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.
A fun foldable craft for exploring the stages of a chicken’s life cycle. A great follow-up activity after hatching out chicks! Alternatively, use for a farm animals or Easter/spring activity.
Benefits of this activity
Low prep
Children learn about the chicken 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
There are 5 similar cut-and-paste templates so you can select the one that best suits your needs:
Children colour, cut and fold their template. The words used are egg, embryo, chick and chicken,
As above but using the words egg, egg hatching, chick and chicken.
Children colour their template, cut out the life cycle words, glue them in order onto the template, cut and fold. Uses same vocabulary as template 1.
As above but with the same vocabulary as template 2.
Children colour their template, sequence the life cycle labels, glue, cut and fold.
Instructions are provided as well as a folding guide with pictures.
What else is included?
Full-page description for each life cycle stage (colour picture and text). These can be used for an introduction, either printed or displayed on a screen.
Chicken life cycle poster
Label the hen cut and paste with 6 body parts (wattle, crown, beak, wing, claw, tail).
Chick maze with solution for early finishers.
Is this resource editable?
This 16-page PDF is not editable. UK and US versions of the file are included.
Explore rocks and fossils with your KS2 class with this set of ready-to-use resources. This bundle, particularly suitable for year 3 science, contains activities, PowerPoint presentations and a rocks classroom display.
Here’s what’s included:
Resource 1: Rocks Classroom Display
8 rock example photos (granite, chalk, sandstone, flint, marble, pumice, limestone, slate).
3 rock type description cards (sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock, igneous rock).
Cut-out letters with rock design - R, O, C, K, S
A4 Rock Cycle Poster
Rocks frame image file - this can be copied and pasted into other documents that you want to add to your display.
Resource 2: A-Z Rocks and Fossils PowerPoint
Consolidate learning on rocks and fossils with this 26 slide PowerPoint presentation.
Each letter is a different themed word which will help pupils re-cap their learning, as well as introduce some new vocabulary. Questions within the presentation provide an opportunity for pupils to share their thoughts and knowledge.
**Resource 3: How A Fossil is Formed Activity **
A 5 page PDF including 8 full colour pictures with the corresponding labels. Print, cut out individual pictures/labels and laminate.
A 4 page PDF as above but with the labels included on the pictures for lower ability.
**Resource 4: Mary Anning PowerPoint **
A look at the life and work of Dorset paleontologist Mary Anning.
Resource 5: How a fossil is formed folding craft
Teach the stages of fossilisation with this folding ammonite craft. Print on A4 card ready for pupils to colour and fold like a concertina. When closed, you’ll just see the large fossil ammonite but when opened, the fossilisation process will be revealed!
Instructions are provided as well as some questions for discussion.
Resource 6: Fossil identification activity
Your class can become palaeontologists! This activity consists of 15 full colour photos of different fossils with labels to match (pictures can be printed with or without a background). Fossils include ammonites, a mosasaur tooth, megalodon tooth, shells, coral and a plesiosaur backbone.
There are 2 sets of labels to choose from (1 set requiring some internet research, the other more descriptive to allow pupils to try to identify without needing to go online).
Teach or review the life cycle of a turtle with this foldable sequencing activity. This fun alternative to a standard cut-and-paste worksheet covers 4 stages of a turtle’s life cycle from egg to hatchling, juvenile, and adult sea turtle.
Print the templates you need on A4 paper ready for pupils to colour, cut, sequence the stages, glue, and fold. Once folded they can carefully bring the 2 halves together like an accordion, then pull apart to reveal the life cycle inside.
Ideal to support science lessons on life cycles, ocean/sea animals, or turtles.
Benefits of these activities:
Low prep
Children learn about life cycles in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet.
Can be used to introduce the turtle 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 a science book where they can be referenced by children.
This resource includes:
3 black and white differentiated templates (see below for more details)
Directions for pupils
Guidelines for how to fold the turtle.
A full-colour diagram of a turtle’s life cycle
Parts of a turtle cut and paste
Life cycle information page
Questions to discuss together
The templates
There are 3 templates to choose from:
Template 1: Colour the turtle and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 2: Vertical template. Colour the turtle and life cycle stages, sequence the stages (images with short descriptions), glue, cut, and fold.
Template 3: Larger template. Colour the turtle and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut, and fold. Option to use the stage names or short descriptions, and to have the turtle with an easy-cut (circle) outline.
Is the PDF editable?
This 17-page PDF resource is not editable. Versions with both US and UK spelling and paper sizes are included.
Take a colourful journey through the life cycle of a butterfly with this 27-slide PowerPoint presentation. This engaging slide show covers the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult butterfly so that your students will have a full understanding of the life cycle.
