Brain Break’s activities to help with transitions and get those wriggles out! Suitable for any year group

Minibeast fact cards Print double sided and place in your outdoor area in the minibeasts habitats. Let your children explore the habitats and learn some interesting facts along the way! Children in EYFS really enjoyed this activity and could provide some of the facts they had learnt to their talk partner and was a great stimulus to encourage learning about minibeast habitats.

Past and present household items find the initial sounds activity. This resource explores what old and new items are in houses ranging from the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Victorians and current day household appliances. Get your children to explore how these appliances have developed across centuries and make the link between past and present day appliances. Can you use the pictures to find the initial sounds for the household appliances?

Past and present household item writing frame. This resource explores what old and new items are in houses ranging from the Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Victorians and current day household appliances. Get your children to explore how these appliances have developed across centuries and make the link between past and present day appliances. Comes with a key word bank to support children with the key terminology/vocabulary needed.

Jonah and the Whale Asking for forgiveness RE prayer activity. Use the Jonah and the Whale Bible Story to explain to children that it is ok to make mistakes and the importance of saying sorry and asking for forgiveness before writing a prayer to God asking for forgiveness over a mistake they may have made at home or at school. Differentiated ability: first page for middle and higher ability, second page for children who require more support with their writing.

EYFS Sentence writing task, which encourages children to observe the photographs and write sentences about what they can see in different rooms of a house e.g. a sofa, TV, window, bed, wardrobe, toys.

This activity encourages children to design a t-shirt that represents all the things that matter to them most.

A sequencing activity where children must cut and stick the pictures into the correct order about Muslim’s in prayer. Comes with key words that children can use to develop the correct vocabulary.

Year 1 Design and Technology Robots Unit. This resource contains all the contents for Year 1’s Robot unit in Design and Technology (DT) unit. This pack contains: lesson plans with resource list, assessment opportunities and links to the National Curriculum teaching slide (1x for first lesson as remaining are child led) inventors booklet hooks- letters from a robot This unit has been taught to a Year 1 class and they loved receiving letters and being able to design, test and evaluate a range of materials for their robots. This pack gives children the opportunity for ownership and a love of learning, whilst achieving the aims of the National Curriculum.

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and activity which explores the Three Deities of the Trimurti; Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Each slide explores who these deities are and the symbolism of their murti’s to the Trimurti.

This resource explores people’s roles in and out of the workplace. Contains a PowerPoint and activity that looks at the roles the children might have, the teacher’s role, and the role of professionals such as police officer, doctor etc. This encourages the children to explore how we know what a professionals role is, such as their uniform and the impact this has on us, e.g. it makes them approachable, deters crime, we are aware they are there to protect us. The worksheet activity encourages the children to write some of these ideas down next to the professional.

This Snakes and Ladders Subtraction game challenges students to subtract 4-digit from 4-digit numbers. Inspires a love of learning, collaboration and mathematical skills.

Addition Mathopoly Game. This game is based on Monopoly, by challenging students to complete 4-digit add 4-digit calculations. Travel around the board, place properties, steal properties and try to win, whilst applying mathematical skills. This resource comes with: Game board Instructions Tokens and properties Property cards Steal cards Community cards

Measurement Conversion fans. These fans contain all the conversions needed to support children with these facts. Includes length, weight and time conversions. Cut these sets out and give your students a crocodile clip to make a revision fan for students to refer back to across the unit/year.

Can you find the subordinate clause in the sentence? Get your students to identify the main and subordinate clauses in a range of sentences.

Draw the sentence, draw the subordinate clause. Students draw the sentence in the first box. Then students must identify which part is the subordinate clause and draw it in the next box. This challenges and develops an understanding of main and subordinate clauses, whilst demonstrating the impact they have on the meaning of a sentence.

These sheets allow students to explore how to add tone to their drawings and 3D objects. Great for demonstrating where light would hit and getting in correct terminology in lessons.

Hexagon percentages tarsia puzzle. Children must calculate the percentages of a number and find the corresponding answer, once they do they will match the sides up and try to form the hexagon shaped puzzle. This can be completed individually, in pairs or as a group. It challenges children to apply their knowledge in an engaging activity.

Art stations for around the classroom based on adding tone in students artwork. These slides are to be printed and placed throughout the classroom where children will rotate around by travelling and developing a new skill at each station.

This tarsia puzzle is based on the multiplication and division of decimals, for Year 6 children. Cut up the triangle into the smaller triangles, shuffle, and get your students to work out the calculations and find the answer. Once they have the answer, place it next to the calculation until it forms a giant triangle. This can be completed individually, in pairs or as tables.