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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

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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
Year 1 comprehension pack - Minibeasts, Rainforests and Reptiles
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Year 1 comprehension pack - Minibeasts, Rainforests and Reptiles

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A collection of 12 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of minibeasts, rainforests and reptiles. All the comprehensions contain a short piece of text with picture clues for tricky words and five simple questions. There are also accompanying PowerPoints for you to read the texts through with your class if you wish.
Year 1 comprehensions - Cars
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Year 1 comprehensions - Cars

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This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1. They each contain a short piece of text 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. The theme in this pack is ‘Cars.’ There are three different comprehensions: The first cars Modern cars Fascinating car facts 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. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
Year 1 comprehension pack - Transport
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Year 1 comprehension pack - Transport

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A collection of 9 comprehension activities for year 1 on the theme of transport. All the comprehensions contain a short piece of text with picture clues for tricky words and five simple questions. There are also accompanying PowerPoints for you to read the texts through with your class if you wish. This pack contains: 3 comprehensions on cars 3 comprehensions on trains 3 comprehensions on aeroplanes
Phonics phase 5 booklet - Seaside theme
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Phonics phase 5 booklet - Seaside theme

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This resource is a phonics booklet aimed at year 1 (5-6 yrs). There are 20 pages of activities, perfect for children to work on independently during phonics lessons, as a start of day activity or as a filler. Alternatively, send home for parents to work on with children as a homework task. The theme of this booklet is the seaside. Just print and staple! PDF file format.
Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ay' sound - booklet
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Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ay' sound - booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘ay’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
Year 1 comprehensions - Trains - non-fiction
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Year 1 comprehensions - Trains - non-fiction

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This resource contains 3 comprehension activities suitable for using with year 1. They each contain a short piece of text 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. The theme in this pack is ‘Trains.’ There are three different comprehensions: The first trains Underground trains Fascinating train facts 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. PDF file format and editable Microsoft word format included in the price.
KS1 Jesus' Miracles : Jesus heals a paralysed man
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KS1 Jesus' Miracles : Jesus heals a paralysed man

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This resource is a plan with all accompanying resources for teaching a lesson about Jesus healing a paralysed man. It is aimed at 5-7 year olds and is highly interactive. Included in the plan are lesson objectives, cross-curricular links and details of activities. The main theme for the lesson is ‘differences.’ The activities include a circle time starter, drama activity. written activity and plenary. There is also a PowerPoint version of the story attached. All resources are included in the zip file. These are: Lesson Plan (5 PDF pages) 20 slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) Resources for the written activity (2 PDF pages - higher/middle ability and lower ability worksheet) A very interactive, thought-provoking lesson. Enjoy! The PowerPoint is also available separately: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12205637
Spanish lesson and resources - Greetings for different times of day
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Spanish lesson and resources - Greetings for different times of day

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s Spanish lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second or third Spanish lesson, after children have learnt to say hello and ask how they are feeling. The focus in this lesson is how to greet people at different times of the day. The plan gives details of a starter game, how to teach the ‘greetings’ vocabulary, a whole class game, a speaking and listening activity, simple reading/writing activity and final whole class activity. 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. They are all in a zip file. These are: The 4 page PDF lesson plan A 15 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click the ‘Read Only’ button in the centre of the page to open it. Some of the images only appear when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow.) 3 PDF pages of pictures 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 Spanish designed by Blossoming Minds. Unit 1 Spanish Greetings and Introductions Bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11651388 Unit 2 Spanish All About Me 5 lesson bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11706377 Units 1 and 2 are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/spanish-lesson-bundle-1-term-beginners-11710541
Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ea' sound - booklet
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Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ea' sound - booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘ea’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ie' sound - booklet
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Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'ie' sound - booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘ie’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'oy' sound - booklet
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Phonics phase 5 revision - The 'oy' sound - booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘oy’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
Phonics phase 5 - The 'ir' sound - Revision booklet
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Phonics phase 5 - The 'ir' sound - Revision booklet