What’s included in the presentation:
Real photos of different species of butterflies and their caterpillars
Editable text boxes to make adjustments for your students if needed (images and titles are not editable)
Fun animations - some pages have animated elements so make sure you’re using the ‘present’ screen.
2 spare slides to add your own information to if needed.
This slide show is suitable for KS2 or upper KS1. Check out the video to see a full preview.
National Curriculum link
Living Things and their habitats
Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird
A fun and engaging story told in rhyme for KS1 pupils, exploring the true tale of the greatest fossil hunter who ever lived! Mary Anning was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent for finding fossils. Join her as she searches the beaches and cliffs around her seaside home and discovers clues about animals from long ago.
This resource is a 28 page PDF book which you could display on a screen for a whole class story time. Ideal to support a dinosaurs topic.
The paperback of this book is available on Amazon.
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
Help your KS2 or lower KS3 students reflect on their past year and the new year ahead with this tab book template. The template has 7 prompts (each starting with a letter from NEW YEAR) for students to respond to.
What’s included?
Page 1 and 2 - teacher notes
Page 3 - Front page template with editable prompts
Page 4 - Back page template for students to write on
Page 5 - As above but with the addition of writing lines
Page 6 - Directions for students
Pages 7 and 8 - Ideas for alternative prompts to use for each letter
The activity
Students colour the front page template and read the 7 prompt questions. They then write their responses in the boxes. Students cut out both parts of the template and glue them together. The finished foldout can be glued into a notebook to reference throughout the year.
Is the PDF editable?
You can edit the prompts on page 3. Editable text boxes are included for this - just open the file in Adobe Reader.
Other parts of the PDF are not editable.
US and UK verisons included.
Reward and motivate your class with these superhero-themed reward certificates!
Ideal for early years and KS1 pupils. There are 6 designs and each one is included as in a PowerPoint, Google Slides and PDF document.
Use the PDF file to print your chosen certificates, handwrite and use in the classroom. Alternatively, use the PowerPoint or Google Slides version to fill the certificates in digitally, download and email to pupils.
UK and US paper sizes included.
Who lives where? Garden microhabitat activity
An activity where children arrange minibeasts into the garden micro-habitats they would live in.
This resource includes:
A3 printable garden (with and without microhabitat labels)
A4 printable garden (with and without microhabitat labels)
12 common minibeasts to place in the garden
Minibeast ID sheet
Guidance notes on how the resource could be used, including follow up questions to explore together.
Microhabitat foldable craft
A fun craft activity for younger pupils, designed to get them thinking about microhabitats and the animals that live there.
This resource is a 6 page PDF. It looks at 3 microhabitats; a rockpool, under leaves and a flower bed. There are 2 templates for each microhabitat so they can either colour the animals already included or research and draw their own. Print on A4 paper or card.
Once they have coloured a template, children can cut it out and fold using the instructions provided. Some children may need assistance with this part and it’s a good idea to have a pre-made example.
Once folded, they can then ‘hide’ the animals away by closing the template, and then pull it gently apart to reveal what’s inside.
A fun, foldable cut and paste activity for exploring the life cycle stages of a corn (maize) plant. Use this cross between a craft and a worksheet for a science lesson, in an interactive notebook, or for a plants, growing, harvest, or autumn topic activity.
The template options
There are 4 similar templates so you can select and print the one that best suits your pupils’ needs:
Colour the corn and the stages of its life cycle. Match the words to the pictures, cut and fold.
As above but with a straight cutting edge.
Colour the corn and the stages of its life cycle. Sequence the stages, glue, and fold. There are 2 different label options for this - one with the life cycle stage names, the other with short descriptions.
As above but with the straight cutting edge.
Directions are provided as well as a folding guide with pictures.
Key vocabulary
The life cycle stage names used in this resource are seed, sprout, seedling, growing plant, flowers and mature corn.
What else is included?
Life cycle sequencing cards and arrows in colour and black/white. One way you could use these is to print them onto card and cut out each piece. Children could work in small groups to sequence the life cycle stages, using the arrows to link them together. Laminate for longevity.
Label the corn cut and paste activity.
Life cycle diagram (colour).
Facts about corn page.
Is this resource editable?
No, this 15-page PDF resource is not editable.
Start the school year by getting to know your new class with this fun sun craft. Children create a sun with rays to share the special things about themselves. Designed to be used during the first week of school, this activity will help upper KS1/lower KS2 children reflect on what makes them unique - a sweet way to boost self-esteem and confidence.
