We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
We are a team of two sisters who specialise in primary education. We are determined to create resources of the highest standard that can be used without further preparation. Our lessons and assemblies have been designed to challenge children of all levels within a creative, engaging and inspiring context. Explore our shop to find lesson packs for languages, art and religious education, plans for assemblies and numerous high-quality resources to help you teach phonics, mathematics and literacy
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘nt.’ 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 ‘nt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘nt’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘nt’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘nt’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘nt’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second or third Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and ask how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is on how to greet people at different times of the day.
The plan gives details of a starter whole class game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary whole class discussion. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 5 page PDF lesson plan
A 15 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.)
3 PDF pages for the game
3 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity. There is a colour and black & white version of the worksheet and an answers sheet.
This is lesson 3 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘ft.’ 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 ‘ft’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘ft’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘ft’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘ft’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘ft’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This is a lesson plan and resources for a beginner’s Italian lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a third or fourth Italian lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and talk about how they are feeling.
The focus in this lesson is how to ask someone their name and to reply.
The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘name’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, reading/writing activity and plenary discussion. It is highly interactive and allows children to practise a range of language skills.
All the resources needed for the lesson are included in the price. They are in a zip file. These are:
The 4 page PDF lesson plan
A 10 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is run as a slideshow.)
1 PDF sheet for the speaking/listening activity
2 PDF pages for the Reading/Writing activity ( a worksheet and answers sheet)
All you need to take with you is a ball or beanbag for the whole class game.
This is lesson 4 of Unit 1 Italian designed by Blossomingminds.
Unit 1 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12397072
Unit 2 is available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12516804
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘lt.’ 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 ‘lt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lt’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lt’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lt’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lt’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘lf.’ 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 ‘lf’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lf’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lf’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lf’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lf’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘sk.’ 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 ‘sk’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘sk’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘sk’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘sk’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘sk’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘lp.’ 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 ‘lp’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lp’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lp’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lp’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lp’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is a collection of interactive lessons aimed at whole class or group phonics. The lessons are PowerPoint presentations that allow children to revise phonemes and learn or revisit target final consonant blend sounds. Each lesson takes 15-20 minutes.
The PowerPoints are split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 2, 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to target sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the target sound) OR reading fake words
- Segmenting and blending words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with target sound OR filling in missing words
- Writing a sentence with target sound
- Revision of tricky words
Perfect for introducing or revising final consonant blends.
(Please note: you can also buy all phase 4 sounds as a set by searching on the Blossoming Minds website.)
An animated 23 page PowerPoint presentation retelling the story of God creating the universe. This is an old testament Bible story. It covers the Bible story from Genesis 1 up to the end of Genesis 2:3. The presentation is not editable. Please click the ‘Read Only’ button to open. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations. The PowerPoint is in the zip file. This could be used a part of a lesson or for an assembly for children aged 4 -11.
The PowerPoint is also included in:
Creation / Our World RE unit KS2
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘lk.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘lk’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘lk’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘lk’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘lk’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘lk’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘xt.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘xt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Segmenting and blending sounds in real ‘xt’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Filling in missing words
- Writing a sentence with ‘xt’ sound
- Revision of tricky phase 4 words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘tr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘tr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘tr’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘tr’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘tr’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘tr’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘br.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘br’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘br’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘br’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘br’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘br’ sound
- Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘fr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘fr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘fr’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘fr’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘fr’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘fr’ sound
- Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘cr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘gr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘cr’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘cr’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘cr’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘cr’ sound
- Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘mp.’ 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 ‘mp’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘mp’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘mp’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘mp’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘mp’ sound
- Revision of tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘dr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘dr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘dr’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘dr’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘dr’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘dr’ sound
- Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘gr.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘gr’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘gr’ sound)
- Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘gr’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Writing words with ‘gr’ sound
- Writing a sentence with ‘gr’ sound
- Revision of phase 4 tricky words
This resource is an interactive lesson aimed at whole class or group phonics. It is a powerpoint presentation that allows children to reviseprevious phonemes and learn or revisit the sound ‘pt.’ It takes 15-20 minutes.
This powerpoint is split into different sections:
- Revision of phase 3 and 4 phonemes in a random order
- Introduction to ‘pt’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound
- Segmenting and blending sounds in real ‘pt’ words
- Phoneme counting
- Phoneme spotting in sentences
- Filling in missing words
- Writing a sentence with ‘pt’ sound
- Revision of tricky phase 4 words