Insect Life Cycle Lesson
National Curriculum link: describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird; describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
The resource consists of:
A 21-slide PowerPoint Presentation on insect life cycles (the presentation explains what a life cycle is, details the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis using a butterfly as an example of a life cycle with 4 stages - egg, larva, pupa, adult)
Insect Life Cycle Posters (butterfly and stag beetle)
Activity 1 (labelling parts of an insect)
Activity 2 (completing a life cycle of a butterfly)
Activity 3 (completing a Venn diagram to compare the life cycles of a stag beetle and a dragonfly )
All the text in the presentation is editable. Activities are in .pdf format and can not be edited (if you need anything changing or adapting, please get in touch).
Thank you for your interest
HoppyTimes
World History Timeline Posters
37 A4 posters with focus on British events.
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The posters include:**
King Charles III coronation
Covid-19 pandemic
Olympic games in London
New Millennium
Man lands on the Moon
Queen Elizabeth II coronation
World War 2
World War 1
Victorians
First car
Mary Seacole
Industrial revolution
British Empire and Sea Power
Civil War and Revolution
The Great Fire of London
Stuarts
Tudors
William Shakespeare
Columbus discovers America
Middle Ages
Normans
Battle of Hastings
Vikings
First Viking invasion
Anglo-Saxons
Roman Britain
Birth of Jesus
Romans
Celts
Iron Age
First Olympic Games
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Greece
Pyramids built in Ancient Egypt
Bronze Age
Stone Age
Dinosaurs
If you need to add a specific event or suggest any changes, please send us an email (included on the last slide of the document).
Thank you for your interest
Hoppy Times
Town Map Templates (directions, places, French)
A set of 15 (a mixture of colour and black and white) town maps to be used for a variety of purposes:
great for teaching prepositions, places in town, giving directions in English, French or any other language.
The maps come with various icons for students to label themselves.
I have also included a few blank black and white versions to create their own maps.
Thank you for your interest. Please drop me an email if you need anything changing or adding, I always reply promptly.
Hoppy Times
An editable PowerPoint introducing the doubling consonant rules with suffixes -ed, -ing, -er, -est. 17 slides with rules and practice pages.
Suitable for KS2 (English, SPaG, Spellings)
This bundle contains all of my 10 sets of Year 5/6 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities. Each set has at least 5 spelling activities plus a mini spelling list and word cards.
Please view each set individually to know more.
If you want to check the quality of my work, please download set 1 for free by following the link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-5-6-common-exception-words-spelling-activities-set-1-11982745
If you have a suggestion or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to send me an email which is included at the end of each set. Thank you for your interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
A simple worksheet to practise conversion from analogue to digital time.
Suitable for KS2
You might also be interested in 24 Hour Analogue Digital Clock Activities and Telling Time Murder Mystery
Football / World Cup Maths Murder Mystery - great for revision, end of year, football lovers.
Suitable and differentiated for KS2.
Topics included - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement (time, perimeter), fractions, square numbers, etc.
Celebrate the coming World Cup with this fun and engaging activity.
Answers included on the last page.
Please feel free to browse my other murder mysteries:
Addition and Subtraction
Telling time
General Revision
General Revision
Fractions
General Revision
Halloween
This editable Science PowerPoint lesson can be used as an introduction to studying the topic of Forces. Suitable for KS1 and lower KS2.
It introduces force as a simple concept of push and pull; lets pupils explore the movements of objects when force is applied; invites pupils to measure the force of carrying an object using a force/Newton meter.
The lesson has plenty of opportunities for independent learning and exploration.
It comes with an investigation template and a worksheet with a Venn diagram for sorting forces into push, pull or both.
For this lesson you will need:
1. Large piece of paper / whiteboards for each group for the Starter (optional).
2. Newton meters for investigation (at least 1 per group).
3. Plastic bags to put small classroom objects in (at least 1 per group).
4. Marbles / bouncy balls / soft balls for exploration (at least 1 per group).
5. Force PowerPoint , investigation template and worksheet (all included in the resource).
The PowerPoint contains 15 slides, the text is editable.
Thank you for your interest
HoppyTimes
Great activity for studying Food Chains. Real life photos of animals and plants. 28 cards in total.
Can be sorted into producers/ consumers; omnivores/ carnivores/ herbivores; food chains.
Tip: why not let the students have a competition and build the longest food chain?!
Images included:
tuna fish
zebra
arctic cod
slug
shrimp
shrew
shark
seal
red fox
rattlesnake
rabbit
polar bear
plankton
owl
oak leaf
mouse
lion
human
hawk
green plant
grass
frog
earthworm
dead leaves
cow
caterpillar
blue tit
+ sun, food chain
Just print them off, cut into little cards and laminate for durability.
Enjoy!
Please note, I am in the process of redesigning the bundle, so sets 1, 2 and 3 will appear different to the other sets. You are welcome to redownload the bundle once I’ve updated the design on all the sets.
This bundle contains all of my 10 sets of Year 3/4 Common Exception Words Spelling Activities. Each set has at least 5 spelling activities plus a mini spelling list and word cards.
Please view each set individually to know more.