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This resource is a booklet that can be used by children to revisit or revise the phonics phase 5 ‘ir’ sound. There are 10 pages of activities for children to complete. It could be used as a start-of-day activity, filler, phonics lesson or homework activity. Simply print and staple or use pages as individual worksheets. A fun, visually appealing way to reinforce a phoneme.
Phonics phase 4 - The 'nd' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'nd' sound - Consonant blends

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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 ‘nd.’ 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 ‘nd’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘nd’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘nd’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘nd’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘nd’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'st' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'st' sound - Consonant blends

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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 ‘st.’ 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 ‘st’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘st’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘st’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘st’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘st’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'mp' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'mp' sound - Consonant blends

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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
Phonics phase 4 - The 'nk' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'nk' sound - Consonant blends

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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 ‘nk.’ 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 ‘nk’ sound and opportunity to trace the shape of the sound - Spotting the odd one out (the picture without the ‘nk’ sound) - Segmenting and blending sounds in ‘nk’ words - Phoneme counting - Phoneme spotting in sentences - Writing words with ‘nk’ sound - Writing a sentence with ‘nk’ sound - Revision of tricky words
Phonics phase 4 - The 'nt' sound - Consonant blends
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Phonics phase 4 - The 'nt' sound - Consonant blends

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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
Tim Berners-Lee (inventor) Presentation
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Tim Berners-Lee (inventor) Presentation

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This is a presentation on the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Use it as part of a lesson or for an assembly for KS1, KS2 or KS3. The presentation covers Berners-Lee’s childhood, his early career, how his invention came about and what he is doing now. Please note that there are no photos of Tim Berners-Lee included, owing to copyright restrictions. The last part of the slideshow contains some interesting questions to provoke discussion or for further exploration.
German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings
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German lesson and resources : Emotions and Feelings

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This is a plan and resources for a beginner’s German lesson to use with KS2. It would be perfect to use as a second German lesson, after children have learnt to say hello. The focus in this lesson is on how to ask ‘how are you’ and reply. The plan gives details of a starter, how to teach the ‘feelings’ vocabulary, a speaking and listening activity, paired game, reading activity and 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. They are in the zip file. These are: The 5 page PDF lesson plan A 17 Slide animated PowerPoint presentation (This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open. Some of the images are only revealed when the PowerPoint is played as a slideshow with the animations.) 4 PDF sheets of resources for the speaking activity 2 PDF sheets for the Pairs game 3 PDF sheets for the Reading activity (Colour and black & white versions and answers are included) No further preparation needed. You might also be interested in our first German lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12502844
Creation / Our World RE unit KS2
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Creation / Our World RE unit KS2

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This is a 5 lesson RE unit with accompanying resources, focussing on the Christian and Hindu stories of creation and the environment. It is suitable for using with key stage 2. Lesson 1 gives details of a starter, class discussion, nature walk around school, poetry writing activity and a plenary. Lesson 2 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, drama activity, written activity and plenary. Lesson 3 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, link to a video clip, drama activity, written activity and plenary. Lesson 4 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, headline writing activity and final activity and discussion. Lesson 5 gives details of a starter activity, whole class discussion, walk around school, poster designing activity and plenary. Lesson objectives and cross-curricular links are also included in the plan. There is a PowerPoint of the Christian Bible story included in the price and all resources that are needed. The PowerPoint covers the Bible story from Genesis 1 to the end of Genesis 2:3. All of the resources are included in a zip file. They are: 21 page PDF detailed lesson plans 23 Slide PowerPoint presentation. This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it. 1 slide PowerPoint for lesson 1 1 PDF page for lesson 1 1 PDF page for lesson 2 3 PDF pages for lesson 3 1 slide PowerPoint for lesson 3 9 PDF pages for lesson 4 The PowerPoint is also available separately: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/christian-story-of-creation-presentation-11608678