This resource contains 4 comprehension activities on ‘Bonfire Night.’ These cover: The Gunpowder Plot Bonfire Night Food How to build a bonfire Bonfire Night Safety They are suitable for using with year 1 or lower ability year 2. Each comprehension contains a short piece of text with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help the children work out what they say. Each text is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a PowerPoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. There is a colour and black & white booklet. Answers are also included. PDF file format You might also be interested in: Year 2 Bonfire Night Comprehension Bundle / Guy Fawkes

This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s French lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first French lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary. The lesson plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, writing activity and plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. There is a PowerPoint which includes an audio version of each French word or phrase to make it easier for anyone to be able to teach the lesson. You can also play the PowerPoint without the audio. All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in the zip file. These are: 4 page PDF Lesson Plan 10 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 1 PDF page for the Starter activity 3 PDF pages for the reading and writing activity (A colour and black & white version of the worksheet and answers are included.) No further preparation needed. This is lesson 1 of Unit 1 French designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 French is available here: Beginners French - Greetings and introductions lesson bundle Unit 2 French is available here: French 5 lesson bundle - All About Me - Age and Appearance

This resource is a fictional comprehension activity for year 2. It tells the traditional tale of Beauty and the Beast and includes 3 differentiated levels. The style and questions are based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. There is a colour and black & white version of each booklet. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘why,’ ‘when’ and ‘how’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. There are four pages of pictures with short written extracts to read and 3-5 questions per page. The higher ability booklet has 18 questions in total. The middle ability has 15 questions and the lower ability has 13 questions. Answers are included. All of the booklets are in the zip file. PDF file format.

This resource is a non-fiction comprehension activity for year 2. The theme of the comprehension is ‘living in space’ and the booklet covers what it is like for astronauts living in space stations, including what they eat, how they sleep, how they exercise and what they do in their spare time. It would be perfect for using during ‘World Space Week’ in October, during a space topic or during ‘Science Week.’ The booklets are based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. I have included 3 differentiated levels. There are a range of ‘what,’ ‘where,’ ‘how’ and ‘who’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets. There is a title page with helpful words followed by four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 4 questions per page. Each differentiated level contains 16 questions in total. There is a colour and black white PDF version of the booklet for each level and answers are also included.

6th February 2018 marked 100 years since women over 30 were given the vote in Britain. This presentation was created to celebrate this historic anniversary but can be used at any time to teach children about the suffragettes and the Bill in Parliament that allowed women to vote. This resource is a 22 slide detailed, editable PowerPoint, perfect for teaching your children about this important topic. The slideshow covers women's rights prior to suffrage, the actions of the suffragettes, the arguments on either side, a detailed look at five particular suffragists, women during the war, the Act in Parliament, women in the 20th century and suffrage around the world. It concludes with some questions for further conversation. It is suitable for using with KS2 children and could be used for an assembly, a filler or a lesson introduction. I hope you enjoy teaching about this historic event! (Please note: This PowerPoint is adapted from the secondary school version to make it appropriate for primary aged children.)

A collection of 3 practice SATs SPaG papers for year 2. All three activities are based on past SPaG papers. Each practice paper contains 18 questions focussing on a range of punctuation and grammar. This includes tenses, sentence types, commas, question marks, full stops, apostrophes, nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. The questions are formatted in the same way as the SATs papers, so the children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap, match up words and write full sentences. Perfect for giving children experience of a SATs style SPaG booklet.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘igh.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘igh’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘igh’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘igh’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘igh’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘igh’ sound - Revision of common exception words

This selection of fully differentiated resources is designed to use with year 2 children in preparation for the SPaG SATs. The activities allow children to practise missing punctuation problems, a topic which came up a number of times in past SPaG papers. The main focus is full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, but each activity is differentiated 3 ways, so the higher ability children will also cover speech marks. There are 3 different activities, all based on the SATs questions: The first activity asks children to add the correct punctuation to the end of a sentence. There are 5 different worksheets. The second activity asks children to tick which punctuation is missing from the end of a sentence. There are 18 questions. The third activity asks children to look at where the arrow is pointing and tick which type of punctuation is missing. There are 18 questions. Answers are included. PDF file format. ECO version also now included due to popular demand.

This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a first Spanish lesson, as it involves children learning the most basic vocabulary of ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye.’ The plan gives details of a group starter, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, a simple reading and writing activity and a plenary. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills. All resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. These are: 4 page PDF Lesson Plan A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is non-editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open.) Starter activity (1 PDF page) Reading and writing activity and answers (3 PDF Pages) (Colour and Black & White) This is lesson 1 of Unit 1 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Spanish is available here: Beginner Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle Unit 2 Spanish is here: Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle Units 1 and 2 are here: Spanish Lesson Bundle (1 term)

This resource is a comprehension activity for year 2, perfect for using in the summer term. There are three differentiated sets of instructions on how to build a sandcastle, with differentiated questions. It is based on the KS1 SATs reading paper. There are a range of 'what, ’ ‘where’ and ‘why’ questions, some multiple choice tick questions and some that require more detailed answers. The activity is also laid out in a similar way to the SATs booklets, with four pages of pictures and short written extracts to read and 2-3 questions per page. Enjoy! PDF file format