If you want to check the quality of my work, please download set 1 for free by following the link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/year-3-4-common-exception-words-spelling-activities-set-1-11657367
If you have a suggestion or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to send me an email which is included at the end of each set. Thank you for your interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
Travel Brochure Template
Suitable for KS2, this two page resource can be used in Geography; French/German/Spanish lessons or just as an end of year activity to research the destination of choice.
The resource is in .pdf (not editable) format.
Thank you for your interest.
HoppyTimes
In this product I've included 2 colourful Cafe shop menus. Prices are in pounds and pence. The second menu shows prices in pence only. Each menu comes with 12 task cards/ worded problems for children to solve. These differentiated activities are suitable for KS2 Years 3 - 5.
A PowerPoint lesson (with comments), a recording sheet and a set of extension cards.
The lesson is part of Year 3/4 Science topic of Animals, including Humans.
It offers children an opportunity to conduct their own investigation by measuring leg bones to see if there is a connection between the length of one's legs and their jump.
Included colourful illustrations, a game, video links, measuring to the nearest cm practice, plenty of opportunities for discussion and an extension activity.
The PowerPoint consists of 17 slides and most of the text is editable. The worksheet/ extension cards are in .pdf format and can't be edited. However, if you want something changing or spotted a mistake, please do not hesitate to contact me (my email address is provided within the resource).
A Geography/ Natural Disasters PowerPoint lesson and 3 Activity Sheets on the topic of Volcanoes. The 16 Slide PowerPoint teaches pupils about what volcanoes are, how they are formed, their main types (shield, cinder cone, composite), the ring of fire and reasons why people choose to live near them.
A lot of opportunities for active learning; questioning and discussions; links to amazing footage.
All the text is editable so that you can tailor it to the needs of your class!
Suitable for KS2/ lower KS3
I welcome any suggestions! My email address can be found on the last page of each resource.
Please consider leaving a review if you enjoy the resource.
Thank you for your interest,
Hoppy Times :)
The resource follows the National Curriculum guidelines for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in KS1 (Year 2)
This set will give you everything you need for your SPaG wall. Included are 21 posters, 16 terminology cards + a bonus (Year2 common exception words cards)!
Posters: Punctuation (comma, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark); suffixes -er/ -ness/ -ful/ -less/ -er / -est / -ly; compound words; subordination and coordination (conjunctions); nouns; noun phrases; verbs; adjectives; Simple Present Tense; Present Progressive Tense; Simple Past Tense; Past Progressive Tense; sentences and sentence types (statements, commands, questions, exclamations); commas in lists; apostrophes for contraction and possession.
Terminology/ vocabulary cards - noun, noun phrase, statement, exclamation, question, command, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, apostrophe, comma, present, past, tense.
All posters use colourful illustrations and simple, understandable explanations.
Planet Posters (Solar System)
A set of 8 A4 posters (in .pdf format which is not editable) showing the planets of our solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Each poster comes with information about the planet - distance from the Sun in km; gravity; diameter; average temperatures in degrees C and F, etc. Bonus Planet Cards included for students to fill in and play Top Trump style games.
Thank you for your interest.
Hoppy Times
Up for your consideration is a complete lesson PowerPoint on Pentecost. Suitable for KS2 RE lessons in years 3 / 4. Child friendly graphics; link to videos; range of activities including discussions and independent work where children are invited to write what their own cinquain poem and design a Pentecost symbol . Teacher’s notes included in the PowerPoint. All the text is editable.
Please check my other lessons from the EASTER UNIT series.
Fronted Adverbials Lesson (English, SPaG)
An introductory PowerPoint lesson on fronted adverbials. Children go on a journey with Harry Potter characters and recap what makes a sentence a sentence; how we can extend sentences; what an adverbial is; what makes an adverbial a fronted adverbial and how to punctuate it. A few practice pages also included. Can be used as a whole lesson.
Suitable for KS2
Fully editable text to tailor to the needs of your class.
The resource follows the National Curriculum guidelines for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in Lower KS2 (Years 3 and 4)
This HUGE set will give you everything you need for your SPaG wall. Included are 22 posters and 26 vocabulary cards on various SPaG topics.
Posters: prepositions, root words, suffixes, prefixes, conjunctions, possessive nouns, possessive pronouns, plural nouns, word families, homophones, direct speech, articles, adverbs, fronted adverbials, pronouns, paragraphs, headings and subheadings, Present Perfect and Past Simple, main clause, subordinate clause, noun phrases, determiners.
Can be printed as A4 or A3 (just change the settings on your Print page). The posters can also be scaled down (choose Multiple on the Print page) and used as reference cards - the choice is yours!
Thank you for interest in my products!
Hoppy Times
Up for your consideration is this FREE Place Value display for Maths.
It is designed to teach and reinforce the concept of place value. If you are tired of the colourful and busy place value displays advertised on other websites, give this clean design a go. Can be used throughout the year. Saved in .pdf A4 format (not editable). Please let me know if you've got any questions or suggestions about the resource (myhoppytimes at gmail.com)
Please also have a look at my other resources on place value:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-task-cards-year-3-11498019
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-task-cards-year-4-11498332
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-matching-cards-activity-game-with-four-digit-numbers-11279518
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/place-value-matching-cards-activity-game-with-three-digit-numbers-11279522