chimney! How will the children get their presents? Too shy to make a suggestion, Davey watches as a selection of well known Christmas characters and farm animals try and fail to release the stricken Santa. Eventually, Davey saves the day using teamwork, donkey strength and his knowledge of an enormous turnip…
This is a fun and educational story for the Christmas period, which is enjoyable for children to read and perform, as well as being straightforward for teachers to organise and direct.
Key information:
Age range: 4-6 years
Show running time: approx. 30 mins
Number of parts: up to 30+
The show is designed for a class, year group or whole school Christmas performance and contains differentiated roles, in order to allow for inclusion of pupils of all abilities.
A script only version of this show can also be found in my store here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11362315
A New Year pack for KS2, containing an assembly/New Year goals lesson, a full week of English New Year lessons and 2 maths lessons on multiplication methods.
This is a great set for getting back into the swing of school after the holiday, with all resources and differentiated activities provided.
Includes:
*Assembly PowerPoint
*New Year lesson activity (linked to assembly)
*Full week of English lessons, including planning and resources
*2 multiplication maths lesson PowerPoints
*New Year anagram and word search puzzle
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An emergency lesson pack for those busy times of year, which contains up to 18 separate lessons. This is ideal for a report writing or parents' evening week, when you may have less time to organise and prepare your regular teaching. I have used the lessons in Years 4 & 5, but they can be adapted to other ages too.
Each lesson is fully resourced and differentiated with teacher PowerPoints, independent tasks and full planning provided. Answer sheets are also included, as is a set of maths column addition homework sheets.
The bundle includes:
*Up to 5 English lessons (creative writing)
*4 maths lessons (written addition and multiplication methods)
*2 science lessons (Edward Jenner and the human eye)
*1 history lesson (famous women in history)
* A set of 5 mental maths lessons
*1 E-safety lesson about digital footprints
Please see the Goldtopfox for a full range of useful teaching resources:
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A set of various lessons and activities linked to Roald Dahl and his work. All are fully resourced, with any necessary teaching resources, differentiated independent tasks and planning.
Included:
*Full week of lessons for 'The Witches'.
*Set of lessons and activities for 'Revolting Rhymes'.
*Set of fun Roald Dahl themed activities.
Please see the Goldtopfox shop for a full range of useful teaching resources:
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