Using the lyrics of the popular Taylor Swift song ‘Ophelia’, pupils will count the number of times certain words occur in the song and populate them into a tally chart. After that, they will draw a bar chart to represent the data. For the quick finishers there are extension questions and a survey to carry out. This resource would meet the statistics objectives for Year 3 or 4.

Inspired by Aboriginal Art, pupils will work out how many factors each number has, and colour in the appropriate section of the snake. This maths activity could be linked with topics such as ‘The Chinese New Year’ (2025 is the Year of the Snake) or Aboriginal mythology. In the first sheet pupils will find factors of numbers from 1-31 and the second sheet 31-70.

This fun, cross-currcular PowerPoint is sure to engage your pupils (I had a lot of fun making it!). The Maths activities include: ratio and proportion, number sequences, algebra, coordinates and reflective symmetry, all with a Chinese New Year theme! It could be used as series of Maths starters. Some of the activities are differentiated too, and I have included the answers.

Using the information from the grid about each Chinese animal sign, pupils carry out activities which incorporate reading, grammar and creative writing skills. Their final task is to write a poem about their animal sign using some of the information/ words they have collected from previous tasks. These activities could be used when learning about the Chinese New Year.

Ideal for puplis in Years 3 and 4, this English Creative Writing lesson follows the adventures of Cinnamon the Capybara , who recently escaped from Hoo Zoo in Telford. Pupils will initially read the newspaper article about her escape and return to the zoo. After that, they will answer reading comprehension questions and take part in a hotseating activity. Finally, pupils will write a first person recount as Cinnamon, recalling her adventures!

This reading comprehension is aimed at pupils aged between 11- 14 . Pupils will read an extract from ‘White Fang’ by Jack London and answer questions which target a range of reading skills: skimming and scanning, inference and deduction, making predictions and examining the effects of language on the reader. At the end of the lesson there is an optional writing task follow up task.

This English Language/ Literature PowerPoint presentation is aimed at pupils aged between 11-14. Pupils will read an extract from chapter 1 of ‘Call of the Wild’ by Jack London and analyse the appearance and personality of the main character- Buck the dog. They will make notes from the extract and use them to write their own character description. This resource could be used as the first/ introduction lesson when studying ‘Call of the Wild’ or as a discrete lesson.

This complete lesson(s) focuses on Buck’s journey to the North. Pupils will listen (audio link) and read along to Chapter 1 of ‘Call of the Wild’ and place the events in chronological order (worksheet). Then they will consider the feelings and motives of the main characters: Buck, the man in the red sweater and Perrault through a ‘hotseating’ task. Finally, pupils can write a diary entry as Buck, describing his ordeal. More able pupils might want to choose a different character: the man in the red sweater or Perrault.