The templates:
There are 4 options for the centre of the sun, all of which are included
2-to-a-page:
Ready to shine in year two
Ready to shine in year 3
Ready to shine in year 4
Ready to shine in my new class
The 6 prompts on the rays (which can be changed) are:
Positive words to describe me
Things that make me smile
I would like to learn about
My favourite subjects
I’m good at
Something I want to get better at
Is this resource editable?
This resource is partially editable. You have the option to change any of the text prompts on the sun’s rays by using the included PowerPoint or Google Slides template. All other parts of the resource are not editable.
What are the benefits of this activity?
Low-prep
Hands-on craft that allows pupils to share about themselves at the start of a new school year
Use the completed suns to create a back-to-school display
Children practice following directions
Develop fine motor and writing skills
Help build self esteem and self confidence
A great alternative to an ‘all about me’ worksheet
What do children need to complete this activity?
Printed sun centers and rays
Pen/pencil
Scissors
Are you growing radishes in the classroom? Review or introduce the life cycle of a radish plant with this fun, foldout activity where pupils colour a template, sequence the radish life cycle stages, glue, cut and fold. Options are included for a 4 stages life cycle where the radishes are harvested for food, and a 6 stage life cycle where the plant goes on to flower and produce seed pods.
The templates
There are 3 template options to choose from, allowing you to differentiate for your learners.
Template 1: Children colour the radish template and 4 stages of the radish life cycle from seed to harvesting. They sequence the stages on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 2: As above but with a straight cutting edge around the radish.
Template 3: Children colour the radish template and 6 stages of the radish life cycle from seed to seed pods. They sequence the stages on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
For each template, there is an option to sequence the images with the stages names, or with short descriptions.
What else is included?
Colour diagram of the full life cycle.
Simple observation sheets to record drawings/descriptions of radishes if you are growing them in the classroom. Option to record with date, or with the day number (e.g. day 1, day 3, day 7 etc).
Simple writing sheet for pupils to make notes describing what is happening at each life cycle stage (seed, seedling, growing radish, mature radish). A blank version is also included.
Is this resource editable?
No, this 14-page PDF isn’t editable.
This minibeast-themed pack is full of materials to help you quickly create a science display for your KS1 classroom. Just choose the pages you want to incorporate into your display, print and mount. Includes real photographs as well as realistic images.
This fun display covers information on minibeast life cycles, body parts, types of minibeasts, and some fun facts!
What’s included?
‘Minibeasts’ title over 2 pages. Print, trim, and join.
Real photo posters of minibeasts that live in a pond, on plants, and in/on the soil. These are included with and without a coloured background. For posters with a white background, trim, and mount on coloured paper.
Magnifiers with insect examples (x9). Print and cut out individually.
2 life cycle posters (dragonfly and butterfly)
‘Parts of an insect’ and ‘parts of a spider’ posters
‘What is a minibeast’ poster
6 minibeast fact posters (included in 2 sizes)
UK and US paper sizes
In total, there are 23 pages in the PDF.
Introduce or review the life cycle of an ant with this foldable sequencing activity and other printables. Use this resource to support a science lesson on ants, minibeasts or insect life cycles, or use alongside an ant farm in the classroom. The foldouts can also be used in an interactive science notebook.
What’s included in the PDF?
Foldable activity with 3 differentiated cut and paste templates to choose from. Includes full directions for students.
Flash/word wall cards for the life cycle stages, included 3 and 6 words to a page. Colour and b/w options.
An information page with a description of what happens at each life cycle stage.
Simple colour poster of the ant life cycle stages.
Label the ant body parts cut and paste activity.
Compare a spider and an ant cut and paste activity.
3 ‘Take the ant through’ the maze tunnels - ideal for early finishers.
Versions for UK and US paper sizes.
20 pages in total
Explore the adaptations of freshwater animals with this foldout activity and other printables. This resource will help pupils understand the features that freshwater animals have that make them adapted to their habitat. Use to support a lesson on animal adaptations or pond and river habitats or wildlife.
The foldout activity
Pupils will colour a pond scene and 4 freshwater animals. They’ll then cut out and match the 10 adaptation description labels to the animals (2 labels are already in place on the template to get them started). When everything is in position, they’ll glue and fold.
There are 2 templates to choose from:
Template 1 - Heron, frog, crayfish, perch.
Template 2 - Mosquito larva, duck, tadpole, pond snail.
The other printables
Life in freshwater information pages x 2
Venn diagram to compare the adaptations of a tadpole and a frog.
A writing/drawing page for pupils to research a freshwater animal of their choice. They’ll draw a picture of it, and then write about its adaptations.
5 ‘Label the adaptations’ worksheets. Pupils will research one of the animals (platypus, dragonfly larva, minnow, American alligator, water scorpion). They’ll circle where it lives e.g. pond, lake, river (they can circle more than one). They’ll then add written labels to the animal picture to show its adaptations. You will find 2 pages of suggested adaptations included for teacher/educator reference.
