A Catch Phrase game for KS1 and 2. A fun activity at Christmas. 40 pictorial popular catch phrases or sayings with a Christmas theme. The game encourages thinking skills and speaking and listening skills. There are 4 catch phrases on each page. Either show on the white board or cut out and show as individual cards or sets of 4. It is fun to work against the clock! Children can work in pairs or teams to try to work out the answers. An answer sheet is provided for them to mark off with suggested answers but there may be more than one acceptable answer. Cut out the cards and laminate for a game you can keep and re use. As an extra activity children can research and write the meanings or origins of the phrases. Examples of phrases are The first Noel, A Christmas Carol and Santa’s little helper. Children will enjoy making up their own Christmas phrases or sayings. Cards may also be cut out and used for matching games or making cards or tags for Christmas.

A 20 page resource pack for your topics on Explorers and Adventurers, Animals or / and David Attenborough. The resources link to animals and vocabulary used in the book David Attenborough by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Resources Colour and label the things explorers may take with them on their adventures Jungle borders for writing or drawing in Sea horse borders for writing or drawing in 16 word cards Blank template for you to create more word cards or for drawing in Class bunting outlines - children can make these to decorate your classroom Cut and match the animal pictures and photographs Match 3 animals to their habitats 9 - 15. 7 pages for phonics / handwriting practice based on animals in the book - turtle, gorilla, penguin, chameleon, sea horse, ant and bird A fossil colouring page 17 - 20 3 animals per page for children to write a sentence about

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants a new dog and is viewing them on ‘Zoom’! There are 20 dogs to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a dog they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the dogs on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these dogs. All 20 dog pictures - can children recall their names and write them underneath the pictures? You could also cut these out and laminate them and children can find the pictures to go with the slides as you go along. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different dogs? How many children have pets?

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is thinking about the foods she likes and dislikes. She wants to decide on her favourite food. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on her favourite food. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the food ideas on the TV, The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of food for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these food choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of foods. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different food from the 20? What is the most popular food? Do a class or year group survey. Links to Ourselves, Food, Plants and Data Handling.

A bumper 28 page pack of resources on a Superhero theme. Everything you will need to excite your children and stimulate their writing, drawing and imagination. Included are: 12 colour A4 posters of superheroes characters Mask templates Graffiti words Superhero symbols A template for comic strips Black / white and colour pictures for writing in speech and thought bubbles Wanted photo frames and blank frames Superhero certificates for boys and girls Superhero drawing frames 6 baddy cards 12 small Superhero picture cards Have fun!

A Father’s Day / Celebrations PPT and activities. This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo wants to get her dad a Father’s Day gift but she cannot decide what. There are 20 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide on a gift they feel would be suitable. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the present ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Some of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these gift choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to draw and label all the choices of gift. One is done for them. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different gifts? Make a Father’s day gift, card or write a letter to dad.

A collection of resources for your topic on the Zodiac or Horoscopes. There are 3 lots of different picture symbols that children can cut and sort. There is a table showing signs and dates for each star sign. There are 2 worksheets to go with this where children fill in either the name of the star sign or the dates. There are colour and black and white colouring sheets for each star sign. There is also a table showing which signs are Fire, Earth, Water and Air signs. Children can use this page as a template for carrying out a survey on friends star signs.

This is an animated PPT with 2 activity sheets as a follow up. Jo is trying to decide on her favourite day, event or time of year and she wants your help. There are 19 animated ideas to choose from. Children watch the PPT and help Jo to decide which special day or time of year she likes the best. The slides are animated so the children will delight in watching the special days and time of the year ideas on the TV, There are lots of details too, on the slides for children to talk about and spot in the other slides. Many of these are animated also. The activity sheets are at the back: A writing frame for children to write their choice of favourite times for Jo and their personal choice. They then draw these choices. Activity sheet 2 is for children to colour and label all the choices of special days or times of the year. Extension activities include data handling - how many children chose the same or different favourite times? What is the most popular day or time of the year? If you like this resource check out also: Help Jo to choose a new pet dog Help Jo to choose a Father’s Day gift Help Jo to choose a new hobby Help Jo to choose a job Help Jo to choose her favourite food

A power point presentation that you can share and discuss with your class at any time or at the start of a new term. Change the white writing to suit your curriculum and class. There are 16 slides to discuss and a template for you to add any more lessons that are not included. A good speaking and listening resource. You could also use the slides as posters customised to your displays or timetable board. Link to Ourselves and Maths (time).

A collection of writing frames that you can use with children of EYFS and KS1 linked to the topic Ourselves, Me or School. The first page is an example of how a child might use the frame. Then there are 10 different styles of writing frames each showing children doing different activities. The final page is a template that you can use or adapt /personalise for your children. The writing frame makes a lovely front cover for a book about Me / ourselves and here children could use the frame to write their names, ages, school / class. Add to your wall displays too.

A bright power point showing animals from A to Z. Each page encourages the children to say the sounds, recognise the lower and upper case letters and read the sentence about the animal. Use as part of your work on animals and phonics. The slides also make a lovely wall display or alphabet frieze. Extend by printing off the slides and cutting off the black letter and word sections. Laminate for reuse. Children can match the two parts together to complete the pictures.

Here is a new version of an old favourite: The Twelve Days of Christmas. You can use the music and rhythm from this to sing along with/ read this PPT. The Christmas tree builds up from having a red robin , 2 shiny stars, 3 naughty elves and up to 12 drums a drumming. Children can join in with the counting as your go along from slide 1 to 12. Slide 13 is the title slide showing the 12 days of Christmas pictures. Slide 14 is a worksheet where children can cut out and order the 12 days of Christmas.

A bumper selection of circular Christmas tags to cut out and make. Enlarge if you want them bigger. Duplicate the sheets, cut out the circles and laminate for lots of fun matching and sorting games too. Children could choose their favourites and use them to make Christmas cards.