These Year 2 SATs style revision questions on measurements cover length, height, mass, temperature and capacity. There are 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains 30 SATs style problems with answers. The higher level (Super Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum and is in the style of a SATs paper. The intermediate level (Super Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 2 curriculum and is based on past SATs papers. The lower level (Challenge) contains questions covering the Year 1 curriculum. No further preparation required. PDF File Format These measurement booklets are included in our Bumper KS1 Year 2 Maths SATs Revision Pack: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11828827

An animated 20 page PowerPoint presentation explaining what harvest is, when it takes place around the world, its history in Britain and how it is celebrated today. Each slide has a short piece of explanatory text accompanied by a picture or several pictures. The presentation is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open. This could be used as part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11. This PowerPoint is also included in the KS1 and KS2 Harvest Units and Harvest Assembly: KS1 Harvest RE (2 lessons) Key Stage 2 Harvest RE Unit Harvest Festival Assembly

This is a set of fun summer themed maths word problems for the summer term in year 2. There are 3 differentiated levels. Each level contains reasoning questions with answers covering all topics of the curriculum. There are 59 pages of questions in total. The higher level (called Super Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 2 and year 3 curriculum. The intermediate level (called Super Challenge) contains questions based on the year 2 curriculum. The lower level (called Challenge) contains questions based on the year 1 curriculum. PDF file format No further preparation required.

A 20 page booklet for EYFS or KS1 on the theme of ‘All About Me.’ It is perfect for using in the transition process into years 1 or 2, either before children move to their new class, to send home over the summer holidays or to use with your new class. Children have the opportunity to draw and write about their interests, home, friends and school life throughout the booklet. PDF file format. If you are looking for a booklet for transition into years 3 or 4 we have created this one: All About Me Transition Booklet - Lower Key Stage Two

This resource contains a comprehension pack on ‘Remembrance Day.’ There are four different comprehensions: What is Remembrance Day? The First Remembrance Day Why do we wear poppies? The History of the Poppy It includes answers and is suitable for using with year 1. Each comprehension contains a short piece of text (about 5 sentences) with words that can be sounded out. There are three trickier words which have pictures to help children work out what they say. The text is followed by 5 simple questions. There is also a powerpoint included in the pack containing a slide for each text so that you can go through the comprehensions before the children complete them. Each slide also contains 3 words that are trickier to sound out, with sound buttons underneath them. You might be interested in: Year 2 Comprehensions - Remembrance Day

A fully interactive PowerPoint quiz which contains 60 questions on books and authors suitable for KS2. Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and focus on popular modern books as well as classics. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. Example questions include: Where does Heidi go to live? The seaside, On a canal boat or In the mountains What sort of animal is Esio Trot? Snake, Tortoise or Toad Who is headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Professor Dumbledore, Miss Cackle or Professor Trelawny The PowerPoint is not editable. Please click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played with the animations. A separate answer sheet is included. No further preparation needed.

A collection of 3 practice SATs SPaG papers for year 2, focussing solely on the punctuation element of the test. All three activities are based on the 2016 and 2017 SPaG papers. Each practice paper contains 18 questions focussing on a range of punctuation . This includes commas, question marks, exclamation marks, full stops and apostrophes. The questions are formatted in the same way as the SATs papers, so the children are asked to circle, tick, fill in the missing gap and write full sentences and questions. Perfect for giving children experience of a SATs style SPaG booklet.

This is a set of comprehensions about the celebrations for King Charles III’s Coronation. They are aimed at Year 2 (ages 6-7). The comprehensions cover what a coronation is, a short history of Charles’s life, how Charles and others are celebrating, ways that children can get involved and the King’s charitable projects. There are three differentiated booklets. The booklets are split into five separate pages with questions on each page. The higher ability booklet has 15 questions, the middle ability has 13 questions and the lower ability contains 12 questions. There are colour and black & white versions of each booklet. Answers are also included. All of the documents are in the zip file. Perfect for using around the Coronation celebrations or for a topic on King Charles III. PDF file format. No further preparation needed. You might also be interested in our Year 3 and 4 comprehensions on the Coronation: King Charles III’s Coronation Comprehensions Year 3/4

This is an interactive powerpoint with 50 questions on books and authors to use with KS1. Use as a starter, an assembly, a filler or a main activity. All questions are multiple choice and focus on picture books, traditional tales and early reader stories. After you have chosen an answer for each question, click again and the correct answer changes colour. Example questions include: Where is Hairy Maclary from? Donaldson’s Prairie, Donaldson’s Dairy, Nottingham What is Flat Stanley’s surname? Porkchop, Nutroast, Lambchop, What does Goldilocks eat? Porridge, Cornflakes, Soup The PowerPoint is not editable. Click on the ‘Read Only’ button to open the PowerPoint. Some of the images only appear when the Slideshow is run with the animations. A separate answer sheet is also included. No further preparation needed.

This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ear.’ It takes 15-20 minutes. This powerpoint is split into different sections: - Revision of phase 2 and 3 phonemes in a random order - Introduction to ‘ear’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ear’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ear’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘ear’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘ear’ sound - Revision of common exception words