Is this resource editable?
This PDF resource is not editable. US and UK versions of the file are included.
There are 15 pages plus 4 teacher pages.
These fun cut-and-paste foldable sequencing activities are a fun way to learn or review some examples of the life cycle of a bird.
A cross between a worksheet and a science craft, these hands-on resources cover 4 bird life cycles - a penguin, owl, chicken and flamingo.
Each foldout breaks down the life cycle into 4 parts (the penguin and owl also have a 6 part option). The differentiated template options make this a versatile resource to use for science in KS1 or lower KS2.
Life cycle of a chicken templates
Pupils colour, cut and fold their template. The words used are egg, embryo, chick and chicken,
As above but using the words egg, egg hatching, chick and chicken.
Pupils colour their template, cut out the life cycle words, glue them in order onto the template, cut and fold. Uses same vocabulary as template 1.
As above but with the same vocabulary as template 2.
Pupils colour their template, sequence the life cycle labels, glue, cut and fold.
Life cycle of a penguin templates
1: 4-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
2: 6-part life cycle with the option to sequence either words with pictures, or descriptions with pictures.
Life cycle of a flamingo templates
1: Children colour the life cycle stages, match the words to the pictures, glue, cut and fold.
2: As above but with a straight cutting edge.
3: Children colour the life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut and fold. Option to choose simple labels or descriptions.
4: As above but with a straight cutting edge
Life cycle of an owl templates
1: Children sequence 4 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
2: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
3: Children sequence 6 life cycles on the template, glue, cut, and fold. Option to sequence basic words with pictures, or pictures with descriptions.
4: As above, but with an easy-cut edge.
Pupils could complete a foldout, then research the bird they have chosen and find out more about the stages of its life cycle (e.g. the length of each stage, where they nest, how many eggs are laid at a time). Guidance for this is not included.
Please note, it is not possible to edit these templates. UK and US versions are included.
Introduce or review the stages of how fossils form with these folding cut-and-paste activities, featuring an ammonite and a Triceratops. These foldout sequencing activities will help KS2 pupils recall 6 stages of fossilisation in a fun and engaging way, that’s more hands-on than a standard fossils worksheet.
The templates - Triceratops
There are 4 similar templates to choose from to allow for differentiation:
Template 1: Colour the images, match the labels to the pictures, glue, cut, and fold. There are 2 label options to choose from.
Template 2: Colour the images, arrange the stages of fossilisation in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
Template 3: Colour the images, write a short description of each stage, glue, cut, and fold. This one could be used as a review if you’ve already covered the fossilisation process.
Template 4: Colour the images, match the pictures to the words, arrange them in order on the template, glue, cut, and fold.
The templates - ammonite
Template 1: Colour the images, cut out and fold.
Template 2 : Colour the images, cut out the words and sequence them, glue the words in place, cut and fold.
Template 3: Colour the images, cut out the words with the pictures and sequence them, glue the words in place, cut and fold.
Template 4: Larger version of template 3 (over 2 pages).
Activity benefits
Hands-on and low-prep
Use as an introduction or a review
Opportunity to practice following directions
A fun alternative to a science worksheet
Differentiated options
Suitable for interactive notebooks
Also included:
Directions for pupils (including a picture showing how to fold)
Questions for a whole class discussion. Some suggested answers are provided for this.
Palaeontologist’s diary writing page for students to imagine and describe the experience of finding a triceratops fossil.
US and UK versions of the PDF are included.
Is this resource editable?
This PDF resource 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.
These insect life cycle foldable activities make a fun addition to science books. This set of resources looks at the life cycle of a butterfly, honey bee, ladybird and dragonfly.
Pupils will love creating their foldout, then opening to reveal the life cycle inside. These could be used for a lesson on insects or minibeasts, life cycles or habitats.
There are different options allowing you to differentiate the activity if required:
Black and white templates for pupils to colour match the life cycle stages to the pictures, glue, cut and fold
Black and white templates for pupils to colour, sequence the life cycle stages, glue and fold.
Instructions and guidance for folding is included.
Why are flamingos pink? How many eggs do they lay? Explore the life cycle of a flamingo with this 14-slide PowerPoint presentation, suitable for Key Stage 2.
The presentation covers the egg stage, the growth of the chick and features of an adult flamingo. With interesting facts and real images, your pupils will get to know the flamingo life cycle in an engaging way.
Use to support a lesson on birds, the life cycle of a bird, habitats or exotic animals.
You can see a full preview of the PowerPoint to decide if this resource is right for you. Any purchased download will not have a watermark.
